From: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org (loud-fans-digest) To: loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Subject: loud-fans-digest V1 #81 Reply-To: loud-fans@smoe.org Sender: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk loud-fans-digest Thursday, May 17 2001 Volume 01 : Number 081 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [loud-fans] [NS] Shriekback ["Andrew Hamlin" ] RE: [loud-fans] Minidisc question ["Larry Tucker" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 19:57:54 -0700 From: "Andrew Hamlin" Subject: Re: [loud-fans] [NS] Shriekback >No hesitation >Kitty hurled beneath the ice >Asphyxiation Just so everyone knows, the kitty-hurlage meme is old business: http://www.misterridiculous.com/squeaky/journal/journalentries/all1999/decem ber1999/orignal120499.html Have we done this one before? Andy "If you were to make little fishes, talk, they would talk like whales." - --Oliver Goldsmith to Dr. Samuel Johnson, 1773 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 23:11:42 -0400 From: "Larry Tucker" Subject: RE: [loud-fans] Minidisc question >From: Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey >To: "God's Little Smoke Detector" >Subject: RE: [loud-fans] Minidisc question >Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 18:42:43 -0500 (CDT) > >On Wed, 16 May 2001, Larry Tucker wrote: > > > I've been recording with MDs for about 18 months now and think they're > > great. They are prone to vibrations during recording though, not from > > the music itself but from transient vibrations from such as a table it > > may be resting on, so it's safest to just hold it in your hand, pocket > > or bag while recording. > >As a naive, non-taping concert-goer, I've often wondered how folks go >about taping shows - since nearly every venue I attend states that no >recording is allowed. > >Do you wear a jacket to conceal the recorder, even if it's 95 degrees in >the club, and a hat to stick a mic into? Or do you just assume that the >notices are for chumps and boldly shove your mic into the air? Since I >don't think that many folks here are into either the Grateful Dead or >Metallica (two acts that encourage their fans to tape), I'm wondering. And >of course, there are those artists that make a very big deal indeed about >their strong preference that shows not be taped: Robert Fripp is probably >the most notorious, known to end shows when people are obviously recording >or taking flash photographs. First MDs are so small you can put then in a shirt or pants pocket. The mics they have now are tiny (about dime sized) and very stealthy so hiding them is not a problem as well. These mics tehse days are incerdibly good considering their size, but there small size still is more for convenience than being stealthy. Most of the shows I've recorded were in local small clubs and I just walk in with all my "gear" in a small bag, the club could care less. I guess we don't have to worry about weapons around here. If the band is accessible and particularly if it's someone that I really like a lot I will ask their permission to record. I have yet to have anyone say no. If there is a condition it is usually that I not use the soundboard, which is fine becaues I actually prefer mic/audience recordings to get that "live" sound. About half the time the artist(s) requests that I send them a copy, which is pretty cool. I'm amazed at how many lesser known artists really don't have many of their own shows on record.I always tell them it will never be for sale, or be on Ebay next week, but in all honesty I will likely trade it with some of their other fans. The big benefit to getting their permission, other than totally easing the conscience, is that rather than having to have the mics clipped to my shirt collar, much like the mics you see on TV, I can set up my recorder by the soundboard. There, I not only will pick up less audience noise, but the acoustics there are generally better than any random spot I would pick in the club. I'll also have power (no batteries neeeded) and I can enjoy the show more down front with out the burden of the recording gear, so I can hoot and hollar without messing up my recording. - -Larry _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 00:14:05 -0500 From: steve Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Summer Movies I wish I could say I was looking forward to seeing the English language release of Miyazaki's Laputa, which Disney has already finished, but they can't seem to make up their minds about what to do with it. That won't stop me from going to see Atlantis, and Shrek and Final Fantasy make three animated films for the summer. Also the new Jay & Silent Bob, plus all the sciffy films other than Rollerball. I'm not particularly eager to see Tomb Raider, with it's odd casting, or Planet Of The Apes, except that it might have some Burton moments. Besides, I've already seen The Mummy Returns, so it can only be up from here (maybe). Looking for things to blow up real good - Steve __________ "we must therefore reject the central animating idea of modern Establishment Clause analysis: that taxpayers have a constitutional right to insist that none of their taxes be used for religious purposes." - Michael McConnell, Bush Circuit Court nominee ------------------------------ End of loud-fans-digest V1 #81 ******************************