bold : performer' s log
light type: notes from audience & passersby, written & posted in the storefront window

5:01 pm Good Luck ! Will check in later Eric
5:03 pm I stayed from 5-8 Went home to blow my nose
5:15 pm Rachel
5:15 pm at some point, low-tech is going to be all we have to work with / play with (same thing). Those of us practicing for it now (sort of reverse anachronism), will probably be ignored then, too. actually. you've got a lot of computers & the like, maybe low-tech isn't the appropriate term. chaos encouragement exercise, let's say. Anyway, have fun. nice little mess.
5:25 pm Ira Carter
5:43 pm my second visit. smells like urine out here. nice tape loop, nicer guitar (w/ pvc pipe)
5:57 pm David Rumley Louder Please.
5:57 pm Open door. Put speakers out window. Something. Muted. Stefan Knorr
6:12 pm Stephen Lohrentz
6:44 pm set up with fish & cage / Pat Robertson Tape slowed down / gold digger video / drum machine (no loop) / computer fails to boot / loop with gold digger / guitar / particle board/ double neck guitar / tone motor / supermonsters video / trumpet
7:14 pm Gubby left / guitar / robot vs the aztec mummy video
7:25 pm How can we get this job ? Are they paying you ?
7:25 pm eat grapes yummy. slurppy. the giant thing farts only at midnight
7:45 pm What's the purpose again - neurosis Yeah, that's it Good luck
8:24 pm much screwing around in window with cage bow, finally remove 2 racks. 3 cages installed in window, run for a while. Amazing Colossal Man film, drum, guitar, fuzzy battery finally found in Big Muff Pie - the last place searched.
9:00 pm crusher placed / boinger loop long / 1st DAT nearly finished
9:00 pm lordy. I've got to go home now. nice films you've got. bon chance, mon ami ! (are you going to write a book ?)
9:20 pm I write music also But need to find out about recording and demo tapes Be Back soon
9:25 pm woman with blond child comes back for the third time been raining for a while streets are wet / Colossal Man in Big trouble, 60 feet tall low guitar after big muff fixed / tennis racquet finishes first DAT tape
9:30 pm Marcicia Wherever I may roam
9:35 pm Roberta Penn We can't hear very well - why isn't it piped outside
9:42 pm Elizabeth Geoshea
9:45 pm Lisa Becerra Thank you Eric.
9:45 pm Jeff Muller
9:45 pm Jeff Muller - I want to see Ronald Reagan's head explode.
9:50 pm called Gub / ran out of loop tape - amazing Colossal Man fell of Hoover Dam just then - thought it was police at Mama's across the street when the movie end there was a siren like buzz. Put in Robot vs Aztec Mummy again. Cat came out for a looksee. 2nd DAT starts with thrumming of knuckles on tennis racquet, then voice.
10:10 pm Where are the chairs ? Shouldn't there be chairs ? I mean "where do we sit ? It's wet ! I know, I know Karma
10:20 pm Warren A. Munzel "..then the celestial voices sang to me the wonders of expectorated substances."
10:45 pm Sean C.
10:52 pm Mark & Eric came by & we got the outside speakers set up. They also fixed the lights. Trumpet, doubleneck, and particle board. The cat walked on the keyboard & the robot movie came to an end. Started Samson (Santo) vs the Vampire Women.
11:00 pm I'll spread the word. ken Hunt
11:00 pm Too Cool For Wordz Jim Krantz
11:00 pm this is the last straw. I want to be famous too ! Dave
11:10 pm Spring sounds pretty good ! What the hell is it.
11:25 pm Doug & Jessica peace !
11:54 pm Santo movie over. Made a pot of coffee & miked it and the tube, which has been in place for a while now. Supermonsters film is ending Johnny & Mark S. are hanging tough outside. The coffee smells good. Santo film was good for dialog.
12:00 am very cool sound happening around "the witching hour" Almost had a danceable beat. Absolutely loved it. Rita
12:00 am Happy Birthday ! You're only 33.33 once ! Johnny
12:09 am David Rumley Soggy.
12:10 am Everyone is gone. Had a small cup of coffee & walked across the street with Johnny. It's very hard to hear over there, which is good.This should be the interesting stretch.
12:54 am long loop with bass & keyboard bell. Gubby arrived with all the goodies. Clark Humphrey stopped by. Miked fish and left them grind for a while. It took me five minutes to find the tuner right on top of the DAT. Getting a little dopey.
12:56 am Congrats ! Clark Humphrey
1:05 am I'm sure glad I'm inside Its raining outside, four poor devils enjoying the performance and getting wet.
1:40 am Muy Amuhsing mi compadre. Keep on Truckin'!
1:40 am Ack ! I'm trapped ! Jesus Really does exist ! Thanks for all the pickels
1:41 am Bing Crosby sings Ta Ra Ra Boom Te Ay . Gubby takes a nap. Chocolate and apple and Oj in the belly. Another round on the crusher, short wave.
1:56 am Wow ! Play Bing ! You are Way Cool ! XO Teresa Langston
2:05 am A breath of fresh air Katie Heiser
2:21 am Gerg says "Ho Ho It is the time of the icecreamsandwich"
3:00 am Appalachia Heilman
3:10 am I just got off work and came over. This is great. Please don't stop !
3:25 am Well, what's happening ? Cop stopped by, drove right up on the curb & complained about noise. I let him try to open the door, before I unlocked it. The cat tried to bite the loop and did an amusingly thorough exploration of the complete area. Fire engine went by, I had a cup of coffee outside with these two folks who are hanging out all night, high on acid, I think. They're very good natured. Showed some of THINGS TO COME, but traded it for Frankenstein. Gubby woke up, AND WENT BACK TO SLEEP.
4:52 am Where's the Beef ?
5:06 am Saw off my two fans (they went home together after meeting for the first time in front of the store !!!). Gubby woke up. Long long chat outside about nothing in particular while long throat clicking sounded like water in the drainpipe and ROBOT vs the Aztec Mummy ran again. Gubby goes home with non-functional computer.
5:20 am written message is unintelligible
5:20 am Sara Hertog
5:45 am Rewinding videos. Long guitar & drums to finish DAT 3.
6:10 am Frankly lewd
6:34 am Howdy Dean K. Nice Whirlpool
6:39 am Pouring Rain again. Many many single men around, wet as hell.Turned up the sound outside and did a bit with CD's from Splatter, Caetano Veloso, Vexed, Utterance Tongue, Hispanic Southwest music, & Notochord. Then a live drum business, checking off the instruments to play, to make an early trip home.
7:24 am Attack of the Supermonsters is on again. A troupe of about 20 homeless women all dropped by. Long SH-101 piece of great beauty. Ate an apple and made another pot of fresh coffee. Preparing to play the famous but neglected shitar.
7:53 am Can we come inside ? It's cold and wet out here.
8:00 am can't some body pleaze help me ?
8:04 am Eric - if you ever play the S.F. Bay area, please put us on the mailing list. Carters, 3311 McBryde Ave., Richmond, Ca 94805 Thanks for your kindness letting us in.
8:15 am I knew it ! When nobody's around you watch TV. (3rd trip)
8:20 am Ira & Kathleen & Laura Carter - It sounds like a cathedral in here !
8:21 am Plastic saxophone, bamboo stix, calabasa, alarm clock, bass again. Bass not too successful except harmonics: made a loop and drank a cuppa joe. Drank big cup of coffee and listened to the harmonic loop. To my astonishment, the alarm on the clock went off... I hit it with a ball pein last night when it wouldn't tick tock. Police van arrived & chased winos from doorway next door. Still raining cats & dogs. Pile of spent instruments grows larger.
8:56 am La La La
9:00 am Kathleen, Ira, + Laura Carter
9:07 am The big enthusiast from last night at closing came in with his wife & kid. I played guitar for them. Was playing acoustic guitar when they showed up, and had a devil of a time getting the bastard tuned to an open E. Electric guitar buzz on high E is getting much worse.Can the bridge be lipped upside down, or refiled? Still raining like the dickens. 2 DATS left: 1 will probably go full, the other half empty. What's left to play ? Quite a bit.
9:30 am "When you are a grownup you get to play a guitar on your birthday"- Micheal, 3 & a 1/3
10:05 am Mark dropped by & then Eric, 3 minutes after Mark left. Played spring bouncer, tiny motors, rain stick, shower curtain hanger, plywood harp, SK-1 (not reaaallly very useful), finished off the chocolate.
10:16 am Nothing much happening on break ?
10:33 am Piedmont in shock, Helena gone. A magnificent trip. Crusher loop.
10:57 am One man show, One man audience
11:34 am John stopped by on his way to work, picked up a CD and fish poster. Amazing Colossal man gets another screening. gubby arrives with bagels, a latte, and OJ. Battery in volume pedal dies.
12:04 pm S.L. Again
12:16 pm If only I had a dollar for every time I was liked Ken
12:18 pm David Rumley I think I'm at a church. But I never go to church. You're attracting pigeons.
12:25 pm The Amazing Colossal Man dies again, this time over & over. SL comes back, this time with a flower. Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy gets another screening. Long organ interlude, then some trumpet.
12:45 pm wish it wasn't raining but it goes into the music and out to the watchers Great I think that it even sounds good
12:51 pm Steam is running low. Found some new extended techniques on the stick, twisting the nut picks the string very nicely. Gubby leaves.
1:01 pm Got a bunch of rubes & did the crusher & say & spell.
1:15 pm You are the coolest person on the planet ! Joy.
1:27 pm Only 1:27 ???? There's a chip-chewing loop that feels like it's lasted for hours, but no, only minutes. Very stiff & sore. This is the hard part.
1:59 pm Nice meditative slow guitar with descending pitch shift (new REX setting saved 75). Last DAT in the deck. 2 of the dyed hair crew who were here at the beginning just dropped by. Spilled water on the desk - getting very careless.
2:00 pm Memorial Day. looking for Axiom collective CDM Brown 5-31-93
2:16 pm Play the vampire one !!! me again Sara Hertog
2:27 pm Did a reverse : ascending scale (REX 74) then got into a tapping thing that's most amazing. Let it go for a while
2:10 pm was here 5-10 pm Now I'm back. Not sure why Sara Hertog
3:00 pm Shirley Wong Wally Shoup
3:50 pm All cages going, powerful guitar beat continues. DAT unplugged. Gub has taken a load of stuff home.
4:05 pm All the cleaning up that's possible without shutting down is done. The computer goes away.