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The Cult - Maxim Hotel (Farmer’s Daughter) 08-10-2000

Knowing the people that come here, I think this will be a well read post.
The attached video is nearly 100 megs streamed, so i may need to move it to youtube if my bandwidth takes too much of a hit.

It is a far cry from perfect, but read below and get the details, then enjoy :)

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Back before I moved to Oregon, I had some crappy Qwest DSL that i never signed up for, but didnt complain too much about at the time.  i was able to download at a whopping 14 kb per second. Real player was suddenly usable crap instead of just crappy crap. My Napster usage increased significantly (the real Napster, not the joke it s now). I could stream radio and still read the news!!

In the computer world, most people do not learn how to do something until they have enough drive or interest. Capturing streaming media was one of these things for me. If I heard music I liked, I would just find it elsewhere (Napster / Ratio driven FTPs), buy the cd, or dub it off someone else.

Cue the point already Jason.

One afternoon, I ran across a small news blurb advising that The Cult was on tour again. Giddy with Joy, I broad banded my ass out onto yahoo and dogpile, and started digging. Tickets were on sale, and before you could snap your fingers twice and say “The billionth living person in India is born on May 11th this new millennium”, I had a couple of those tickets into my sweaty hands and was headed back home from the local rapemaster (ticketmaster) outlet.

A couple weeks later, after the show was over and the rock n roll was beginning to leave my bones again, I ran across another news article. It read something along the lines of “Police cut Cult concert short due to riots”. What the fuck does that mean?

Apparently, Maxim Magazine had a big ol’ party on August 10th 2000. They held it at the Farmer’s Daughter Hotel in LA. There were a bunch of bands, lots of celebs, and a short guest list of 1000 people. Per Salon.com others in attendance were police in riot gear, a fire department task force and helicopters circling overhead.

Apparently, outside the event, some DJ had let the public know the location, and a throng of 2000+ people all showed up uninvited. They stopped traffic, raised hell, and pretty much got the whole event shut down 2 hours after it started. I don’t blame them, sounds like it would have been a fun night. Why keep it to the guest list when you could push the door.

Inside, there was no chaos. The only reported issue that occurred was Billy Morrison (not to be confused with Billy Duffy) getting into a scuffle with someone who worked for the magazine. As listed in Maxim’s “100 Greatest Moments”:

#73 At a Maxim party in L.A., Cult [should read ‘part-time’] bassist Billy Morrison starts throwing hay­makers when a very senior Maxim staffer makes some quip about the rocker’s fiancée being a Love Removal Machine groupie.

Again, back to the point.

Per Ian Astbury, before they played In the Clouds, Maxim chose them as the Ambassadors of the Masculine Spirit, “Fuck knows why”.. I have no idea what other bands played that night, but The Cult was able to get at least 5 songs in before being shut down. Maxim Online had just launched and they were streaming video for the Cult portion of the 2 hour party. i spent 2 days learning how to scrape streaming video off websites in order to get a copy of the show. I actually thought i had lost the mpg i made, but recently found a back up CD with it burnt. decided now i should get it out on the web again before i lose it again :)

VIDEO:

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this video is just under 20 minutes long

Video set-list:
1- The tail end of Lil’ Devil
This is where Maxim started their stream, There was no way to view the whole song.
2- Sweet Soul Sister
3- In the clouds
4- The Witch
5- Rain

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The video has been improved on over the years and cleaned up. I am pretty sure it was originally RealVideo, so there were a ton of artifacts. I cleaned up the audio a bit as it was full of static. ran de-noise filters and other stuff to make ti watchable. i have gotten it to a point where it is enjoyable, hell, there are even point when it looks clear :)

the only horrendous part is when you see the drummer. the color and block noise that occurs each time you see him was completely out of my hands. You can blame the poor quality on Real Networks and other shitty technology companies of the early 2000’s.

I was not going to post this at all, but realized after a little research that NO ONE HAS THIS ONLINE.., I seriously have to ask, what the fuck happened there? I highly doubt I was the only person to scrape this and hold onto it…. If anyone has a better copy, let me know and I will work a trade.

Band line-up at the time:

Vocals: Ian Astbury
Guitar: Billy Duffy
Bass: Billy Morrison
Drums: Matt Sorum
Bass: Martyn LeNoble

Special thanks to Jon Taylor over at http://www.cultcentral.com/ for keeping his page updated. Ever since I found his site, I never have to wonder whats going on with the band. he always knows before I do :)

per Jon “One minor correction, the bass player at that show was Martyn LeNoble, blonde dude usually has a cigarette hanging from his mouth. Morrison came on later, probably early 2001 if I recall correctly.”

Compilation: 2008 - Unclean

Last week i finished a new compilation CD, the previous one was posted back in February. Work has been fairly hectic to the point where even the idea of listening to music at work could cause an brain overload…. unfortunately it means that 2008 is going to have significantly fewer compilations than other years.

The compilation available for download today was created specifically for Jenn. When we were in California earlier this year, she became JUST A LITTLE obsessed with Flo-Rida’s song “Low” everytime that the song would come on the radio, she would sing and slap her ass. it still continues nowadays. i gotta admit the song is damn catchy. Digressing.. I figured i should incorporate the Song into a comp designed for her. It was a bit difficult as i wanted to include a few more songs that have high radio play and i am not a radio listener by nature.

What we ended up with instead was a bizarre amalgam of music. indie work mixed with chart hits, mixed with custom samples, mixed with unedited songs…. i did fall back on a couple skeleton key songs where i had no idea how to keep the music moving forward.

The title of the compilation “Unclean” comes from the fact that the David Banner song on track 5 is DIRTY AS FUCKING HELL. i love it.. after incorporating Banner’s”Play” the comp took a definite turn toward dirty lyrics, but by the end i was successfully able to pull my music listening back out of the gutter.

There is one complaint i expect from people: there is a Bunny Rabbit song.. If you hate it, skip it.. personally i like it :) it is stupid and crap but funny and has a nice beat. put that building in my motherfucking pussy, bitch. :)

front cover (click to view)

Unclean

Playtime 1hr 16min 4sec
109 MBs

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01- The four of us are Dying [edited],
Nine Inch Nails -

nin.com

02- Everyone nose (All the girls standing in the line for the bathroom),
N.E.R.D. -

n-e-r-d.com

03- Maneater,
Nelly Furtado -

nellyfurtado.com

04- Jerk It [Megasoid demo mix],
Thunderheist -

thunderheist.com

05- Play (dirty),
David Banner -

david-banner.com

06- Hot [ratatat mix],
Missy Elliott -

missy-elliott.com
ratatatmusic.com

07- Low (with T-Pain),
Flo-Rida -

officialflo.com

08- Final Frontier,
RJD2 -

rjd2site.com

09- Back it up,
Peaches -

peachesrocks.com

10- Callin Out (with Tommy Guerrero),
Lyrics Born -

lyricsborn.com

11- Good people check,
Themselves -

anticon.com - artist Page

12- Lollipop [w- Static Major],
Lil’ Wayne -

lilwayne-online.com

13- Dirty dirt,
Bunny Rabbit -

myspace.com/loversandcrypts

14- Lost ones,
Lauryn Hill -

lauryn-hill.com

15- The Blueprint,
Boogie Down Productions -

myspace.com/theboogiedownproductions

16- Pudpots,
Nightmares on Wax -

nightmaresonwax.net

17- Party and Bullshit [ratatat mix],
Notorious B.I.G. -

badboyonline.com/notoriousbig
ratatatmusic.com

18- Bury me standing [w- Luke Sick],
DJ Z-Trip -

djztrip.com

19- Looking down the barrel of a gun [godspeed/crayons],
The Beastie Boys -

beastieboys.com
brainwashed.com/godspeed

AND JUST FOR FUN
20- Everybody loves a lover,
Doris Day -

wikipedia.com - doris day

I claim no copyright on the above music, consider it fan marketing for the bands involved. it is all good music and worth checking out to make your own decision.

Enjoy.

I am always looking for ways to improve, so please leave positive and negative feedback..

download:Right click-> Save as -
[erisian] 2008 - Unclean.zip

Basic information-

• Compiled for continuity from the first song to the last. For the most part, each track was created with segues and as such, it should be burnt to disc “gapless” in order to remove any annoying interruptions and play smoothly. Playing on MP3 these gaps are fairly inevitable, if you use a crossfader, i would suggest no longer than 1 second.

• Please listen to it from beginning to end at least the first time. First time through, the song order is important. everything is placed in a specific relationship witht he song before and after. After the first play through, skipping to tracks you enjoy will not detract from the overall feel of it.

• This compilation was created to fit on an 80 minute CD-R

more groucho + lou reed + dog pee

The song above is Lou Reed’s Waiting for the man (Temporary Thing)

This has been posted because of a comment befril made

to get to the qoute befril likes, you need to get about 10 minutes into the song. the song is about 13 min long or so and contains a lot of rambling and lou reed bitching at people who are being asses in the crowd.

my favorite line “i sing… when you shut up….”

what a badaaaassssss..

anyone who is interested in buying the album should check out the 2 disc live set called “Take no Prisoners”

i highly suggest the album. it cracks me up and is a nice listen.. more so for car rides and long walks than just sitting around the house, but awesome all the same.

If you are n the mood for some bizarreness…

try this on for size

a few years back there was a lot of people collecting george w bush quotes and remixing them. the group RX came out with a GW remix of Walk on the Wild Side… mixed with Lennon’s Imagine. i never noticed until this song that they shared the same piano beat and song structure. it kinda threw me for a loop. i had to pull out copies of both songs and play them side by side to prove that i wasnt imagining the correlation. props to RX for bringing this (probably well known) nugget of joy to my poor mind.

This song was part of The Party Party remix album. dont call it a mash up or i will hit you. remix.. RE-Mix…

check out all the trash and the good stuff on the DIY Media site.. you have to filter through it yourself though as there is a lot of crap and i dont have the patience for it anymore.. i think three days last year were enough for me.

http://www.diymedia.net/collage/truth-gwb.htm

DO NOT go to thepartyparty dot com as the site seems to be acting really phishy (ie.. Infected) when i visited it today. ask me if you want a full copy of the album instead.

~~ off topic ~~

witness napkin art as supplied by a food starved and coffee influenced Jennifer.

click to see fullsize

peeing out my ass/peeing out my butt

wtf..

you write one little post about reading a good book on the john and suddenly half your site traffic is received from devoted fetishists searching out defecation videos?

I DEMAND A HIGHER CALIBER OF WEB VISITORS! those of you who actively read and participate in communication here aside of course.

as a side note, today i have been alive for 11,154 days.. overall it was a good day. Check out http://www.11154.net/

once you get deeper in to the flash animation on the site, there is a hell of a lot of interesting music on here, smooth stuff based on hip hop, break beats, some stuff that drove me crazy, some that didn’t.

that is all.. oh yeah.. peeing out my ass.. dont ever search that phrase.. you will be sad at how lame the internet is..

image found on sepiamutiny.com