Riverbed & Distort
25 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 13 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
An archive of aural experiences.
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Boduf Songs @ the Cinemat
October 07, 2010 17:46 - 4.73 MBBoduf Songs December 2, 2008 The Cinemat Bloomington, IN Recorded by Ben Myers Stream/Download I snuck in somewhere around the first or second song and caught most of Boduf Songs. I had to share it. Apache Dropout and When We Might also played but I missed them both as I was closing Bloomingfoods dish pit that winter. There might have been color, but my memory reproduces mostly black and white.
Akron/Family & Resting Rooster
October 05, 2010 03:25Akron/Family Resting Rooster December 3, 2008 The Waldron Firebay Bloomington, IN Recorded by Ben Myers Stream/Download This was one of the last concerts I went to before Atem was born. Janice came with me, so Atem was there in utero. He was born one month later. As far as the show goes, I've never been a big fan of Resting Rooster. They're good but something about the song structure and stop-go rhythm turns me off and makes me wishy washy. Akron/Family killed it. I was not re...
Wereheadphones
October 05, 2010 02:57Wereheadphones: Live From Bloomington Sessions *Paula Tonsor *Ben Myers November 7, 2007 The Werehouse Bloomington, IN Recorded by Ben Myers Stream/Download We didn't get on the cd, nor did anything experimental that year. Maybe I should try again soon.
Angels of Pot: Devil's Night Asshole/Last Tokes Plus
August 22, 2010 02:03 - 14.9 MBDevil's Night Asshole: Children of Scare-Midget/Angels of Pot October 30, 2007 Recorded at The Cinemat Angels of Pot: Last Tokes January 29, 2008 Recorded at the Werehouse Lather: Wash All the Time/Being Watched February 8, 2008 Recorded at the Werehouse Last Tokes Band: Last Tokes Release Prty September 29, 2008 Recorded at TD's CDs & LPs thx mkl All sounds recorded by Ben Myers CoSM=John Hardwick AoP on Devil's Night=nearly everyone at the Cinemat AoP's Last Tokes=Kray+B...
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August 15, 2010 00:19Joe Molinaro Smut Hugs & Kisses Sword Heaven attendees of the show November 10, 2007 (---- --- ------) Bloomington, IN Recorded by Ben Myers Produced by Bob Heavens Available on cassette tape from Bob Heavens Records. Audio has been temporally compressed due to time constraints of said cassettes. Stream/Download If you can tell what's going on, how does it make you feel? If you can't, then why not?
Clean Socks
August 14, 2010 21:59*Ben Myers *Kray Korvella *Paula Tonsor *Julia Lynch *Michael Hodges (tr. 1) August 21, 2007 215 N. Walnut Bloomington, IN Recorded by Ben Myers Stream/Download So we decided to play on the street one night, right on N. Walnut in the middle of the Vid/Bluebird area. We sat on the ledge that was at the time vacant but is now the window for Brothers. Julia sat on the sidewalk and rubbed her boots against the sidewalk, suffering intermittent coughing fits which came to be somehow ...
Damo Suzuki Network in Old Louisville, KY
August 08, 2010 11:57Damo Suzuki Network October 16, 2007 Chapel of St Philip Neri Old Louisville, KY Recorded by Ben Myers Stream/Download I don't remember who all went but I think we had two cars drive from Bloomington to Louisville, and we all sat together on the pew in the large old and heavily reverberating church. The recording shows pretty well the acoustics of the room. It does not show the odd sculpture of metal, fire and ice which was in the performance space. In recent research I have been un...
Diskaholics Anonymous Live at Max's Place
August 08, 2010 11:51Diskaholics Anonymous (Ben & Kray) February 7, 2007 Max's Place Bloomington, IN Recorded by Ben Myers Stream/Download 'Twas Wednesday open mic night. DA on this evening consisted solely of Ben and Kray. The audience consisted of people trying to enjoy pizza and maybe listen to some singer-songwriter/folk music. If you want to know this story, just ask.
Mike Lightning House Warming 2008
August 06, 2010 13:45 - 1.37 MBJenny is a Boy Dust From 1000 Yrs May 23, 2008 Mike's House Bloomington, IN Recorded by Ben Myers Stream/Download This was the party which was Mike's first party as full host, and from what I remember it went well. There was an odd little alcove in the basement with an anti-stage and I think a fireplace where Ben stood on a stage above the pit, as it were. The quality of this recording (as well as the excellent setlist) is rather swell, and other than the fact that Tony Lowry sat ...
Smut 10 Years Anniversary Show
June 11, 2010 08:20 - 1.92 MBSmut June 11, 2009 The Sauce Box Bloomington, IN Recorded by Ben Myers Stream/Download This show marked the tenth of Smut: Justin Rhody and Keith Wright, of Friends & Relatives Records. This was a huge show and if you want to know about the rest of it you can check it out on Facebook but I'm only going to talk about Smut because I really showed up, they played, and I then left. I shared a rare cigarette with perhaps Nathan Warrick and talked about being a dad. I had worked that day...
Songs of the Dust: December 2, 2007
June 09, 2010 16:37 - 29.2 MBdrekka OS lather. December 2, 2007 The Waldron Firebay Bloomington, IN Recorded by Ben Myers Stream/Download Sweet show. I opened up with snares a blaring placed spectacularly in front of the huge Peavey cabinet. The focus was on resonating the snare and then the entire room. Did I mention I also like dynamic changes? OS was fairly subdued for the evening, a slow study on guitar strings with a sliding pitch mass much like some of Ligeti's works. I think Hien was in the group b...
Yer Mom Likes to Party: April 28, 2010
June 08, 2010 13:09 - 19.5 MBRedbird Hermit Thrushes Ben Fowler April 28, 2010 The Bishop Bloomington, IN Recorded by Ben Myers Stream/Download Keep This Boat Afloat: Learn about the situation with which the Fowlers are struggling and find out how you can help. The "Yer Mom Likes to Party" series consists of benefit shows for Ben Fowler and his mother, who had an unfortunate accident which was followed by several highly unethical events motivated by other parties. You can read about it above. She was there ...
Black Mass I
June 03, 2010 15:51 - 17.5 MBOS Nux Vomica Hail Architeuthis! September 29, 2009 The Bishop Bloomington, IN Recorded by Ben Myers Stream/Download I recall this show being tons of fun. That is, except for those dicks who kept talking loudly (but luckily not during a band's set) about some joke band they were going to start called Butt Piss. I bet they'd blow if any of them even played instruments. Wait they're playing in a thunderstorm today at the skate park. Totally going. Hail opened up and ripped throu...
July 30, 2009: The Schoolyard
June 02, 2010 17:32Vollmar (not recorded) Paleo (partial) Sundance Kids e.p. hall July 30, 2009 The Schoolyard Bloomington, IN Recorded by Ben Myers Stream/Download This show happened at Andy Goheen's house, the only show I have seen there as of so far. It was nice and sweet and intimate, and we may have missed a portion of e.p. hall but it was beautiful nonetheless. Andy adds appropriate colors and textures to her songs, exhibited nicely here. Atem was at this show and you can hear him a few tim...
May 13, 2009: Bunny Hoover vs. Lather
May 28, 2010 18:23 - 20.3 MBBunny Hoover vs. Lather Whatfunnybirdsdiveintowater Oscine May 13, 2009 The Cinemat Bloomington, IN Recorded by Ben Myers Stream/Download Because the two artists share similar worldviews but have completely different ideas on how the world will ultimately be affected by people, Bunny Hoover being an entity from space whose mission is to help humans save themselves and Lather being a human whose faith in mankind died long ago. By now Lather's lack of faith has led him to antagonize ...
April 15, 2009: Howard's Dilemma, et al.
May 22, 2010 05:56 - 978 KBDust From 1000 Yrs Pants Howard's Dilemma Strictly Off the Record Bunny Hoover April 15, 2009 The Bungalow Bloomington, IN Recorded by Chris Couchman Stream/Download I made an appearance at this show for a few minutes, with Janice and Atem (then 3 months old). You can hear him crying upstairs right before Company Slogan. I can only form opinions based on the recordings. Dust plays a beautiful set consisting of Naptown/Thanksgiving/Natives-era songs, Chris plays in Pants on thi...
April 10, 2009 Dinosaur jr. & Awesome Color
May 19, 2010 08:25 - 10.7 MBAwesome Color Dinosaur jr. April 10, 2009 The Bluebird Bloomington, IN Recorded by Chris Couchman Stream/Download I cannot give a review of the show since I did not attend, but I will warn you that due to the excessive (or not) sound pressure levels at this show there is severe digital clipping. I gave Chris my Olympus DS-50 so that he could record. Aside from that, it's a good representation of the show. I know Chris had fun. He also didn't know how to lock the buttons and it g...
NOISE April 2, 2009
May 15, 2010 21:28 - 39.2 MBFound Objects Adeptive Radiation Officer Deaf Mindfreak April 2, 2009 IMUG NOISE Bloomington, IN Recorded by Ben Myers Stream/Download From what I understand many of the NOISE shows were not noise shows at all, though if it's an acronym I have no clue what it means. "Inside-Starbucks Experience" is the best I can come up with and it isn't even complete. This show was a noise show. Found Objects and Officer Deaf I am not too familiar with, but they both rest closely to each othe...
April 7, 2010 SoE & DDD
April 21, 2010 15:13 - 4.59 MBSword of Exactly Dark Dark Dark April 7, 2010 The Bishop Bloomington, IN Recorded by Ben Myers Stream/Download I was happy to go to such a beautifully appropriate and succinctly scheduled show with but two artists who fit well together musically. Evelyn continues to remind me of Scout Niblett with piano. She delivers an appropriate amount of amusement between songs as well, and wins me over as a performer. Oh and she played Girls On Film, which I attempted at karaoke once in the ...
April 2, 2008 at the Log Cabin
April 21, 2010 14:59 - 4.37 MBKid Primitive Family Doog/Brother Dolphin Normanoak Castle Oldchair April 2, 2008 Sonny's Log Cabin Bloomington, IN Recorded by Ben Myers Stream/Download Two years ago Sonny lived in a cabin in the heart of Bloomington's south-central neighborhood, hidden away by suburban illusion. A dozen to two dozen people gathered there that evening for shared food and music; Janice and I brought Oliver but they had to leave after the Prim Family because Oliver had to go to bed. I considered...
March 15, 2009 Live at Rockit's Pizza
April 10, 2010 12:19 - 5.73 MBWhen We Might Sgt Dunbar and the Hobo Banned Dust From 1000 Yrs March 15, 2009 Rockit's Pizza Bloomington, IN Recorded by Ben Myers Stream/Download Chester gracefully opened up this show, and someone was on stage (used loosely) with him but whether it was Josh or Jimmy I don't recall. Either way the show sounds great, and it was of Atem's first shows to which he went as a child. I haven't been taking him to shows lately, but make sure to keep music a part of his life. If there w...
Black Mass VI
April 09, 2010 13:46 - 3 MBEric Knipstine Deserter Humans dante augustus scarlatti Pendra Gon Hail Architeuthis! March 30, 2010 The Bishop Bloomington, IN Recorded by Ben Myers Stream/Download This month Black Mass showcased several artists from the Auris Apothecary label, curators of the monthly event. As it was the first performance for four of the artists, technical difficulties arose and were mostly overlooked or incorporated into the performances. Eric played a pair of rather atmospheric keyboard p...
January 29, 2008 ESP at the Cinemat
April 04, 2010 06:11 - 27.6 MBBrother Dolphin Whoa Bro Awesome Grampall Jookabox Electric Serpent Power January 29, 2008 The Cinemat Bloomington, IN Recorded by Ben Myers Stream/Download Brothers Eric and Sonny Alexander played graceful psych-folk, Sonny's guitar entwining with his brother's voice. Whoa Bro played his first show with guitar, a rollicking good time akin to Jonathan Kane's guitar drone stomps. ESP played their first (and only?) performance, which rattled skulls with feedback and pulses.
A(b)s Heard
March 26, 2010 14:18 - 8.59 MBMarty Belcher & Bart Galloway Children of Scare-Midget Adeptive Radiation November 13, 2008 Racheal's Cafe Bloomington, IN Recorded by Ben Myers Stream/Download Chris Rall was to join Bart and Marty in improvisation, but could not make it. In that case they would have been titled ICBM (Improvisation: Chris, Bart, Marty). Their set is quite free, using a wide variety of sounds. Children of Scare-Midget performs a solemn invocation, and Adeptive Radiation is as irreverent as ever, at...
Free Boys Tour: February 2, 2008
March 18, 2010 02:53 - 3.03 MB(DBH) Lather Styrofoam Duck February 2, 2008 The Cinemat Bloomington, IN Recorded by Ben Myers Stream/Download The DBH recording suffered (or perhaps a different word?) from operator malfunction, so their actual set is lost in time. Lather played with a cd a few songs from The Death Sound and Styrofoam Duck graced Bloomington on their "Free Boys" tour. I believe their last tour. We open the recording with DBH's sound check and bits of dialogue. It does sound pretty good, and car...