HRW 09 Video

I finished my field recording video from the 2009 Heavy Rebel Weekender recently. Understandably, I didn’t get any footage from our Mad Tea Party set on Saturday night there. Anyway, here it is:

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John Brown & Teddy

Here’s a field recording from Mad Tea Party’s recent Northeast tour. It takes place in Pittsfield, MA, where we had a surprise visit from our dear friend John Brown and his yodeling dog, Teddy. Of course they had to be part of the show.

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Tour Video: Seattle

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Tour Video: Sunbanks

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Someday Lounge

Jason and I slept in on Wednesday, of course. Then we went for a long, invigorating walk through Cort’s neighborhood and down by Seattle Lake. Seattle is such a beautiful city. After coffee (yeah for west coast coffee!) and lunch we headed down to Portland, OR.
The trip took longer than we expected because of crazy [...]

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Ice Cream

Tuesday night I went a house show up the street from where I live. [I definitely would say it was a house "show", not a house "concert". "House concert" makes me think more of the folk/singer-songwriter/acoustic scene. House concerts as I've experienced them cater to a middle-aged "listening" crowd, and are held early in the [...]

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Handcranked Letterpress

The Handcranked Letterpress Company is one of the places Jason works when he’s not playing with Mad Tea Party. Started by Lance Wille (of Reigning Sound) and his wife Suzie Millions, Handcranked makes collectible ephemera for bands, festivals, friends, and even Obama. They hand-set all of their type and hand-carve most of the images they [...]

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Field Recording #5 – Doo-Nanny 09

The Doo-Nanny was so powerful and 3-D, it cannot truly be documented – it has to be experienced. That said, here is a short video of moments I captured there. I am going to post Les Blank’s full speech/movie introduction and some other snippets soon as well. The highlight of the video is the lighting [...]

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Field Recording #4

I just posted this video on YouTube from the Mad Tea Party “Rockin’ the Rockies” tour. It’s a bit after the fact, but it has taken me awhile to go through all of the footage and decide what to use, to edit it, etc. So many decisions! I really could mess with this thing infinitely. [...]

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Field Recordings #2

OK, this ukulele rockstar is getting FANCY. I edited a couple photos and field recordings together to create the following short video from a POPAsheville Friday night (Saturday morning, really) after-party at Collapseable Recording Studio. See the blogger herself speaking! See and hear local celebrity musicians jam! See a mysterious vehicle! All in under 2 [...]

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Field Recordings #1

I aquired some new technology over the holidays, and I am starting to learn how to use it. Here are my first two field recordings on my new camera which also takes video. They are from Elvisfest. The first is Jason jamming with Rev. D. Ray & The Shockers (it’s their tune “Zombie Cowbys”) and [...]

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