(Photo courtesy of Tim Weilert.)

Here’s Ian Cooke serving up some cello-looping madness at the Hi-Dive.

Ian Cooke
11.08.2008
Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtch Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3 >
Firewire > WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Flood
2. unknown
3. unknown
4. All of Us
5. Trouble Process Report
6. The Rot -> Gimme Gimme Gimmie -> Monkey and Bear
7. Va-Soon

FLAC files are available as a zipfile here.
MP3 files are available as a zipfile here.

Here’s a nice intimate Meadowlark set from Andrea Ball, backed by Carl Sorenson on drums.  Andrea treated the crowd to several new tunes (title guesses in quotes), demonstrating her ever-growing songwriting abilities.

Andrea Ball
10.04.2008
The Meadowlark, Denver, CO

Source:  DPA 4060s (Core-Sound HEBs) > battery box > Lunatec V3 > M-Audio Microtrack 2 > CF > WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro
2. “Lining Up In Rows”
3. “Lonely Sailor”
4. Beat Beat Pound
5. “Cheer Up Darling”
6. “Holding Back”
7. Gem
8. Funeral

Holiday plans can throw a wrench into band bookings, but Night Driving in Small Towns found a way to use the absence to two band members to their advantage on the weekend before Christmas.  Instead of canceling the shows, remaining members decided to approach these shows as the “NDIST Acoustic Trio”.  Composed of Andrea Rogers (vocals), Colby Wright (mandolin), and Daniel Gonzalez (acoustic guitar), this incarnation of the band treated Atlanta fans to stripped down versions of NDIST favorites.

Here are recordings of the two performances.  Apologies for the buzz in the Kavarna set–it was coming through both the PA and the board feed, and couldn’t easily be eliminated without damaging the audio quality.

Night Driving in Small Towns
12.19.2008
Kavarna, Decatur, GA

Source:  Mix [Microtch Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3] + [SBD > Apogee Mini-Me > M-Audio Microtrack II] > WAV > Mixing in Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Red Rover
2. Young
3. Cast Your Love Around
4. Close Encounters
5. unknown
6. Four Years Ago Today
7. Reasons To Love You
8. Waking Up
9. Take Me As I Am

A zipfile of the mp3s can be obtained here.
FLAC files are availabe via bittorrent here.

Night Driving in Small Towns
12.18.2008
East Atlanta Icehouse, Atlanta, GA

Source:  Microtch Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3 > Firewire > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Young
2. Close Encounters
3. unknown
4. Reasons To Love You
5. Take Me As I Am
6. Red Rover
7. Cast Your Love Around

A zipfile of the mp3s can be obtained here.
FLAC files are availabe via bittorrent here.

(Photo by Leana Combs.)

Here’s the second of the three Kavarna sets, with The Good Graces opening the show.  There was a substantial turn-out even for the first act…nice to see people getting out and supporting the local artists!

The Good Graces
12.19.2008
Kavarna, Decatur, GA

Source:  Mix [Microtch Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3] + [SBD > Apogee Mini-Me > M-Audio Microtrack II] > WAV > Mixing in Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro
2. You and Me and Our Ghost
3. Over It
4. What’s Wrong
5. Who We Are
6. Unhappy Ending
7. Stuck Inside
8. Already Broken
9. Bad Driver
10. Real to Me

A zipfile of mp3s is available here.
FLAC files can be obtained via bittorrent here.

Being on the road for three weeks has left no time for posts…  Now that I’m back (and don’t have to work until Monday), I finally had a chance to check out the handful of recordings I made in Georgia before Christmas.  The only ones that turned out well were Hope For Agoldensummer, Night Driving in Small Towns, and The Good Graces at Kavarna.  I hadn’t seen HFAGS in several years, so it was nice to catch this intimate set at a cool coffee/wine bar in Oakhurst.

Hope For Agoldensummer
12.19.2008
Kavarna, Decatur, GA

Source:  Mix [Microtch Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3] +
[SBD > Apogee Mini-Me > M-Audio Microtrack II] > WAV > Mixing in Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro
2. Candy Dots
3. Love Like a Sailor
4. Man of Faith
5. Fourth Night
6. Tuscon
7. Birthday (tease)
8. Katelina, Dear
9. Laying Down the Gun
10. Midwest
11. Threads
12. Malt Liquor > What’s Your Fantasy (tease)
(Encore)
13. Are You That Somebody?

FLAC files can be found here.
A zipfile of mp3s is available here.