Ruthie's Inn Memorial at NIMBY, Oakland

Ruthie's Inn Memorial Show at NIMBY, Oakland. Sept 23 2006

Who needs a high school renunion when an event like this happens! Old core bands and a funky wherehouse and about 2000 people is about all it takes. Some of these bands i haven't seen since i was my son's age!
My buddy, Pierre, was the first person i ran into that i knew while waiting for the show to happen. It wasnt clear at first just where to enter. It was a gap between two fences...When we did, we had to sign waivers and no ins and outs. The show was delayed by a good hour and a half while they were still setting up the stage and moving various cargo around the wherehouse, in the midst of the early crowd. The bar was pushing "punk rock punch" - a rum vodka fruit drink out of a huge pot. They had a skateramp in the back along with a fire barrel and 3 portapotties. That's right, 3 portapotties for 2000 people. It was a good mix of young and olders. Too bad i pussied out at 3:30 am and didnt make it to the end of the show (5:30!).

wee fire

MDC opened

My son and his buddy had a lot of fun in the mosh pit

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Macbeth M5--in a closet, for lack of space in the main room. Josh said he was preparing to renovate and rearrange the house's interior for better use of the space. The walls will be lined with analog equipment. Eric with Josh, Brice and Cory in the main room. Brice and Cory in front of assorted Vermona, a Red Square, and a Studio Electronics Omega(?). Josh with cables overhead. This house has to be 100 years old, and it shows it. You can see better photos of their equipment at their site, Neopolitan Labs .

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Analogue Systems modules--a large system--some Doepfer too. Josh intends to look into all modular synths, although he prefers unique pieces. That must explain why he's so fond of Metasonix.

Neopolitan Labs, SF

This is looking toward the street-side windows. The mixer is to the LH side. He doesn't mind using a PC to record sound, but Josh isn't very happy with the software synthesizers available--and he's tried a lot of them. He wants only real analog stuff. Look at the awesome display of Metasonix modules! He likes Moogerfoogers too. But not a virtual pedal or virtual synth in sight. Everything we saw was hardcore, top-end analog. It's nice to have such a dedicated fan. We're still trying to figure out why he loves the TM-6 filter so much. He bought SIXTEEN of them

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