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95% of the requests I've received for the archive over the last few years has
been to make the TNPTV series available in a format worthy of copying to DVD.
So, I'll be taking a break from archiving the myriad of great audio recordings
I've collected and will spend the remainder of the year migrating the series to
Archive.org. The shows were previously stored on Google Video, but they decided
to pull a number of them a year or so ago due to some of the content. The
episodes currently offline will be restored in the near future in a much better
looking format and available to download as full resolution stereo PCM mpeg-2
files that you can burn to a DVD.
The first batch are listed below, including the series Outtakes episode, which I
had great fun putting together with lots of surprises. Steve, Jerry and Ben also
let me sift through unused footage from the series and create new and final
episodes, including AMAZING performances by The Numbers and The Guilty
Bystanders in early 1998. You can see that stuff now in the Archive.
As for the current transfers of the series to Archive.org, I finally got the
sound and video of the late, great Dan Russell's "Stabbitty..." TNPTV episode to
as close to perfection as the rendering and streaming technology used on
Archive.org will allow. The link in the takenoprisoners.info site has been
updated to the new version and I'm using that all other episodes are following
suit.
Also concerning the series, Kenneth Whiteaker is currently endeavoring to help
bring you pristine copies of all of the live audio of the Flint area bands from
the TNPTV series. Back when I had digitized the series, I also captured the
audio at 24 bit/96Khz directly from the series' master tapes and then rendered
straight to highest resolution VBR MP3s. So stay tuned for those as well!
As a reminder, Kenneth has been handling the archive for Ben Hamper's current
radio shows on WNMC (www.soulpossession.webege.com).
These include the 9PM Friday night "Soul Possession" show Sunday morning's "Head
For The Hills", which you can stream live on the WNMC site or listen to
on-demand at Kenneth's archive.
2 new 2009 Flint Journal articles have been added.
Thousands of images have been added to the ImagesAndStories section, including a day-by-day, chronologically arranged collection of flyers from 1979-1999, zines, articles, photos, logos and more. The ImagesAndStories section opens in a separate browser window, so you can still listen to the music you chose to stream while browsing the ImagesAndStories collection.
Please leave a comment on your items of interest,if you are so inclined. The band members definitely do check up on their items from time to time, so let them know you checked out their stuff.
New links have also been added and updated in the Links section.
Solidarnosc - Wild Bill's, 3/84 (2 shows)
VIDEOS>>LIVE
Broccolifest 4 documentary
AUDIO>>DEMOS
Andy Turpen Is So Low
Gone Dog
*** The rest of 2009 will be spent going through various people's collections and processing them for the archive. There is a very special and substantial addition to the archive planned for December. As always-stay tuned! ***
*** No updates are planned through the summer as some special archive additions are prepared for the fall. Stay tuned!***
Please be patient while certain episodes of the TNP TV series are restored online. All of the episodes should be back online by the end of April.
Complete original packaging, including ENTIRE LYRIC SHEET BOOKLETS are now available for these classic albums:
The Guilty Bystanders - Live At Wild Bill's
The Guilty Bystanders - Broccoli Rules
The Guilty Bystanders - Inflatable Party Sheep
Generic Society - Vols 1 & 2
Godspeed
Political Silence - self-titled
Political Silence - 101
Dr. Schwartz Kult - Entire Mire
The Dissonance 'Demo' pages have all been updated with album credits. All original artwork has been preserved. The On Top album art has been revamped for CD format by Tim Cronin, based upon the original cassette insert.
I have remastered a few items already in the archive for better sound quality:
Ronin - Get Out Of The Pool
The Need - Get Evicted (also now includes original cassette insert)
Dejecta - '93 Demo
MuSH - The Underwearld (new track added)
***Please revisit your favorite recordings in the archive on future visits as I am always obtaining better or master copies of some of the older classics.***
New Items Added::
AUDIO >> DEMOS
The Rub Anthology - Vols. 1 & 2
Uncle Daddy
CDG - Nicotine Fit
Dissonance - Limited Edition
Dissonance - practice w/Chris McNicol
Dr.Schwartz Kult - Entire Mire Sessions
Albadore - Hysterical Fiction: A Collection (2003-2008)
Albadore - An Overdose Of Cognitive Dissonance
Sandyl
Dead By Sunday - The Day Niagara Fell
Diatribe
Autumn Burning - Ethereal Project
55FFER - The Matt Davis Recording
Broomsauce
Busch
Dark Reality
Evil Green
Gene Pool - Mountain Bound
Shocking Grasp
The Fabulous Turpen Muthaz
The Thrash
Forced Anger - Pent Up/Summer Of Hate
Apollo 9 - 1992 Demo
AUDIO >> LIVE
For Crying Out Loud (Dan Russell, Turpen bros & more) - The BacK Room, 1997
Arrogant Stethoscope Salad - The Dirt Nest, 1991
Joel Rash - The Lobby, 1991
Bronze Jonson - Contos, 1991
Dark Reality - Ukranian Hall, 1985
Godspeed - Ukranian Hall, 1984
Medulla Oblongata - The Lobby, 1991
Shocking Grasp - Ukranian Hall, 1984
The Need - Hot Rock Cafe, 1990
The Rugby Mothers - The Lobby, 1991
Twitch - Contos, 1991
AUDIO >> RADIO SHOWS
Steve Hester & Aaron Stengel interview - "The Butcher Shop", WKUF(Kettering University), 2009
I have good news and bad news. The good news: There are dozens of exciting new audio additions to the archive to be posted in the very near future. This also includes enhancing a few essential classics that are already there withbetter quality transfers and complete original packaging, including lyric sheets.
The bad news: Google has discontinued its video service. They pledge that the videos that are on there now will remain but that is left to be seen. They have disabled several videos to date and this keeps occurring at the rate of 2/day. I have the ability to file requests (and have been) to keep them online but we are totally at Google's mercy as to whether or not they will restore the videos. By looking at the Google Video forums, it appears that they are targeting videos that are longer than the standard 10 minutes that is common on YouTube.
Yes, there are plans to re-offer the videos at another server. Archive.org has been improving their video service to make that the likely option. They were chosen for the audio content because Archive.org (a non-profit entity) shares this archive's belief that all content should be permanent. They have been building their media archive since the mid-90s and are fueled by ever-growing numbers of new entries. If the videos do in fact wind up there, it will nicely satisfy many of your requests I've received to make the videos downloadable and of higher streaming quality. The only drawback with Archive.org at this point is a visitor's inability to skip ahead in a video file (this can and probably will be corrected in the future). But, I'd take that inconvenience over insecurity at this point. Unfortunately, I am in the middle of preparing a few other very special editions to the archive later this year and will probably not start the huge task of re-uploading all of the videos to a safer location. Until then, I will continue to fight to keep them online at Google for as long as possible.
Aaron Stengel
Video>>TV Shows:
Ty Shick/Gary Mueller 2009 Interview (discussing the very beginning of the Flint punk scene)
The Guilty Bystanders 2009 Interview
Joel Rash / The Guilty Bystanders 2009 Interview (discussing the Flint underground music scene of the mid-1980s through today)
Links:
The Guilty Bystanders, Wig Barn, The Noose, and Dusty Brill's latest band Greyhounds And Grey Skies
Video>>Live:
Smiling Sacrifice - Fallout Shelter, 1987
Audio>>Radio Shows:
"Take No Prisoners" All Local Coverage Vols 1, 6, 7 ('82-'90)
Political Silence - "TNP Radio", 1986
The Guilty Bystanders - "Kaleidoscope", 1992
Audio>>Demos:
The Noose E.P. (ex-Generic Society, Guity Bystanders)
Ice Halo (Guilty Bystanders acoustic project)
Generic Society -- self-titled (Vol.1 and Vol.2)--now offering higher quality sound, full track lists, and the original lyric sheet booklet!
Political Silence - 101 bonus tracks
Audio>>Live:
Smiling Sacrifice - Fallout Shelter, 1987
The Guilty Bystanders - Wild Bill's, 1984
The Guilty Bystanders - Machine Shop, 2008
Images And Stories>>Stories:
John (O'Cyde) Vamossy
Chris McNicol
Links:
A dozen new links have been added to the Links section.
Video>>Live:
Tim And Dave Show - Churchill's, Sept, 2008
Audio>>Radio Shows:
Alternatives - Vol.1 (1982-1987)
Anarchy - Vol.1 (1982)
Audio>>Demos:
MuSH - The Underwearld
Psychotic Playground - Anthology 1991-1992
Arabian Fame - Anthologies
Fading Shade - practice session
Mondo Cane - self-titled 1989 demo (24 bit remaster)
Feast Of Saints - Saecula Saeculorum (24 bit remaster)
The Finest Hour
The Middletown Project
Midget Hippo Gag
Albadore - Yo Vi La Papa
Deathstrange - American Satan
Dirt Peddlers - Sixty Acres Of Music
Flumpnole
Fudge Gun - If You Could See My Office...
Gene Pool - Stuck
Heckyl & Jive - Fish Outta Water
Iad - self-titled
Kid Brother Collective - self-titled
Lack Of Afro - 5ive Phat Fattys (with original artwork)
Matt Ratza
Mindtribe - self-titled
Overflow - Aftermath
Power On Hold - Honky (24 bit remaster)
Power On Hold - Ism (24 bit remaster)
Powertool - SourFootPopWithKrackleFizz (24 bit remaster)
Rats Of Unusual Size - The Prime Directive Cannot Be Denied
Spit - Buckham Alley
VARIOUS - Super Road Ass (with original artwork)
The Absence - Lost In The Masses
The Guy Champion Sexual Revolution - 12 Steps To Anti-Rock