Updates Frame

During my 2011 hiatus, I noticed that a whole lot of links in the archive were broken or completely dead. It turned out that some of the earliest additions to Archive.org were not formatted correctly. So, I decided that before any new stuff would be added, I'd go back and make sure that all of the existing archive items looked and sounded good.

There are still some videos currently being hosted on YouTube that I'd like to migrate over to Archive.org so that they look/sound a lot better, but after spending months making fixes to existing items, I'm ready to add new stuff for the time being.

There is much new [old] stuff that I intend to add to the archive in the very near future and throughout 2012.

I am happy to see the archive finally back to good health with everything working as intended.

If you have downloaded any albums that had funky tagging on some of its tracks, you can now go in and grab a better copy.

The site's social networking links have also been refined.

For this update, I have added some items that others have posted to YouTube in recent months, with the exception of the REPEAT - Dan Russell tribute documentary, which I did last spring.

Video>>Live

REPEAT: A tribute concert for Dan Russell - Churchill's (2011)
Pole Barn Rebels - ? (2011)
Dixie Hustler - Machine Shop (2011)
Bullhonky Deluxe - ? (2011)
Wig Barn - Churchill's (2011)
Autumn Burning - Churchill's (2011)
Joel Rash - speaking about the rebirth of the Flint Local 432 (2010)
Matt Ratza - Whaley Jam (2010)
The Enablers - Whaley Jam (2010)
Stabbittystabbittystabstabstab - Chicago public access shows (mid-90's)

VIDEO>>TV SHOWS

ALL of the "Take No Prisoners" TV episodes are now back online!!! All links in this archive are working now.
So far, about half of the shows are being hosted on Archive.org, which enable you to download them at a much
higher resolution.

AUDIO>>Demos

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AUDIO>>Live

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Flyers

REPEAT: A tribute to Dan Russell (2000's)

Articles

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Shawn Humphrey(Autumn Burning/Finest Hour/FlintJournal) and I are writing a book about the history of The Flint underground music scene. It is covering the 1960s-2000s, with the focus on the '80s - '00s. The project is expected to take a couple years but will be something the uninitiated can pick up and enjoy. Brandon Trammell is also working on a book about the Flint scene, which will tell the story as an assorted collection of interviews.

Regarding past archive updates, the Mush documentary link in the Videos>>Live section now actually points to that video. It contains footage by Steve Hester and was put together by Andy Turpin. It is definitely worth checking out.

All videos that were hosted on YouTube now all display as expected in the archive site so if something you wanted to see wasn't working, now it is.

The Dachau Club - Vintage album in Audio>>Demos has also been remastered from a much better copy (thanks Debbie Wilcox!).

Dan Russell's self-titled vinyl-only LP is now available at Wyatt Earp Records.

Video>>Live

Political Silence - Earpfest 2010
Artfull Dodgers - Summer Earpfest 2007
Lack Of Afro - Churchill's, 2010
Disposable Society - Machine Shop, 2011

AUDIO>>Demos

This Young Boy - demo (1984)
Splatter Process - demo (1984)
House Of Mirth - demo (1985)
Honky Funk Machine - Mostly Rockin' Hits (1994-2001)
Thingamobob - 1 and 2: TENTACLES (1988-1989)
Thingamobob - 3 mobob returns (1990)
Thingamobob 2004 (Squawk) - self-titled (2004)
Imaginary Holiday - Plan It (2003)

AUDIO>>Live

Thingamobob - Contos (1991)

Flyers

As a reminder, all flyers are sorted by year and by day. Enjoy!
Many more Pranks flyers have been added to '79-'81.

Articles

Nick Garvey Band, Flint Journal (1992)
Al Steele , Flint Journal (2009)
Wyatt Earp Records , Flint Journal (2008)
Wyatt Earp Records , Flint Twp. View (2010)
Lack Of Afro reunion, Flint Journal (2010)
Earpfest 2010, Flint Journal (2010)
Flint Local 432, Flint Journal (2010)
Smiling Sacrifice, Flint Journal (2011)

I have fixed the menus on the Images&Stories section so that they do not cut off at the bottom of your monitor in some places. Please let me know if you encounter any more issues with them.

This update is focused on the late, great guitar god Dan Russell. To fulfill Dan's wishes, I've been working with his brother Tom to archive all of his best stuff that has been sitting on the shelf for years. If you agree that the Flint underground music scene as we have come to know it over the past few decades, was started by The Rub renting halls and doing shows, then you now have the earliest known Flint underground music scene recording: The Knuckles live at Atherton H.S. in 1973 as well as other gems from the '70s.

My favorite Dan Russell recording is being added here as well. It is The Rub - Kishma Grotto, 1984. This was the first time many people that made the mid-1980s Flint underground music scene had heard Dan and the great songs of The Rub. Dan was aware of this and you can hear him making an effort to effectively present the work he'd spent the last several years with. The final lineup of The Rub was extremely tight and they just went out and killed 'em. Dan as a frontman was also perfectly captured on that as well. It is also one of the very best sounding live recordings of the 1980s Flint underground scene.

In addition, you can look forward to a vinyl album that Dan worked on with Brett_x_Herron, shortly before he died last spring, that will catalog all of what he felt was his best life's work. His brother Tom has been overseeing that as well. Most (if not all) of the material on that album is available here but will surely be a coveted album for his fans and vinyl junkies worldwide. The release date has not yet been nailed down. Check with Al at Wyatt Earp Records or this archive for the release date when it is finalized.

Also soon to be released is the Yestermorrow compilation to benefit the future Flint Local 432. It will feature favorite, new and unreleased many many bands from the Flint scene's glorious 30 year history. It will initially be a download-only thing, then on to a vinyl release.

Video>>TV Shows

A while back, Google removed a dozen or so videos of the Take No Prisoners TV series. Slowly but surely the series is being moved to Archive.org. You should now see no dead links for any episodes. All episodes are once again available. Nearly all episodes from #1 - #27 have also been moved over so the links in this archive now point to those new pages in Archive.org. All videos that have been uploaded to Archive.org are available for you to download in full DVD quality (over 4+ GB each, MPEG-2). The sound compression for the streaming video on Archive.org isn't as good as with Google. I digress.

AUDIO>>Demos

The Rub - Rarities (1978-1985)
The Russell Bros. - Rarities (1976-1984)
The Russell Bros. - The Worst Of The Flying Russell Brothers (1977-1983)
The Need - WFBE Session (1986) (with Frank Woodbury on vocals and bass)
Wad$worth - demo (2002) (Dan's band in Portland Oregon in the early 2000s)
Smiling Sacrifice - You'll Die Laughing (1987) (original artwork only)
Smiling Sacrifice - Speaking Of Death... (1987) (original artwork only)
Smiling Sacrifice - On Fire (1989) (original artwork only)
Smiling Sacrifice - Pelvic (2002) (original artwork only)

AUDIO>>Live

The Knuckles - Atherton H.S. Auditorium (1973) (precursor to The Rub)
The Rub - Kishma Grotto (1984)
The Russell Bros. - Kishma Grotto (1984)

Flyers

Many new flyers from Dan and Tom Russell's collections have been added from the 1970s through 2000s. The new ones have been placed in their respective places in the chronological (by day) Flyer archive.
In addition, all of the show flyers for 2004-2006 Flint Local 432 have been added.

Photos

If you have not already, you definitely need to check out the huge, annotated Dan Russell photo collection hosted on Flickr by his brother Tom and friends. It includes many great photos of Dan throughout his life. Lots of amazing band shots in there as well. You can find a link in the Photos section here for "Dan Russell".

Misc.

There is also a "Dan Russell" collection added to the Misc. section that has a variety of his original writings, including his memoirs of Phill Hines that he wrote shortly after having learned of Phill's death.

Articles

Dan Russell feature, Flint Journal (1994)
Dan Russell R.I.P. article , Portland Monthly (2010)
Bruce Stedron R.I.P. article , Flint Journal (2004)

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.

Video>>TV Shows

Capitol Theater Commercial (dir. Steve Hester)
Take No Prisoners TV - Outtakes
Take No Prisoners TV - Stabbittystabbittystabstabstab (Dan Russell)
Take No Prisoners TV - Warped Tour Special
Take No Prisoners TV - Feast Of Saints

Video>>Live

Arabian Fame - Hot Rock Cafe, 1990
Safety In Numbers - Hot Rock Cafe, 1990
Power On Hold - Flint Local 432, 1995
The A.G.s - Flint tour journal, 1990
Rosie DeRosia - Water Street Pavilion, 1988

AUDIO>>Demos

Aggressive Injection - practice, 1990

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.

VIDEOS>>LIVE

Solidarnosc - Wild Bill's, 3/84 (2 shows)

AUDIO>>Radio Shows

Powertool - Live & Naked, Take No Prisoners Radio, 1992

AUDIO>>Demos

Free Cheese - original demo recordings added
Crux Ansata - original demo recordings added
Solidarnosc - 1983 practice
Solidarnosc - It's Time (remastered from source)
Godspeed - It's Time (remastered from source)
Dead Burnt Bodies - 1983 practice
Upstairs Again - horrifried and The Burned Collection. "horrifried" is Kenny Roberts' homage to Repulsion's "Horrified" album.

*** 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

DEMOS

Afterbirth - Who's In There
Avant Garden
Buick City Boom Box Recordings Vol.1 (VARIOUS)
Chewbakka - Anthology 1989-91
Crux Ansata
Devil's Night Arsonists - Prelim Bums
Dissonance - On Top (unremastered)
Draincleaner - Clinical Death
Free Cheese
Head Cleaner - Cleans Both Heads
Hypyr - Psychedelic Dogs
Straight Bob - Live One-On_One Phone Sexxx
The Cripples - Totally Blitzed
The Freakies - The Red Headed Slut Sessions
The Guilty Bystanders - 2000s Demos
The Guilty Bystanders - Broccoli Rules
The Guilty Bystanders - Inflatable Party Sheep
The Guilty Bystanders - Worthy Attempts
Viva Tempo
Wig Barn - Wigrospective 1990-1995

LIVE

Crossed Wire - St. Andrews Hall, 1993
Dissonance - Kishma Grotto, 1984 (from the legendary 7 Seconds show that changed the Flint scene forever)
Genocide - Blondies, 1986
Gore - Blondies, 1986
Smiling Sacrifice - Earpfest, 2007 (original and new members)
The Guilty Bystanders - Prospect Hall, 1984 (Dave Grave on drums)
The Will - Earpfest, 2007 (Bruce Powers on bass)

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Visitors now also have the option of signing up for the Updates Feed as an email message that is automatically sent to them whenever new content is added to the site (the site is planned to be updated an average of once a month).

Visitors now also have many more options available for bookmarking and sharing the archive on sites such as Reddit.com, Digg and Facebook.

New items have been added to the 'Links' section in addition to some broken links that have been fixed.
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Images:
Rudy Varner has added a photo of the ROH at The Rusty Nail

Audio:
Check out Keith Fleetwood's page in the 'Links' section. It contains his recent interpretations of songs that he used to play with Free Cheese and Crüx Änsàta (original recordings of either band appear not to exist at this time).

Video:
The Guilty Bystanders 25th Anniversary Show - 3/2008 - The Aloha Lounge
Empty Arms & The Amino Acids - 2/2008 - The Aloha Lounge
Smiling Sacrifice - Earpfest 2005 & Metropolis in 2002 (their #2 video from there that year)
Kill Flint Radio documentary - 2/2008 - The Aloha Lounge...11 legendary Flint area DJs including DJ Steve Dub, DJ Michael A, DJ Bullfrog, DJ Psycho and others turn in stellar performances.

Plus much more to follow over the next week...

Many additions and refinements have been made since the site launch on Dec 1, including banner ad code in various places to help promote the site. Specific links to new files will not be listed in the 'Updates' section until the spring. Starting in January, new files will be added @ the 1st of every month.

During December, the host for the audio files, Archive.org, has been experiencing system slowness. Hopefully this issue will improve after the holiday traffic eases.

Until each page can be updated on Archive.org, for the best sound quality, choose 'VBR M3U' for streaming audio and 'VBR MP3' for downloads. These options are located in the left column on each page containing audio files. In addition, all of the available artwork for each recording is included as a JPEG in both the list of files available individually on each page as well as inside the complete downloadable folders for each item.

For the best video quality, download, rather than stream the videos.

January 8, 2012

Video>>Live

VIDEO>>TV SHOWS

AUDIO>>Demos

AUDIO>>Live

Flyers

Articles

March 19, 2011

Video>>Live

AUDIO>>Demos

AUDIO>>Live

Flyers

Articles

December 4, 2010

November 27, 2010

Video>>TV Shows

AUDIO>>Demos

AUDIO>>Live

Flyers

Photos

Misc.

Articles

September 4, 2010

Images&Stories>>Stories

AUDIO>>Demos

July 18, 2010

Video>>Live

AUDIO>>Demos

AUDIO>>Radio Shows

May 30, 2010

Video>>TV Shows

Video>>Live

AUDIO>>Demos

April 3, 2010

AUDIO>>Radio Shows

AUDIO>>Live

AUDIO>>Demos

March 6, 2010

VIDEOS>>LIVE

AUDIO>>Radio Shows

AUDIO>>Demos