Finds and resurrections

Metal detectingGoing on three years since the launch of this blog, we’ve come a long way: We’ve posted all kinds of wonderful treasures from our musical youth, reunited with hundreds of old friends, started new collaborations — and in October alone, drew more than 15,000 visitors here.

That means we’re in a great position to locate just about any surviving sounds, images and accounts from our past … or to re-create anything we want to revisit.

So where do you want to dig next? What recordings, flyers, photos, bands, events and people have you missed all these years? Working together, there’s a great chance we can find them.

I like playing detective, and I like unearthing buried treasure. What else should we rediscover?

30 thoughts on “Finds and resurrections

  1. OK, I’ll prime the pump:

    1. Here’s an artifact I hadn’t found before: A primitive MySpace page for Guy Goode and the Decentones, a very offbeat band that we’ve discussed before. I would be very excited to post more about these guys.

    2. Another class of artifact I’d like more of: any photography that includes shots of the venues we played. (Not just the action on stage … I’d like to renew my memories of the spaces, too.) I’ve seen no photos of the old basement performance space at Greenwich Village West, and so far I’ve seen only one crowd shot from the Headquarters. How about DaveFests 1 and 2 at Patrick Works’ house? Also our nocturnal gatherings at Balboa Park and Presidio Park … Any photography to capture those?

    3. Video/film. I believe there’s more out there, and it’s precious now. We’ll help anybody digitize anything that pictures the bands and the scene … Let’s do it before it decays!

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  2. Lori knows the Johny story, check my FB. I’ve asked for help locating Lisas daughter on Injection thread, lately…we must find her, (Doriot perhaps?). Brian Bloodclot anyone???

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  3. Dinettes, Injections, Cardiac Kidz, Zeros, Penetrators. Farmers hey do we have enough resurected bands together to put a Saturday Summer fest together?

    Eric Rife you remember talking about doing something like that?

    Dorriet; the Cardiac Kidz would be honored to play with you at a reunion gig for the Dinettes

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  4. Yes, to the Dinettes, and also the Exterminators, and DFX2!

    Also, the Unholy Rollers (pre-Rockin’ Dogs band from Poway!), and also the Playground Slap (who are BTW recently reformed).

    Also, my sister just found the Music Power recordings of the Wallflowers, so more of that to come!

    It would be a miracle, but if we could access Steve Epineter’s Studio 517 archives, we’d find recordings AND videos of almost all the bands here, from Claude Coma, the Tell-Tale Hearts, The Gravedigger Five, The Wallflowers, Hair Theater, the Rockin’ Dogs, you name it, but a true treasure trove.

    And two words -- MYSTIC RECORDS!!!

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  5. Doriot. do you remember when I went up to Madame Womgs with the Dinettes? On the way back I put plastic in my hamburgher at the resteraunt, and complained that I wanted it free. The owner wanted to kill me. You guys paid for it. I am still embarrassed.

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