the magik markers performed this year at the church as opposed to the beachland tavern as they did last august. this MM show was more sprightly than their beachland show despite the markers not having their original guitarist leah with them this time around.
opening for the magik markers was michael columbia, lambsbread & neil blender.

here are those shots from that june 20, 2006 show.

the collective known as “land of buried treasure” had a marathon recording weekend of near non-stop recording at zombie proof recording studio that had paul maccarone and nate schrieble doing the recording that ran longer than the 72 hours (i was not there for 72 hours so not all artist are represented) that jae envisioned.

“land of buried treasure” is: *jae (self destruct button), *nate (x-bolex) and *michael_w (SDB, perpetual amnesia, blck tygr). the guest musicians included (in order that they appeared): rob (ohms law), davis mavis/matt majesky (state of ohio), ryan (thursday club), steve thompson, *michael pultz (blck tygr, seers), wyatt howland, *steve peffer (9 shocks terror, homo stupids), brin (madbunny), adrian (jerk), vic anaya (mcshitz), hannah blumenfeld (tall pines), *skot (1 point 3), *dale (state of ohio), *chris smith (keelhaul), *bob zieger, *mikey machine (MGB), *justin coulter (roue, fireworks & feedback), chris kulsar (this moment in black history), lou arocho, dave cintron (flat can co.), george viebranz, john & jeff (emeralds), *lauren & melissa, *tony merritt (neil blender, fireworks & feedback), *erin kray (fireworks & feedback), *chris merritt (wisconsin, seers), *brendan sedlak (clan of the cave bear), *shawn flowers (seers).
*asterisk denotes the artist that performed when i was there. the list of performers above may be incomplete..

i expect to hear some fine recordings that will come out of this but for now you’ll have to settle for the many shots i took during various hours of the 72. go here.

i shot most of these shots from atop a building on east 36th street, i have some more to upload as well as the “72 hours of zombie proof recordings” that was taking place inside/atop said building (stay tuned).

those cleveland shots are here.

i only took in a handful of bands at this years CMJ including apollo sunshine, roue, the happy bullets, de novo dahl.

my thoughts on this years CMJ can be found here.

the shots from june 16, 2006 are here.

june 2, 2006 at the church

once again i’m playing catch-up on getting photos uploaded and galleries created. hopefully i can get this done soon.

this show featuring guillermo brown/muamin at the church had me arriving after work but catching most of the acts including browns set that he repeated for those who were yet to arrive earlier in the evening.

those shots are here.

roxanne was fortunate enough to have her birthday bash on the banks of the cuyahoga river last sunday night at dave-p’s place. dave has a small but sweet-ass trailer that is located right below the lift bridge at “horseshoe bend” which is about a mile before the river empties into lake erie. it wasn’t until three months ago that i found out that dave acquired the lot in a settlement with the free times, apparently dave sued TFT’s after a jeff niesel article that accused him of stuffing cucumbers in his jeans before taking the stage. the all women jury found the accusation to be erroneous in a trial that only lasted only 15 minutes.

this night was warm and when the sun set the entertainment began. there would be three bands performing for the first time in front of an audience and a couple veteran acts filling out the bill.
first up was “little songs” made up of host dave and leigh who was making her stage debut. little songs put on a short but effective set which had dave and leigh sharing vocals. leigh has a soft voice yet managed to not be trampled by daves seasoned rock vocals. i can’t think of any band that they reminded me of which is a good thing but i’ll describe leighs vocal’s as joanna newsomish and dave had a male-version of a bianca casidy sound going..

“the very knees” were next and after wrestling my way through a gauntlet of young ladies i was able to find spot adequate for getting a few shots but out of the way of the flying bras that were about to take flight. when daves 6 foot, 96 pound frame took the stage is was like ole times but without the drunk chick that constantly yelled “hey steve” when daves band would play pat’s in the flats.
TVK’s has that “perfect guy” sound but with different songs and lineup, matt did a sweet job on drums.

next up was “poor sailor” with mandy that i believe was also making her stage debut. i have to see poor sailor again before i form an opinion.

the last scheduled band goes by the name “mother button”, not to sound redundant but mother button was also making their debut. led by roxannes sister rachael whom i know nothing about except that she is related to rox in some way.
watching MB perform was like being on an island and running into a white tribe of shabazzian warriors, whatever that means i don’t know but i’m looking forward to see them again.

the crowd would not disperse until roxanne performed with her mates: jj magazine. i was surprised that roxanne could still walk none the less perform after all the fire water the shabazzains were feeding her previous.
perform she did and happy we were seeing a legal-rox shouting from atop the monitors.

these may 28, 2006 shots can be found here.

the church had a sunday afternoon show with a BBQ by julius, i didn’t have no BBQ but i could tell julius was enjoying it.
what i did enjoy was the two bands that put on very entertaining sets. regardless of what matt kuchna has to say..

the photos of this may 28, 2006 afternoon are here.