had a reposting request for this here nirvana show, which may be the last known live nirvana recording and is commonly referred to as roma, which took place on 2.22.94.

1. radio friendly shifter unit
2. drain you
3. breed
4. serve the servants
5. come as you are
6. smells like teen spirit
7. silver
8. dumb
9. in bloom
10. about a girl
11. lithium
12. penny royal tea
13. school
14. polly
15. very ape
16. lounge act
17. rape me
18. territorial pissings
19. all apologies
20. on a plain
21. scentless apprentice
22. heart shaped box
23. improv
24. the man who sold the world

back in 1995, paul janovitz, brother to buffalo tom’s bill, and his band cold water flat released their self titled record – i dont think it was a debut, although maybe full-length debut. regardless, said release was pretty awesome, couple that with the fact that he was bill’s brother, i had to assume the apple didnt fall far. the record was filled with some much promise that i was more that overly excited about their future. it also didnt hurt that i was a huge fan of stuff coming out of tim o’heir’s fort apache studios, which this record was a product. i figured by 96 or 97, they would have put something new out, but twas not meant to be, and thus i am still waiting. paul did go on to form drag strip courage, who i have never heard, sadly.

you can pick up cold water flat’s record on amazon
for like a penny or something ridiculous like that. here’s the song that ruled much of my 1995.

magnetic north pole

once upon a time, mtv actually played music videos. its been a long long time since i visited said channel so maybe theyre back to playing music videos, but i doubt it. anyway, back in 80′s-early 90′s, i actually watched mtv. i went through a metal phase, and during that that time, metal was fairly popular on mtv, and thus i watched it. not a lot mind you, but enough to know i hated trixter, white lion, jackyl, europe, britny fox, kix, the bullet boys, and so on and so on – oh and warrant too. all the while my tastes were changing, but yet i still sort of held on the whole metal thing. changing because of 120 minutes, which aired on sunday nights from like 11 pm – 1 am. for about 6 years it was a ritual, and if i couldnt stay up, i taped it. 120 minutes was truly a godsend and was really solely responsible for my shift in musical tastes. keeping in mind this was way before blogs, the internets, magnet magazine, and other avenues we know take for granted. it was either 120 minutes, local record shops, friends and it helped if they had older brothers and sisters. pretty lame by today’s standards, but i truly miss those days. anyway, here a bunch of videos from 120 minutes during the 85-94 period.

i don think this was 120 minutes, but its dino jr playing on mtv. strange huh?

hayride off if i dont six // mule wiki

hell is around the corner off maxinquaye

for the record, me thinks everyone should hear this record at least once. its a sexy, hypnotic, sometimes brutal, but always brilliant piece of work. this was definitely left off my top fifty of all time. the production alone is worth listening to, let alone everything else going on.

spitfire off manos // rebecca gates site / twitter / spinanes on wikipedia