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Blues Traveler – Santa Barbara, CA (07/18/92)

Blues Traveler
July 18th, 1992
Santa Barbara County Bowl
Santa Barbara, CA

Master:
Nakamichi CM-300s/cp1’s on T-bar >Sony WM-D6C>Cass(m) >HHb CDR 800
Recorded from the 8th row, left-hand side.

Recorded & Transferred By OldNeumanntapr
FLAC’d By Dave Mallick
FLAC Tags + Front-Cover Artwork By OldNeumanntapr

Conversion:
XLIIS Cass Master Transferred: Sony TC-D5M >HHb CDR 800,
CD > xACT 1.69 >FLAC
FLAC Tags Via xACT 2.53

  1. 100 Years [04:45.24]
  2. Should I Stay Or Should I Go? [08:14.31]
  3. Crash Burn > [03:45.15]
  4. Dropping Some NYC [03:56.43]
  5. What’s For Breakfast [04:44.44]
  6. Ivory Tusk [06:37.67]
  7. Crystal Flame [12:36.36]
  8. Sweet Talking Hippie [13:53.38]
  9. Johnny B. Goode [03:24.41]
    Total: [61:58.39]

Notes:

Apparent tape stoppage between tracks 6 and 7, flip between tracks 7 and 8.

Taper Notes-
This was the second time that I saw Blues Traveler. They are a good band and a great opening act! (They opened for the Allman Brothers Band.) Not many tapers at the Bowl, from what I remember. I was one of the closest to the stage, in the 8th row.

Do NOT Convert To MP3.
Enjoy! Share freely, don’t sell, play nice, don’t run with scissors, etc. 😉

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1957)

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Sometimes while going through these old Cinema Sentries Reviews I come across a film that I have no memory of watching. Obviously, I did watch it because I wrote a review and I don’t make those things up, but the memory has faded. Honestly, my memory fades on most movies I’ve seen, but usually, I can remember watching them or at least a little of the plot.

If you had asked me yesterday if I’d seen The Inn of the Sixth Happiness I’d probably have said “yes.” First I probably would have asked who starred in it, but the title has a certain familiar ring to it. But I wouldn’t have had the foggiest idea of what it was about or if I liked it.

My review was mostly favorable, so I that’s good. I guess. Anyway, you can read my review here.

Blue Oyster Cult – Atascadero, CA (02/10/02)

Blue Öyster Cult
2/10/02
Bonnema Brewery
Atascadero, CA

FOB, Right; Neumann AK-40’s (x/y) >LC3 >KM-100’s >Beyer MV-100 >SBM-1 >Sony TCD-D7
DAT Master Transferred: Tascam DA-30 >HHb CDR 800 PRO Via Analog i/o. (DAT Was EQ’ed When Transferred To CDR) Level Knob Got Bumped Briefly During ‘Cities On Flame’.
CD Masters >FLAC (Level 8) Via xACT 2.28.
FLAC >WAV >Audacity (Smooth Out Level Imbalance In ‘Cities On Flame’, De-Amplify Selected Close-Proximity Hand Claps, Smooth Transition Between Disc I And Disc II) Fix SBE’s >FLAC (Level 8) + Tags Via xACT 2.53. Recorded/Transferred, Audacity Post Production, Tags, & Front-Cover Artwork By OldNeumanntapr (Re-Master April 2024)

Disc I:

  1. Burnin’ For You
  2. OD’d On Life Itself
  3. ETI (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)
  4. Pocket
  5. Buck’s Boogie
  6. Cities On Flame
  7. Quicklime Girl
  8. Perfect Water

Disc II:

  1. Unknown Tongue
  2. Astronomy
  3. Godzilla
  4. (Don’t Fear) The Reaper

Encore:

  1. Dominance And Submission

Do NOT Convert To MP3.
Enjoy! Share freely, don’t sell, play nice, don’t run with scissors, etc. 😉

OldNeumanntapr Notes:
I recorded this at the short-lived Bonnema Brewery in Atascadero. It had been a restaurant and was converted to a bar / restaurant / brewery with a small stage and an even smaller airplane hanging from the rafters. I recorded BOC and also The Fixx at this venue. The brewery only lasted a few years until the owner went bankrupt and the place closed down in 2005. It’s back to a restaurant now with another name.

The Jungle Book (1967)

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Is there anybody who sees the above cover art, or reads the title and doesn’t immediately start singing “The Bare Necessities”? I don’t think I want to know if the answer is “no.” The Jungle Book is a delightful film. I got this Blu-ray addition when my daughter was quite young. She immediately loved it and it became a staple of her television watching for a few years. If you’ve ever been a parent you know the joys of finding something your kid loves that won’t drive you completely insane after more than a couple of watches.

You can read my full review here.

Enough Said (2013)

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James Gandolfini will always be known as Tony Soprano. The role was iconic, the show (The Sopranos) changed television, ushering in the age of Prestige TV. Gandolfini was perfect in it.

But James Gandolfini was an actor. Of course. He may have completely embodied the brutal, murderous gangster who also needed a therapist, but he was not Tony Soprano.

There is no better way to understand that than to watch Enough Said, a lovely romantic comedy that understands the nuances of life and relationships.

Writer/director Nicole Holofcener has made a career of making these small little films that feel lived in and real. This is a lively movie and you can read my review here.

Don Jon (2013)

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I very much like Joseph Gordon Levitt, the actor. He’s been in some delightful movies. Don Jon was his feature-length debut as a director. He also stars as the titular Don a man who loves having sex with women, but actually kind of prefers sex with himself whilst watching pornography.

Scarlett Johansson stars as his eventual girlfriend who is addicted to the unreal lives she finds in romantic comedies. The film draws direct parallels from the unrealistic fantasies one finds in porn to the unrealistic fantasies one also finds in romantic comedies.

It is a pretty okay movie. The actors are good and it looks good, but it is too blunt with its themes and the ending feels way too easy.

You can read my full thoughts from 2013 here.

Call of the Wild (1935)

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I should really watch this one again. When I originally reviewed it in December of 2013 I had only watched a few movies from the 1930s. I knew who Clark Gable was and had probably seen a couple of his films, but I wasn’t really a fan. I don’t suspect I even knew who Loretta Young was back then.

I’m now much more familiar with all of those things so I suspect I’d like this film a lot more now. I didn’t dislike it then, but I can tell in my review that I more or less dismissed it. I certainly acted like 1930s films were all kind of boring and now I know that was one of the most exciting decades of film history.

Embrace of the Vampire (2013)

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They remade that terrible erotic vampire movie starring Alyssa Milano. God knows why. The only reason anyone watches the original is because Alyssa Milano was in an erotic vampire movie. She’s not in this one, but the thing is, the remake isn’t all that bad, actually. I mean it isn’t good or anything, but unlike the original, the filmmakers here know how to tell a coherent story.

You can read my full thoughts here.