Horrible Moments of Upness, by John's Black Dirt

Horrible Moments of Upness

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1.	Bushwacker 02:31
2.	In a Dark Room 01:31		buy track
3.	Salaam Al-Saidi 01:09		buy track
4.	My Heart & the Real World 03:47		buy track
5.	34 West 73rd St./Boy Meets Girl, So What 03:48		buy track
6.	How to Destroy Art 02:49		buy track
7.	Gimme Some Time 01:21		buy track
8.	Carl C. Reep 02:55		buy track
9.	Wearing Thin 02:21		buy track
10.	Welcome Thieves! 00:39		buy track
11.	X-10 02:51		buy track
12.	Outside Barstow 00:29		buy track
13.	The Shoe Fits 02:58		buy track
14.	How I Got Stabbed 01:28		buy track
15.	Scavati la Fossa 02:30		buy track
16.	Brooklyn Rooftop 09:40	info	buy track

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This was our second album for Grass Records. Mike played in Mercury Rev with Dave Fridmann and asked on a lark if he'd come to Minneapolis and record us at The Terrarium. Surprisingly, he said yes!

He had just finished Clouds Taste Metallic by The Flaming Lips. Suffice to say we were a bit nervous as we had no idea what we wanted to do in the studio, which surprised Dave as well.

Dave came up with so many great ideas and used the fact that the studio was in an old warehouse to its full advantage. While we were recording "wearing thin" there was a dude cutting concrete down the hall, so we quickly recorded it and added it to the track. Also using the cavernous space for some ambient reverb on "34 West 73rd St." for the guitar intro and recording "Gimme Some Time" in the open warehouse.

To pass time, we would play soccer in the warehouse, which unfortunately caused Dave to injure his leg. We were freaked out when we found out he took himself to the ER! He soldiered on with his gimpy leg on the mixing console for the rest of the sessions.

Unfortunately, when we finished mastering the record, Grass dropped us and never released it. They then sold the label and became Wind-Up - releasing records by Creed and the like.

We have been sitting on it for a couple decades until finally getting it transferred off of the DAT and onto digital audio. All for your listening pleasure!

We hope you enjoy!

credits

released February 28, 2020

Mike Huber: Drums, Vocals, Banjo, Noise
Seth Mindel: Guitar, Vocals, Noise
Brett Mizelle: Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Noise, Saxophone
Dave Fridmann: Slide Guitar, Hammond B-3

Recorded at The Terrarium, Minneapolis, MN
May 1995
Produced by: Dave Fridmann & John's Black Dirt
Engineered: Dave Fridmann
Editing: Chris Sattinger
Artwork: Matt Franzen

2017 DAT Transfer:
Taylor Hales & Steve Albini Electrical Audio Chicago, IL
Deep Signal Studios Long Beach, CA

"Outside Barstow" recorded at Planet Studios, Mpls "Brooklyn Rooftop" recorded live on Pleasant Avenue
Grainy audio on "Boy Meets Girl, So What" snatched from hearings before the House Un-American Activities Commission, October 30th, 1947, featuring Chief Investigator Robert E. Stripling reading "Forward, We've Not Forgotten," a poem ostensibly by Bertolt Brecht

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John's Black Dirt Minneapolis, Minnesota

John's Black Dirt existed for a few years during the dynamic 1990's Minneapolis music scene.
Brett played with Unrest in DC
Mike played with Mercury Rev (he's on Your Self is Steam) in Buffalo
Seth in Mother's Day in Minneapolis ... more

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