Welcome to TrueAnon Presents: Keep the Dream Alive, a history of the legendary analog recording studio Tiny Telephone San Francisco.

In this episode: moving to SF; the band breaking up; renting a space; Survival Research Labs; assembling a team; the first tour.

Interviews with John Darnielle, Greg Freeman, and John Croslin.

Featured tracks: "Borders" by Ganfalloon Bus and "The Dream Is Over" by MKUltra.

Survival Research Laboratories show from 1992: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeNdH2ByfCM

Keep the Dream Alive Part 1: The Dream Is Over

Body Scan - JH

Two Demos

Kata (Demo)

Wheels Are Weary

Time After Time (Cover)

Eggshell

Miracle Riff

I dreamed I climbed right up a tree
Adroitly in the dark
I climbed because I feared the ground
that festered in the park
There came to me a plaintive sound
Adhesive and demanding
Next thing I was swift homebound
Whatever was I planning?

At home I had a pleasant chat
With my housemate in the hall
I wanted to be where she was at, but
My tongue could only stall
We smiled and left off urgently
My eagles had to hatch
"Abscond with our lives furtively!"
Implored the hard-shelled batch

You know how
Burrowers among your roots
Can withdraw you from the ground?
The tree I had been climbing was
Now nowhere to be found
My old life had become a scam
Another trunk I chose
I pulled a hold with both my hands
And through the air I rose

Up A Tree, Adroitly

0:05 - kinda fast
0:22 - straight from the heart

Kata (Demo)

Able Baker

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