I was quite hungover the whole weekend we did this.

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

Welcome to the fifth and final chapter of TrueAnon Presents: Keep the Dream Alive.

In this episode: facing the inevitable; the sacred and the profane; falling in love with LA; opening in Oakland; embracing digital; on the road again.

Interviews with Merrill Garbus, John Congleton, and Tabor Allen.

Featured tracks: "cracked pass words" by John Vanderslice, "If" by The Dodos, "Coast to Coast" by Tune-Yards.

UNLOCKED — Keep the Dream Alive Part 5: After It Ends

If You Don't

Comfortable

By Mr. O. Recorded in August 1989, Rut's garage. Music: Ian, Kevin, Rut

Mr. O: Heroes Let Themselves Be Killed (1989, digitized 2023)

First single of Control Group's debut album Hot Swap, due end of summer.

You Can Be The Star Mp3

I Am T-Paine (And His Landlord's Daughter)

Al - vocals, drums, bass
Gregg - guitars
Abby - super quiet keyboard
Mastered by Mike Quinn at The Moontower
Recorded in our practice space fall 2017

The Concerns - Stitch in the Ditch (demo version)

Mojotone 18wTMB with Vintage 30

When All Is Said And Done

This is a fun basement recording featuring Dave Rogers on bass and Al Crocket on drums, as part of the Verse Versus Chorus project. Based on the old saying, "Beer then liquor: never sicker. Liquor then beer, then Jager, then cider, then port, more liquor, then wine:  you'll be fine".

Beer Then Liquor

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