Keep the Dream Alive

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

In this episode: scamming hotels; when touring gets tough; thin profit margins; the brutal real estate market; signing to a label.

Interviews with: Ben Gibbard, Joel Hamilton, and Laura Dean.

Featured tracks: "The New Year" by Death Cab for Cutie, "It Ends With a Fall" by Okkervil River, and "You Were My Fiji" by John Vanderslice.

Keep the Dream Alive Part 2: Damage Control

In this episode: the calendar gets full; sticking with tape; working with big bands; musical conservatism; owning the means of production; women in recording; love on tour.

Interviews with: Daniel Handler, Beau Sorenson, and Maryam Qudus.

Featured tracks: "Holy Roller" by Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, "Trance Manual" by John Vanderslice, and "Buck and Judy" by Deerhoof.

UNLOCKED — Keep the Dream Alive Part 3: How the West Was Won

In this episode: capitalism makes you crazy; numbers shrinking; relationships spiraling; losing family; giving up on touring; the beginning of the end.

Interviews with James Riotto, Samantha Crain, and Danielle Goldsmith.

Featured tracks: "Fangless" by Sleater-KInney, "Paint" by Samantha Crain, and "Harlequin Press" by John Vanderslice.

UNLOCKED — Keep The Dream Alive Part 4: Gruesome Details

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

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