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Sue Garner, Les Batteries, The Johnsons
I don't remember a whole lot about this one either, another CMU show. Run On had broken up at this point but Sue and RIck were touring together, not doing a Fish & Roses reunion but playing separately. Les Batteries I believe was originally a project that featured Charles Hayward instead of Rick Brown, though I didn't know this at the time. All I remember about it...
The Pittsburgh Sound, Choke City, Boom Box
The Pittsburgh Sound was a project organised by John Roman of Microwaves/The 1985 fame, which was modeled after a thing in Chicago called The Chicago Sound, which I think Weasel Walter started and looked to franchise. The Pittsburgh Sound was about 10 people who would play along to a mix CD of carefullly curated classic rock songs, which was played back through the monitors for us to...
Silver Apples, Apples in Stereo, Notwist, Meisha
A battered but intact poster from a concert at CMU that I remember attending my freshman year of University. Doug Mousrak who I am still friends with organised this and designed the poster, which has a lovely, shimmery metallic feel to it that probably doesn't come across well in the scan. This was a great concert, as I was quite a fan of Apples in Stereo at the time, liked the...