please consign this info-sheet with the shared music - thanks !
RICH ROBINSON (of the BLACK CROWES) & Band
- January 28, 2012 -
Ballsaal @ Uebel & Gefährlich, Hamburg, Germany
-- WULFF 16 Bit/44.1 KHz DAUD master --
"Through A Crooked Sun" World Tour 2012 - A MUST FOR FANS !
w/ mp3 & LOTTA BONUS STUFF
Preliminary remark:
Rich is touring Europe for 3 weeks,
and nearly nobody noticed it ;-(
Sadly most of them Euro-tapers
stayed away from the venues...
BUT our dear fellow DIMEr kravad nailed a Scandinavian
show on 24 Bit/48 KHz, his recording is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED:
Rich Robinson
Sticky Fingers Rock Club
Gothenburg, Sweden
January 26th 2012
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=391403
SORRY THAT THE WHOLE PREPARATION OF OUR TORRENT HERE TOOK SO DAMN LONG...
BUT:
SIZE DOES MATTER ! THE BIGGER, THE BETTER !
THIS UPLOAD CONTAINS A LOT OF BONUS MATERIAL:
- beautiful concert photos by Christian Behring
- historic & actual photos of this stunning concert venue
- all sorts of informations about the recording gear
>> AND I EVEN CHANGED A DAMN LOT OF WORDS IN THIS "NEW" DESCRIPTION HERE ! <<
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This torrent here has nothing to do with
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=392361
uploaded by fellow DIMEr "crazychick" on last Friday.
The taper there used an "old" Zoom H2 with internal front
(= 90°) mics, and recorded with 16 Bit/44.1 KHz...
WHEREAS THIS ONE HERE IS WULFF's "new" ZOOM H2n master recording,
downsampled to 16 Bit/44.1 KHz (for CD-recordables),
with trusty extern binaural "OKM II R professional, Studio Version" microphones &
separate battery box A3 - for full audio pleasure and all the true sound connoisseurs !
IN ADDITION TO IT THERE WAS ALSO A 24 Bit/48 KHz VERSION UPPED HERE:
Torrent #393074
RICH ROBINSON (of the BLACK CROWES) & Band
- January 28, 2012 -
Uebel & Gefährlich, Hamburg, Germany
-- WULFF 16 Bit/44.1 KHz DAUD master --
"Through A Crooked Sun" World Tour 2012 - A MUST FOR FANS !
w/ mp3 & LOTTA BONUS STUFF
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=393074
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Rich Robinson
Con más de 20 años en su carrera profesional, Rich Robinson demuestra que
todavía tiene un montón de buena música, y algunas sorpresas que dar, sólo
tenemos que abrir nuestra mente a las maravillas de la música...
COMMON KNOWLEDGE ? HOPE SO...
Rich Robinson: Through a Crooked Sun
By Victor Valdivia
Every time The Black Crowes go on hiatus, we get to Rich and Chris doing solo ventures...
Now, on this Crowes's "hiatus," their guitar player and founding member has released a sophomore solo effort,
"Through a Crooked Sun", that opens up with a psych-folk-lazy blues vibe, through brighter melodies and tones
with reminiscent of the Crowes, and encompassing emotional levels that them, with all their weapons, are some-
times can't reaching.
The quieter Robinson brother's voice is softer that what you'd expect from his work with the Crowes. However,
his vocals are strong, melancholy and subtle, and works well for his songs that wear multiple musical cloaks.
Rich Robinson is no stranger to the solo album game; he issued his solo debut "Paper" in 2004, featuring Rich's
first real attempt at singing, that unfortunately received rather mixed reviews even amongst Crowes fans, who
were less than taken with Robinson's vocals and songwriting. His guitar skills have never been in dispute, but
the general consensus is that Robinson needed both a real singer and a forceful editor and collaborator-some-
thing—in other words, someone like Robinson's brother Chris, who serves that purpose in the Crowes.
It would be a shame if the bad taste from "Paper" overshadowed the possible reception of "Through a Crooked Sun",
though, because whatever its flaws, it easily demonstrates a quantum leap in Robinson's development as a solo
artist. His voice is not as expressive as his brother's—it bears a passing resemblance to that of the Chili
Peppers' Anthony Kiedis—but it shows a surprising dexterity. What's more, it fits the songs that Robinson has
written, which, on this album, are significantly more complex and layered. It's not a simple riff-fest, as solo
albums by guitar players sometimes tend to be. Here, Robinson has developed a writing style that is indeed
reminiscent of the Crowes but also encompasses levels of emotional intricacy that the Crowes, for all their
power, are sometimes incapable of reaching.
Consider the album's emotional centerpiece "Follow You Forever", a song inspired by Robinson's painful divorce,
it starts as a simple acoustic guitar and piano ballad but eventually grows, over nearly seven minutes, into a
lush instrumental epic with slide guitars, organs, and drums. What's significant is that this closing instrumental
segment feels completely organic and integral to the song, not forced or self-indulgent. Of course, it actually
takes a considerable amount of effort and planning to make something seem effortless, so Robinson deserves extra
credit for seamlessly crafting music that so perfectly captures the feelings of longing, disillusionment, and
heartbreak depicted in the lyrics.
It's worth pointing out that most of "Through a Crooked Sun" is as melancholy and subtle as that song. This is
not a hard-rock album, and only a handful of songs pack anything resembling the Crowes' fierce wallop. Clearly,
these are intensely personal songs that Robinson wrote to depict his emotional ordeal as honestly as possible.
It's why this is such a significant solo album—even at their most melodic, the Crowes are simply too brash and
energetic to ever be this delicate. By stepping out of the Crowes' comfort zone, Robinson proves that he's more
than a gifted instrumentalist. For instance, the album’s first single, "Hey Fear", is another melodic ballad,
although one that has more bite. Combining an irresistible hook with a country-folk arrangement that gives way
to some fiery guitar licks, it's a flawlessly realized composition in every respect, with the lyrics about
grappling with self-doubt in the face of adversity fitting the music. Even more audacious is "I Don't Hear the
Sound of You", which starts as a mellow country-folk ditty and then seamlessly switches over to a guitar and
vibes (that's right, vibes) jam that shouldn’t work yet somehow does.
Such boldness shows that "Through a Crooked Sun" is hard to dismiss as merely half a Black Crowes record.
Unfortunately, here Robinson has done himself a disservice by putting the two most Crowes-like songs as the
album openers. "Gone Away" sounds like a lesser rewrite of "Midnight from the Inside Out" from 2000's "Lions",
and "It's Not Easy" rehashes the lazy psychedelic boogie of 1994's Amorica. Robinson possibly wanted to collar
Crowes fans into giving his album a chance by enticing them with these soundalikes, but it’s an ill-considered
strategy, since there are much stronger and more distinctive songs that he could have used to open the record.
Similarly, his note-for-note cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Station Man" (originally on their 1970 album, "Kiln House")
isn't going to convince any doubters who dismiss all of Robinson's songs as mere '70s retreads. It may have
been an attempt to pay homage, but by adding nothing to the song, Robinson makes it a redundant addition to
an album that doesn't need more padding.
Nonetheless, despite these flaws, "Through a Crooked Sun" proves that Robinson is a solo artist worth taking
seriously. Like the best solo albums, it delivers something he couldn't have done with his day job. Moreover,
at its best, it's genuinely moving: a journey through depression and heartbreak that's painful but never morose.
Robinson's melodies and arrangements are so elegant and understated that they don’t so much bludgeon or overwhelm
you — instead, they gradually reveal themselves, making them all the more haunting. Some 20 years into his
professional career, Rich Robinson shows he's still got plenty of great music, and a few surprises, left in him.
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/147116-rich-robinson-through-a-crooked-sun
Rich Robinson And Band im Kleinen Postbahnhof, Berlin
Gitarrist Rich Robinson gründete Mitte der 80er gemeinsam mit seinem Bruder Chris die Band The Black Crowes.
Inspiration holten sich die Jungs dabei von Bands wie The Allman Brothers Band und Led Zeppelin. Gleich mit
ihrem Debütalbum "Shake your moneymaker" gelang der Band ein weltweiter Erfolg. Nachdem sich The Black Crowes
aber nach einigen Umbesetzungen Ende 2001 trennten, beschloss Rich Robinson seiner Liebe zur Musik nun solo
nachzugehen.
Erstmals trat der Black Crowes-Gitarrist auch als Sänger in Erscheinung. Sein erstes Soloalbum "Paper" erschien
2004. Robinson scheint sich in seiner Rolle als Solokünstler ebenfalls mehr als wohl zu fühlen, denn im Oktober
2011 erschien sein zweites Soloalbum "Through a crooked sun" auf dem auch verschiedene Gastmusiker zu hören sind!
Mit diesem Album im Gepäck und einer großartigen Band als Unterstützung ist Rich Robinson nun auf Solotour!
Am 30. Januar 2012 konnten sich seine Berliner Fans von der Qualität der Rich-Robinson-Band in einem intimen
Konzert im Kleinen Postbahnhof überzeugen. Leider hatte sich das wohl nicht weit herumgesprochen. Es hatten
nur ca. 150 Fans den Weg in den Postbahnhof gefunden, was der Qualität der Musik aber keinen Abbruch tat.
Rich Robinson und seine Mitstreiter stiegen gegen 22 Uhr gut gelaunt auf die Bühne und boten dem Publikum
Bluesrock vom Feinsten. Für die, die da waren, ein Genuß.
- Christian Behring
ABOUT THE VENUE OF THIS TORRENT:
(there's a short summary in English
down below, just before the setlist...)
Am Hamburger Nobistor am Ende der Reeperbahn schlug am Jahresende gleich eine Abrissbirne in die Wände
ein und vernichtete mit einem Schlag vier Clubs: das Click, die Weltbühne, das Echochamber und das KdW.
Übel, dachten sich die Betreiber, und Ersatz besorgt haben sich nun immerhin drei der Ex-Veranstalter:
Wolf von Waldenfels, Jan Elbeshausen (beide Ex-KdW) und Tino Hanekamp (Ex-Weltbühne) gedenken mit dem
Uebel & Gefährlich einen nicht unerheblichen Teil ihrer Lebenszeit zu verschwenden.
Man glaubt es kaum, aber in Hamburg stehen noch viele große Bunker aus dem 2. Weltkrieg. Einer der be-
kanntesten ist der große Flak-Bunker am Heiligengeistfeld direkt gegenüber vom Karoviertel. Der 1942
gebaute Hochbunker gehört mit 39 Metern Höhe zu den größten jemals gebauten Bunkern. Heute beherbergt
der Bunker Büros und einige trendige Locations...
Das Uebel & Gefährlich ist im vierten Stock des Hochbunkers – die Etagen erreicht man per Lift! – an der
Feldstraße direkt am Hamburger Millertorstadion. Und praktischerweise ist das Uebel & Gefährlich groß und
klein und mittelgroß zugleich: Im Turmzimmer finden kleine Konzerte statt und Partys mit bis zu 300
Besuchern. Im Ballsaal, der durch eine Trennwand verkleinert werden kann, können Bands vor 400 bis 800
Besuchern spielen, große Partys steigen und auch sonst alles. Und überall: Ecken und Nischen zum Rumhängen
und Entspannen...samt Dachterrasse mit Dachgartenkonzert - und Hammerblick über Hamburg bei Nacht !
Statt Konzerten im Untergrund erwartet den Besucher nach Betreten des Kolosses ein Schild: "Bitte Aufzug
ins 4.OG benutzen". Clubangestellte spielen Liftboy und eskortieren die Meute in den vierten Stock. Der
großzügige, mit originellen Wandmalereien dekorierte Konzertraum hat nur einen Nachteil: Er ist so verwinkelt,
dass mehrere Gäste auf der Suche nach den Toiletten die Tür zum Getränkelager öffnen, eine Besucherin fragt
sogar nach dem Weg zum Ausgang – vielleicht verdankt sie ihre vorübergehende Desorientierung auch nur den
gut bestückten Bars.
"The prodigy of my youth is broken
Leaving what’s left beneath the stars
To talk upon the days gone by
I see a world open up outside
To wallow in the willow of the blanket times
Like two young birds fall down from the sky
So bye bye baby
I’ll see you when this curtain falls down
So bye bye baby
When this scene turns around"
Rich Robinson "Bye Bye Baby"
..no wonder that Rich had Dream Syndicate
posters in his room when he was growing up...
"sometimes a fool rises
sometimes a good man falls
sometimes we don't pay attention at all
I'll see you when the curtain falls"
Steve Wynn "When The Curtain Falls" 1988 on their
album "Ghost Stories" by The Dream Syndicate
Would you kindly note that this torrent includes NO COVERS ?
NO need to say "thank you"...
GRAB YOUR PINSEL & DRAW THEM ON YOUR OWN !
And as promised, i'll try to avoid from now on
to write about "ANOTHER "MUST-HAVE" SHOW" ;-)
THE SOUND HERE ?
It's a WULFF recording with lonetaper mastering - 'NUFF SAID !
if you're still beset BY DOUBTS,
please check the samples...or better:
LEAVE IT, GRAB SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT !!
all others - thanks for trusting me/us:
CRANK UP YOUR STEREO & START DANCING !
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RICH ROBINSON & Band (the name of the artist)
Ballsaal (the name of the big room)
Uebel & Gefährlich (the venue)
Hamburg (the city)
Germany (the country)
January 28, 2012 (the date)
Hamburg is the second-largest city in Germany and the seventh-largest city in the
European Union.The city is home to over 1.8 million people, while the Hamburg Metro-
politan Region (including parts of the neighbouring Federal States of Lower Saxony
and Schleswig-Holstein) has more than 4.3 million inhabitants. Situated on the river
Elbe, the port of Hamburg is the third-largest port in Europe (after Rotterdam and
Antwerp) and it is among the twenty largest in the world.
"Uebel & Gefährlich" (or with transliterated umlaut: "Uebel & Gefaehrlich") is an explicit
warning and means something like "digusting & dangerous" - the perfect name for a concert
venue in Hamburg, by survey of 'Rolling Stone' magazine "THE most announced club in Germany".
The name is, by far, surpassed by the physical appearance and historical significance of the
monstrous building: a former World War II surface air-raid shelter - Hamburgs Hochbunker IV,
built in 1942 as a so-called turret with flak towers and lots of anti-aircraft guns on top.
Even if you think that's hard to top, "Uebel & Gefährlich" is located since 2006 in 4 storeys'
height above ground, or in British English "4th floor", and "5th floor" for all them Americans...
And yes, they do have an outrageous staircase - not to mention the very special elevator/lift !
http://www.uebelundgefaehrlich.com
history:
http://www.7grad.org/Exkursionen/Irgendwo/Hamburg/Flakturm/flakturm.html
http://www.geschichtsspuren.de/artikel/29/62-flakschutz-hamburg.html
as far as we know NONE of this torrent was used commercially...
the complete concert:
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All songs by Rich Robinson unless otherwise specified.
01. It's Not Easy ² 6:23.07
02. Station Man [Danny Kirwan, John McVie, Jeremy Spencer] €² 4:40.63
03. Bye Bye Baby ² 9:18.67
04. Hey Fear ² 4:19.38
05. Run Run (aborted) $³ 1:29.00
06. By The Light Of The Sunset Moon ³ 6:46.71
07. War Drums [War] § 11:19.72
08. Falling Again ² 5:46.33
09. Lost And Found ² 4:56.65
10. Gone Away ² -> crowd noise 7:18.37
encore:
11. Cerdes (Outside The Gates Of) [Gary Brooker, Keith Reid] @ 14:14.33
12. -> What Goes On [Lou Reed] % -> band introduction 6:00.27
13. Politician [Jack Bruce, Pete Brown] & -> final crowd noise 5:18.31
total: 87:53.19 minutes
the notes:
² -> Rich’s second solo effort "Through A Crooked Sun" (2011) on Circle Music
³ -> "Llama Blues" (2011) Bonus EP given away with first copies of "Through a Crooked Sun"
€ -> a Fleetwood Mac song from their album "Kiln House" (1970), marking the band's
transition from the blues-drenched guitar stylings of founding member Peter Green to a
more broad-based musical approach, with the engaging songwriting skills of guitarists
Jeremy Spencer and Danny Kirwan as well as the tightly meshed ensemble sound that was
fast becoming the group's new trademark.
$ -> Rich aborts the song because of his guitartechnician's "false tuning" - IT'S LIFE, live...
§ -> composed by funk group "War" (Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan,
Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott) from their third album "War", released April 1971,
their first following the departure of singer Eric Burdon and the group's name change from the
original: Eric Burdon and War. "War Drums" includes a chant of the band's name and appears to
be an attempt at a group theme song - lyrics: "We have the answer to all of your prayers..."
@ -> a songcover from "Procol Harum", the self-titled first album by British rock band
Procol Harum, released in September 1967. The album was named as one of Classic Rock
magazine's "50 Albums That Built Prog Rock".
% -> second song on the first side of "The Velvet Underground", third album by American rock
group The Velvet Underground. It was their first record to feature Doug Yule, John Cale's
replacement, recorded in 1968. This album's softer sound marks a radical shift in approach
in style from the group's previous recordings. In 2003, the album was ranked number 314 on
Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list.
& -> song from Cream's double album "Wheels of Fire", a largely successful release, scoring
the band a #3 peak in the United Kingdom and a #1 in the United States, and became the world's
first platinum-selling double album. In 2003, the album was ranked number 203 on Rolling Stone
magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time".
And if you like to spread the whole concert over 2 CDRs,
i'll recommend tracks #01 to #07 for the first CDR,
and #08 to #13 for the second one - nothing's lost @ this cut.
musicians:
Rich Robinson - guitars, vocals
Brian Allen - bass
Steve Molitz - keyboards
Joe Magistro - drums, percussion
recorded by CW, audience to SDHC-card
the recording:
OKM II R professional, Studio Version > terminal voltage adapter Soundman A3 (impact noise setting on
"linear", attenuation -20 dB) > 'Line In' to portable brandnew ZOOM H2n with 24Bit/48kHz > 8 GB SDHC card
-> a DHL parcel with pythonmonty's Zoom H2n including the MASTER-SDHC card, sent from north to south...
and what lonetaper did (nearly nothing, as usual...) - the transfer:
SD card reader > self customised studio PC, Motherboard with new AMD Phenom™ II X6 six-core processor 1090T,
clock speed 3,2 GHz, Serial ATA Interface > Exact Audio Copy (files check, transfer) > WAV files >
> actually 1TB Western Digital Harddisc with Thermaltake HD Cooler (EVER had a HardDisc burnout ??) >
> lonetaper's secret box of miracles # (e.g. the Azimuth was here & now fully digital aligned...) >
Audacity 1.3 Beta (joining, normalizing, tracking...) > downsampled to 16 Bit/44.1 KHz for CD-recordables >
> Traders Little Helper (level 6 encoding, align on sector boundaries, test encoded audio files,
check audio for SBE, show audio file details, etc.) > FLAC > DIME
# -> "WULFF" NAILED THIS SHOW HERE...
so NO additional EQ'ing was used here, and none of those compressors, Sonic Maximizer
or other psychoacoustic processors - why ruin another true WULFF recording ?
it sounds completely the way it was distinguishable
that night in this venue...IF NOT WAY BETTER ;-)
I balanced just them stereo channels (the right one about +0,6 dB), deleted on the
first song the one channel with verbose crowd chatter - read WULFF's notes below -
and doubled the other, so de facto the first track is MONO. Furthermore some volume
fluctuations and other noises - appeared through the taper's moving from the soundboard
area to first row - had been repaired carefully. All other tracks are untouched...
The only further addition was a short fade-in at the beginning, and a fade-out
at the end, after the audience applause, so truly NO MUSIC was harmed or lost.
this upload here comes directly from the "Men With Microphones" archives.
if you want to know more about, check the old uploads...lotta stuff to read !
DE FACTO THIS IS FROM - WULFF - A TRULY PRICELESS MASTERPIECE...
some of wULFF'S notes:
"Came in time - interesting venue, beautiful Hamburch girlz. My first visit to
a "Bunker" or another WW II historic building aside of my hometown Nuremburg.
Started recording, as arranged, near the soundboard - just in time, BUT the first
track was HARMED by some extremely chatty people: DAMN, why do some people spent
30 or 40 bucks for a concert - and SPOIL other visitors with epic stories about
their latest bowel evacuations, erectile dysfunctions and/or mouthfuls of sputum ?
Spent about two minutes moving to the stage, facing Rich. Recording went well after
this incident, I'm sure Rich saw me checking the recorder a few times - he smiled.
sadly the concert lasted "just" about 90 minutes - DAMN FINE MUSIC, GREAT COVERS !
The H2n is easier to handle in concert than the "old" H2. As it's about the same
size, I'm also sure some girls noticed the big bulge in my trousers before the show..."
VERY SPECIAL THANKS, from the bottom of my heart, to my son Pythonmonty's
longtime friend CW, who moved last autumn from Franconia way north to study
@ university - and to learn more about life, women, beer & fine LIVE MUSIC !
BIG BIG THANKS TO RICH ROBINSON & BAND for touring Europe !
Big thanks to my whole family for supporting
and taking an active part in all my crazyness...
No animals were harmed in the making of this
recording or during the mastering and transfer.
And if there's some interest, maybe there is MORE TO COME...
it just depends on YOUR demeanor, and lotta useful comments ;-)
SOME Through a Crooked Sun ALBUM REVIEWS:
Outstanding
Honestly, I dont love every song, but the other 8 or 9 songs on this album I absolutely love.
Phenomenal album. I highly recommend to anyone who likes the Crowes, but more than that, anyone
who loves good music! Very good songwriting, and the cover Station Man is just awesome. I have
had the album since it came out a couple weeks ago and every time I get into my car its like
its brand new to me again. So dang good, nice work Mr. Robinson.
Keep it up! I'll be at your next show!
- William Ruhl, Michigan
Amazing New Lonely Crow Record
I'm Really amazed about this record sounds very good like a 70 or even 60's folk Rock record a
little taste of Neil Young first record. but made by the crowes 50%, I dont like first Rich effort
but I found this one great. Iam a huge of fan of the Black Crowes and I think this is the perfect
next record after Before the Frost. Great songs - Great lyrics - Great Music !
If you love the crowes and 70's music with an original Touch this one its for you
- Renzo Gellona Wright
Uebel & Gefährlich
Einsteigen, hochfahren und wieder runterkommen
Der berühmteste Aufzug Hamburgs fährt die Gäste des Klubs Uebel & Gefährlich
in den vierten Stock des Bunkers - inklusive Liftboy.
Hamburg. Ich trete ein. Zwei Stahltüren fallen zu. Und schwere Lamellen gleiten herab. "Tschsch" klingt es,
wenn der eiserne Vorhang fällt. Zumindest aus dem Mund von David. Seine Hand zieht er theatralisch von oben
nach unten, als beschwöre er allein mit der Kraft seines Geistes, dass sich der Raum schließt. Dabei dreht
seine Rechte unauffällig einen Schlüssel in der Wand. David ist Liftboy. Eine fast vergessene Institution,
mit der das Uebel & Gefährlich dem Zeitgeist einen anachronistischen Widerhaken eintreibt. Häufig stand ich
bereits auf dem Riffelblechboden des Fahrstuhls, der im Bunker an der Feldstraße in den Klub im vierten Stock
führt. In verschiedenen Aufzügen. Mal in Abendgarderobe auf dem Weg zur Swing-Party. Mal in Jeans und Shirt
zum Tocotronic-Konzert.
Heute feiert der Klub seinen dritten Geburtstag. Laut Plakat. Eigentlich existiert er seit 2006. Szenehumor.
Die Leute mögen das. Der Laden füllt sich gut. Doch ich gehe nicht vor die Bühne, auf der Bands ihren Indiepop
spielen. Ich gehe nicht auf die Party. Ich fahre Fahrstuhl. Ich bleibe im Dazwischen.
"Haast Du einään Frööiind?", fragt eine kleine Frau. Ihr Mantel leuchtet rot. Und sie hat vorgeglüht. "Ja",
sagt ein hagerer Typ in Trainingsjacke und stellt sich neben mich. So schnell geht das zwischen Himmel und Erde
mit der Liebe. Schön. Ich sitze auf einem Barhocker mit löchrigem lila Plüschüberzug. David steht neben mir an
der Schalttafel. "Tschsch", Hand, Vorhang. Der Liftboy versteht sich als Kunstfigur. Zu besonderen Anlässen
verkleidet er sich. Etwa als sprechende Vagina. Das Kostüm stammte aus der Jelinek-Inszenierung am Thalia.
An diesem Abend hat er eine Fantasieuniform angezogen, die mit dem Niedergang aktueller Diktatoren spielt.
Aus David wird Gadavid. Eine Sonnenbrille verbirgt seine Augen. Seine Locken stecken unter einer Generalsmütze,
die eine Rasierklinge ziert, das Emblem des Klubs. An die Schultern der Jacke hat er Reste von Turnschuhen und
Aluschnipseln geheftet. "Meine ,Schuhlterklappen'", sagt David. Mit extra lang gezogenem "uh". Zwei Mädchen
kichern. Er hat einen Humor, der Monty Python zur Ehre gereicht. Unaufgefordert fragt er in die Runde: "Kennt
jemand den zweiten Vornamen des Marianengrabens?" Ratter, ratter, ratter. Der Fahrstuhl fährt. Eine hochge-
schossene Frau lutscht auf einem der Kirschlollis, die am Eingang für jeden Gast in Schnaps eingelegt warten.
Sie überlegt. Und antwortet dann: "Erika".
Es sind diese skurrilen Momente, die die Figur des Liftboys zum idealen
Steigbügelhalter machen für all die Partyritter. Sie galoppieren in die Nacht.
Die Jurastudentin mit dem alkoholisierten Schlafzimmerblick und ihr Begleiter, ein Kerl mit Glatze und Designer-
brille, haben an diesem Abend zehn Euro Eintritt gezahlt. "Boar geil, Gaddafi" ruft sie, als sie in den Aufzug
stöckelt. Der Glatzkopf hält sich an seiner Bierknolle fest und murmelt: "Revolution". Der Liftboy steigt lakonisch
mit ein: "Das ist der Kampf der Systeme. Durst gegen Vernunft. Da will ich mich auf keine Seite schlagen." Blondie
ist jetzt richtig in Fahrt. "Ist das dein Freund?", fragt sie. "Nein", antworte ich, "ich bin die Praktikantin."
Sie zieht eine Schnute, als hätte sie sich während der 42 Sekunden, die der Transit ins Nachtleben dauert, mehr
Brisanz erhofft. Mit leichtem Federn hält der Lift. Die Bässe der Band dringen aus dem Klub bis in das Stahl-
korsett vor. Es erbebt. Als alle ausgestiegen sind, sagt David: "Oft wollen die Leute nur die Stille überbrücken."
Am Anfang der Nacht sind die Fahrten hinab oft leer. Mit Blick auf die grauen Innenwände bleiben einige Augen-
blicke, um den Gedanken nachzuhängen. Erinnerungen steigen auf an Fahrten mit berühmten Liften. Das Empire State
Building in New York hinauf. Unter Tage im Deutschen Bergbaumuseum Bochum. Der moderne Mensch, er breitet sich
vertikal aus. Er strebt in die Höhe und in die Tiefe. Er forscht im Weltall und im Unterbewusstsein.
Über die Psyche lernen lässt sich auch im Aufzug einiges. Jedes Mal, wenn mit dem nächsten Halt ebenerdig neue
Nachtschwärmer von der Kasse hereinströmen. Bieratem, Parfümwolken, so viel Mensch. Hinterköpfe, Haare, Mäntel-
ärmel. Die Lampen unter der Decke färben ihre Gesichter blau und rot. Und der Liftboy wird zur Projektionsfläche
für mancherlei Sehnsucht. "Ah, Johnny Depp", ruft eine. "Du bist doch Orlando Bloom", säuselt eine andere. Eine
Frau zieht sich noch schnell die Lippen nach. Ein Mann gibt seinem Kumpel handfeste Tipps: "Da musst du zugreifen,
da ist das Alter egal." Ein Paar flüstert auf Französisch. Eine Brünette liefert in hoch geregeltem Englisch
eine akustische One-Woman-Show. "Ich muss pieschern, pieschern, pieschern", verkündet ein Mädchen und hüpft
umher. David hat schon Passagiere kotzen und sich prügeln sehen. Die Welt, sie liegt in diesem Miniatur-Wunder-
land wie unter einem Brennglas.
"Gleich kommen die Wände näher", sagt eine Frau mit roten Locken. "Im Fahrstuhl immer nach unten gucken", rät
ihr Freund. Dieser klaustrophobische Käfig ist das Gegenteil von Freiheit. 27 Personen maximal. Oder 3000 Kilo-
gramm. Zur Entspannung hat David Fahrstuhlmusik zusammengestellt. Sein MP3-Player hängt in einem Jutebeutel
an einem Kleiderbügel. Aus den kleinen Boxen hinter dem Stoff singen Louis Armstrong und Ella Fitzgerald.
Doch das hilft nicht immer.
Später in der Nacht, als die Ersten schon wieder den Heimweg antreten, mit Feierschweiß auf der Stirn und Müdig-
keit in den Augen, lehnt eine schmale Frau mit Pilzkopffrisur konzentriert an der Wand. "Platzangst", sagt
ihre Freundin. David versucht es mit Witz: "Hier ist noch niemand geplatzt." So eine Fahrt, sie kann lang sein.
Tour für Tour verwischt das Empfinden für Minuten und Stunden. Mit der Monotonie kommt einem dieser alberne,
aber in der Situation sehr wahre Hit der Venga-Boys in den Sinn. "Up And Down". Auf und ab. "Up And Down".
Immer wieder. Der Musiker Jens Friebe, der bereits mehrfach im Uebel & Gefährlich aufgetreten ist, hat den
Song gecovert - und aus "Up And Down" "Abändern" gemacht. Mit diesem Soundtrack im inneren Ohr wird das Fahr-
stuhlfahren schnell zum Sinnbild für unser Leben. Kaum angekommen, steht der nächste Aufbruch bevor. Der
beruhigende Moment, am Ziel zu sein, ist nur von kurzer Dauer.
David kennt sie alle, die Fahrstuhlgags und -zitate. Einem älteren Besucher gibt er abwärts Hildegard Knef
mit auf die Reise: "Von nun an geht's bergab." Auf die Hybris, die Selbstüberhebung, folgt, so will es die
Theorie der Tragödie, der Fall, das Schafott. Ganz so tief sinken die Feierwütigen im Fahrstuhl zwar nicht.
Aber kurze Dramen lassen sich immer wieder beobachten. Lebensfetzen. "Ich hasse dich", liest eine Frau die
SMS ihres Ex vor.
Wut und Freude liegen in der Enge dicht beieinander. Der Lift mit seiner immer derselben Route führt uns vor
Augen, wie wir uns einschränken in unserer täglichen Routine. Im Auf und Ab. Wann schießen wir mal übers
Ziel hinaus? Wann verlassen wir die Muster, die uns wie automatisch lenken?
Für diese Nacht jedenfalls habe ich genug vom "Up And Down". Ich will lieber abändern. Ich steige aus und
denke quer. Der Boden will sich immer noch heben und senken. Fahrstuhlseekrank laufe ich über das Heiligen-
geistfeld. Auf einer Linie mit dem Horizont. Dahinter geht's bekanntlich weiter...
- Birgit Reuther
PLEASE support the artist, visit his concerts
and buy all his available CDs & merchandise...
Check out the following websites:
http://www.richrobinson.net/
http://www.richrobinsonart.com/
http://www.facebook.com/richrobinsonmusic
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RICH'S BROTHER CHRIS IS ACTUALLY IN THE STUDIO WITH HIS "BROTHERHOOD".
THEIR CONCERTS ARE ALSO HIGHLY RECOMMENDED ! OUR FRIEND NEAL CASAL ON LEAD GUITAR !
CHECK OUT THEIR DECEMBER 4-NIGHT-RUN @ GAMH, SAN FRANCISCO, CA HERE:
the CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD wsg. BOB WEIR
- December 15, 2011 -
Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA, USA
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=387114
the CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD wsg. PHIL LESH
- December 14, 2011 -
Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA, USA
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=387271
the CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD
- December 13, 2011 -
Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA, USA
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=387455
the CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD
- December 12, 2011 -
Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA, USA
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=387555
ALL ARE STUFFED WITH BONUS MATERIAL, EACH TORRENT WITH
SEPERATE FOLDERS - LOTS OF DIFFERENT PICTURES, POSTERS et.pp.
AND STUNNING COVER-SETS BY TWO GIFTED DIME-COVERARTISTS !!!
PLEASE CHECK ALSO THIS CONCERT HERE, RECENTLY UPPED BY FELLOW DIMER whenindoubt:
Same taper, same gear as @ those GAMH shows here...
and including a brandnew brotherhood song, "Buglar":
Chris Robinson Brotherhood
Mystic Theatre
Petaluma, CA
December 08, 2011
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=387260
PLEASE support the artists, visit their concerts
and buy all their CDs & merchandise...
Check out the following websites:
OFFICIAL SOUNDBOARDS AVAILABLE HERE:
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(Latest show: 2011-12-02 Eugene, OR)
http://www.livechrisrobinsonbrotherhood.com/
http://www.chrisrobinsonbrotherhood.com
http://www.blackcrowes.com/
http://www.crowesbase.com/
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Robinson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Robinson_(singer)
http://chrisrobinson-shoelace..-setlists-and-statistics.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Casal
http://www.myspace.com/nealcasal
NOT TO FORGET: CHRIS & NEAL SOLO DOING SOME BLUEGRASS RELATED STUFF:
Chris ROBINSON & Neal CASAL wsg. Del McCOURY
- May 27th, 2011 -
DelFest, Grandstand Stage, Allegany County Fairgrounds, Cumberland, MD, USA
-- Tim Brown DAUD master, MWM 0255 --
CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD unplugged !
ex-BLACK CROWES & ex-RYAN ADAMS & the CARDINALS ! w/ mp3 & MORE
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=386556
search for MORE recordings out of our collection...AND AS USUAL - LOTS OF TEXT TO READ !
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Dime allows alternative versions, I don't own the music, so I can't stop you, but
the correct thing to do amongst tapers/editors is TO ASK FIRST...(C. by scdegraaf)
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stealth recorded and fast snail mailed (the oldfashioned way !) by WULFF (all thanks go to him...),
torrent completely prepared & first uploaded by Leo & son on DIME, February 08, 2012. This is "MWM 00263"
please consign this info-sheet with the shared music - thanks !