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(Tape Trading)


I don't have that many tapes, but I humbly offer those I do have for trade. I am willing to trade for a tape I don't have, be it any of the artists you see here or another reasonable offer. (Right now I'm most looking for Moxy Früvous, TMBG, or Ben Folds Five). Or I will trade for blanks and postage. All that means is that you send me blank tapes and the money to send them back to you and I return the tapes with the appropriate shows. Write me at celestialblender@usa.net if you're interested in trading.

Here is what I have:

Moxy Früvous: They Might Be Giants: Ani DiFranco:

Moxy Früvous


10/17/98 - Highland Heights, KY - Northern Kentucky University
  1. Gotta Get A Message To You
  2. BJ Don't Cry
  3. Video Bargainville
  4. Present Tense Tureen
  5. Johnny Saucep'n
  6. Spiderman
  7. Pisco Bandito
  8. I Will Hold On
  9. Boo Time
  10. Mistra Know It All
  11. Kids Song
  12. No No Raja
  13. Ballad of Marion Früvous
  14. Nuits de Reve
  15. My Baby Loves A Bunch of Authors
  16. Michigan Militia
  17. Fly
  18. Green Eggs and Ham (long)
  19. Love Potion #9 Medley
  20. Gulf War Song

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6/15/99 - Ann Arbor, MI - The Ark
  1. A House Is Not A Home (Dave only)
  2. Five Years (Mike Only)
  3. I Will Hold On (Jian only)
  4. The Hunt For The Dangerous Pork Tenderloin (Murray only)
  5. Splatter Splatter
  6. Darlington Darling
  7. Independence Day
  8. If Only You Knew
  9. You Will Go To The Moon
  10. Kids Song
  11. When She Talks
  12. Pisco Bandito
  13. Present Tense Tureen
  14. Johnny Saucep'n
  15. Hey, Organ Grinder
  16. Bittersweet
  17. Homeward Bound
  18. Half As Much
  19. Laika
  20. River Valley
  21. Walking Spanish
  22. Michigan Militia
  23. Gulf War Song

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8/14/99 - Northampton, Ma - Pines Theater (Northampton Folk Festival) - 60 min

Notes: Exceptional sound quality, excellent stage banter.
  1. People of the Rain (improv)
  2. Michigan Militia
  3. Jockey Full of Bourbon
  4. You Can't Be Too Careful
  5. If Only You Knew
  6. I Love My Boss
  7. Gord's Gold
  8. Earthquakes
  9. I Will Hold On
  10. The Present Tense Tureen
  11. Johnny Saucep'n
  12. King of Spain
  13. Splatter Splatter
  14. Dancing Queen Medley
  15. Early Morning Rain (Gordon Lightfoot cover)

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9/19/99 - Milwaukee, WI - Shank Hall - 2x90 min

  1. Banter
  2. Lay Down Sally -> Twist & Shout (tease)
  3. Earthquakes
  4. Johnny Saucep'n
  5. Michigan Militia
  6. Banter
  7. Fulsom Prison Blues (tease)
  8. You Will Go To The Moon
  9. Pisco Intro
  10. Pisco Bandito
  11. East Timor (Jian monologue)
  12. Stuck in the '90s
  13. My Poor Generation
  14. Lazy Boy
  15. When She Talks
  16. Splatter, Splatter
  17. It's Too Cold
  18. Independence Day
  19. Nuits de Rêve
  20. River Valley
  21. Get In The Car
  22. Your New Boyfriend
  23. Applause
  24. Banter
  25. Horseshoes
  26. Half As Much
  27. Applause
  28. The Drinking Song

    29. -Filler-

  29. Peace of Mind
  30. Blow Wind Blow
  31. Poor Napoleon
  32. Early Morning Rain
  33. La Complainte Du Phoque En Alaska
  34. Billie Jian Medley
  35. Tempted
  36. Oliver's Army
  37. Cheek to Cheek
  38. Road Runner
  39. That Boy
  40. Please Please Me
  41. Dancing Queen Medley
  42. Banjo Medley
  43. Homeward Bound
  44. Misstra Know-It-All
  45. Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours
  46. BBC Heaven
  47. Walking Spanish
  48. Secret Agent Man
  49. Brown-Eyed Girl
  50. Alison
  51. Disco Bargainville

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11/6/99 - Cincinnati, OH - Bogart's - time upcoming

  1. Sahara (extended version!)
  2. Splatter, Splatter
  3. Banter
  4. The Incredible Medicine Show
  5. Banter
  6. Half as Much
  7. If Only You Knew
  8. Banter
  9. I Will Hold On
  10. Lazy Boy
  11. Boo Time
  12. Disco Bargainville
  13. The Hunt For the Dangerous Pork Tenderloin
  14. Banter
  15. Today's The Day We Fight Back
  16. Banter
  17. King of Spain
  18. The Present Tense Tureen
  19. Hockey Night in Canada
  20. Fly
  21. Nuits de Rêve
  22. River Valley
  23. Get in The Car
  24. Psycho Killer
  25. Billie Jian
  26. Michigan Militia
  27. Gord's Gold
  28. Alison

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12/30/99 - Northampton, MA - Iron Horse - 145 min

Quotations Marks indicate banter bits
  1. "Modern Music"
  2. Nowhere Man
  3. Half as Much
  4. Laika
  5. "The Final Legacy"
  6. "Types of Bosses"
  7. I Love My Boss
  8. "The Hat"
  9. The Incredible Medicine Show
  10. "The New Year's Child/Little Drummer Boy"
  11. Early Morning Rain
  12. "Formats"
  13. When She Talks
  14. "Innerspace"
  15. Pisco Bandito
  16. "Our Vanishing Fur"
  17. Bed and Breakfast
  18. "Buffalo?"
  19. Believe
  20. Boo Time (jazz)
  21. Splatter Splatter
  22. "Bad British Accents/Misplaced Intro"
  23. Misplaced
  24. "The Hat, part 2"
  25. Jockey Full of Bourbon
  26. Independence Day - with echo. Mmmmm.
  27. "He Loves Pie"
  28. Michigan Militia
  29. I Will Hold On
  30. My Poor Generation
  31. River Valley
  32. "Thanks"
  33. Get In The Car
  34. Your New Boyfriend
  35. "Encores"
  36. Tears of A Clown
  37. "Grunions"
  38. Disco Bargainville
  39. "Y2K Safe"
  40. The Drinking Song (off-mic, with everyone in the crowd. Suprisingly, we of the crowd were almost in tune!)

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The Indie Tape - 1992 - approx. 20 min

Moxy Früvous's first studio effort, including the rare studio version of "Green Eggs and Ham"
  1. King of Spain
  2. My Baby Loves A Bunch of Authors - different lyrics
  3. BJ Don't Cry
  4. Gulf War Song
  5. Green Eggs & Ham
  6. The Drinking Song

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Rarities, Etc. (from Jordan McClure) 90 min

  1. Extended Sahara
  2. Lazlo's Career
  3. Ballad of Marion Früvous
  4. The Hunt For the Dangerous Pork Tenderloin (solo Murray)
  5. Bittersweet
  6. Nuits de Rêve
  7. B.J. Don't Cry
  8. Follow The Road (Jian)
  9. My Baby Loves A Bunch of Authors (slow, from '94)
  10. Green Eggs & Ham (indie tape)
  11. Laika (acoustic)
  12. WLUV->Your New Boyfriend (acoustic)
  13. Cross Border Shopping
  14. There Comes A Time (Mike song, performed only a few times)
  15. Love Potion #9 Medley
  16. King of Spain Dance Mix
  17. Jockey Full of Bourbon (with Tory Cassis on trumpet, vocals)

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They Might Be Giants


9/7/97 - Northampton, MA - Pearl Street - 90 min

  1. Triboro
  2. New York City
  3. Don't Let's Start
  4. Spider
  5. The Guitar
  6. First Kiss
  7. Spiraling Shape
  8. She's Actual Size
  9. Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
  10. Why Does The Sun Shine?
  11. James K. Polk
  12. Spy (with long extended ending including "I am not your broom")
  13. Snail Shell
  14. Lie Still, Little Bottle (Long Live the Stick!)
  15. Rest Awhile
  16. Twisting
  17. S-E-X-X-Y (cut)
  18. On the Drag
  19. Birdhouse in Your Soul
  20. Counterfeit Faker
  21. Particle Man
  22. No One Knows My Plan (conga line)
  23. Till My Head Falls Off
  24. Older
  25. XTC vs. Adam Ant
  26. Exquisite Dead Guy (too bad you can't hear the puppets)
  27. Dig My Grave
  28. How Can I Sing Like A Girl
  29. They Got Lost


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Ani DiFranco


4/26/94 - Bloomington, IL - 90 min
Note: this is bleeped. Not quite, but the word "fuck" has been removed. It's still a good tape, but don't hold your breath waiting for the "fuck you very much" line of "Every State Line"
  1. Every State Line
  2. Buildings & Bridges
  3. Worthy
  4. Hell Yeah
  5. Letter to a John
  6. Face Up & Sing
  7. How Have You Been?
  8. Falling is Like This
  9. Out of Range
  10. Both Hands
  11. Pick Yer Nose
  12. Willing to Fight
  13. Cradle & All - early, very slow and ballad-y
  14. Asking too Much
  15. The Diner
  16. In or Out
  17. My IQ
  18. If He Tries Anything
  19. Sorry I Am
  20. What If No One's Watching

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Montréal, PQ - 3/5/95 - 100 min
Note: this is probably my favorite just because it has a lot of nifty versions of some of my favorite songs.
  1. Light of Some Kind
  2. Buildings and Bridges
  3. Worthy
  4. God's Country
  5. Crime for Crime
  6. Hell Yeah
  7. Letter to a John
  8. Face Up & Sing
  9. Out of Range (cut)
  10. Cradle and All
  11. Asking too Much
  12. Shy
  13. The Million You Never Made
  14. The Diner
  15. My I.Q. - very drum happy version
  16. 32 Flavors
  17. Blood In the Boardroom - yummy hyper version
  18. Anticipate
  19. Pass the Wheel - A beautiful song of Andy's. Andy sings beautifully.
  20. Both Hands
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Boston, MA - 12/2/95 - 90 min
Note: This is my other favorite tape, a VERY close second to the Montréal tape. She's very talkative here.

  1. When Doves Cry - Ani doing a Prince cover? Very well, may I add?
  2. Untouchable Face
  3. Outta Me, Onto You
  4. Superhero
  5. Adam & Eve
  6. Firedoor
  7. Letter to a John
  8. Face Up & Sing
  9. 32 Flavors
  10. Tiptoe
  11. Cradle & All
  12. Not a Pretty Girl
  13. The Diner - with lots of unexpected surprises, namely other songs.
  14. My I.Q.
  15. Shameless
  16. Overlap
  17. Both Hands
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Amherst, MA - 4/4/98 - 90 min
Note: This is a show I was at. While it's not first generation, I thought I'd mention that anyway. She goes off on stories here in the middle of songs.

  1. Hat-Shaped Hat
  2. Virtue
  3. Fuel
  4. Little Plastic Castle
  5. As Is
  6. Letter to a John
  7. The Slant
  8. Up Up Up
  9. Two Little Girls
  10. Come Away
  11. If He Tries Anything - with multiple mid-song anecdotes
  12. Anticipate
  13. Pulse
  14. Swan Dive
  15. Cradle & All
  16. Loom
  17. Shameless - nifty funked-up version
  18. Not So Soft
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Ithaca, NY - 4/9/98 - 100 min

  1. Fuel
  2. Little Plastic Castle
  3. Virtue
  4. Two Little Girls
  5. As Is
  6. Letter to a John
  7. Pulse
  8. Up Up Up
  9. Every State Line
  10. Anticipate
  11. 32 Flavors
  12. Crime for Crime
  13. Not a Pretty Girl
  14. Cradle & All
  15. Loom
  16. Shameless
  17. Gravel
  18. Raspberry Beret - yes, another Prince cover. Here Ani plays drums, Andy plays guitar, Julie Brown, Kate Fenner, & Chris Brown sing. Go figure.
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