South of Gilman St.
Welcome to South of Gilman St., an mp3 streaming/internet radio site dedicated to the music that put the Bay Area punk scene and the Gilman St. Project on the map. Click on the Listen link to tune-in (this may require some tweaking in your browser) or point your favorite mp3 player at http://gilman.duckpond.net:8000 and start enjoying.
And while you're listening, explore the database to find out more about the bands, albums, and songs you're listening to and even make requests. Don't forget to rate stuff you like (or dislike)!. The console is a little window that will keep you up on what's currently playing while you're exploring other parts of the site. There's even a forum where you can chat about stuff and an image gallery of flyers and album art. You can also spy on who else is visiting the site.
Want to know more about the site? Here's some info. Curious about what the Bay Area scene is like? The liner notes from the seminal Turn It Around 2x7" really captures what Gilman St. is about. For a more recent perspective, check out an interview with band-member and punk insider Jesse Luscious.
2008-08-20 - Inside 924
I feel lax for only now finding this, but recently, Jessiahbell posted up a great set of images from inside Gilman. Check it out, a rare treat for those who haven't been in awhile (or ever), and that's probably 99% of you all.
Thanks so much for the post Jessiahbell!
2008-05-19 - Crimpshrine Live!
If you've been following this discussion, you may have been waiting for some news on that front. I'm pleased to announce that I finally finished up digitizing the VHS recording of Crimpshrine, live in concert!
Much much thanks goes to Shelly for providing this rare treat of a recording - what a awesome addition to the content available here!
The video runs about 44 minutes and appears to be a splice of two separate gigs (some songs are repeated - the break occurs about midway). The quality is pretty awful, as you'd expect from a low budget recording that is 20 years old - but it's Crimpshrine! I've recorded to 320x240 Quicktime (mpeg4) and it clocks in at 218MB, so be prepared for a long download.
Right-click download this link
Here is the set list(s):
(break)
- Another Day
- Sanctuary
- WNWSFK / Can You Feel That
- Rearranged
- Along The Way
- Wake Up
- Sleep, What's That?
- In My Mind
- My Friend
Enjoy! (and thanks again, Shelly)
2008-04-07 - Japan Nite 2008
Wanted to give you report on a show I went to recently, entitled "Japan Nite 2008" at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood back on March 23. It was the last leg of a tour that started at the SXSW festival and it featured six bands at the LA stop: Scandal, Petty Booka, Ketchup Mania, Detroit7, The Emeralds, and The Beaches. All were completely unknown to me prior to the show and it ended up being a very fun night and I was blown away by a couple of them. Anyway, the report is on the imageboard and the sampler CD available for listens, so have a look and listen.
I also invite any of you interested to share your show reports, too! The image board is open to any of you for posting content - not just show reports as I 've done here but for any thing at all.
2008-03-09 - 9 Years Old
Dang it! I missed it again - this site turned 9 this past week (March 3rd, to be exact). 9 years old ...
I used to muse about how some of the people here were not even born during the hey day of the Bay Area punk that this site is dedicated to but soon enough, I'm sure someone who wasn't even born when this site went live will show up. I'll shed a tear then, I think.
I actually have some plans for this site this year, so I hope to have a little more presence this time around. Thank you all for the support over the years, and enjoy!
2008-01-12 - New Server
So I'm moving things around and if you are reading this, then you are seeing things on the new server. This site is quite a mess, though, and I'm not sure that all of the functionality is working, so if you see something odd happening, shoot me an email.
Happy New Year!