This summer I saw my friend Miles McClain (also known as Shit God ) play a solo guitar set at a house show. I knew him only for drone and noise music beforehand, so I was thoroughly impressed to see him play an amazing set on an acoustic guitar. Unfortunately my reel to reel was busted at the time so I couldn’t record it, but Miles will be on the site someday.

The house show was part of a series called Airplane Mode, put on by Nick Baker with the goal of creating a musical experience akin to that before smartphones and facebook; all promotion is done via email list or word of mouth, and no phone use is allowed during performances. I asked Nick if I could play an Airplane Mode show, and he put me on a bill with an outrageously young math rock band touring from New Jersey and a two-person improv comedy troupe. I had my cranky old machine working by then, thanks to a step-by-step tutorial from some generous guy in the U.K. via video chat.

Buy the Tape

This recording is also available on cassette as an edition of twenty-five handmade tapes for the reasonable price of five dollars. A mostly-filled C60 tape, it includes all of the live set above and more. This means Southern Jukebox Music is a tape label now, I guess. I’m planning on getting at least to SJM-002. Stay tuned.

Side A is Live at Airplane Mode. Side B is something else that isn’t available for download. Is it a long, accidental phone recording from my pocket of me at the drive thru? Is it Steve Palmer covering Dave Matthews Band? Is it an audio-only version of the pee tapes? In a way it’s all of these things. But you’ll have to buy the tape to hear it.

You can order the tape here, (or just look at the gratuitous product photos) or if you’re in Minneapolis you can pick one up at this show at the Eagles 34 this weekend.

photos by Zola Pineles