wrig wrote:Best music video ever:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNBWLFZfxTM

i don't usually believe people when they say things like this... but, in this case, you are most certainly right! thanks for pointing this out!

HardeyeFilms wrote:

Sly Bug wrote:I don't know if this can help but in 1999 or in 2000, US Maple played at the Pezner in Villeurbanne (near Lyon). The Pezner staff filmed every gig there.

In 2003, the Pezner went bankrupt but the people managing it decided to live in the venue. I slept there once and we watched the tape of the US Maple gig.

I don't know if there are still living there but you should try to get in touch with Christophe, the manager, he may send you a copy of the tape:

Le Pez Ner
87 Cours Tolstoi
69100 Villeurbanne - France

Tel : 00 33 4 72 65 09 45
Fax : 00 33 4.78.68.19.90
pezner@imaginet.fr

I don't know if the phone still works.

Thanks for the lead! I tried the e-mail but it was kicked back. The phone number worked, but I got a hold of a guy that only spoke French.... and I only speak English.... barely..... and now that I think about it, it was probably 2 am there when I called.... I may try snailmail, but I'm trying to get in touch with a friend who speaks French to make the call for me....

It definitely sounds like something that is worth tracking down....

To your recollection, how did it sound?

Thanks again...

Tony

I'll call them for you on Monday. PM me your contact info please.
And yes, don't forget it's 7 hours later in France than in Chicago.

wrig wrote:

IPL wrote:A US Maple doc would be great...

What I'd really love to see is some footage of Snailboy or Shorty...

Please include those years in your doc if you are able.

Best music video ever:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNBWLFZfxTM

That was fucking great!

I'm pretty sure that the band videotaped their tour with Melt Banana in the mid-90's. I've seen parts of it and there is lots of live footage and Al wearing a football jersey.

I just looked at the "So Long, Bonus" video and it looks like it was shot at The Last Show, in Princeton!

If it was, I am pretty sure I'm in that video, which sort of makes me cringe.

What a fuckin' great show that was.

burun wrote:I just looked at the "So Long, Bonus" video and it looks like it was shot at The Last Show, in Princeton!

If it was, I am pretty sure I'm in that video, which sort of makes me cringe.

What a fuckin' great show that was.

You are correct... It was The Last Show, in Princeton. I believe it was in 2000.

Can you find you? Are you my favorite guy with his fingers in his ears?

Tony

Here are the news about the Pezner:

I called today and the phone number above is no longer used by them. So I called a good friend of mine who now lives in Paris and had lived in Lyon. He knew the Pezner team very well. He wasn't at home but he thinks he has at least 3 phone numbers of people who worked at the venue. He will email me the numbers tomorrow. Hopefully, there will be at least one working.

He also told me he has an audio recording of the gig (cdr). He will send it if you want.

Schaal wrote:I'm pretty sure that the band videotaped their tour with Melt Banana in the mid-90's. I've seen parts of it and there is lots of live footage and Al wearing a football jersey.

Yeah, I know what you’re talking about…. I have to say, too, it’s one of the most genius “band on the road” kinda videos I have ever seen. Out of their shear boredom of being on the road they (USM & MB) concocted these little whacked narrative skits that Rittmann shot with all in-camera edits and the stories got more complex as their boredom grew… To the point where they performed open heart surgery on Shippy on somebody’s kitchen floor in Austin, TX and, I think, his heart turned out to be a bell pepper….

Oh yeah, and the live stuff is great too!

Just talked to Todd today and he still has all of that…. So, it’s in the library…

Tony

Maybe I'm the last to know, but I heard U.S. Maple broke up...true?

Also, on the Skin Graft site it says this:

A number of Snailboy songs recorded by Butch Vig remain unreleased.

I know it's a long shot, but does anyone have any idea if these songs are floating around? I remember hearing a very poor quality cassette of some really cool Snailboy stuff not on any other releases and wishing I had a better copy. All I can remember about the recordings is one song where Al says "Better for Belgians" or something like that.

wrig wrote:
IPL wrote:
A US Maple doc would be great...

What I'd really love to see is some footage of Snailboy or Shorty...

Please include those years in your doc if you are able.


Best music video ever:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNBWLFZfxTM


That was fucking great!

OH MY WOW!! Thank you very much....that made my day.