I was reminded via a friend’s Facebook update earlier that today is the third anniversary of the shuttering of the legendary Mississippi Nights, and in honor of the date I’ve posted another short clip of raw footage from the venue’s last night it was open (see a previously posted video clip here). This time take a look into the amp room in the backstage area.
Besides actually housing the power amps for the Mississippi Nights P.A. system along with microphones, stands, cables, and other assorted tools of the trade, the amp room was quite the meeting place for venue employees, crew members, and the occasional guest before, during, and after shows.
The video clip isn’t much, but if you’d ever spent any quality time in that room then this could really bring back some memories.
A still shot of the 3D-animated logo from the new TJRA advertisement video promo
I’m relieved to report that as of this writing I’m still alive and un-augmented, contrary to what I believed to be an imminent plot by Onion editor Joe Randazzo this past spring to “take care of me” after my company designed a new logo for his “for-profit corporation specializing in temporal anomalization and monetization,” The Joe Randazzo Association, Inc. (TJRA).
I’m also pretty happy to report that TJRA has released the new advertisement promo Come On Back To TJRA! that features a slick, 3D-animated version of the logo, as evidenced in the still shot above as well as in the actual video below.
Watch the video:
An interesting side note: the narration in this video was voiced by the hilarious Peter Serafinowicz.
I could go on and on about all of the great people I’ve met/discovered via Twitter, but here’s just one example of some guys I might have otherwise never known about were it not for this whole tweeting thing:
A Brief History of Bishop and Douch (via funnyordie.co.uk)
And now, as a bonus to those of you keeping up with all of the recent related action, I give you a raw clip of my last-ever walk across a genuine historic landmark, the Mississippi Nights stage. This short video was shot well after the majority had left the “Last Call” (19 Jan 2007) gathering and will no doubt bring back memories for those who’ve ever had the honor of playing the stage. It might also be of interest to those who never had the opportunity to view the Nights from this vantage point. (To those folks, I say, “Why weren’t you at Nirvana in ’91!? Just about EVERYBODY THERE got on stage!)
Now that I think of it, the below clip kind of gives you a taste of how I remember it. It’s mostly shot from either the stage or from inside Dressing Room 1, before one of our shows at Mississippi Nights, circa 1997. (Coincidentally, Dressing Room 1 is the room that I’m emerging from right before walking up the steps onto the stage deck in the “Last Call” video above.)
The above video is an excerpt from a video bonus feature that originally appeared on the The Guide to Fast Living, Vol. 2 compilation CD (1997). The actual recorded audio for Stripping Grace that’s used in the video comes from a demo session that we did some time before the All This Baggage sessions, and that appeared on the aforementioned The Guide to Fast Living, Vol. 2.
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