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I’ll give everyone some low-down with this DVD. There were some additional ‘non-fan’ filmers. Not a bad thing, but just wanted to make a mention of it. One of them was Philipp Virus, the same guy who directed and filmed the Middle East DVD. He and I filmed in the press-pit (right in front of the band). I was on Lou’s side, Philipp on J’s. Near the end, Dave Markey even filmed from our location a bit. Another thing to mention: 3 of the ‘fans’ had their own professional equipment and heavy duty tripods. Another non-fan’s professional set-up was used from the far back balcony spot. Everyone used HD equipment (I used a Sony store-bought camera). I made the most of the times I’d seen the band before, and wanted to highlight Lou and Murph as much as possible. Sometimes I’d pan over to J, just when I knew a good part was coming up (like his wah-wah part on “Yeah We Know”). The club itself really helped by having some great lighting – not the same scenario with the Middle East (which is much more of a bare bones place). I never understood why the Middle East was chosen to make a legit DVD, but I do like that one since it’s from the same year they reunited. I’m glad to have helped make the BUG DVD enjoyable.

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Good work folks. This blows my theory tho, where I imagined the line was “no bones, no phone”.

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Did anyone interesting sing “Don’t” in Philly?

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Thanks for the photos, especially of the ones with Lou singing “Don’t”. Any leads at getting a recording of this show, anyone? This might be the ONLY 2011-Bug-tour show where Lou is singing the song (all the other shows so far have been fans/special guests — I think). It’ll be interesting to see how the eight Euro shows play out.

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Well, the “In the Hands of the Fans” event was a success! Six actual fans filmed the entire performance at the 9:30 club, with a little help from two other cameramen. I was lucky to shoot from the press pit (between the stage and the crowd barrier) and I think once this whole thing is spliced together with all the footage and audio mix: this will be one hell of a cool DVD!

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“Don’t” is the song a lot of people (even hardcore Dino fans) skip when listening to BUG. But it’s good people are having a re-awakening for the song, due to this tour. Unfortunately Lou really blew his voice out after performing it the first night in Portland ME, which makes the need to hear a recording of this show even more essential!

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Who sang “Don’t”? Just curious.

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You’re a great Dad for making her birthday more memorable. The timing just happened to be sort of okay for me, plus I think I’d kick myself forever if I didn’t do anything.

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It’s kinda disappointing that almost nobody is submitting to this contest. You get to film the band! I’m beginning to feel like it’s a volunteer request. The freakin’ Stooges did this contest last year… the STOOGES folks! DVD coming out this year supposedly (and shot by mere fans!).

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here’s mine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv6LZexPvGM

could use some views, thanks folks. good luck to all. i’ll try my best to get some close ups of J’s beard

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Well, after a little digging (e-mail to Brian, the band’s manager) it’s confirmed: Henry Rollins will not be interviewing them at the Northampton MA show. He’ll be doing his “talking show” instead.

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These are actually from 1987, still great photos — from the Flipside archives.

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Whoa! That’s ancient, almost pre-historic!

Thanks!

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More detail of this story is found in the book "Our Band Could Be Your Life" by Michael Azerrad, as well as other fun nuggets. I also love the story about Lou annoying J by constantly sucking on the eyeball of a Cookie Monster doll while travelling in the van. A great gift for X-mas!

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I heard about the Yod festival. Grant Hart (of Husker Du) played some rare material from the Yanomamos EP from 1988, I assume at Byron Coley’s request/love for obscurity. Did J play anything abnormal or interesting?

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