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Show #147 Release date: 7. February, 2010I'm still working on the syncing project. So in the meantimem heres a quick podcast I whiped up thanks to Brain Damaged listener Jim Gilbert of Montgomery, Alabama who emailed "Why not the New Orleans Superdome show to feature in a podcast, to celebrate the Saints? (I'm actually a Pats fan, by the way.) It could work either way if they win, it's a Floydian lagniappe. If they lose, it's a consolation prize for all Saints/Floyd fans."  Excellent Idea!  Suggestions are always appreciated so keep sending them in. Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana, 14. May, 1994Set One:01. Astronomy Domine02. Learning To Fly 03. What Do You Want From Me? 04. On The Turning Away 05. Take It Back 06. Coming Back To Life 07. Sorrow 08. Keep Talking 09. One Of These DaysSet Two:10. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V)11. Breathe 12. Time 13. Breathe (Reprise) 14. High Hopes 15. The Great Gig in the Sky 16. Wish You Were Here 17. Us And Them 18. Money 19. Another Brick in the Wall, Part II 20. Comfortably NumbEncore:21. Hey You 22. Run Like Hell Running Time: 2hrs:30min:35sec

Hello braindamaged listeners...  I figured I'd pop in and give a little update just in case you are wondering where/when the podcast is...  It's in the works and has been for a while...  I am considering posting something in the meantime but I'm so immersed in what I'm currently doing, its hard to think of something else. Anyway...  During the Holiday break I was given a recording of a Floyd gig from the taper himself.  Funny thing too is I met the taper at the exact spot where it was recorded 22 years ago.  That's a hint by the way...   His recording is really good, with little crowd noise but had a lot of hiss.  Not long after, I found another recording of the same gig but the sound was much better but had crowd noise and two very wasted girls nearby.   After listening to each intently, I discovered that one recording picked up particular sounds that the other didn't and vice versa.  I know the venue very well (there's another hint)  and I can tell where each taper was located just from listening...but anyway, it got me thinking how it would sound if I put the two together.  So that’s what I've been working on.  I already remastered both but more so with the better sounding of the two and I'm using the lesser one as an ambient filler if you will.  The process of syncing the two recordings is very tedious due to the recordings being at different speeds and to top it off the speed shifts throughout the lesser recording making the process even more difficult.  The result however dramatically adds to the atmosphere.   I can't wait to finish it.   Thanks for your patience! Doc

Show #146 Release date: 11. January, 2010Welcome back!  During the holiday break Harvested Records gave a select few a sneak peak at an upcoming project with a set of master recordings from Floyd's 1971 Montreux gig.  These are the raw files as received and Harvested will be creating a definitive version in the near future. The taper used 2 Sennheiser MD-421 and a Uher 4200 reel to reel recorder at 19ips. Concerning his rig at the time, he had the following to say about it..."I had my UHER 'custom unbuilt' in multiple parts, so I could sneak it in more discretely. Then I built a whole 'neck-holder' (like the one Bob Dylan's used to hold the harp), a heavy construction sewed in a tough-tissued jacket (often way to hot to bear at concerts) and the two mics were placed niftily beside each ear hidden by my long hair..."He also went on to say that he's never released this recording directly from the master tapes... that is until now.  The Pavillion, Montreux, Switzerland, 18. September 1971.01. Echoes02. careful With That Axe Eugene03. Set The Controls For The Heart of The Sun04. Cymbaline05. Atom Heart Mother (with The London Philharmonic Orchestra and choir) 06. A Saucerful of SecretsRunning time: 2hr:00min:50sec

This is something I mentioned in the recent podcast below but thought I post it here too.  About a month ago the powers that be at my radio station, WAAF asked if I could help them with doing a Pink Floyd weekend focusing in on "The Wall".  Finally their resident Floyd DJ is called into action!  I was only asked to provide material but I wasn't involved in the actual programming... unfortunately. Anyway, that weekend is now upon us and it's a "Walls Of Floyd Weekend" on WAAF.  We're celebrating the 30th anniversary of The Wall, by giving you 30 minute Pink Floyd blocks (get it?) every hour all this weekend!  I'll be on the air Saturday Night from 7pm to 12midnight EST (-5) here in the Eastern New England area on 107.3fm and 97.7fm WAAF.  If you are not local, you can still listen on line here! For when in your local time zone, click here!It will be a little different from what you hear in my podcasts but it'll be almost as if Brain Damage was back on the radio again before it was a podcast.If you are in the area, join me and WAAF as we kick off our Pink Floyd weekend with Pink Floyd tribute band, The Machine at Showcase Live on Friday night.  Doors at 6pm, show at 8pm.  Showcase Live is located at Patriot Place, next to Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, MA.  That's not all!  After the show, we'll have a movie screening of "The Wall" in Showcase Cinema Delux right next door at Midnight.  I'll see you there!

Show #145 Release date: 01. December, 2009Ivor Wynne Stadium, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 28. June 1975. Here's a gig that been long overdue for a podcast..   This features the second to last performance of Echoes with Roger still in the band.  Their performance is excellent and the sound is amazing (after fixing it up of course).It was the last show of the North American Tour so in a dramatic finale, Pink Floyd's crew decided to go out with a bang and used up their remaining pyrotechnics around the stadium scoreboard.  The explosion at the climax of the show was so intense it blew the scoreboard to pieces and shattered windows in neighboring houses.   All in the name of Floyd.Please note this will be the last podast of 2009.  I wish you a safe and happy holiday season and a peaceful New Year!Set One:01. Raving and Drooling02.You Gotta Be Crazy03. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (parts 1-5)04. Have A Cigar05. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (parts 6-9)Set Two:06. Speak To Me07. Breathe08. On The Run09. Time10. The Great Gig In The Sky11. Money12. Us And Them13. Any Colour You Like14. Brain Damage15. EclipseEncore:16. EchoesRunning Time: 2h:29m:44s

Show #144 Release date: 13. November, 2009Pepperland Auditorium, San Rafael, CA, 17. October 1970.  This is from the master tape.  Great sound, great show but the band experienced some technical glitches at the start.  To make up for it, the Floyd perform incredibly well and just jam out.  If you dig early gigs, then this is for you.  Enjoy!01. Astronomy Domine (3 attempts)02. Fat Old Sun03. Cymbaline04. Atom Heart Mother05. The Embryo06. Green Is The Colour07. Careful With That Axe, Eugene08. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun09. A Saucerful of SecretsRunning Time: 2h:16m:37s

Show #143 Release date: 24. October, 2009This is kind of like a revisit of an old themeâ No set list for this one but if you have to know, its embedded in the file of the podcast.  Enjoy!  There are a few tracks in this podcast that have never been featured before on Brain Damage.Running Time: 1h:35m:05s

Show #142 Release date: 11. October, 2009I'm back.  I can't thank you enough for your patience.  Its been long enough so lots get this rollin'.  Back in July I posted a 1977 gig out of Cleveland and since then I got to visit the area.  The photo you see taken at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, is the entire reason behind this podcast.  Pretty simple.  We go back again to Municipal Stadium, this time 27th May 1994.Set One:1. Astronomy Domine2. Learning To Fly3. What Do You Want From Me?4. On The Turning Away5. Take It Back6. A Great Day For Freedom7. Sorrow8. Keep Talking9. One of These DaysSet Two:1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (parts 1-5)2. Breathe3. Time4. High hopes5. The great gig in the sky6. Wish you were here7. Us and them8. Money9. Another brick in the wall10. Comfortably numbEncore:1. Hey you2. Run like hellRunning time: 2h:38m:29s

Show #TEST Release date: 4. October, 2009This is a test... a dry run if you will.  This only a test. : )

Show #141 Release date: 24. September, 2009Here is a little something for you while I've been getting my production studio all updated and sorted out. Occasional surrogate DJ/host/presenter Scott Middlebrook from Melbourne, Australia has come to the rescue once again in time of need. Hes put together a neat floydcast of songs performed live before they were committed to tape.   Well done Scott!Thanks again for your infinite patience and all the kind words.  I'm almost done getting everything back to normal.  I pretty much had to rebuild and update the production studio from the ground up... anyway in the meantime and as always... please enjoy!01. Point Me At The Sky [BBC Maida Vale Studios, London, UK, 2. December 1968]02. Shine On You Crazy Diamond [Trentham Gardens, Stoke on Trent, 19 Nov 1974]03. Raving and Drooling [Trentham Gardens, Stoke on Trent, 19 Nov 1974]04. Gotta Be Crazy [Trentham Gardens, Stoke on Trent, 19 Nov 1974]Dark Side of the Moon [Nakanoshima Sports Center, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, 13. March 1972]05. Speak To Me06. Breathe07. The Travel Sequence08. Time09. Breathe (reprise)10. The Mortality Sequence11. Money12. Us And Them13. Any Colour You Like14. Brain Damage15. EclipseRunning time: 1hr:45min:26sec

My worst nightmare has come to fruition... A few days ago, one of my 4 year old, raid'ed internal harddrives decided it had enough.  In the process of fixing this (having to replace both drives), I accidentally deleted a partition in my external back up drive holding all my production programs, elements and even some music.  This caused a massive problem because when a partition is deleted, the machine won't see the drive and all its wonderful data.  I was able to recover most and I hope all the data which was very time consuming (14 hours) not to mention very stressing on my external drive.  The next step is to do a back up again but I have to get another drive (1tb) to do so (hopefully today).  So to make a long boring story short and boring... I'm hosed until further notice.  At the rate I'm going, it should not be long but there will be a lot of backing up, reinstalling, reconfiguring, testing and all that happy horse poop.So, again... (this hasn't been my year) there will be no podcast this week and there is a 50/50 percent chance there will be one the following week.  This has turned out to be a costly and time consuming process so your patience is much appreciated.Best,Doc

Show #140 Release date: 30. August, 2009I've been in a early to mid Seventies funk lately so what better time to take care of a request for a gig from that era.  We start out with a good bye song from Boston because us Bostonians are twisted that way then we find ourselves on the dark side of the largest city in Switzerland at the Hallenstadion, 9. December 1972.  Doctored for supersound... Enjoy!Set One:01. Speak To Me 02. Breathe03. The Travel Sequence 04. Time05. Breathe (reprise)06. The Great Gig In The Sky07. Money08. Us And Them09. Any Colour You Like10. Brain Damage11. EclipseSet Two:12. One Of These Days13. Careful With That Axe, Eugene14. EchoesEncore:15. Childhood's EndRunning time: 2hr:00min:11sec

Show #139 Release date: 15. August, 2009It's nice being back to the norm and behind the mic again.  For this podcast, there's no specific agenda.  Much of the material featured branches off into solo elements and guest appearances.  You'll even get to hear from a few other Rock N Roll legends.  It's just one of those nice mix'casts of pure Floydness.  Enjoy!01. The Nile Song - More 02. Ibiza bar - More03. Maisie (outtakes 1 & 2) 04. Don't Ask Me (What I Say) - Joker's Wild 1965 demo05. Love Song #6 - Zabriskie Point Extended Soundtrack [Rome, Italy, 16. November 1969]06. What God Wants (part 1) [The E Center, Camden, New Jersey, 11. August, 1999]07. What God Wants (part 2) - Amused To Death08. What God Wants (part 3 feat. Jeff Beck) [Royal Festival Hall, London, 12. September 2002]09. Poles Apart [Chateau de Chantilly, Chantilly, France, 31 July, 1994]10. Marooned [Valle Hovin Stadion, Oslo, Norway, 29. August 1994]11. Along The Shoreline - Broken China12. Ah Robertson, It's You [Saturday Night Live, New York City, 12. December 1987]13. Deep In The Blues (with Les Paul) BAM Majestic Theater, Brooklyn, N.Y., 18. August, 1988]14. If [Colisee de Quebec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, 7. November 1987]15. One of These Days (first live performance) [Paris Theater, London, BBC's Top Gear, 30. September, 1971]16. Echoes [Paris Theater, London, BBC's Top Gear, 30. September, 1971]17. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (parts 1-5) [Venice, 12 August & Vienne, 31 July 2006]Running time: 2hr:6min:01secWBCN and Les Paul - R.I.P.

Show #138 Release date: 1. August, 2009One hundred podcasts and 4 years ago this show entered the digital realm.  I had no clue what I was doing and I never imagined it would become so well received.  I can't thank you enough for your support. For this special 100th edition, you'll get to enjoy Brain Damage this time in video.  Remember when MTV actually played music videos?  That's what this is like.Before becoming a radio DJ, I worked in video production when BetaSP and 3/4" Umatic were kings.  A lot has changed since I left, so here I am again with no clue what I'm doing. Quicktime is required to watch.  The file is large, at 654,135 KB which is 5 times the size of a normal podcast.  I'm in the process of trying to figure how to embed a video window here.  If you click on the file below it will launch Quicktime, but be patient.  Otherwise I recommend you right click and save as.I have to thank my good friend Michelle for this would not of been possible without her.  Please enjoy (I hope this works on your end)!01. The Gunner's Dream [The Final Cut Video EP]02. The Final Cut [The Final Cut Video EP]03. Not Now John [The Final Cut Video EP]04. The Fletcher Memorial Home [The Final Cut Video EP]05. Cymbaline [Abbaye de Royaumont, Royaumont, France, 15 June 1971, ORTF2]06. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun [Abbaye de Royaumont, Royaumont, France, 15 June 1971, ORTF2] 07. Us And Them [Parque Simon Bolivar, Bogota, Colombia, 9. March 2007]08. Comfortably Numb [Earl's Court, London, 9 August 1980]09. Dogs Of War [my 1990 video editing project]Running time 1hr:4min

Show #137 Release date: 12. July, 2009For this installment, we go to Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, OH, 25. June 1977.  American shows in the summer of 1977 were particularly rowdy, but this recording is probably most notable for the numerous cries of âSIT DOWN!â throughout the show. Fortunately, the music on this release comes out on top for the majority of the show.  The occasional fireworks set off yet Roger manages to keep his cool during this performance but by this time in tour he was already becoming agitated by the carefree behaviour of these massive audiences.  Roger can be heard shouting â46" during Pigs (3 Different Ones) after the second verse, which is one of the identifiers for the concerts on this tour, however he must have lost count because this was actually the 47th show.The podcast kicks off with Jeff Beck live, last week at the Royal Albert Hall with David Gilmour as surprise guest, performing Jerusalem.Set One:01. Sheep02. Pigs On The Wing (Part 1)03. Dogs04. Pigs On The Wing (Part 2)05. Pigs (3 Different Ones)Set Two:06. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-5)07. Welcome To The Machine08. Have A Cigar09. Wish You Were Here10. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 6-9)Encore:11. Money12. Us And ThemRunning time 2hrs:32min