"New Soundtrack Channel and ME Television deliver the “Best SXSW Performances” this 4th of July Weekend
As part of its new programming, Soundtrack Channel (http://www.soundtrackchannel.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;) will broadcast an entire weekend of great performances filmed during the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas. The show is being specially produced by Austin’s ME Television (http://www.metelevision.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;) using footage from its SXSW coverage over the past four years (2007-2010). The artists presented include Andrew Bird, Ozomatli, P.J. Harvey, M. Ward, Peter Bjorn and John, Tift Merritt, Matt Morris and Willie Nelson. “This event brings new and unseen content to Soundtrack Channel’s viewers and ME Television is proud to bring its exciting live music content to a larger audience,” said Kevin Kettler, CEO, ME Television."
As expected, both stc and metv web sites above appear to be completely useless. According to wikipedia, AT&T Uverse and Verizon FIOS carry it (but not Comcast, which is what I have).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Soundtrack_Channel" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
This performance was absolutely phenomenal. It was streamed live on 2009-03-20 as one of 3 different performances that day for the opening day of SXSW (I didn't get much work done that afternoon). Unfortunately nobody captured it (as I recall the KEXP SXSW web site did not stream it via flash, but via a Microsoft browser plugin called Silverlight). A short snippet of audience recorded video of The Chair does exist:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2CB8UybYm0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I remember later reading that this was filmed in HD with something like 5 cameras. There was a memorable set of flickr photos taken also. Here's one:
The audio was captured since it was (FM) broadcast live by KEXP that day and someone was ready for it. This was torrented on dime later. Here's the info file:
Polly Jean Harvey and John Parish
Friday, March 20, 2009
ME Television Studios
Austin, Texas, USA
via KEXP-FM
Lineage: FM --> RX-V1300 --> Analog Line-Out --> LS-10 --> USB --> CD Wave --> FLAC Frontend
Setlist:
01. [Intro]
02. The Chair
03. [This Next Song]
04. Leaving California
05. Passionless Pointless
06. [This Is A Song]
07. Cracks In The Canvas
08. Black-Hearted Love
09. 16 15 14
10. [That Was A Song]
11. Civil War Correspondent
12. [Outro]
Running Time: 31:32
So, does anyone get "The Soundtrack Channel"? I doubt we'll get more than 1 or 2 songs, but it'd sure be great to capture them!
