Let’s Active- Hoosier Ballroom, Indianapolis In 9/18/86 xfer f/1st gen VHS tape Mitch Easter It looks like there will be a parade of bonus posts for the next week or so. Some are Patreon thank-you’s, some are re-do’s of VHS transfers that had audio issues. This is the latter- A…

VIDEO: Let's Active- Hoosier Ballroom, Indianapolis In 9/18/86 xfer f/1st gen VHS tape Mitch Easter

BONUS Video post for Wed, Mar 11.
Re-do of a previously screwed up post
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A warmish Chicago day with Let’s Active’s first full length LP from 1984.
#letsactive #mitcheaster #sarahromweber #fayehunter #dondixon #80smusic #janglepop

Is there a more perfect jangle pop track? Maybe, but this one will always be one of my favorites. #MitchEaster

Letting Them Talk with Will Harris Performing Arts Podcast · Updated Weekly · Longtime pop culture journalist Will Harris, perhaps best known for his work at the A.V. Club (or, more specifically, for his Random Roles interviews), final...

Seven episodes away from hitting 500 total downloads over the course of four episodes!

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Coming Wednesday: Murray Attaway!

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The show is amazing. Killer versions of every song. Angie Carlson looks great in it, she’s not even 30 yet. So does Janine Ayers, who’s playing bass. #Let’sActive. #MitchEaster #AngieCarlson

#Let’sActive going in my head #MitchEaster

The Big Shot Chronicles by Game Theory 1986
Recorded 40yrs ago this week, Mitch Easter producing, at his Drive-In Studio in Winston-Salem NC
#gametheoryband #bigshotchronicles #mitcheaster #scottmiller #shelleylafreniere #gilray #suziziegler #roberttoren #angrylambie #lolitanation #altrock #80srock

“Every Word Means No” is one of the greatest songs…..ever. #MitchEaster #LetsActive

The Loud Family - Scott's post-Game Theory band - recording their 1st LP 'Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things' produced by Mitch Easter 1991
#gametheoryband #loudfamilyband #mitcheaster #PBRT #plantsandbirdsandrocksandthings #scottmillersongs #altrock #90srock

1985: While touring in support of Real Nighttime, SF Game Theory stopped for two weeks, in NC, to record The Big Shot Chronicles, Mitch Easter producing
#gametheoryband #realnighttime #bigshotchronicles #lolitanation #altrock #80srock #mitcheaster #roberttoren #angrylambie #scottmiller

Lolita Nation crew 1987
Back l-r: Gil Ray, Gui Gassuan, Donnette Thayer, Shelley LaFreniere, Mitch Easter (producer / Let's Active)
Front l-r: Michael Quercio (Three O'Clock), Scott Miller
#gametheoryband #lolitanation #mitcheaster #donnettethayer #roberttoren #angrylambie #80srock #altrock

“Waters Part,” Let’s Active (Cypress, 1984).

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Let’s Active - Every Dog Has His Day

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The Loud Family (Scott Miller's post-Game Theory band) recording 'Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things' LP, Mitch Easter producing, 1982 Polaroids
#loudfamilyband #gametheoryband #plantsandbirdsandrocksandthings #mitcheaster #letsactive #lolitanation #roberttoren #angrylambie

Mitch Easter producing Game Theory's 'Real Nighttime' LP 1984
L-R: Mitch, Scott Miller, Nan Becker
#gametheoryband #realnighttime #mitcheaster #scottmiller #nanbecker #altrock #collegerock #letsactive #roberttoren #angrylambie

Game Theory at Ocean beach San Francisco
Lolita Nation era 1987
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Game Theory v2 1983 Davis California
Scott Miller, Nan Becker, Dave Gill, Fredo Juhos
They recorded Pointed Accounts & Distortion eps, and Real Nighttime LP (with Mitch Easter)
#gametheoryband #realnighttime #mitcheaster #scottmiller #roberttoren #angrylambie #collegerock #80srock #davismusicscene

Game Theory / Lolita Nation tour 1987
L-R standing: Gil Ray, Scott Miller, Shelley LaFreniere, Donnette Thayer, Gui Gassuan
Kneeling: Doug (tour mgr), Photo Robert
Photo Robert's parent's home
#gametheoryband #lolitanation #bigshotchronicles #realnighttime #mitcheaster #80srock #altrock #roberttoren

Big Shot Chronicles tour 1986
Charlotte NC Milestone Club - drummer Gil Ray's homecoming gig - everyone came out - great, special gig!
#gametheoryband #milestoneclub #worldfamousmilestone #bigshotchronicles #lolitanation #altrock #80srock #mitcheaster #scottmiller #roberttoren #angrylambie #

The vinyl album "House of Tears" in the foreground with the MTM logo on the label. In the background is the back cover of the album with a list of band members.

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I found this album at a library sale decades ago. I didn't know a thing about Hege V, but when I saw that REM producer Mitch Easter also produced this I wanted to try it out. What a great surprise. Jangly guitars with a tinge of country similar to […]

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Game Theory recording Lolita Nation double LP 1987
L-R: Producer Mitch Easter (Let's Active), Michael Quercio (The Three O'Clock), Scott Miller
#gametheoryband #lolitanation #mitcheaster #letsactive #thethreeoclock #michaelquercio #scottmiller #bigshotchronicles #realnighttime #roberttoren

Game Theory 1987 Stanford U
One week before Mitch Easter came to SF, from NC, to produce the Lolita Nation double LP
#gametheoryband #lolitanation #bigshotchronicles #donnettethayer #scottmiller #shelleylafreniere #gilray #guigassuan #roberttoren #angrylambie #mitcheaster

Chris Stamey - Universe-sized arms (2015)
#vinyl #vinylrecords #RyanAdams #MitchEaster
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I saw Let's Active open for REM at Colby college in Waterville Maine in 1983. I still like that Let's Active EP #mitcheaster