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Indianapolis Years 1981-1988
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Jaffe & McGee
Invisible Shadows

A collection of material from the earliest cassette recordings that Debbie Jaffe and I made in the year 1981. It’s almost 150 minutes of listening, 30 minutes of which are commentaries that I recently recorded, in which I talk about the recordings, the ideas behind them, how Debbie and I met, etc. 
   Some of this material was later used by Debbie on the 60 Minutes Of Laughter cassette (1983).
 early Jaffe & McGee
writings, recordings, publications, 1981-84

Debbie Jaffe Early Years Interview

Early Jaffe & McGee Tapes

12 Seconds Of Laughter zine

​Debbie & Hal's Record Listening List
60 Minutes Of Laughter
Viscera: In A Foreign Film
Swamp Patrol 84
Viscera: A Whole Universe Of Horror Movies

the Cause And Effect years
1984-88
cassette distribution service and label
- Viscera, Swamp Patrol,
Master/Slave Relationship, Dog As Master, etc.
Viscera: Who Is This One
​Viscera: Hot And Cold
Viscera: Get In The Action
Viscera: Sweat
1985 (with links to CAE catalogs and photos)
CAE 1986 videos
brief outline of Cause And Effect history
1980s Indianapolis
experimental music, art, poetry and video
David Mattingly
Gabble Ratchet
Active Listener zine
Bright Too Late
Roberta Eklund
Poetry Reading Events
Rick Karcasheff
Jack Sexson
related materials
ND 3 zine (1984)
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Recipe for the early music of Jaffe and McGee:
Sauté doses of The Residents, Joy Division, Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire, and Talking Heads; stir in a shovel-full of Lemon Kittens; add in splashes of Yoko Ono and Nico; with your back turned, from across the room toss Zurich Dada sound poems and simultaneous poems into the bubbling pot; and yeah sure of course Burroughs, Kerouac, and Ginsberg; add a dump truck full of Depression, alienation, and boredom, and a wee bit of poverty; ultra-minimalist expressionism mixed with infantilism/primitivism; lo-fidelity monaural recordings; and mix it all with teenagers run amok with toy musical instruments and pots & pans in a department store.

Viscera Live at Phyllis' Musical Inn, Chicago, August 23, 1986 from Hal McGee on Vimeo.

VISCERA LIVE VIDEO 1986
A complete video recording of performance by Viscera (Debbie Jaffe and Hal McGee), Saturday, August 23, 1986, at Phyllis' Musical Inn, 1800 West Division Street, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Cause And Effect Presents VISCERA: CONFESSING OUR SINS. A Film by Scribble. Produced by Scott Colburn. Don Hedeker and Lydia Tomkiw of Algebra Suicide invited us to come to Chicago from Indianapolis to open for them at their album release show for their BIG SKIN cassette release, which was issued by our Cause And Effect label. Debbie Jaffe: Moog Rogue synth, Casio MT-11 keyboard, clarinet, vocals, Hal McGee: vocals. Many thanks to Scott Colburn for production and digital transfer from Scribble's original VHS recording.
​If you prefer to watch it on YouTube, click the video player below:
VISCERA BEHIND THE SCENES, AUGUST 1986, WITH ALGEBRA SUICIDE
Raw unofficial but authorized video of Viscera (Debbie Jaffe and Hal McGee) before and after our performance opening for Algebra Suicide, Saturday, August 23, 1986, at Phyllis' Musical Inn, in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Film by Scribble. Produced by Scott Colburn. Don Hedeker and Lydia Tomkiw of Algebra Suicide invited us to come to Chicago from Indianapolis to open for them at their album release show for their BIG SKIN cassette release, which was issued by our Cause And Effect label. A complete video recording of Viscera's performance that night is also available and will be uploaded soon. In the first four minutes of this hour-long video you can see us hanging out with Don and Lydia at their apartment before going to the venue. Part 2 consists of us setting up our gear at Phyllis'. Part 3 is Algebra Suicide doing a soundcheck and warm-up. Part 4 is Viscera's soundcheck. Part 5 features Debbie Jaffe and Lydia Tomkiw outside the venue. Part 6 is the morning after the show, at Don & Lydia's apartment. Many thanks to Scott Colburn for production and digital transfer from Scribble's original VHS recording.

Viscera Behind the Scenes, August 1986, with Algebra Suicide from Hal McGee on Vimeo.

homemade audio folk art by Hal McGee and friends 1981-2022
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