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Jaffe & McGee and friends
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.
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 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:
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.
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.