Greetings Kalamazooians,

We here at ditK are not merely a place to find out what shows are going on, we are building a culture.  Our model of open collaboration is already catching on in other cities and we are constantly looking to evolve.  Culture needs a past, present and future and having been in town for a while and collected a wide assortment of audio recordings, I’m going to do my best to tell the story of Kalamazoo’s recent past.  I’m going to post up a live set at least once a month of mostly local artists, or artists from afar who slayed our fine city.

Some of the recordings will be rough, have mistakes, people hollering or simply no longer representative of the artists.  However, live recordings also capture the environment, the mood and a passion that is simply not reproducible in a sound booth.  I often wonder how I didn’t end up a deadhead.  I digress.

The first set will be up soon.  If you have any recordings you would like to share with me I would love to hear them and potentially help clean them up and post them.  Or if you have questions/ concerns you can send e-mails to me at ditkalamazoo (@) gmail.com

Kalamazoo Classic #1: Wingnut Dishwashers Union

This first set I’m posting is from Pat the Bunny (Ramshackle Glory/ Wingnut Dishwashers Union/ Johnny Hobo) April 6, 2008.  It was a knockout show from the now defunct hotspot/venue Rocketstar Cafe.  You can download the show from here. Pat will be playing in Kalamazoo again on Dec. 26 with Michael Jordan Touchdown Pass and Alex and Marcus Quinlan at the Fireplace Club.