Wishniaks Live on WKDU from sometime in 1989 on Jackie’s show.
It was a very long time ago. It may have been our first performance for radio. I know we were psyched to be there. I remember the headphone mix sounding nothing like us and was a bit thrown by that. We played everything really fast, or sped up during tunes, which was kind of our m.o. Nice to hear what Jim Hostetter was doing on guitar and vocals. We always made such a racket live that I could never really tune in to what he was doing. This set is the band after our first e.p. came out and we were getting songs and our chops together for recording our album in Spring of ‘90. “Left in the Dark” is a cover of the Vertebrats. – except for the Vertebrats cover, all words and music by me, publishing: Bang Quack Music. Hostetter took some lyrical liberties live a la Westerberg. – Andrew Chalfen
Wishniaks were Andrew Chalfen (Trolleyvox, I Think Like Midnight) – Guitar, David Frank – Drums, James B. Moran – Bass & Jim Hostetter – Guitar & Vocals.
Thanks for the tape Jackie & for Andrew for making the files sound better.
01 – One Eye Open
02 – Monterey
03 – Day to End All Days
04 – Chatting – Prior to Summertime
05 – Summertime
06 – 6am
07 – Double Taking
08 – Distraction
09 – Marcys Gone
10 – Marianne Faithfull
11 – Point of No Return
12 – Left in the Dark
13 – She Gets You
14 – One Eye Open -Practice
15 – Distraction – Practice
