The Sharing Economy (Disco Biscuits content)

III. Welcome, YouTube Viewers



Kricket Mitts has many, many videos of entire sets and full shows LINK

This link has 78 show video streams--->. LINK

Also...

Camp Bisco 12 - Friday Sunset Jam LINK

Crickets 7-6-03 High Sierra Music Festival LINK

1998-09-26 - Wilmer's Park - Full Show LINK

5/27/05 - Sonar Lounge - Baltimore MD LINK

Crickets/Very Moon Funk/Crickets - Trance Fusion Radio Broadcast 1 LINK

3/01/08 - Starland Ballroom LINK

2002-10-05 - Haymaker - Set 1 LINK

Tractorbeam - Ladies-Rock Candy-Ladies 1/26/14 Fox Theater LINK

9/01/01 - Wetlands Preserve - New York, NY - Set 2 LINK

Magellan - Wilmer's Park LINK

Gathering of the Vibes 2001 in Red Hook, NY LINK

History Of The Disco Biscuits (12/31/02) LINK

The Barber Freakout LINK

12/30/07 - Electric Factory LINK

Little Shimmy in a Conga Line Jam LINK

Astronaut - 6-27-09 State College, PA LINK

Spacebird-Shimmy- 2014/3/29 LINK

Mindless Dribble from Halloween 2000 LINK

5-1-99 Palindrome (part 3 of 6 - Vassillios) LINK

12/31/04 - Hammerstein Ballroom - New York NY - Set 2 LINK

5.29.09 Cyclone LINK

"Astronaut~~"- 10.29.10 LINK

7/03/08 – Rothbury LINK

Little Shimmy in a Conga Line Jam LINK

Irving Plaza 6/12/2014 - The Very Moon LINK

Electron - Shelby Rose (ending) @ Catskill Chill 2014 LINK

Jam into Shakedown Street. Electron Catskill Chill 2014 LINK

Munchkin Invasion 2008-06-07 LINK

Strobelights & Martinis 2009-07-17 LINK

Crickets 2009-12-30 Best Buy Theater NYC LINK

Humuhumunukunukuapua'a 2009-04-23 LINK

Trooper McCue 2000-08-26 LINK

Munchkin Invasion-House Dog - 2000-11-10 LINK

Abraxas-Voices Insane (Camp Bisco 9) LINK

Munchkin Invasion into Basis For A Day (2010-07-17) LINK

Astronaut 2003/08/23 LINK

Mindless Dribble 2002-12-26 LINK

Crickets 2002-12-26 LINK

Digital Buddha 2002-12-26 LINK

Spectacle 2002-12-26 LINK

"Aceetobee" 4-18-06 - Star Hill Music Hall - Charlottesville, VA LINK

2000.10.14 - Set Two LINK

9/11/10 Bank of America Pavilion Boston, MA LINK

2000.08.25 - Mulberry's Dream LINK

Jigsaw Earth Live at the Terrace Club, Princeton NJ 2000.11.09 LINK

Set II Jam Live at the Terrace Club, Princeton NJ 2000.11.09 LINK

2006.11.09 - Spraypaint - Cyclone - Voices Insane - Cyclone – Spraypaint LINK

Munchkin Invasion into Basis For A Day (2010-07-17) Camp Bisco 9 LINK

2001.09.22 - Second Set LINK

Spaga/The Very Moon" 2014.06.12 LINK

IV. Dancing Mashups

Getting Down like it’s 1992 LINK

Old dude rages to The Disco Biscuits LINK

Ghetto Get Down LINK

Grandpa wants Boomshanker LINK

Getting down at the Park LINK

Holy Bisco

Waves tap-dance LINK

Caterpillar LINK

Firemost dance moves LINK

Joget sampai mati dancing LINK

Dance Party LINK

Bieber LINK

When parents get down (not dubbed) LINK

Firemost LINK

Fat Indian Kid LINK

Rave Style LINK

Tractorbeam in Jersey

North Koreans march to Bisco

VI. Song Trivia (part 1)

Is there a song called Bert?
The song has been called by both names, but according to the band, the "official" name of the song is Little Lai.

Is there a song called Splattums?
When the song Svenghali was first debuted, the band did not name the song, so a bunch of the fans took it upon themselves to call it "Splattums", which stuck for a while (some people still insist on calling it that). There is also a song called Crickets, which has the word Splattums in the lyrics. There is currently no song that is officially called "Splattums", however.

What happened to My Lady Survives?
My Lady Survives, an early composition by Barber, disappeared from the rotation after 10/31/1998. It became the ending section to another Barber song, Haleakala Crater, debuted on 08/11/1999.

What is an inverted version of a song?
Consider that a basic Disco Biscuits song (Song A) has three parts: A beginning composed section, followed by a jam, followed by a composed ending section.

An inverted version of a song will almost always happen when they jam out of a different song (Song B), and segue the jam into the ending section of Song A. At the exact point of the ending of Song A, they immediately play the beginning of Song A, then the jam section, which usually segues into a different song (Song C), or the song that proceeded the inverted song (Song B).

Example:

Non-Inverted Version of a song:
Song A (Beg.) -> Jam ->Song A (End)

Inverted Version:
Song B -> Jam -> Song A (End) -> Song A (Beg.) -> Jam -> Song C

References:

8/31/03: Magellan -> Inverted Once the Fiddler Paid -> Magellan
(Available on Transfusion Radio Broadcast #4)

5/28/06: Story of the World -> Inverted Digital Buddha -> Story of the World
(Available from LiveDownloads or for free at the Live Music Archive)

The band starts a song one night, and finishes it the next?
Sometimes. Once the songs were be broken up into pieces like inverted and dyslexic versions, there was nothing to stop the band from playing the beginning of a song one night and the ending a different night (or vice versa, of course, for a dyslexic completion).

What is the Hot Air Balloon?
The Hot Air Balloon is a rock opera, written by Jon Gutwillig, that was debuted on 12/31/98 at the Silk City Diner in Philadelphia, PA.

For the full story see here

What is a "dub" version of a song?
A "dub" or "reggae" version of a song is a slowed down version, often complemented by a "juicier" bassline and calypso sounds a la reggae. It's simply altering the tune/tempo to give the composed section of the song a different feel. Most common are Floodlights>Dublights (4/28/01, for example) and Mindless Dribble>Dub Dribble (5/8/01, 5/28/03, etc.)

What is a song fakeout?
A song fakeout is when the band builds up the end of a jam exactly like they would for a given song, then instead of playing the actual song, they stop and start playing a different song all at once. For example, on 10/02/1999, there is an Basis For a Day fakeout, with a fast techno jam in the same key as Basis like it was usually played in '99, then the band dropped into Above the Waves at the last second.

What are the differences between the Big Happy, Highwire, and I Remember When?
Originally conceived as a 40-minute version of the tune, Mindless Dribble, They Missed the Perfume was written piece by piece on a computer. As the band wrote the various parts of the Dribble jam, they worked out a theme that would be called The Big Happy, first debuted inside Mindless Dribble on 10/6/2000. In working out the album, they began to divide Mindless Dribble into songs. From these jams, Spacebirdmatingcall, Highwire, and I Remember When were formed. Highwire is simply the Big Happy with a bridge and lyrics. I Remember When, the closing piece of They Missed the Perfume, is meant to be a synopsis of the album, incorporating snippets of Dribble, the Big Happy/Highwire, and Spacebird. When I Remember When was debuted at Bonnaroo in 2002, it was given a set of closing lyrics.

As the songs have been played, they've begun to take firmer shape. The Big Happy has clearly become a much more concise (about 30 seconds) theme. And in order to synchronize the band for a segue into the more complex I Remember When, the Disco Biscuits have used the Big Happy as a launch platform. Because I Remember When starts off with Jon playing the Big Happy theme, there is often confusion about the distinction between the two songs. However, the bassline and drumwork at the start of I Remember When is clearly different, and I urge you to seek out a standalone version of I Remember When if you're having trouble hearing the difference.

What were the "Movie Jams" on the Fall 2001 Tour?
In the spirit of Halloween, the special mini-run in the oft-neglected Pacific Northwest, and the much-ballyhooed Akira Jam, the band played a series of improvised scores. Though the full Alice in Wonderland jam was marred by DVD playback issues (and as such, no sync is possible), each score offers its own unique session of lengthy improv. Run Lola Run featured the first segment of the film. Clips of Koyaanisqatsi were played throughout a unique opening jam that started out of DJ Mauricio's set. And the Linus and Lucy/"Great Pumpkin Jam" featured a sped-up version of the Peanuts classic.

10/31/01 Woodmen of the World Hall, Eugene, OR:
Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland

11/01/01 The Wett Bar, Vancouver, BC:
It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

11/02/01 Crystal Ballroom, Portland, OR:
Koyaanisqatsi

11/03/01 King Cat Theatre, Seattle, WA:
Run Lola Run

VIII. Rock Opera #1: Hot Air Balloon

The entire story of the rock opera, produced as a student film in 2004, is shown here to the song of "Once the Fiddler Paid". Obviously not all of the songs, but all of the plot is acted out. It's the greatest, most terrible video. Keyword: student. LINK

The story behind it all...

Hot Air Balloon is a rock opera written in 1998 by Jon Gutwillig, guitarist and founding member of The Disco Biscuits, a Philadelphia based trance fusion jam band

Characters

Corrinado
An unemployed wayward inventor who bounced aimlessly from idea to idea, until he invented the world's first aircraft, the hot air balloon. He was convinced by Morris Mulberry that the idea could be profitable and that the two of them should start a service shuttling people across the sea in hot air balloons. The business, called Hot Air Balloon Traveling, became successful and attracted the attention of Manilla Trane, the entrepreneur whose capital ran much of the town. Corrinado refused to sell Hot Air Balloon Traveling, and even worse, kindles a romance with Manilla's beautiful wife, Leora of the Sequoias. Manilla forcibly overtook the business and had Corrinado arrested and sentenced for building "the devil's flying machine."

Leora of the Sequioas
The young trophy wife of Manilla Trane, known throughout town as a terrific chef. She earned her nickname because of her height as well as the size of her hair, which, according to the townspeople, looked as if were held up by branches. Lack of attention from her husband turned her into an insomniac, and she was often seen late at night staring out the window of the high tower of Manilla's fortress.

Manilla Trane
Extraordinarily wealthy entrepreneur whose riches allows him to control the entire town. As a young man, he began to amass his fortune by peddling weapons. He possesses a small army of extremely loyal men who will do his every whim. An avid arts collector, he married Leora of the Sequoias on the steps of his brand new museum. He is known as an extremely demanding and unforgiving tyrant.

Morris Mulberry
A somewhat conniving, albeit benevolent, street hustler. He convinced Corrinado that the two of them could start a highly successful business by using Corrinado¹s hot air balloon invention to shuttle people across the sea. He mysteriously vanished one month after Hot Air Balloon Travelling was destroyed and Corrinado was arrested.

Diamond Riggs
A well known loan-shark and old street friend of Morris Mulberry. He put up the initial capital to start Hot Air Ballon Traveling. A very aloof individual who, according to town rumor, possessed the prototype hot air balloon, which he was given as collateral for his initial investment.

Act I

Scene I - The Overture
High noon - townsfolk fill the center square for lunch. There is much commotion. Horse-drawn carriages line the outer streets. Merchants are yelling their pitches into the crowd. Street performers are miming and dancing in front of onlookers. The echoing sound of the street charmer's horn can be heard ricocheting off of the buildings.

Scene II - Once the Fiddler Paid
Corrinado sits alone in his prison cell, staring out the tiny barred window, over the jagged cliffs, and out to the sea beyond. The noon sun is high, the sky is clear and a comfortable summer wind blows through his cell. He thinks about Leora, his lost loved one, and he is plagued by the haunting vision of his fate.

Scene III - The Very Moon
The scene moves to Manilla's estate, before the arrest of Corrinado. We catch a glimpse of the relationship between Manilla and Leora. Manilla has reaped the rewards of many successful business enterprises. He works too hard to pay attention to his wife Leora, needing her only as a chef. Manilla invites Corrinado and Mulberry over for dinner in order to discuss the propositon of buying Hot Air Balloon Traveling. Corrinado and Mulberry are not willing to part with the business. As the scene ends, it becomes clear that Corrinado and Leora are enamored with one another, leaving Leora wondering whether Corrinado is the man to fly her far, far away.

Scene IV - Voices Insane
The scene shifts back to Corrinado's jail cell, the night before he is to be burned at the stake. Starved and beaten, he has given in to the demons which are living in his mind. He knows that there is little chance to escape his fate, yet he dares the audience to condemn him for what he has done. Half-crazy, he sits alone in his cell dreaming of Leora, laughing aloud at the world which had condemned him.

Scene V - Eulogy
The prison guards come to take Corrinado away to be executed. He walks defiantly through the crowd as they taunt and jeer at him. He remains calm and seems completely unmoved. His gaze is fixed on the sky.

Act II

Scene I - Bazaar Escape
Corrinado is strapped to a pole in the center of town. Manilla's troops are preparing the fire. Leora has arranged for his feet to be left untied. At the last moment, he pulls on his ropes with all his might, tearing himself free. He charges into the town bazaar as Manilla's troops pursue. His only chance of escaping is to make for the cliffs and jump into the sea. With a hoard of troops on his heels, he swan dives off the cliff into the sea far below.

Scene II - Mulberry's Dream
Corrinado swims through the sea, his only chance of survival is to make it to the island; hoping that Morris Mulberry will be waiting with the prototype hot air balloon, the only one left undestroyed by Manilla. As he swims, he gets delirious from pure physical exhaustion. He thinks back to his friend Mulberry and the beginning of Hot Air Balloon Traveling when Mulberry persuaded him to use his invention to start a successful business.

Scene III - Above the Waves
Mulberry stands alone on the island with the hot air balloon engine burning. He waits all night in hopes that Corrinado will make it. Eventually, he starts to despair, realizing that even if Corinado managed to escape his execution, there is no way that he could make the long swim across the ocean. He gives up all hope of Corrinado's survival, puts out the balloon engine, and sits there in the darkness. Out of the darkness, he hears someone shouting his name in a faint voice. He looks out but still he sees nothing. He thinks that his mind is playing tricks on him, and decides that it is time to move on and start his life anew. He is about to leave when Corrinado's soaking wet figure emerges from the darkness.

Scene IV - Hot Air Balloon
Corrinado embraces Mulberry. He stares in awe at the hot air balloon. The fantastic pipe dream that had become his greatest joy had also led to his persecution. He starts up the engine and takes off, flying over the sea to rescue his beloved Leora. Leora waits lying by the sea on the beach. She frets about whether or not Corrinado has survived As dawn approaches, she sees a speck on the horizon. Corrinado has arrived. He sets his balloon down on the shore. Leora climbs in with him. They take off together, never to be seen by anyone again, flying off into the sunrise.

Written by Jon Gutwillig

(Rock Opera #2: Chemical Warfare Brigade continued...)

Plot

The Plan
The Plan was simple. Amos knew what was going on over at Bert's. When the construction jobs dried up at the compound, Bert had told Amos that he could come to him if he ever needed anything. It was when he repeated himself and said emphatically, "Anything", that Amos understood. Amos always turned down Bert's offer for "legal" work. But one night at in a drunken conversation with the doctor at a local bar, Amos finds out about a chemical that the doctor is working with at the University. The research indicates that the chemical kills anything that it comes into contact with, but that it leaves virtually no trace of itself. The research project on the chemical, which the University had named Veritin-22, was originally funded to see if there could be possible uses for it as a pesticide, but the research indicates that there is no control over what it kills. It kills basically everything that it comes into contact with, and the doctor speculates in passing that even a small amount could kill a large population of buffalo, or elephants, or monkeys, or even people. And as a product of the chemical decomposition, it wouldn't leave a trace of itself. The perfect chemical weapon. They decide to have a meeting with Albert Lai to see if any of his friends could use such a powerful stealth weapon. Both of these guys need a big score. They do some simple math and realize they could potentially put hundreds of thousands of dollars in their pockets, if their consciouses could take it. And hell, to these guys, that's like millions.

The Meeting
The Meeting took place at the compound, which Amos was happy about, as any trip to the compound was more exciting than his average day. And considering that he helped build it, he knew the ins and outs of the place, which made him feel smart, which he liked a lot. The idea intrigued Lai and he liked the fact that a scientist was involved. Actually, his first thought was that the Doctor may be involved with the authorities, but he knew a quick background check would clear up any of his concerns. He figured that they could all make millions with his connections in China and Nicaragua, and the Doctor indicated that he could basically produce an endless supply of this as long as the "research project" continued. Lai was definitely interested, as long as everything checked out okay. He insisted that the Doctor and Amos stick around for one of his patented shindigs, which was already going on outside the cabana at the pool. When the meeting adjourned, they allowed themselves the pleasure of a few drinks and some casual flirting with some of the local college ladies.

The Party
The party was fantastic, from the viewpoint of Amos. They left the meeting and went to the bar. Of course, the parties, although large and exciting, were invite only. Bert insisted that they meet some of the girls that were mulling around. He introduces Amos to Shelby as a business associate, which made Amos feel important. Shelby acted really interested in everything that Amos said as he was the first business associate of Lai's that she had meet who seemed vulnerable. In the two months that she had been hanging around Lai's there was never any talk of business around the ladies. Never. She couldn't seem to penetrate his business dealings, until she met Amos. She sensed his weakness and figured she would go even deeper undercover than her job had ever required. But that was Amy, always going the extra distance, and besides, this guy actually seemed really innocent. And he was attractive. And she hadn't had any sexual relations in some time. So Amy, or Shelby as Amos knew her, engaged Amos in the time of his life. He was in love immediately. A beautiful, smart, funny girl, and she was young, and best of all, she seemed to like him. When the Doctor was passing out near the guest house, Shelby and Amos were sitting quietly by the pool getting to know each other.

The Deception
What seemed like weeks went by and Amos couldn't believe it. This was his first real girlfriend, truly amazing. Walks in the park, hikes that led to waterfalls, and trips to the zoo packed Amos' next few days. He spent all of his free time, which was most of his time, with Shelby. He even let on to her that would take a vacation together to the islands as soon as some money came in, which would be soon. You see, the future was bright. He was nervous that she would get bored of him, and so he told her how rich he was going to be, hoping that she would stay with him. It was not before long, and not without ample prodding by Shelby that Amos told her all about the plan to make the chemical weapon and sell it and retire to the islands. The Chemical Warfare Brigade, he called the three of them. She finally had some insider information into Albert Lai's dealings. And it just so happened that her knowledge of the plan could save potentially hundreds of thousands of lives. But then the plan changed. Amos ultimately convinced Doctor Von Stadt that if they left Lai alive they would end up dead, and if they made the chemical, thousands of people would die. Amos was able to convince the Doctor that killing Lai was absolutely necessary. They could always back out, but they were already knee deep in this thing. And the truth was, however they could get the money, they would at this point. So they revamped their plan yet again. It was official. Plan B. Go in shooting, take the money, and get the hell out of there.

The Confrontation
Everything went exactly as planned. Amos knew all about the security systems on the compound. He had installed most of them. They came in and took out one guard, and then went for the security mainframe. When it was disengaged, they waited at the bottom of the stairs for the second guard. As he came down the stairs, they took him out. They went up the stairs to Lai's office. Before he could even say anything, he was shot. A shootout with the three bodyguards that were remaining ensued, and Amos and the Doctor were the last men standing.

The Outcome
As they left the house, they heard the helicopters, and saw the floodlights. They heard the sirens in the distance. The cops were there. Already. The Doctor never told anybody about this. Who had Amos told? Before Amos could even give a reason for why it was okay that he told Shelby what he was doing that evening, the Doctor, formally a meek man, turned his gun on Amos, and at once, removed his face from what was once his head. And then he started to run. He ran for his life. And as he ran, all of the facts of the story started to flash randomly through his mind. Flashbacks. He is running so hard, he starts to hallucinate. The lights are shining from the sky. There is faint screaming in the distance, and he knew that the law was on his tail. He has always stayed in good shape, but he was never prepared for this kind of a chase. The Doctor, when backed against the wall by a group of screaming agents, knows that there is only one thing that he can do. He realized that he can not live through the horror of a trial and a life in prison with a possible death penalty. He knew the truth. Death was an inevitable part of life. Everyone's time would come, and his had. He had had fantasies for many years. Big dreams. Maybe in another life. The doctor turns the gun on himself and pulls the trigger.

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