I am finally starting to edit the footage I have been digitizing for the 15th Anniversary Edition of Cause Dowels. The first video I started on is the PSU Talent Show from 1991. I'm not sure why, but we video taped the whole show. You may remember when I posted on this topic a few months ago that we were not the winning act of this talent show. However, we were also not the only act to lose out the to fab rap stylings of State The Facts.

See previous posting to understand what I am talking about.

State The Facts

In fact, several other bands and acts also lost out this powerhouse. Who were they? Well take a look for yourself.

The first act was a band that you would find playing a college bar or frat house playing covers to drunks. (I'm not saying that is a bad thing. We've all been there.) What impresses me most about this act is:

a) They thought it was a good idea to cover the Ugly Kid Joe hit Everything About You. If you do not remember Ugly Kid Joe, consider yourself lucky. In fact, not only did they think it was a good idea to cover Ugly Kid Joe, they also thought it was a good idea to close with Ugly Kid Joe. As the lead singer makes clear to the audience at the start of the song, "We're gonna leave you now with a little Ugly Kid Joe!" Of course, the audience responds with great applause. This was what we were up against that year: audiences who loved Ugly Kid Joe.

b) You must watch (or skip to) the end where the lead singer jumps into the audience and tries to start a mosh pit, which turns into what I would describe as weird dancing (fighting) with one dude, who apparently is also an Ugly Kid Joe fan.



The second act was a sorority group who put on what can best be described as a skit / lip-sync routine to the horribly wrong song I'm Too Sexy.



The final act (and I should note there were more, but some acts have since been taped over at points) was another cover band, although this time they selected songs that would stand the test of time better than Ugly Kid Joe. For the Web Exclusive I have selected them doing Drain You by Nirvana, a song the audience could care less about. An interesting side note, at the start of the video you'll see the lead guitarist break a string and the singer asks if any of the other two rock acts wouldn't mind lending a guitar for them so they could finish their set. Being the good guys that we were, we stepped up and loaned them a backup guitar.

Before there was Nappy. Before there was Stinky Pinky. There was Muzz, The Does Cows cow. I am finding that Muzz pops up a lot in our videos. Below are just two examples:

Here's Muzz captured hanging at Justice's place while we're practicing.



Still taken from the 1990 to 1992 Does Cows Video collection

The question Justice always asks is how did I end up with Muzz. This still shows that he somehow made it up to Gateway, where Bram and I lived during PSU.



Still taken from the Chocolate Bores Sessions

Just like most college rock bands, Bone Sauce got its first taste for performing live by entering a campus sponsored talent show. We actually entered two talent shows at PSU. We won the first show in 1990, which inspired us to try again the next year.

Now 1991 was kind of a strange period for music. We had just started to switch from playing garage inspired metal to punk inspired rock. We didn't have a name for it but by the end of the year we were being described as alternative.

Some still frames of us playing the show:



Me playing guitar. We were still going by The Does Cows, which is why I am wearing a tee with a cow on it. I am also sporting a backwards Vision skate ballcap.



Justice on bass. You can see that Justice has Does Cows written on his bass. He's also sporting a popular tee from that period, the Ren and Stimpy tee.



Bram on guitar and Baker playing drums. Baker had split to go to school in Texas, but we roped him back in to play this show.

In any case, we were the only alternarockers. The other acts were either hair metal left overs or hip-hop acts, both of which were more popular in 1991. In the end a hip-hop act with a Vanilla Ice type front man (Ice was popular at the time) and an awesome 1991 rhyme style won.

Since the DVD will feature BS stuff only, I figured I'd post a clip of the act that beat us. Here they are spitting, State The Facts. As they point out, their rhymes are "energetic, exquisite and poetic," but only "somewhat aesthetic." So just sit back, enjoy, and as they recommend, "don't sweat it."

State The Facts from Bone Sauce on Vimeo.

Here's a little ditty we started jamming on after several beers on night in the recent Chicago recording sessions.

It may or may not turn into a song on Ice Mountain.

Bone Sauce Live: 2009 - Demo 1 from steve justice on Vimeo.

Just thought I would post a few updates on two BoneSauce projects.

I officially started digitizing the massive BS video collection, which means you should check back for Web only clips that will probably not make the official DVD collection.

We also compiled an unofficial songlist for Ice Mountain while recording at the new studios last week. The songs (which are not in any official order and may not make the final cut) and titles (all of which are subject to change) are:

It's Just Another Drink
Goodnight, Goodnight
Songs In The Key Of The Realms Of The Unreal (The Henry Darger Song)
Do Your Ears Hurt?
Fancy Ketchup
What Happened On Amsterdam
Missing Dogs
Livin' In The City
These Hearts Are Painful
The Saddest Songs We've Sung This Year
Lil Scorpio
Vampire Kite
Oh Jesus, Did I Throw It All Away
Watching Black Cars Go By