http://www.splitred.com/secrethistory/ en Copyright 2008 Sun, 15 Apr 2007 22:43:05 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Spent the day taking the exhibit down. It was sad. Thanks to everyone who loaned us materials for the exhibit, especially Chuck Hoffman, Paul Stanard, John Fecik, Ed Ware, Chris Kenline, Barb Schlif and Dave Deibler, Greg Honnold, Steve Turner, Dana Lechtenberg, Adam Bolts, Joe Reihle, Maria Fluette DeGuzman, Mike Wilson, Ben Wilson, Steve Potter, Bryan McCarty and Tara Pickering. Thanks to Tara & Dena Pickering, Bianca Grace, Nathan & Christine Perry, Lauren Kahler, and John Fecik & "his girls" for helping install this huge exhibit on a tight timeline. Thanks to Bryan McCarty and Kyle Thye for their assistance with designing promotional materials. It was a great success - probably the most visited art exhibition in Wartburg's history. Thanks to everyone who came by to see it! http://www.splitred.com/secrethistory/2007/04/took_the_exhibit_down_today.html http://www.splitred.com/secrethistory/2007/04/took_the_exhibit_down_today.html Sun, 15 Apr 2007 22:43:05 -0600 The Secret History of the Cedar Valley opened to a crowd of over 150 at the Wartburg College Art Gallery in Waverly, IA. In attendance were many of the musicians involved in the bands represented in the exhibit. Among those attending were Steve Turner, all members of Drednex and Aggressive Chubbies, Barb of House of Large Sizes, Clair Clarke, Colin Lamb (Ran sound at Dean's Parkade Lounge), Chris Kenline, Sara Shelton, Nathan Perry, John Fecik, Denise Narey, Matt Borger, Derek Reynolds, Jay Perkins, Scott Ream, Marcus Brewer, Leah & Chuck Hoffman, Steve Potter, Mike Wilson, Blake Badker, Stephen Oulman, Neils Thulstrup, Noel Isley, Dana Lechtenberg, Josh Otten and Cam from FSU Garage, Heather & Justin Baumgartner, Benjy Klosterman and Jason & Justin from Old Scratch Revival Singers. Attendees came from as far away as San Francisco CA, Oakland CA, Portland OR, Minneapolis MN, Jonesboro AR, Iowa City IA, and Des Moines IA. Wartburg Professor Emeritus Arthur Frick said it was the largest crowd he had ever seen at an art opening at Wartburg College in the history of the art gallery. It was a great success! Thanks to everyone who helped to make this exhibit possible! I will be posting photos soon! (If you took photos at the opening, I would be interested in getting copies--please email me).]]> http://www.splitred.com/secrethistory/2007/03/the_secret_history_opens.html http://www.splitred.com/secrethistory/2007/03/the_secret_history_opens.html Mon, 19 Mar 2007 21:31:32 -0600 metafiltered.]]> http://www.splitred.com/secrethistory/2007/03/metafiltered.html http://www.splitred.com/secrethistory/2007/03/metafiltered.html Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:39:01 -0600 Todd Totale blogs about the Secret History exhibit, DIY, and the nature of nostalgia.]]> http://www.splitred.com/secrethistory/2007/03/blogged.html http://www.splitred.com/secrethistory/2007/03/blogged.html Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:15:47 -0600
For the record, that quote is not from me... probably from someone else on the wiki?]]> http://www.splitred.com/secrethistory/2007/03/weve_been_dugg.html http://www.splitred.com/secrethistory/2007/03/weve_been_dugg.html Sat, 10 Mar 2007 15:33:19 -0600 The Secret History Media Kit Also in the Media Kit are some fun promotional pieces illustrated by Wartburg student Kyle Thye. Feel free to email them to your friends, post on MySpace, Facebook, etc. ]]> http://www.splitred.com/secrethistory/2007/03/secret_history_media_site.html http://www.splitred.com/secrethistory/2007/03/secret_history_media_site.html Sat, 03 Mar 2007 12:41:02 -0600 I apologize for any ommissions. I tried to get the word out and collect as much together as I could and in the end had to make print deadlines. Enjoy! You should be seeing these around CF/Waterloo/Waverly in the next week.]]> http://www.splitred.com/secrethistory/2007/03/secret_history_poster.html http://www.splitred.com/secrethistory/2007/03/secret_history_poster.html Sat, 03 Mar 2007 12:33:27 -0600

Just dug out some VERY old negatives of Crock of Dookey from 1987. Scanned them in on a flatbed and they look pretty decent.]]> http://www.splitred.com/secrethistory/2007/02/ladies_and_gentlemen_crock_of.html http://www.splitred.com/secrethistory/2007/02/ladies_and_gentlemen_crock_of.html Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:33:09 -0600

I went to check out the Iowa Underground Archives and they have just released a beta version of their own Wiki. They've wrapped a Mambo CMS around a MediaWiki installation. It is a bit confusing to use and navigate, so until the beta testing is over, their old site can still be accessed here. This is great news--as the site had languished a bit due to infrequent updates. With their new site and our own Secret History Wiki, which launched in November, the collaborative history of the Iowa underground music scene should be well-represented.]]> http://www.splitred.com/secrethistory/2006/12/iowa_underground_goes_wiki.html http://www.splitred.com/secrethistory/2006/12/iowa_underground_goes_wiki.html Fri, 22 Dec 2006 12:51:08 -0600 This weekend I was rummaging through my parent's attic and found the box with almost all my old flyers! I had thought they were lost. They are invaluable in figuring out which bands played at which times in which venues from 1985-1988. I will be scanning these in over the holidays and will post some of the more interesting ones! I also found the original collages that I used to make flyers for shows I set up, plus the original pasteups for all the zines I put out. I'll be sharing the highlights from those too in the coming weeks! http://www.splitred.com/secrethistory/2006/12/hit_the_motherlode.html http://www.splitred.com/secrethistory/2006/12/hit_the_motherlode.html Sun, 10 Dec 2006 22:14:25 -0600

Last week we launched a new phase of "The Secret History of the Cedar Valley": A Wikipedia-style website where we all can collectively write the secret history together! Contribute your personal knowledge, insights, and memories about the underground music scene in the Cedar Valley over the past 30 years. The site is located at: http://www.splitred.com/secretwiki/ Once you quickly create an account (username/password), you can start writing and editing pages of the site by clicking on the "EDIT" button on the top of each page. Please feel free to contribute to this site! ]]> http://www.splitred.com/secrethistory/2006/12/write_the_secret_history.html http://www.splitred.com/secrethistory/2006/12/write_the_secret_history.html Wed, 06 Dec 2006 20:27:10 -0600 Joe Heaps Nelson is a former Iowan currently living in NYC. He is also currently exhibiting a show of paintings at the Wartburg College Art Gallery.

Back in the day, Joe lived in Des Moines and wrote Iowa "Scene Reports" for the punk rock zine Maximum RockNRoll (MRR). These were informal reports sent in by readers on the goings-on of the punk scene in their city, state, or country. These were often the more interesting part of the magazine, as they each gave a real sense of what different parts of punkdom were really like. Recently, I dug up one of Joe's old reports from MRR Issue #22 (February 1985). Click on the image for a larger view:
]]> http://www.splitred.com/secrethistory/2006/11/joe_heaps_nelson_iowas_mrr_rep.html http://www.splitred.com/secrethistory/2006/11/joe_heaps_nelson_iowas_mrr_rep.html Mon, 20 Nov 2006 00:06:35 -0600 Here's some more posters: http://new.photos.yahoo.com/chriskenline/album/576460762314086489#page1 chriskenline@mchsi.com ]]> http://www.splitred.com/secrethistory/2006/10/black_flag_in_cedar_falls_june_19_1986_.html http://www.splitred.com/secrethistory/2006/10/black_flag_in_cedar_falls_june_19_1986_.html Mon, 23 Oct 2006 23:25:39 -0600

I've been scouring the web for used records and tapes from Iowa bands and came across the amazing fact that Sinister Flower Gift, the debut lp by the Des Moines-based band the Hollowmen is still in print at the Pravda Records website for $8.99! The site looks a little outdated, but I ordered a copy and will let you know if it actually goes through. UPDATE: Tom Armstrong of the Hollowmen currently lives in San Francisco and is still playing music. Here's a link to his current musical project. UPDATE (Nov 3): Look what came in the mail today:


Tom Armstrong of the Hollowmen told me that these albums are from their first pressing of the record which came out in 1985. Amazing that 22 years later you can order it from the same label! My only quibble: It didn't come with the lyric insert. ]]> http://www.splitred.com/secrethistory/2006/10/sinister_flower_gift_is_still.html http://www.splitred.com/secrethistory/2006/10/sinister_flower_gift_is_still.html Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:22:52 -0600 The 80s (1980-1989) Aggressive Chubbies Box 10 Carpetburns Crock of Dookey Cul-de-Sac of Fear Cynical Young Skins Dead Souls Drednex House of Large Sizes Jim Curtis Kittyvision Looney Tunez Primitive Ritual Psychotrash Sorry Excuse Static Farm Stone Wakening T.A.P. T.A.R. The Beveragemen The Glorious Sloshbuckets The 90s (1990-1999) Angry Cops Bwang Cars of the Country Music Stars Chittipakatoopet Dale Hansen and the Farm Report Defaced Desert Fish Enmity Fantasy Kitchen Fat Bertha and the Love Shakers Heroic Nonsense Innocence Broken Lunamoth Measure Mondale Mugwump No Consensus Online Inventory Page 5 Girl Safety Second Safie Sender/Receiver Shiver Shootin’ Hollywood Sinister Plot Slughive Solvent Spork Stephen Oulman Tot Lot Band Suave Frog Symphon-E Test Project The Clark Kents The Fruits The Police Cops Thinner Villianova Wagner Quartet Weird Clouds and Rainbows What If The Man Win the Fight/Begin Again The 21st Century (2000-present) A is Jump Albino Spiders Ben Cook-Feltz C.F. Sound Station Unity Crew E.D.I.T.H. (Exit Drills) Gen Ed Giants Hyrule Hugs Imaginary Enemies / Imaginary Friends Knuckle Sandwich Marcato Modern Life is War My Pet Robot Night Sweats Old Scratch Revival Singers Rocks and Rooftops Ryan Creery Teddy Boys The Beat Strings The Cactus Rats The Halfway Situation The Mittens The Power Plant The Sno-Mans The Spectacle of Kumpffnhauser / Louisons Amusements & Oddities Vernon]]> http://www.splitred.com/secrethistory/2006/10/band_list_1.html http://www.splitred.com/secrethistory/2006/10/band_list_1.html Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:27:23 -0600