To Live and Shave in L.A.'s first convulsive year of live performance - following three years of near-continuous studio refinement - began at Churchill's in Little Haiti. Initially, Tom Smith and Rat Bastard played to no one. By early October, "30-minuten männercreme" had been released to wide acclaim, Ben Wolcott had joined the group, and TLASILA were eviscerating, well, just a handful more than had attended their early summer gigs. It mattered not - the toxins had been seeded.

These extraordinary recordings - savage howls of outrage punctuated by shrill clarions heralding a disintegrated future - portray a fully-formed genre that rejected every notion of itself.

"MIA 1994" offers eight obliterative prosecutions and a trio of backing tracks ("performance templates" in Smith's parlance) spread out over three discs.

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TLASILA - Live, Churchill's, Miami (16 June 94)

01 Tina Russell, Free
02 Kama Sutra '71
03 "Godspike" Soph. Hoax
04 First Pop Novice
05 Superhype Security Probe
06 Root of Pop Compulsion
07 Hypecuff
08 Tealink
09 To Live and Shave in L.A. (oka "Jeremy Says Song," and later "Take a Lot of Ofay") *

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TS tape & voice
Rat bass

rec'd stereo cassette; left-channel only, duplicated on the right

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TLASILA - Live, Churchill's, Miami (7 July 94)

01 Who Turned Out Soft? *
02 The Lead Shoes (Coerced) *
03 New! Skin Chamber Lite!
04 Unobscured Miss
05 Why Are Her Hands Ungloved?

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Tom - voice & tape
Rat - bass

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TLASILA - Live, Churchill's, Miami (14 July 94)

01 Elevated Host
02 Who Turned Out Soft?
03 Deodato Conductor Double *
04 Who Turned Out Soft? 2
05 Deodato Conductor Double 2
06 I Used to Pay a Heavy Bribe
07 Subject of John Mellencamp Song *

Rat - bass
Tom - tape, vocals

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TLASILA - Live, Churchill's, Miami (18 Aug 94)

01 The Ass-God
02 I Used to Pay a Heavy Bribe
03 "Pants-Shitter" *
04 Subject of John Mellencamp Song (false start)
05 Subject of John Mellencamp Song
06 Out with the Shirt on My Back *
07 Neu!/Stipe Stüssy Pact *

Tom - voice & tape
Rat - bass

rec'd from the board by Ariyah

1-2 used for "Helen Butte"

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TLASILA - Live, Churchill's, Miami (25 Aug 94)

01 I Learn to Inject Morphia
02 One Navel of Decline
03 This Is a Love... *
04 The Ass-God
05 I Used to Pay a Heavy Bribe

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TS - voice & tape
Rat - bass

rec'd off the board by Ariyah...

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TLASILA - Live, Churchill's, Miami (15 Sept 94)

01 Modified Stock **
02 58, Pumphand **
03 Moschino Powerslum **

Rat - bass
Tom - voice and tape

recorded off the board by Ariyah

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TLASILA - Live, Churchill's, Miami (22 Sept 94)

01 Modified Stock
02 58, Pumphand
03 Moschino Powerslum
04 My Fuck Sprang Out! **
05 Faultless High **
06 Tongue and Lips Reclaim **

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Traci Philips - radio
Rat Bastard - bass
Tom Smith - voice & tape

rec'd off the board by Ariyah

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To Live and Shave in L.A. - Live, Churchill's, Miami (27 Oct 94)

(ultra low-fi recording via Goldstar TCR-13 cassette recorder)

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01 Lock of Gut Twine
02 Out with the Shirt on My Back
03 "American Car"
04 Neu!/Stipe Stüssy Pact
05 Gone and Bitched Up
06 I Suppress Nothing
07 Wanna Bust Up a Virgin Ass?

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Ben - oscillator
Rat - bass
Tom - voice and tape

* "30-mm" outtake, previously unreleased
** recorded for "Prostitution Heute!" 2x7" on Nightcap (the label sundered during post-production, and the tracks remain unissued)