Thursday July 27 2006
Walked early and was in a good mood all day. Went to Chinatown for lunch and went to Davis Kidd and got the new issue of Paste magazine and the Bees have a song on the sampler CD, and they put us close to the top of the CD, which is great because maybe more people will hear it that way. But I still wonder if “The Country Life” would have been a better choice? It was funny, in the airport the other day I had my ipod on and one of the girls said: “What are you listening to?” and Grimey said: “The Bees!!! He’s listening to his own record and second guessing the mixes!” and I laughed, and sort of smiled, like: “wouldn’t that be stupid! Ha Ha!” and really, that’s exactly what I was doing!! And I’ve been hearing alot about the new Tom Petty record, and I have to go out and get that. Then I was listening to N.P.R. and Terry Gross was interviewing him and he mentioned Warren Zanes. Went to the baseball game and I didn’t even know who was playing. I know one of the teams was “The Sounds”. But we went with Andy and Sandra Torrente. And we had a fun time, and I knew that if I forgot my camera, it would be a beautiful night, and it really was…but I took some pictures with my phone, and i’m going to figure out how to put them in the computer soon. Then went home and downloaded some songs from itunes, because I was going to D.J. for Deanna Bruton’s birthday at “L’ayla”, so I got some songs and went over there, and it’s so crowded now. I mean, the first time I was there, there were maybe 50 people. And that was just 3 weeks ago! Now, it’s like 300! I mean, I kind of liked it better before. John Bruton and Erin were there and also Jaren Johnson and some of the other guys from Bang Bang Bang. Leslie and Sandra came, and it was so loud, you couldn’t really talk. They put me on about 12:30 and my songs went over well, except Michael Jackson. It was fun and I saw Emily West, and she was going to DJ and I was looking forward to her set, but it got kind of late and she left, and I don’t really blame her. I went out on the balcony, just in time to see this drunk girl fall over and hit her head on the ground. It was terrible! And this guy was like “Get Up! Get Up!”. He wasn’t even trying to find out if she was okay! I mean, I don’t know what his problem was. Maybe they were under age. But it was getting kind of “Buckhead”-ish in there. But there was a terrific dancer there, named C.J. and she came to the DJ booth to request something, and it really does make you feel powerful, to be in the DJ booth. But she said she would give me dance lessons if I called her. Leslie and Sandra left before I was through and I stayed for all of Jaren’s set and he played a cool Jay-Z song, and i’m getting so into rap these days. Maybe it’s just a passing phase, but some of these records are just crushingly good. Paid my tab ($25) and went home. Went to sleep on Leslie’s side of the bed because she was in mine.