The Weblog of Daniel Tashian

House-sitting, dog walking, plant watering, sherlock holmes movie watching, bob dylan song playing, tibetan benefit playing, ukulele strumming, louis armstrong admiring, station inn attending, poached egg eating, salad making, green tea drinking, demo recording, big love watching, sushi eating, whisky drinking, ad infinitum.

Walked early, then went back to bed for an hour. Jonathan Trebing came over and we worked on a song idea he had: “Never Let Me Go” and I made egg salad sandwiches for lunch. We pretty much finished it, then I went to Troy’s building, and we wrote “Magic Hour” and I’m really happy [...]

Walked early and this drought continues. Jessica Maros came over to write, and we got a cool groove going, but I was having problems with Reason, so we decided to go to Chinatown for lunch. We saw Chris and Amy Lindsey there, and she said she’s having her baby tomorrow. Go back home and tried [...]

Walked early and went back to bed. Volleyball was on TV and I had weird dreams with that as the soundtrack. Melissa came over and we drank iced coffee, then we picked up Katherine and went to El Mariachi and I had 3 beers and lunch fajitas ($24). Melissa took me home and went to [...]

Walked early and Liz came. Then tidied up a bit because mom and dad were coming back. Got the vegetables from the farmer, and then, about 10, Grimey and Mindy called, and they wanted to walk Mooch. I didn’t want to discourage them from walking, even though I didn’t want to go, so we walked [...]

Walked early with the dogs by myself, and I took my ipod. Home, and decided to make Vichyssoise, so to Harris Teeter with Gran, and we got the leeks and stuff. Made the soup, and took a jar of it down to Bob and Lynn’s. Carl and Karl came over for lunch, and we made [...]

Moved over to Hopkins to house-sit. Took Posh’s bed, dog biscuits and my ipod, the G. Gatsby, and some shoes and settled in the guest room. Took my grandma to Shintomi for lunch, and she was saying “What nationality is this?” and I would say “Japanese, Gran.” like, eleven times. But we had fun, then [...]

Walked the dogs, and Thad Cockrall came over, and we made a demo of “The Chance”, which came out really good, and I think it could be a huge hit. He’s a really nice guy, Thad. He has a great range to his voice. It’s strange writing this commercial country type of stuff, but there’s [...]

Walked early, and Kate York came over, and we wrote a cool song: “Give it Away”, and I made lunch for us. Italian sausage and salad and navy beans. We were going to put a demo down, but there wasn’t enough time, so we quit. To Hopkins with Posh, then down to Troy’s building to [...]