Well it was a bit dicey there for a minute. The Powerbook crashed yesterday. I had tons of songs on the itunes and tons of lyrics and Reason ideas. I don’t know what I was thinking not backing that stuff up. I guess I just thought “It’ll never crash without any warning!” but it sure [...]
Memorial day, but shops still open, so to “The Walking Company” to return some shoes that broke when they shouldn’t have, and to the Apple store for a new battery for the laptop and a copy of Logic Express. Installed the software and it’s really intuitive and very fun. Went swimming and then went to [...]
I think I kind of forgot who I was for a minute. I remember now that I like tea, and Tennis and the Sunday New York Times and chicken fried rice over salad and chocolate and, embarrassingly enough, k.d. lang and what else? Reading light English comic novels. Bit of an Anglophile actually. Okay, what [...]
This was the day of LIz’s birthday party so I got some supplies and got my hair cut. Somewhere in the fray of last night I managed to lose my wallet and all my cards…so I went to the bank and ordered new cards and I went to the DMV to get a new license [...]
Well there was a long players rehearsal and I had to practice a Paul McCartney song for it and it’s kind of a ponderous arrangement: Picasso’s Last Words or something to that effect. It’s not one of his great masterpieces. But everyone was nice and Freedy Johnston was there and Grimey and Mindy. Mike sang [...]
Went to the YMCA to see about using their pool and they decided to allow me to become a member. It didn’t take very long and I went to get some goggles and I was back down there swimming after lunch. Soon as I got in the water I knew I was in the right [...]
Well I worked with Melissa and we got a demo almost finished. Then to Soundcheck and I was on a Panel with Jason Lehning for Mix magazine. It was funny, cause I was listening to some of the questions during the session before ours, and they’re like: “What percentage of the time (as a producer) [...]
Well I worked a good bit in the AM…putting down four or five guitar tracks. Layering them. Trying to make it sound like Coldplay. I love Coldplay. But I think I need a new amp to really get things cranked up. And one of those delay pedal things. Went to Zoe’s for lunch and then [...]
Return flight from LA. Completely full. LA was nice, although so hot and dry. The show at the Hotel Cafe was cool. That’s a great room. Kelly sang with us. She did a great job. I was kind of nervous because I hadn’t seen her in a month. I drank a little too much and [...]
Well my cousin Ethan and my Aunt Joy arrived today. They’re here to celebrate my grandmother’s 94th birthday. Ethan has a very successful company http://www.jimmyjane.com and his blackberry is constantly buzzing. We went to PM for a drink and caught each other up on the last year or so since we’ve hung out. He hasn’t [...]