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03.27.08
Recording
is nearly done! What exactly that means no one knows! What exactly
I mean by that I also don't know! I'm steadlily losing my mind and
the sound of my own voice is beginning to give me panic attacks!
But we should have a couple new songs up in the media section in
the near future so that's something!
In
lieu of any other exciting news which I'm not at liberty to share
please enjoy these two photos of park lights. The first was taken
in Los Angeles at a favorite childhood spot that we called "Ear
Park" because there was an interactive statue there that looked
like a giant ear. At least it did when I was five. The second photo
was taken here in Brooklyn. I just think it looks cool. I know there's
a theme going on here and we don't want it to get out of hand or
anything, but these images make news feel soothing.


01.15.08

We
are recording. It's going well. It's cold here. We huddle around
a rather feeble space heater between takes and sip tequila to make
the mood more festive.
I
(Daniel) just got back from a show in LA at the Disney Concert Hall.
I mean, it wasn't my show or anything. But I appeared. It was part
of a series called "Concrete Frequency" put on by the
Philharmonic, and the performers were meant to sing songs about
city life or road life or something along those lines. They put
me on right after Inara George and Van Dyke Parks, who sang a classic
Randy Newman song, Vine Street. That shook me up a bit. I did a
couple simple versions of songs from the new DoE record and got
the hell off stage. Back in the dining hall I tried to let old Van
Dyke know my true feelings for him. I gushed. He smiled and bussed
my plate to the kitchen.
One
audience member told me my pants and hair stole the show, which
is a dubious compliment but I'll take it. So the concert went well,
I say.
P.S.
Our friend Sebastian
Krueger
did a cover of our unreleased song "Deadly Disclosure"
for La Blogotheque. He is embarrassed about it for some reason,
but we're going to link it anyway:
Click
here
to listen |