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:

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