Mary came out to visit from NYC to check up on Matt and the recording action. The 9th song was finished up last night so we broke for BJ’s. Mary Fridmann joined us. Matthew got brave and ordered up some Mr. K fries which come with cheese, peppers, and onions. Some things you end up regretting in life and these would be one more in that trail of ruin. Dave greeted us with a box of donuts and pink tape for marking off the badminton court. It’s going to get ugly later, we’re sure of it. A little piece of trivia for Mercury Rev fans (Ethan?)…Boces is a local term for kids who ride the short bus. Song ten is underway, at least for bass and drums. The recording is being done digitally with ProTools because Quantegy stopped making tape at the end of 2004. Apparently, no one can get new 2″ tape for analog recording at the moment. It’s not the perfect scenario, but it’s sounding good and that’s what’s important. Being in the studio is all about magazine reading and we arrived well-stocked. Dave’s name is all over the current press because of the new Sleater-Kinney album The…
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Drums and bass are tracked for three more songs and they’re working on one more. There’s been badminton and wasabi peas to fill the breaks. Gorgonzola enchiladas for dinner. Word has it that Sleater-Kinney were remarkable cooks and so is Michael from the Flaming Lips. Matt and Mary delivered the tastiness tonight, though. There’s talk of going to BJ’s later where those who record here often show up for small unannounced shows. Saxon was supposed to play, but decided to devote themselves to the slavery of working on this record. Apparently the factory where Mad Dog is made is just down the street and a certain Scottish instrumental band loved visiting…
When I got up, Dave was out mowing the lawn on the riding mower. After some of Matthew’s extra strong coffee, the Saxons started tracking a song. The method is to record everything live, so they’ve been playing it several times in a row to get a good take for the drums and bass. The remaining parts will be overdubbed after a good base track.