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 Woods that he did and was released recently. Harp has a special section on all things “red hot” and Dave is mentioned as the red hot producer, though he’s not sure how they got the old photo and quotes from him.
Props to the great Mr. Harvey Wallbanger and his Highball Society, it’s been a long time, brotha. High fives to Mike Price. It’s also been way too long.
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