January 10, 2010 feels very futuristic to type
in bed. wearing an AC/DC shirt. i have zoomed in the screen so i am typing in large print. L-A-R-G-E! When I am 90 years old and telling you about my life i'm sure i will be typing at this size.
yesterday we recorded keyboards in London for the record i'm producing by Dylan White.
Here is Darryl Lahteenmaa, taking apart the wurlitzer at his studio to oil a squeak. Darryl is very talented. He co-produced, mixed and played some guitar and keys on "Rico" which is on my new EP.
Hey! Speaking of the new EP, you're pre-ordering it and I love you for i! I am so grateful for all your support. You make my heart beat at a happier, healthier speed. I can't wait to write you all notes. there I've said it.
Here are some notes from my production binder. I was working so hard I had time to take a photo. Very professional looking indeed! At the session we discussed how anyone who studied Royal Conservatory piano has the improvisational skills of a piece of soil, and anyone who studied the Suzuki method sure can jam on a whim (and make a lot of friends). Of course, I'm generalizing and marginalizing and I'm sure someone who aced RCM is like a jam king at Grossman's but when it comes to producing and coming up with keyboard parts, this byotch needs to work it out in advance. Like, science. But however it comes out, we came up with some dope shit for Dylan.
In the meantime I've been writing songs about the male whores of Dublin and been packing up the house because I now have a new house. My mom came to help pack today and it was a godsend.
How do humans get so much stuff? I want to put all my stuff in a pick up truck and drive it off a cliff.
Don't drive this fella off the cliff! He just showed up for a Timbit.
Can someone please answer something for me, I guess on Twitter . You might need to be Canadian to answer this, but if you go through the Timmy's drive thru with a dog in the back of your pick up truck, is it standard unwritten practice for the person working the drive thru window to "throw the dog a timbit"? I looked away when the above guy allegedly got thrown a timbit so when SWO reported "they threw him a timbit" I kind of didn't believe it, but then I started thinking about it and wondered if I might have lived my whole life in Canada without knowing that any dog in a pick up truck gets thrown a timbit. I seek the truth on this matter.
In weather-related news, my good friend Tony Clayton-Lea wrote to me in a panic from Ireland wondering how to survive a deep freeze. In their opinion -10 is cold, so I humoured him and gave him my Top 5 survival tips.
They were:
1 get a hot water bottle and fill it up with almost boiling water and put it in the bed
2 run the car 5 to 10 min before you get in with the defrost at full blast and hope no environmentalists are watching
3 when subject to intense cold relax yr shoulders and spine and tell yourself quietly over and over again 'i'm in the Bahamas. I'm in the Bahamas ...'
4 convince yourself winter sports are fun i.e. Skating, luge, sledding
5 HOT WHISKEY I.V.!!!!
He liked all the suggestions except number 4.
Other than that I finally learned about the band Midlake and am so smitten. I can't wait to buy everything.