sweet.

Just got 8 chicken thighs for $4.89. that's a good 4 meals or so, right there. slap some sweet baby ray's on them, and I'm happy.

Day has drastically improved.

neuroses

I feel far better these days than I knew was possible a few years ago.

That said, I'm not out of the woods yet.

Did you ever feel like people were doing you a favor by being with you? Or duck out of a situation because you thought you knew that nobody wanted you there, anyway? Did you give up a perfectly good day of relaxing outside with friends to stay in and do nothing, just because of some unnamed fear?

I'm better about this now, but it doesn't change the fact that sometimes I get sucked down without even realizing it.

Think that may be happening now. Part of that is getting readjusted to NYC, sure. And part of it is definitely the fact that my grandfather's cancer is not going well. Just trying to keep my head above the surface.

back to school

I'm thinking this blog might start being more frequently updated now that I'm back.

News in brief:

New Tony Smokes & the Ladykillers album: recording is finished; working on editing it.

2nd street dorm: small, but comfortable.

Pork from Gristedes: Unexciting.

doot doot dee, daat daa.

This blog is becoming less and less interesting and frequent... Tends to happen with blogs. At least with those not passionate about "blogging."

Regardless, it will maintain its existence as a conduit for whatever the hell I feel like.

Rediscovered Coldplay's A Rush of Blood to the Head. I always used to think I really disliked them... their singles were really not very exciting. They have some very interesting album tracks, though. Much better than "yellow" and its ilk. Think "politik" is my favorite of theirs at the moment.

The backyard show was officially the last one we're going to do. From now on we will be focusing on honing our act and performing at venues, if only for credibility reasons. We know we can get more gigs of that sort, we just haven't been putting in the effort to do it. Do have a gig coming up at SPACE gallery though, and potentially one at a festival down on the pier. Many new songs coming together quickly, quickly now. They are all getting to be much more sophisticated and better-written than some of our older stuff, which may mean that eventually after we put out this album we're working on "Frogs" gets retired, along with some others. We shall see.

Meuhhhh. Work tomorrow through tuesday.

the tribulations...

Have obtained Sonar.

Recording should commence, I would think, later this week.

I also would not think it would take more than a week or so to lay down all the tracks, as we are approaching it very simply.

Then I get to worry about coming up with dough for the album duplication.

Big-ass moth woke me up.

They come in through your bedroom window. Half-blind and confused, they seek the light.


Recording time fell through. Working on options. Determined to put out an album by the end of this summer.

politick politick

It turns out that $7.75 an hour, though not very much money, adds up to a decent sum when an inordinate amount of hours are supplied to the equation.

In other news the air is full of ozone. People are sick, people are dying.