Better, closer, warmer....

Put in some serious time on the record. Luckily for me, not only is Eric a great friend, so is Justin.

I've been feeling generally uninspired to do any recording lately and then I get this txt message:

"If you're not recording vocals right now, you should be. I'm going to kick you in the fucking nuts if you don't finish that record this month."





It's funny what gets us motivated. Well, I'm not going to be 100% done, but I think I've put in enough work to avoid any sort of foot-to-sack action. And of course, we're dudes... that message actually translates to "I support you and believe in your abillity, my dear friend!" To top it off, the support didn't end there. Justin has also given the drafts I sent him a good listen and has come back with some really useful feedback. What a guy. I'd probably marry him if I wasn't already married and he wasn't such a fat shit.

So I've posted this list a dozen times, but it's never looked this good:

1) Leotis- I'm just gonna leave it....(should I change the title? I think I will....)
2) Swivet- DONE!
3) The Speed of Light- DONE!
4) We B Noize- DONE!
5) Sneaky Falls- DONE!
6) Elizabeth and Her Gypsy Elephant-DONE
7) Edgehog- DONE!
8) Ryan's Gonna Get Laid Tonite- DONE!
9) Echolocation- might be done, might have to fix some shaky vocals...
10) I Have Too Many- more shaky vocals
11) Dry Socket/The Battle- just need to add that scratchin' at the end!
12) Whack- more shahaky vox
13) Sound Test- DONE! (Should this song be renamed "Coaxially Yours"? I think it shall be....)
14) Sunset- DONE!

Now, what also needs to be done throughout is a removal and smoothing of all the little glitches from buffer underruns. It sucks, but it's better than spending $$$$ on more RAM.

Sneaky Falls 198X

Stepping outside to take my Huffy for a short ride
another summer day with perfect skies
counting up my South Side Video Chips cuz I'm
off to rent Rad for the fifth or the sixth time

Coming down the driveway, rolling up to West Bayard Street
I hear the sound of approaching beats
an Escort whips by, blaring CQ102
while every other car in town blasts WSFW

I cross the street and head straight down Swaby
keeping far away from the Franklin Hotel, baby
those guys are crazy, there's no telling what they'll do
that guy who looked like Manson built a boat up in his bedroom

I ride on just like I was Cru Jones
straight on backpedaling cuz now I'm in the zone
flipping back like I was on the Helltrack because

I feel like the good old days are coming back
mags and pegs all up in the bike rack
from the foot of the falls to the top of Killer Hill
fucking with the fake nun 'till we get our fill

I feel like the salad days are coming back
reversing the order of future, present and past

Hey man, let's catch a movie at the Strand
or hit the bandstand and change colors with Zartan
we'll take a look at comic books at Rook's
Wolverine 10 was the one that got me hooked.

Now I got my thumb on my forehead yelling "beefer"
and that's just as bad as my 1-2-3 jinx fever
Pump up my sneakers and then I head down to the Rec
win a game of tips or double bounce and win respect

and nothing compares 2 a Pudgies Party Pizza
Jump and Hot For Teacher, Wyatt, Gary and Lisa
hypercoloring t-shirts that we got from Auburn Mall
Garbage Pail Kids and M.U.S.C.L.E. men: collect them all!

Oh sweet nostalgia U just can't touch this
it's my childhood bliss, the moments that I miss
Lassoing memories like I had a proton pack

I feel like the good old days are coming back
mags and pegs all up in the bike rack
From the foot of the falls to the top of Killer Hill
Fucking with the fake nun until we get our fill

I feel like the salad days are coming back
reversing the order of future, present and past