recording on Grand Street

We recorded last weekend. It was pouring rain outside, and we were in K's studio on Grand Street, which is a fucking awesome place. Recording yourself is good. You start learning the ins and outs of what it takes. Having someone else who's cool record you, is infinitely better, in my opinion. I don't want to have to worry about placing the mics and twiddling the knobs. I want all the band's energy going into playing.

The whole day felt so joyous and free. It was simply a bunch of friends getting together, no pressure, and having a blast. Fast decisions, putting things aside when they didn't work, and playing great music in a comfortable space.

Everything was mixed as quickly as it was played and recorded. We've got 5 songs down, and I think they're definitely the best things we've ever recorded together as a band.

Next thing to do is put the New Hope City album together with all the other songs we have in the works for the play in February.

hollywood film that jake took

working, working, working, working away.

synthesizing stories and information and the takes of different folks.

youth

the youth are undoubtedly our future. let them inherit a planet brimming with inspiration. let them learn from our mistakes. we shall teach them with cutting edge technology.

art show in Tokyo

That art show in Tokyo that we're taking part of, opened the other night. Check out this website: http://famjams.org.

It's got a ton of pieces on it. Our good friend Lauren curated the whole thing. She got a bunch of her friends together that make zines. We made a few books out of our fliers from 2005-2009.

Halloween was a blast. Beyond a blast. We played two sets at the Kingdom. Right at the beginning of the second set, Dee Snider yelled out "I feel like I'm in my mom's basement!!!". And that's what it was like. Close friends, wearing ridiculous and amazing costumes, and cutting loose, while we rocked out and made one zillion mistakes, which didn't even matter. The spirit was there.

Now we won't play again until February. It is time to enter the future. Time to enter New Hope City. Time to enter the bodies of our characters and figure out what this whole world is about.