Day Two- Inner ear

well.. we crushed day two..

4 songs down today. We started around 2pm on a full belly of weenie beenie. hit it hard till around 5pm and broke for dinner at IOTA.. one of our favoritest clubs . finished up around 1am


Activate yr canceled check

7/8

we can build you

insect politics (new and improved version)

I'm tired and I left my camera at the studio.. pictures in the am (around 1pm)

inner ear day one

So after what felt like years.. the day finally came. the final recording sessions at Inner Ear Recording Studios. Ill be honest, Ive never been there and knew a little about it.. which i think made the experience all the greater..

where to start...

the day started just like other random bellflur outings. A car full of gear. stairs. heavy items. pick up. put down. push. slide. you get the point..

as soon as our gear was situated i had to start exploring. First thing.. Very cool space, awesome vibe. Then the cd's, records, and posters caught my eye.. the list of musicians that have recorded there, to me, is extremely interesting and inspiring. A ton of the albums were created there were albums that i grew up listening to.. so that hit home to me.. It must be how super religious people feel when they go to a shrine or church..


we got set up and decided to tackle the song "fits and stops and starts." This one is pretty straight forward.. clean bass/los axe/ hatrick axe/acoustic-n-electronic drums/rhodes.
tracked it no click, all live w/out vocals. nailed it after running through it a few times..

growler time..

next song... I said.. NEXT SONG

(incase you cant tell.. im tired..)

and its late..

(so late theres an infomercial on selling makeup)

hmm carlos would look good in guyliner

-flur

Saltine Challenge

ok....

Eamonn really thinks he can do this..

the world record is 6 saltine crackers in one minute. (no water allowed!)

that means you'd have to eat 7 to beat it....

im down for trying..but i highly doubt i have the lubrication to make it happen..

-tom

instead of working.............

hello 

today while i was supposed to be getting ready for the studio this week i started playing a song by the band sparklehorse and ended up making a little video.

the song is called "sad and beautiful world"

if i havent made you sick of their stuff yet you should listen to them.  there arent many bands i listen to as much as sparklehorse.  except maybe they might be giants.  or the mars volta.  and i am getting back into my pink floyd obsession again.  however i find that each time i get back into pink floyd i get more and more fixed on a smaller portion of their catalogue. now i am not going any further than meddle, with maybe a hint of dark side.  but then i tack on the final cut as well.

oh yeah, check out a band called mum if you have not already.  they are from iceland. they are special. they have lots of toys.

have a good night and remember to vote in our bacon  vote.  we need to have answers!!!!!

-the black rhino

newz

so we met last night w eamonn and tracked a few last demos of new tunes. we are all very excited to go into the studio and finish this album!

oh yeah..

tried to break the world record for "Ferrero Rocher's"

6 in one minute.. sounds easy.. trust me its not..
(especially when your a puker)

onto the next challenge..

-tom

i decided to make a list of things i wanna do...

1- get in guiness book of world records
2- join the MLE (major league eating)
3- join a curling league
3- get a 67 mustang gt500e
4- go to iceland
5- tour japan/europe
6- skydive (and live)
7- learn how to weld
8- build a motorcycle
9- invent/patent something
10- enter the national rock/ paper/ scissor contest.
11- beat the 77oz steak challenge
12- see the pyramids
13- go into outer space
14-motorcycle tour of sicily - http://www.cimt.it/sicily.htm

i am taking advice, contributions, convo, and donations for my new endeavors.

-tom

New Hat!

Allyson made me a hat! its sweeeeet!


thank you so much!
tom