Post by EvilRocker on Jan 18, 2004 1:14:15 GMT -5
STUDIO DIARY #18 (August 18 - 24, 2000)
Friday 18th
Worked some more on "Until the day I die" this afternoon. It's sounding AWESOME!!!!
I'm super excited about it. I also got a big box of treats from Levi's through the post this morning which added to my heightened state of pleasure. (Free goodies can't fail to make you smile!) Their new line of jeans are surprisingly stylish and they make my bum look really cute. Can't scoff at that. Not with my ass.
Did you happen to take a gander at the article in USA today on Pig Cloning!!! They say this genetic break through will pave the way towards the mass breeding of pigs, the idea being to slaughter them for their hearts and use the organs for human transplant.
Good grief!!!! Whatever next?
Anyway.....can't stop listening to 69 Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields. It's totally adorable. Sort of fey and theatrical but also delicate and achingly sad.
Also had another INTENSE session with my psychiatrist this morning.....at 9am no less!!!! (Cue trumpet fanfare!)
It was pretty fascinating stuff! Although I am still disappointed he doesn't have a couch. I want a goddamn couch if I'm going to be busy spilling my guts. I've got to get something out of this transaction after all! And if you can't have peace of mind then a little glamour will always suffice!!!!!!!! He does however have a little plaque on a side table that reads: SOMETIMES A CIGAR IS JUST A CIGAR which makes me laugh every time I think about it. Hey! Remember I talked a while back about the book my guitar teacher recommended called "The Artists Way"? The one that suggests you start the day by freestyling (on paper) for the duration of 3 pages on any subject that comes to mind. The purpose of the exercise being that if your mind is jacked open you'll find it easier to let loose with your creativity. Well.....I'm not sure about the creativity thing........but I sure as hell write more in this column than I did 3 months ago!
WEIRD.
Saturday 19th
We tracked some more backing vocals on "Till the Day I Die" this afternoon. Oh boy....do we have a yummy surprise for you on this one! Hee hee heee............
We're thinking of bunking off early tonight to go out for dinner and make a trip to the movies. We were out late carousing last night so we fancy a quiet, under the radar type of Saturday night.
Which reminds me....in our drunken stupor last night we all decided that GORE has to win the next election. WE CANNOT LET BUSH WIN.
Do what you can.
Save AMERICA!!!!!!!!
Sunday 20th
Day off
Monday 21st
Can't be bothered writing today but I don't know why.
I feel so tired for some reason. Like........SUPER TIRED. Not just any old tired. But like.....the most tired I have felt in YEARS.
Maybe I'm sickening for something. Maybe I caught some evil virus at the cinema the other night and now it's manifesting itself inside my body!!!!!! Which reminds me.......I went to see the movie "Chuck and Buck" and LOVED it. You should check it out. It's really good.
Man......I've had SUCH a good run at the movies lately. I've seen four movies in a row that have pleased me. No doubt my luck is about to run out. No doubt about that eh?!?!?!? (Jeez.....have I been in the Midwest for too long or what?)
Anyway....for a woman who wasn't in the mood to write......at least I've written something.
Final tip of the day: A CD called "Agaetis Byrjun" by Sigur Ros. It's SUPER beautiful.
Tuesday 22nd
Steve's got his old turntable out today....that and his whole collection of 7" vinyl singles. He's doing some scanning for samples or so he says. Quite frankly I suspect that he's just busy making Duke giggle by the sounds coming out of the control room.
Not to be outdone, Butch is downstairs tracking some "live" drums whilst I am supposed to be busy putting the finishing touches to one particular lyric that has been giving me jip but infact finding myself to be doing anything but.
I just can't seem to concentrate on anything lately. I don't know what's wrong with me.
I worked out so hard this morning that my buttocks actually hurt. Do you think that's normal? I mean.....you're not supposed to hurt on the actual day that you do exercise are you? I thought it was only the day after that the pain is supposed to come down and wreak it's revenge upon your unsuspecting little body.
Damn.....I'm sure my trainer is punishing me for being such a moaning slob and I, in my ignorance, don't know any better.
Wednesday 23rd
Oh yuck....I watched The Teen Choice Awards on FOX last night and my toes were curling in horror! Surely that wasn't an accurate representation of teenage life in the year 2000?
I mean....all of the "teen" winners on the podium acted older than anyone I know and I am a full grown woman! They all looked like smiling plastic forty year old divorcees in cocktail dresses and strappy sandals. And as for the audience!!!!!! JEEZ.........
Surely every teenager in America is NOT a vacuous idiot who wants to scream wildly every time some lame-assed boy band gets up on stage to gyrate like constipated pigs trussed up in leather trousers?
Tell me there are some of you out there who want to BE DIFFERENT. Who want to be AN INDIVIDUAL. Tell me there are some of you out there who think that boy bands are the work of THE DEVIL!!!!!
Reassure me there are still some of you out there who write, who read books, who play instruments, who debate, who paint, who are great students, who reflect, who philosophize and who will utilize your right to vote by the time you come of age. Tell me everyone under the age of 20 doesn't think only of boys and make-up, hair and dieting!!!!! (Oh please oh please oh please say it isn't so!)
PS. Survivor has just ended! THANK GOD FOR THAT. I have only one thing to say on said subject........that Sue is mentally deranged and is a serious threat not only to herself but the rest of humanity. Her attack on Kelly was OUTRAGEOUS!!!! What a wicked and shameful commentary on her own short comings as a human being her speech turned out to be.
Thursday 24th
I AM BORED OUT OF MY SKULL. I CANNOT FACE ANOTHER MINUTE HERE IN THE STUDIO. I have to get out of here RIGHT NOW.
No more typing. I'm 5000.
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Friday 18th
Worked some more on "Until the day I die" this afternoon. It's sounding AWESOME!!!!
I'm super excited about it. I also got a big box of treats from Levi's through the post this morning which added to my heightened state of pleasure. (Free goodies can't fail to make you smile!) Their new line of jeans are surprisingly stylish and they make my bum look really cute. Can't scoff at that. Not with my ass.
Did you happen to take a gander at the article in USA today on Pig Cloning!!! They say this genetic break through will pave the way towards the mass breeding of pigs, the idea being to slaughter them for their hearts and use the organs for human transplant.
Good grief!!!! Whatever next?
Anyway.....can't stop listening to 69 Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields. It's totally adorable. Sort of fey and theatrical but also delicate and achingly sad.
Also had another INTENSE session with my psychiatrist this morning.....at 9am no less!!!! (Cue trumpet fanfare!)
It was pretty fascinating stuff! Although I am still disappointed he doesn't have a couch. I want a goddamn couch if I'm going to be busy spilling my guts. I've got to get something out of this transaction after all! And if you can't have peace of mind then a little glamour will always suffice!!!!!!!! He does however have a little plaque on a side table that reads: SOMETIMES A CIGAR IS JUST A CIGAR which makes me laugh every time I think about it. Hey! Remember I talked a while back about the book my guitar teacher recommended called "The Artists Way"? The one that suggests you start the day by freestyling (on paper) for the duration of 3 pages on any subject that comes to mind. The purpose of the exercise being that if your mind is jacked open you'll find it easier to let loose with your creativity. Well.....I'm not sure about the creativity thing........but I sure as hell write more in this column than I did 3 months ago!
WEIRD.
Saturday 19th
We tracked some more backing vocals on "Till the Day I Die" this afternoon. Oh boy....do we have a yummy surprise for you on this one! Hee hee heee............
We're thinking of bunking off early tonight to go out for dinner and make a trip to the movies. We were out late carousing last night so we fancy a quiet, under the radar type of Saturday night.
Which reminds me....in our drunken stupor last night we all decided that GORE has to win the next election. WE CANNOT LET BUSH WIN.
Do what you can.
Save AMERICA!!!!!!!!
Sunday 20th
Day off
Monday 21st
Can't be bothered writing today but I don't know why.
I feel so tired for some reason. Like........SUPER TIRED. Not just any old tired. But like.....the most tired I have felt in YEARS.
Maybe I'm sickening for something. Maybe I caught some evil virus at the cinema the other night and now it's manifesting itself inside my body!!!!!! Which reminds me.......I went to see the movie "Chuck and Buck" and LOVED it. You should check it out. It's really good.
Man......I've had SUCH a good run at the movies lately. I've seen four movies in a row that have pleased me. No doubt my luck is about to run out. No doubt about that eh?!?!?!? (Jeez.....have I been in the Midwest for too long or what?)
Anyway....for a woman who wasn't in the mood to write......at least I've written something.
Final tip of the day: A CD called "Agaetis Byrjun" by Sigur Ros. It's SUPER beautiful.
Tuesday 22nd
Steve's got his old turntable out today....that and his whole collection of 7" vinyl singles. He's doing some scanning for samples or so he says. Quite frankly I suspect that he's just busy making Duke giggle by the sounds coming out of the control room.
Not to be outdone, Butch is downstairs tracking some "live" drums whilst I am supposed to be busy putting the finishing touches to one particular lyric that has been giving me jip but infact finding myself to be doing anything but.
I just can't seem to concentrate on anything lately. I don't know what's wrong with me.
I worked out so hard this morning that my buttocks actually hurt. Do you think that's normal? I mean.....you're not supposed to hurt on the actual day that you do exercise are you? I thought it was only the day after that the pain is supposed to come down and wreak it's revenge upon your unsuspecting little body.
Damn.....I'm sure my trainer is punishing me for being such a moaning slob and I, in my ignorance, don't know any better.
Wednesday 23rd
Oh yuck....I watched The Teen Choice Awards on FOX last night and my toes were curling in horror! Surely that wasn't an accurate representation of teenage life in the year 2000?
I mean....all of the "teen" winners on the podium acted older than anyone I know and I am a full grown woman! They all looked like smiling plastic forty year old divorcees in cocktail dresses and strappy sandals. And as for the audience!!!!!! JEEZ.........
Surely every teenager in America is NOT a vacuous idiot who wants to scream wildly every time some lame-assed boy band gets up on stage to gyrate like constipated pigs trussed up in leather trousers?
Tell me there are some of you out there who want to BE DIFFERENT. Who want to be AN INDIVIDUAL. Tell me there are some of you out there who think that boy bands are the work of THE DEVIL!!!!!
Reassure me there are still some of you out there who write, who read books, who play instruments, who debate, who paint, who are great students, who reflect, who philosophize and who will utilize your right to vote by the time you come of age. Tell me everyone under the age of 20 doesn't think only of boys and make-up, hair and dieting!!!!! (Oh please oh please oh please say it isn't so!)
PS. Survivor has just ended! THANK GOD FOR THAT. I have only one thing to say on said subject........that Sue is mentally deranged and is a serious threat not only to herself but the rest of humanity. Her attack on Kelly was OUTRAGEOUS!!!! What a wicked and shameful commentary on her own short comings as a human being her speech turned out to be.
Thursday 24th
I AM BORED OUT OF MY SKULL. I CANNOT FACE ANOTHER MINUTE HERE IN THE STUDIO. I have to get out of here RIGHT NOW.
No more typing. I'm 5000.
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