Post by EvilRocker on Jan 18, 2004 1:19:01 GMT -5
STUDIO DIARY #19 (August 25 - 31, 2000)
Friday 25th
Why is it that I have to feel so unattached from proceedings all the time? Why is it that I feel isolated and lonely despite the fact that I am constantly surrounded by people? Why is it that it is easier for me to type into this stupid computer than have a meaningful conversation with another fellow human being? Why is it that I feel angry towards mankind for the way that we fail horribly in the empathy stakes? Why isn't life fair? Why can't I have my cake and eat it? Why am I SUCH a moan?
Which reminds me.........all you darklings out there who worship and adore Bette Davis should log on to Bust.com and purchase a necklace with her face on it. I bought one the other day and I simply can't WAIT for it to arrive through the post. It's only $10!!!!! Such a bargain.
PS. Learnt how to play "I'm so lonesome I could cry" by Hank Williams today. I can't stop playing it over and over again. And it's a three chord wonder people!!!!!
Anyone could play it. The melody is just so SIMPLE and LOVELY.
Saturday 26th of August
Oh it's my birthday and you have all been SO sweet!
Thank you so much!!!!
And thanks for all the messages on our board. They made my little shriveled heart pump up with joyful fluff to read them. You are complete dolls for remembering.
Also thank you to everyone who sent me wee pressies.
(Order in which they arrived)
To Brendan Morrisey for the book on Redheads!!!
To Dave for the birthday card.
To Heather for the beautiful roses and the dangerous looking chocolates. (They're sitting on my desk as I type and the roses smell divine.)
To Lauren for your hilarious letter. (Of course we'll be coming to Miami next time!!!)
To Heather Anne for the Sasha and John Digweed cd. (I LOVE that you use Amazon.com)
To Sara and Casey for the cards, Starbucks vouchers and the "paranoid" beer cooler!
To Elfi, Shell and Sirin for the awesome fanzine, letters and birthday wishes. They really touched me. (By the way Elfi......Good Job on the fanzine! And I'm sure you can secure an interview with the band next time around. We'll make that happen ok?!)
To Emz for the birthday card.
To Claire Corbett for the lovely skirt. I'll wear it tonight!!!!!
But PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't spend your money on me. Save it up and buy yourself a guitar or a sampler or a cd or a good book or even something SUPER COOL to wear. Don't treat me. I'm spoilt enough as it is!!!!!
xxx
Sunday 27th
Day off. (Nursing evil hangover.)
Monday 28th
Oh well.......it's Monday morning. Only a few more days before I get to up and leave this place! Have I mentioned that I'm returning to Scotland for a month long respite? I certainly intended to tell you but I guess maybe it slipped my mind. Yes.......I'm heading home to visit my parents and serve my husband his conjugal rights!!!!
YEEEEEHAHHHhhhhhhhhhh
Anyway.......for the time being it's back to work. No more birthday celebrating for me unfortunately. God.......isn't it pathetic that no matter how old you get you still suffer from deflation once all your presents have been opened and there's no more birthday cake to demolish. Sad Sad Sad
PS. Cd of the week: "Black on both Sides" by Mos Def.
Tuesday 29th
My radio show for Gurl.com gets launched this evening so I'm going to be participating in a chat at 7pm Central time. I'm kind of nervous that nobody will bother to call in. That would be excruciatingly embarrassing. Ha ha ha..............
Have you bought the Sigur Ros cd yet?!?!??!! I just can't stop playing it over and over again. It's like a cross between Spiritualized and The Cocteau Twins and there is just something about the sound that makes your heart pinch. Like the cd is breathing. All soulful fluorescence. It makes you feel like someone out there in a faraway galaxy understands what it is to be you. I love that feeling.
See.....I have this theory that there is way too much weight in the world for us to bear...............so many different ways of "feeling" that there are not enough words in existence to articulate all of it and so when we happen to hear a piece of music, or read a passage in a book, or stumble upon a painting that simply exists and speaks in a language known only to us as individuals then the overwhelming sense of relief is painful but utterly beautiful and all of a sudden you are connected to the world and happy in it. Isn't "ART" just GRAND and glorious?!?!?!!??!???!?!?!
Wednesday 30th
Went to my guitar class this afternoon and learnt "Morphine" by Gillian Welch. She's such an amazing song writer!!!! I wish oh how I wish I had written that song.
Anyway........Duke is having a party at his house tonight so we're not doing too much in the way of recording today. We're just putting some rough mixes down on cd so that we can listen to the songs whilst we're on our break and figure out what songs need tweaking out. (My favourite one at the moment is "Piss on your Parade")
Anyway....I'm going to dash out to the off-license and buy some bevvy for the party.
Later darklings..........x
Thursday 31st
Oh god. Make it stop. I have a horrible hangover as it is and now it's our engineer's birthday so the celebrating continues. I don't know if I can take it. I'm a lite weight in the celebrating department. Not only does celebrating bore me after a while.....all that clinking of glasses and cheering and all that..........but ultimately the alcohol depresses me and my mind starts to spin out of control.
Oh well.....what can you do? What did you just say Butch? Another glass of champagne?
Oh why the hell not. Go on............Fill me up.
Hey we have a new rule in the studio. If you put any idea down onto tape that is unacceptable to the group aesthetic....you have to do 2 minutes of an ab-roller on the studio floor as punishment. THIS IS A NON NEGOTIABLE LAW. Anyway........I have to send this posting off to our web site and I wanted to say goodbye for the time being as this will be the last diary entry until I return from Scotland in a month's time!!! So in the interim please take care of yourselves, have fun and enjoy the last of the summer.
Love and kisses
Ms Shirley Ann
xxx
#nosmileys
Friday 25th
Why is it that I have to feel so unattached from proceedings all the time? Why is it that I feel isolated and lonely despite the fact that I am constantly surrounded by people? Why is it that it is easier for me to type into this stupid computer than have a meaningful conversation with another fellow human being? Why is it that I feel angry towards mankind for the way that we fail horribly in the empathy stakes? Why isn't life fair? Why can't I have my cake and eat it? Why am I SUCH a moan?
Which reminds me.........all you darklings out there who worship and adore Bette Davis should log on to Bust.com and purchase a necklace with her face on it. I bought one the other day and I simply can't WAIT for it to arrive through the post. It's only $10!!!!! Such a bargain.
PS. Learnt how to play "I'm so lonesome I could cry" by Hank Williams today. I can't stop playing it over and over again. And it's a three chord wonder people!!!!!
Anyone could play it. The melody is just so SIMPLE and LOVELY.
Saturday 26th of August
Oh it's my birthday and you have all been SO sweet!
Thank you so much!!!!
And thanks for all the messages on our board. They made my little shriveled heart pump up with joyful fluff to read them. You are complete dolls for remembering.
Also thank you to everyone who sent me wee pressies.
(Order in which they arrived)
To Brendan Morrisey for the book on Redheads!!!
To Dave for the birthday card.
To Heather for the beautiful roses and the dangerous looking chocolates. (They're sitting on my desk as I type and the roses smell divine.)
To Lauren for your hilarious letter. (Of course we'll be coming to Miami next time!!!)
To Heather Anne for the Sasha and John Digweed cd. (I LOVE that you use Amazon.com)
To Sara and Casey for the cards, Starbucks vouchers and the "paranoid" beer cooler!
To Elfi, Shell and Sirin for the awesome fanzine, letters and birthday wishes. They really touched me. (By the way Elfi......Good Job on the fanzine! And I'm sure you can secure an interview with the band next time around. We'll make that happen ok?!)
To Emz for the birthday card.
To Claire Corbett for the lovely skirt. I'll wear it tonight!!!!!
But PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't spend your money on me. Save it up and buy yourself a guitar or a sampler or a cd or a good book or even something SUPER COOL to wear. Don't treat me. I'm spoilt enough as it is!!!!!
xxx
Sunday 27th
Day off. (Nursing evil hangover.)
Monday 28th
Oh well.......it's Monday morning. Only a few more days before I get to up and leave this place! Have I mentioned that I'm returning to Scotland for a month long respite? I certainly intended to tell you but I guess maybe it slipped my mind. Yes.......I'm heading home to visit my parents and serve my husband his conjugal rights!!!!
YEEEEEHAHHHhhhhhhhhhh
Anyway.......for the time being it's back to work. No more birthday celebrating for me unfortunately. God.......isn't it pathetic that no matter how old you get you still suffer from deflation once all your presents have been opened and there's no more birthday cake to demolish. Sad Sad Sad
PS. Cd of the week: "Black on both Sides" by Mos Def.
Tuesday 29th
My radio show for Gurl.com gets launched this evening so I'm going to be participating in a chat at 7pm Central time. I'm kind of nervous that nobody will bother to call in. That would be excruciatingly embarrassing. Ha ha ha..............
Have you bought the Sigur Ros cd yet?!?!??!! I just can't stop playing it over and over again. It's like a cross between Spiritualized and The Cocteau Twins and there is just something about the sound that makes your heart pinch. Like the cd is breathing. All soulful fluorescence. It makes you feel like someone out there in a faraway galaxy understands what it is to be you. I love that feeling.
See.....I have this theory that there is way too much weight in the world for us to bear...............so many different ways of "feeling" that there are not enough words in existence to articulate all of it and so when we happen to hear a piece of music, or read a passage in a book, or stumble upon a painting that simply exists and speaks in a language known only to us as individuals then the overwhelming sense of relief is painful but utterly beautiful and all of a sudden you are connected to the world and happy in it. Isn't "ART" just GRAND and glorious?!?!?!!??!???!?!?!
Wednesday 30th
Went to my guitar class this afternoon and learnt "Morphine" by Gillian Welch. She's such an amazing song writer!!!! I wish oh how I wish I had written that song.
Anyway........Duke is having a party at his house tonight so we're not doing too much in the way of recording today. We're just putting some rough mixes down on cd so that we can listen to the songs whilst we're on our break and figure out what songs need tweaking out. (My favourite one at the moment is "Piss on your Parade")
Anyway....I'm going to dash out to the off-license and buy some bevvy for the party.
Later darklings..........x
Thursday 31st
Oh god. Make it stop. I have a horrible hangover as it is and now it's our engineer's birthday so the celebrating continues. I don't know if I can take it. I'm a lite weight in the celebrating department. Not only does celebrating bore me after a while.....all that clinking of glasses and cheering and all that..........but ultimately the alcohol depresses me and my mind starts to spin out of control.
Oh well.....what can you do? What did you just say Butch? Another glass of champagne?
Oh why the hell not. Go on............Fill me up.
Hey we have a new rule in the studio. If you put any idea down onto tape that is unacceptable to the group aesthetic....you have to do 2 minutes of an ab-roller on the studio floor as punishment. THIS IS A NON NEGOTIABLE LAW. Anyway........I have to send this posting off to our web site and I wanted to say goodbye for the time being as this will be the last diary entry until I return from Scotland in a month's time!!! So in the interim please take care of yourselves, have fun and enjoy the last of the summer.
Love and kisses
Ms Shirley Ann
xxx
#nosmileys