Post by EvilRocker on Jan 12, 2004 21:00:15 GMT -5
STUDIO DIARY #15 (July 28 - August 3, 2000)
Friday 28th
I see the movie "Coyote Ugly" is getting horrible reviews which makes me kind of relieved that I chose not to read for it when invited to do so. I can't imagine for one MINUTE that I would have wanted to entertain the idea of baring my midriff whilst line dancing on a bar with my thumbs tucked into the waistband of my trousers!!!!!!!!
Oh no. Not me. I'm not that desperate.
Not yet anyway.
Saturday 29th
Well it's a sad day for the female race. Brad Pitt is treking towards the altar with Jennifer Aniston later on today. Oh well....nevermind girls. There are plenty more fish on the beach!!!!
Spent a relaxing afternoon at the studio nevertheless......Duke made me some tomato soup which was awfully comforting and made me a wee bit homesick...........practised my guitar.......worked on some lyrics and then me and the ladyboys honed our list of 32 songs down to about nine definites for the album, leaving the rest as contenders.
Hey....I forgot to mention.....if anyone has a really good idea for an album title....send it in. If we use it we'll credit you on the record!!!!! We're going out thrashing tonight so I'm going back to the hotel to change into something alluring!!!!!!!
Look out Madison, Wisconsin.
Sunday 30th
Day off. (I don't normally write on Sundays but I thought you would be amused to know that I got so horribly drunk last night that I've been sick as a dog from 9 am this morning. As I stare into the abyss of the toilet bowl I try hard to remember the reason why I felt the desperate need to mix vodka and red wine with whisky and tequila.)
Monday 31st
Had a therapy session early this morning and consequently spent the rest of the day in and out of tears.
Worked some more on lyrics for one of the slower songs on the album which is tentatively entitled "Over a cup of coffee" and then called it quits early to go home and read my book.
Whenever I'm unhappy I find reading takes me out of myself!!!
(And it's a damn sight less expensive than therapy let me tell ya!!!!!!!!! ) Scary thought of the day: I am smarter than George W Bush.
Second scary thought of the day: He's running for president.
Tuesday 1st of August
Rented "American Movie" last night. It's fucking GREAT. Really funny and delightfully wierd but also profoundly moving and in a strange way uplifting. It's weird.....everyone I've heard talk about the movie has gone on and on about how funny it is but no one has ever mentioned how beautiful it is. RENT IT.
I'm trying hard to keep my politics out of this journal but I just can't help myself from espressing relief that Barak narrowly squeezed out of a vote of no-confidence by his government. Don't we all want to see some semblance of peace reached in the middle east? Well without Barak I can't see it happening for another eon or so.
And finally........I see Napster have had a reprieve for the time being and that really PISSES ME OFF.
It pisses me off that the entire world believes it's morally A OK to rape musicians of their art and their livelihood.
Well it would be a completely different story wouldn't it, if there was a huge, big NIKE Factory that was being plundered on a regular basis and everyone KNEW who was doing the stealing and the stolen NIKES were being given away on the internet for free to anyone who wanted them. Do you think the fucking establishment would just sit back and allow it to happen?!?!?!??!?!?!
No I don't think so.
That particular racket would be shut down in a matter of hours!!!!
I realise that particular analogy is a little out there but you get my point.
Wednesday 2nd August
It's Butch's birthday today and in his honour I have decided to take the day off and go relax in my hotel room......read books, listen to cd's, run on my treadmill, take a bath, pamper myself with almond oil and perfume and then go join the boys and girls for dinner at L'Etoile. (A fancy restaurant here in Madison.)
Yippeeee.....................
Thursday 3rd
Oh god......I can't believe how disgusting I feel right now. It's 2:30pm and I've just arrived at the studio and surprise, surprise.....nobody else is here!!!! We tied one on last night at Butch's birthday bash and now all I want to do is lie still in a darkened room where there is no sound, no light, no disturbances. I must assume by the absence of my band mates that they too are in a similar state of disrepair.
Caught Madonna's new video on MTV just a minute ago. It's pretty cool and I really like the song. Sounds like a clever rip off Daft Punk.
Must go seek solace.
Bye bye.
#nosmileys
Friday 28th
I see the movie "Coyote Ugly" is getting horrible reviews which makes me kind of relieved that I chose not to read for it when invited to do so. I can't imagine for one MINUTE that I would have wanted to entertain the idea of baring my midriff whilst line dancing on a bar with my thumbs tucked into the waistband of my trousers!!!!!!!!
Oh no. Not me. I'm not that desperate.
Not yet anyway.
Saturday 29th
Well it's a sad day for the female race. Brad Pitt is treking towards the altar with Jennifer Aniston later on today. Oh well....nevermind girls. There are plenty more fish on the beach!!!!
Spent a relaxing afternoon at the studio nevertheless......Duke made me some tomato soup which was awfully comforting and made me a wee bit homesick...........practised my guitar.......worked on some lyrics and then me and the ladyboys honed our list of 32 songs down to about nine definites for the album, leaving the rest as contenders.
Hey....I forgot to mention.....if anyone has a really good idea for an album title....send it in. If we use it we'll credit you on the record!!!!! We're going out thrashing tonight so I'm going back to the hotel to change into something alluring!!!!!!!
Look out Madison, Wisconsin.
Sunday 30th
Day off. (I don't normally write on Sundays but I thought you would be amused to know that I got so horribly drunk last night that I've been sick as a dog from 9 am this morning. As I stare into the abyss of the toilet bowl I try hard to remember the reason why I felt the desperate need to mix vodka and red wine with whisky and tequila.)
Monday 31st
Had a therapy session early this morning and consequently spent the rest of the day in and out of tears.
Worked some more on lyrics for one of the slower songs on the album which is tentatively entitled "Over a cup of coffee" and then called it quits early to go home and read my book.
Whenever I'm unhappy I find reading takes me out of myself!!!
(And it's a damn sight less expensive than therapy let me tell ya!!!!!!!!! ) Scary thought of the day: I am smarter than George W Bush.
Second scary thought of the day: He's running for president.
Tuesday 1st of August
Rented "American Movie" last night. It's fucking GREAT. Really funny and delightfully wierd but also profoundly moving and in a strange way uplifting. It's weird.....everyone I've heard talk about the movie has gone on and on about how funny it is but no one has ever mentioned how beautiful it is. RENT IT.
I'm trying hard to keep my politics out of this journal but I just can't help myself from espressing relief that Barak narrowly squeezed out of a vote of no-confidence by his government. Don't we all want to see some semblance of peace reached in the middle east? Well without Barak I can't see it happening for another eon or so.
And finally........I see Napster have had a reprieve for the time being and that really PISSES ME OFF.
It pisses me off that the entire world believes it's morally A OK to rape musicians of their art and their livelihood.
Well it would be a completely different story wouldn't it, if there was a huge, big NIKE Factory that was being plundered on a regular basis and everyone KNEW who was doing the stealing and the stolen NIKES were being given away on the internet for free to anyone who wanted them. Do you think the fucking establishment would just sit back and allow it to happen?!?!?!??!?!?!
No I don't think so.
That particular racket would be shut down in a matter of hours!!!!
I realise that particular analogy is a little out there but you get my point.
Wednesday 2nd August
It's Butch's birthday today and in his honour I have decided to take the day off and go relax in my hotel room......read books, listen to cd's, run on my treadmill, take a bath, pamper myself with almond oil and perfume and then go join the boys and girls for dinner at L'Etoile. (A fancy restaurant here in Madison.)
Yippeeee.....................
Thursday 3rd
Oh god......I can't believe how disgusting I feel right now. It's 2:30pm and I've just arrived at the studio and surprise, surprise.....nobody else is here!!!! We tied one on last night at Butch's birthday bash and now all I want to do is lie still in a darkened room where there is no sound, no light, no disturbances. I must assume by the absence of my band mates that they too are in a similar state of disrepair.
Caught Madonna's new video on MTV just a minute ago. It's pretty cool and I really like the song. Sounds like a clever rip off Daft Punk.
Must go seek solace.
Bye bye.
#nosmileys