Post by EvilRocker on Feb 17, 2004 22:42:38 GMT -5
STUDIO DIARY #40 (March 23rd - 29th, 2001)
Friday 23rd
8 Pull ups.That's all I'm going to say.
Em.....what else......oh yeah.......no one but me seems to like my new pillar box red hair . Everyone that has seen it has said to me "Oh.You've changed your hair colour" Just like that. A simple statement. And I'm thinking to myself,"Are you letting me in on a little secret here? Do you actually believe that I am unaware I've changed my own hair colour? Do you think that little elves crept into my bedroom in the middle of the night and had their wicked way with me and I was oblivious to the changes that were made? I mean....give me a fucking break people!"
So this is what I have to say to anyone who feels the need to comment on my hair.I don't give a flying fuck whether you like it or not.I happen to be quite chuffed with it.How anyone else views my hair is quite irrelevant and of absolutely no consequence to me whatsoever.
Ha ha ha.........
Saturday 24th
Began reading "From Bondage" by Henry Roth this morning and got sucked in so quickly I damn near forgot my morning appointment to get my tootsies painted!!!!
Phew........that could have been nasty.
Once again it's only Duke and I working here today.Butch is out of town and Steve is busy preparing for a party he's having at his house tomorrow. So to keep ourselves occupied I sang some harmony backing vocals on "Breaking Up The Girl" and Duke put down a great backwards guitar part underneath them.This song is damn near done.
Oh before I go......thought I'd share this little morsel of Oscar trivia . John Mathieson, the director of photography who worked on our videos for "Special" and "The World is Not Enough" who I met at the very beginning of my singing career on a video shoot for a Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie track entitled 'Open Your Arms" has since gone on to become the DP to Ridley Scott and consequently worked on both "Hannibal" and "Gladiator".As you are all no doubt aware "Gladiator" is up for a shitload of awards tomorrow night so please keep your fingers crossed that John wins an Oscar for his cinematography because he is a darling prince of a man.
Sunday 25th
Day off
Monday 26th
I woke up feeling absolutely VILE this morning.I've caught a cold and my head feels like it's going to BURST with the pressure.
Had to struggle in to the studio to attend to some paperwork concerning all these damn lawsuits but don't think I'll be hanging around for much longer. Did you watch the Oscars? Wasn't Bjork absolutely enchanting? God.......she's incredible.She just made everyone else seem so boring and uninteresting.And her swan dress.........ohmigod.It made me gasp out loud it was so divine!!!!! She looked like a tiny little Margot Fonteyn and sounded like a protean angel.
BRAVO BRAVO BRAVO.
Such a refreshing change from all those homogenized and vacuous baby dolls strutting their stuff down the red carpet looking for all the world like Stepford Wives.............all looking the same,talking the same,dressing the same.Without some smart or witty script at their disposal, they're all so bloody dull.
Tuesday 27th
I'm still full of the cold.Had to blow out my exercise class for a second day in a row and of course feel like a revolting slob as a result.The fact that I'm sneezing and coughing and spluttering mucus is doing nothing for my self image either.
I'm going to have to go back to the hotel while the boys comp the backing vocals on "Till the day I die". We begin mixing next week.The countdown continues.
Wednesday 28th
Feel horrid.
Gunk in my chest.
Irritable and irrational.
Fighting with anyone who cares to look at me the wrong way.
Guitar lesson a disaster.
Couldn't concentrate for shit.
Put a call in to the doctor for meds.
Bed.
Thursday 29th
Still feeling sick which is a real drag considering that I'm flying out to NYC tomorrow afternoon to shoot a cover for Alternative Press.Yep......I'm sure going to look sweet in those photos with my swollen red nose and teary eyes.Oh whatever next?
I asked my shrink today why he didn't have a reclining couch in his appointment room and he quipped "I don't do that sort of thing therefore I don't need one."
I can't quite figure out why I laughed so loudly.Whatever was I thinking?
Friday 23rd
8 Pull ups.That's all I'm going to say.
Em.....what else......oh yeah.......no one but me seems to like my new pillar box red hair . Everyone that has seen it has said to me "Oh.You've changed your hair colour" Just like that. A simple statement. And I'm thinking to myself,"Are you letting me in on a little secret here? Do you actually believe that I am unaware I've changed my own hair colour? Do you think that little elves crept into my bedroom in the middle of the night and had their wicked way with me and I was oblivious to the changes that were made? I mean....give me a fucking break people!"
So this is what I have to say to anyone who feels the need to comment on my hair.I don't give a flying fuck whether you like it or not.I happen to be quite chuffed with it.How anyone else views my hair is quite irrelevant and of absolutely no consequence to me whatsoever.
Ha ha ha.........
Saturday 24th
Began reading "From Bondage" by Henry Roth this morning and got sucked in so quickly I damn near forgot my morning appointment to get my tootsies painted!!!!
Phew........that could have been nasty.
Once again it's only Duke and I working here today.Butch is out of town and Steve is busy preparing for a party he's having at his house tomorrow. So to keep ourselves occupied I sang some harmony backing vocals on "Breaking Up The Girl" and Duke put down a great backwards guitar part underneath them.This song is damn near done.
Oh before I go......thought I'd share this little morsel of Oscar trivia . John Mathieson, the director of photography who worked on our videos for "Special" and "The World is Not Enough" who I met at the very beginning of my singing career on a video shoot for a Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie track entitled 'Open Your Arms" has since gone on to become the DP to Ridley Scott and consequently worked on both "Hannibal" and "Gladiator".As you are all no doubt aware "Gladiator" is up for a shitload of awards tomorrow night so please keep your fingers crossed that John wins an Oscar for his cinematography because he is a darling prince of a man.
Sunday 25th
Day off
Monday 26th
I woke up feeling absolutely VILE this morning.I've caught a cold and my head feels like it's going to BURST with the pressure.
Had to struggle in to the studio to attend to some paperwork concerning all these damn lawsuits but don't think I'll be hanging around for much longer. Did you watch the Oscars? Wasn't Bjork absolutely enchanting? God.......she's incredible.She just made everyone else seem so boring and uninteresting.And her swan dress.........ohmigod.It made me gasp out loud it was so divine!!!!! She looked like a tiny little Margot Fonteyn and sounded like a protean angel.
BRAVO BRAVO BRAVO.
Such a refreshing change from all those homogenized and vacuous baby dolls strutting their stuff down the red carpet looking for all the world like Stepford Wives.............all looking the same,talking the same,dressing the same.Without some smart or witty script at their disposal, they're all so bloody dull.
Tuesday 27th
I'm still full of the cold.Had to blow out my exercise class for a second day in a row and of course feel like a revolting slob as a result.The fact that I'm sneezing and coughing and spluttering mucus is doing nothing for my self image either.
I'm going to have to go back to the hotel while the boys comp the backing vocals on "Till the day I die". We begin mixing next week.The countdown continues.
Wednesday 28th
Feel horrid.
Gunk in my chest.
Irritable and irrational.
Fighting with anyone who cares to look at me the wrong way.
Guitar lesson a disaster.
Couldn't concentrate for shit.
Put a call in to the doctor for meds.
Bed.
Thursday 29th
Still feeling sick which is a real drag considering that I'm flying out to NYC tomorrow afternoon to shoot a cover for Alternative Press.Yep......I'm sure going to look sweet in those photos with my swollen red nose and teary eyes.Oh whatever next?
I asked my shrink today why he didn't have a reclining couch in his appointment room and he quipped "I don't do that sort of thing therefore I don't need one."
I can't quite figure out why I laughed so loudly.Whatever was I thinking?