Matthew J Barnhart

Recording, live sound, and mastering engineer, tour manager, and amateur janitor based in Denton, Texas. Co-owner of The Echo Lab recording studio. Occasional svengali of Works Progress. Member of Tre Orsi and other notable social networks. I have a Tumblr of tour photos and other miscellania.
4 September 2007

Too many crab cakes

Flew back home from Baltimore last night, where we spent a long weekend attending our friends’ wedding and catching up with lots of people. Lots of food, lots of drink, a nice walk around Ft. McHenry, lots of of new babies running around, and no work whatsoever. I’m finally starting to get used to taking actual vacations, not working vacations. ’tis a good feeling.

We visited the Sound Garden record store on Sunday — man, I miss record stores (just not enough to start up my own) — and picked up some great things:

  • Angels of Light We Are Him CD
  • Goodbye, Babylon box set of early 20th-century gospel
    Incredible packaging! A cedar box holding 6 discs, a book, and small balls of cotton.
  • Molam: Thai Country Groove From Isan Vol. 2
    Another amazing, essential Sublime Frequencies release. Even better than Vol. 1.
  • Fucked Up Year Of The Pig 12″
  • The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of comp

More to come…

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