I’ll be leaving soon with Shearwater for the first of a few tours this year. I’ll be posting all tour-related crap over at my new tourblog, Pictures of Dogs and Food.
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New tourblog: Pictures of Dogs and Food
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Shellac/TNY tour re-cap
The Shellac/TNY shows were really great. Austin was, of course, off the hook. Ate meat in the US for the first time in nearly a decade, some brisket and sausage @ Smitty’s. Will probably have some sausage @ Hot Doug’s next weekend, but that will be it for a while.
Been trying to catch up with a lot of unfinished business as of late, before departing for the Shearwater tour next Friday. Finished up the Silkworm cover for Ike Turner’s tribute comp. Finished Peter’s record and scheduled a mastering date. Did a lot of work on Sakai for UNT, getting a full system up and running. Had a GarageBand Challenge with Mark and Howard @ work; I was victorious.
Ran sound for The Coup @ Hailey’s on Wednesday. Great show, amazing drummer. Best song: “Baby, Let’s Have a Baby Before Bush Do Something Crazy”. Afterward, went home and watched the San Sebastian episode of A Cook’s Tour, which made me a little bummed that I won’t be in Spain anytime soon.
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10 June 2006 @ Smitty’s Market in Lockhart, TX
10 June 2006 @ Smitty’s Market in Lockhart, TX: This is what touring is like all of the time. -
From Andrew Sullivan’s blog…
First show of the long-awaited TNY/Shellac Texas shows is tonight in Big D.
From Andrew Sullivan’s blog:
[Ann Coulter is] not a social or political commentator. She’s a drag queen impersonating a fascist.
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In Vancouver, BC
In Vancouver, BC for the Sakai conference. Sat in on a couple of workshops today, but mostly spent time hanging with Jon and getting the latest version of the software working on our machines. He and I walked across the Georgia Strait last night and ended up eating mazza and drinking at a place called Truffle. Just got back from a brief world-walk toward Scratch Records, which was a much more active part of town, plus it’s right outside the hotel’s back door.
I think we’re to eat dinner w/ Jon’s friend a little later this eve, after which I’ll just descend into computer dorkdom in preparation for tomorrow’s events.
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Sold…
The house, she is ours.
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The executive’s primary “law enforcement obligation”
From the Washington Post:
White House spokesman Tony Snow said: “We are hoping that there’s a way to balance the constitutional concerns of the House of Representatives with the law enforcement obligations of the executive branch.”
Isn’t the primary “law enforcement obligation” of the Executive to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution”?
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Slowly crawling toward the closing…
Slowly crawling toward the closing. Right now, we’re scheduled to close at 2:30 on Friday. I have the money for the closing costs together, and I hope all of our papers are in order. We’ll start packing this weekend, then move on the 4th.
The Pelican/Mono/The Life And Times show was tiring, but fun. Each band had their own engineer, so it was a full-on sound dork-a-thon. Dana from Emo’s was on the road with Pelican, as Che is off doing other things these days. Mark (TLAT’s guy) is an old-school KC guy, very knowledgable and friendly. Mattski, who was working for Mono, was a very friendly Dutchman. All three did a great job and were fun to talk to.
So much crap to do!
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Managed to mix two songs…
Managed to mix two songs and record lead and background vocals for the remaining songs on Peter’s record. At this point, we have two songs left to mix, both long, slow numbers (”Somtimes” and “Long Lonely Summer”). We’re in the home stretch!
Had a slight panic attack yesterday, brought on by a combination of wrestling with a bad snare drum sound and stress w/r/t the house. Was mainly freaking out about the possibility of all my close friends moving to Austin within the next few months, and wondering if we should just go ahead and do the same. Peter talked me down, and I had a beer and a cigar which helped my mood. I really love this house and I’m happy we’re buying it.
Got a few guitar parts and my new copy of OpenBSD in the mail, along with a copy of Building Firewalls With OpenBSD and pf. Looking forward to geeking out on that.
Working at Hailey’s tonight, w/ Pelican and Mono. Should be loud as shit!
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The appraisal for the house was done yesterday…
The appraisal for the house was done yesterday, and it came in about $8500 less than the asking price. Lucky for us, the real estate agent dealt with Nissa, and simply modified the contract with the appraised value, which means we’ll save about $100/mo on our mortgage and Nissa will still be paying 3% in closing costs. We’re still on track to close by next Friday.
Went to RGRS to see the Marked Men release party for Fix My Head. They sounded fantastic, if a tad sloppy here and there, and the new songs are really growing on me. I’m working on a review of the record for my nascent music blog, but I’ll want to sit with the thing for a few more days before committing to any opinion.
Going to see the Dicks tonight in Ft. Worth, maybe dinner w/ Lucinda and John beforehand.
