listening to phosphorescent. had the pleasure of seeing him at glasslands in brooklyn. he wore a shirt with lightbulbs in it. i don't know if he does that all the time, but it was spectacular. the new nada surf record is finished. it's called lucky. it'll be out in early february. i love it.
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Posts by matthew caws
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back in seattle
we took a couple of months off there, now we're back in the studio, adding some final stuff, a coupla new new songs, and starting to mix in a couple of days. daniel's been cooking every night, which is a treat, i tell you. there are blackberry bushes all around the studio. we had blackberry cobbler last night. omgod.we played at the gorge the other day. what an amazing site. hot in the sun, chi...
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almost done
just got back from seattle this morning, where we spent a month recording at robert lang's. what a place! anyway, all that's left is a little bit of writing/rewriting, some vocals and extra stuff and mixing, but really it's almost done. lots of friends came by and played and sang. some hard rocking rock, some goodnight songs, some stuff in between. now listening to le mystere des voix bulgares,...
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dispatch from a card table
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Artist:dylan hears a who
card table. on it: tuner, tapes, C batteries for tape recorder, this computer, my elbows. one week left here in the studio. we've been listening to a lot of mitch hedberg in the off-minutes. john goodmanson, who does a very accurate hedberg, is producing. there's a hugely high stone reverb chamber with an old slightly clunky upright piano in it that sounds amazing. best thing i've heard lately:...
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loud!
we're in seattle recording. i'm sitting in the live room right now while some bass overdubs are happening because that's where the wifi signal is. screen's rattling though, i think i'll sign off. this studio is amazing, all mc escher stairways and winding hallways. i spotted a spare record player so i'm going to see if i can move into our apartment upstairs. missing that sound.
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listening to the verve's urban hymns. i had forgotten how many songs there are on this album that i can listen to again and again. the drugs don't work, the rolling people, lucky man. bittersweet symphony had just come out as a single when i was in stockholm for a week in a new relationship. she colored the way i heard the song, and the song colored the way i saw this new city. every bar we'd g...
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on the turntable this week
laurie anderson, big sciencebrian jonestown massacre, volume one best of lenny bruceelton john, goodbye yellow brick roadbeatles, sergeant pepper in mono*everly brothers, cathy's clown*i read one beatle or other saying that the mono mix is the one they really put care into. that if you haven't heard it you haven't heard the album. i wouldn't go that far, but it is really great. a few weeks back...
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list of bicyles, list of records, flippin' satisfaction, funhouse
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list of bicycles leading up to one upon which i came across a new record store in my neighborhood:banana-seat bike, yellowwhite folding bike, small wheelspanasonic upright 3-speedbrakes stolen first day after spring break, 14i discovered this while trying to slow down on the way homei get them replaced and look in hardware storesuntil i find locks long and skinny enoughpanasonic women's ten-spe...
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