Archive for August 2002
36 hours in L.A., and I’m ready to quit working forever. I’ve been putting in long days that start with conference calls at 6:30, require meeting and greetings lots of new people, generally acting vaguely authoratative, working amidst the dull buzz of air conditioning, and… well, you get the idea. But it’s not the long…
Read MoreI Heart Aimee Mann
I’m about two hours away from LAX still, somewhere around 36,000 feet. I’m thinking we’re somewhere over Arkansas. It barren and dusty below, save for these huge green irrigation circles. After passing through some towering, billowing, pure-white thundercloads, we’ve settled into quieter skies. The interior of the plane, however, is not so quiet, as a…
Read MoreHeart Shape Box
I interviewed Aimee Mann yesterday. She and her husband Michael Penn are my songwriting heroes, so it was a thrill. Of course, I like to think that we connected over my insightful questions, but I was probably just another press outlet. Her new CD, “Lost In Space”, is another terribly accomplished piece of work, equally…
Read MoreJust rode my bike up from Control One Studios on 23d Street. Kevin and I got even more done than we planned, so the “Summer’s Gone” remix CD’s gonna’ have even more goodies on it than expected. That is, assuming it sounds as good sober as it did when we recorded it all… I tracked…
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