The Neverending Story
Oh, hi there… Sorry, I didn’t see you, I was flossing. Um, we just played Manchester and it was fantastic.
It seems that the last time we spoke we were on our way to see Aimee Mann film a live concert DVD in Los Angeles. Well, the sound was bunk (weird venue), but it was still a trip just to see her and to top if all off we got thrashed on free Grey Goose vodka. As a result Brad was pretty vocal about her lack of drummer, but I was just glad he didn’t yell “Play Magnolia!”
(P.S. If you haven’t seen the Aimee Mann Christmas Trilogy, do it now.)
Anyway, a few days after we played Los Angeles we flew to Mexico where I immediately proceeded to lose my wallet. Thankfully I found the wallet in short order, only to have my computer totally go bonkers. Which is the excuse that I’m going to use to explain the complete lack of blogging and posting of photos in the interim. Sort of a dog-ate-my-homework kind of excuse, but one becomes pretty dependent on their laptop when they don’t live at home for long periods.
However!, the computer is back up and running now (albeit not as fast as it once was) and we are back on the road after having a well-deserved week off. So, many untold stories from the last tour and upcoming adventures from this tour will soon be appearing. In the meantime, entertain yourself with this little remix we did one morning in L.A. a few weeks back (Brian’s got a great story about that coming down the pipe), seems someone went and entered it in a contest for us…
computers, manchester, remix, aimee mann | Comment (0)M.I.A. No Longer M.I.A.
In my estimation the goal of a truly great music blog is to be as far ahead of the curve as possible. Well, there’s ahead of the curve and there’s Gorilla vs. Bear. They posted our remix of M.I.A.’s ‘Paper Planes’ before we knew they’d even heard it. Hell, I didn’t even know we’d finished mixing it! Anyway, we think it’s pretty cool, pay the gorilla and bear a visit and take a listen.
We’re on our way to Los Angeles today and we play Echoplex tomorrow. The highlights of our trip to L.A., however, are the following:
- Tonight we’re going to see Aimee Mann (!). Jesus Christ I’m excited.
- Tomorrow there is a Speedcabling competition. Speedcabling! If there was ever a sport created specifically for us - and there was not - this is it. Speedcabling is, simply, “[…] a competitive sport in which contestants race to unravel a bundle of wires.” Tomorrow’s event conflicts with our show so we might just have to blow that off. I’m sure Gruff can do a solo set or something…
