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/ DECEMBER 2007
+ DECEMBER 14th, 2007
NOW PLAYING:
Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps!
*Have you waltzed in front of the GGB? San Francisco, CA. Photo by
Timer
Holy wah, am I ever giddy like a friggin' school kid today.
Other than three cups of strong coffee, I'm not sure what's gotten into
me. OK, so that's probably it. Case closed! My peoples,
I don't think I have it in me to write full, concentrated sentences
today...so I'm not even gonna bother. I'm just gonna let 'er dangle.
Beware, I'm fulla P & V...the only thing I can concentrate on is
phonetics....beeyatch!
I just ate one of those pre-packaged Starbucks' high falootin' faux-fancy
sammiches (hey, I was there for coffee refill #3) for lunch. If you
eat that sunnuvabitch cold right there, you may as well be tossing 7-11
nastiness into yer gate. So I brought it back to the studio, popped
it into the toaster oven and went all Quiznos toasty style with it.
Gat dam, it was good!! My pants are happy. Who doesn't like a
hot lunch? Heheh. It's fun to say "hot lunch".
Especially when describing the opposite sex. "Oh yeah, that one
in the tube top is a real hot lunch."
I dig checkin' out little kids winter gear. Pink snowsuits with
giraffes all over 'em. Awesome! I want giraffes on my
snowsuit. It's bullshit that "society" would look down on me for
wearing such a thing. Give me a monkey toque while you're at it.
Gat dammit, at least put some robots on my boots or something.
I finished mixing the
Sheltered In Sound
record last night. It turned out quite stellar, if I do say so
myself. Well I do say so 'cos I'm really proud of it. It
goes to mastering this Sunday, and should be released first thing in the
new year. I'll keep you posted about that, 'cos I bet you would like
it. A lot. You and I...we have similar tastes. I love
that about us. You and me. We're like this: X <---- this
one is me. Gonna snarf down on some free time away from the
studio for the next week. Drink me some Maker's Mark real slow and
low. Indeed.
Hey, check out these rad (and real) band names...these are my absolute
faves from The Onion's "The
Worst Band Names of '07":
The Dead Kenny G's
Dance Me Pregnant
Dyslexic Speedreaders
Slut Barf
Those Fucking Unicorns
Ballcock Assembly
House That Gloria Vanderbuilt
Neil Diamond Phillips
I'm gonna try out an experiment and start writing nasty things about the
people I know on here. Then we'll see whose "too cool" to
read my blog. Oh, you seem mad at me for some reason. I can't
imagine why. What gives Bill, you lurkin' jackass?
Much Love & Even More Coffee;
COOP
+ DECEMBER 11th, 2007
NOW PLAYING:
Jason Hakin - Writing Home
*Uhh, no one said there'd be clouds. San Francisco, CA. Photo by SC
It's been a few years since I've been
really able to get into the Holiday Spirit ™. However, this year it
has not been a problem. I feel fantastically festive, and I owe it
all to my beautiful friends in
The Good Lovelies.
They were kind enough to invite me to sing with them on their one-year
anniversary holiday tour in a "Merry Men's Chorus" (the Merry remainder
being rounded out by two damn fine singer men /friends in
Rob Szabo, and
Peter Katz). Us
three fellers provided some choir-y goodness to a few Xmas standards the
Lovelies had planned to rock for the shows. If you need some help
with the math, we're talking 6-part harmonies, folks.
To help get your own Holiday Spirit going, I highly suggest you watch this
YouTube video of us all singing "Oh, Holy Night" with The Lovelies'
Caroline Brooks on lead vocals. Goosebumps guaranteed.
(If you didn't connect the dots already, Caroline is the staggeringly
beautiful voice you hear all over my record.)
GOOD
LOVELIES & THE MERRY MEN'S CHORUS: OH, HOLY NIGHT LIVE @ SUPERMARKET
(YOUTUBE VIDEO)
The three of us Merry Men also opened the Lovelies' hometown show in
Port Hope, ON with a mini-tour through some of our own songs. The
people there were super nice and couldn't be a more generous crowd to play
for. Thank you! Pin-drop silence and wonderful acoustics led
to the rare but best thing ever: off-mic singing. Rob, Peter, and I
chimed in on each other's songs here and there...which is always fun.
It was so great to be on stage and watch people's faces react to Peter and
Rob as they played their tunes. Peter plays this one emotionally raw
tune called "Forgiveness" and I sat there watching people swallow
gigantic lumps in their throat, and weep as he laid it all on the table.
Powerful stuff. (When you have some time, go listen to the tune,
watch the video, and read about Peter's compelling and ongoing "Forgiveness"
story
RIGHT HERE. Unbelievable.)
So the last few days have been an absolute blast,
not to mention musically fulfilling! It was a gift to me - to spend
time and sing with such a group of insanely talented people, each uniquely
voiced and armed with piles and piles of great songs.
I feel really fortunate to call these ultrafine
folks my friends, and wanted to send massive amounts of love and thanks to
all of them for making me feel so goddam good the past few days.
Truly, one of this year's many musical and personal highlights.
This warmth I'm feeling now will carry me through the winter better than
any old fireplace ever could.
Much Love & Stuff;
COOP
+ DECEMBER
5th, 2007
NOW PLAYING:
Loudon Wainwright III - History
*Snoozin'. Complements photo shoot. Toronto, ON. Photo by SC
I really like to make lists. I like to read other people's lists. I like to think about making lists I mean. I have this book called
Rolling Stone: Raves which is basically a compilation of all the
"favourite
things" (from music, movies, places, food, and more) that famous musicians have talked about in their interviews from
1969. It's awesome. Neil Young gets all excited about some rap
song by Heavy D. Bob Dylan talks about a fixation he had with Smashing Pumpkins. Billy
Gibbons from ZZ Top absolutely fell in love with a G. Love & The Special
Sauce tune and chased them around for years to try and get them to let him
play on a record. That's hilarious to me. Jeff Buckey's
absolute favourite food is hot dogs. "In New York, you can get
a hot
dog for a dollar - it's like eating the entire city for a buck!"
I'm going to make my own list this year and post it in time for New Years.
You may discover some things you didn't know about me...like my friend
The
Great Gazoo who sits on my shoulder and gives me advice and calls me a
"dum-dum" whenever possible.
2007 List Coming Soon!
Much Love & Stuff;
COOP
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