The Boondogs spent the weekend in the studio, and we completed basic tracks for 13 songs. Not bad for 2 days work. Planning on finishing these tracks quickly, but may have another batch of songs to cut before we pick what’s on the new record.

Things consumed in 2 days by the band:
Liquid
2 bottles of scotch
2 bottles of bourbon
1 bottle of whiskey
case? of beer
1 bottle of red wine
8 tall americanos
2 tall cappucinos
countless cups of French Roast (extra bold!) coffee
Solid
2 large bottles of olives
1 bag of chips
nuts
dried fruit
garlic toast
hummus
7 lbs of T-Bone steak from Doe’s
dozen fried shrimp (Doe’s)
1/2 dozen tamales (Doe’s)
several waffles (one with 2 pieces of cheese on it!)
various forms of hash browns (scattered, smothered, diced, chunked, etc)
2 pork chops
mmmm bacon
18 piece family meal from Popeye’s

See photos from the session here.

My dad raised me to believe the Beatles were “a bad british imitation of the Beach Boys,” who were, in his estimation, the greatest band of all time. I vividly remember the day my mom had “the big talk” with me and gave me a Beatles tape for my 14th birthday. Something to the effect “Son, it’s time you knew the truth. Listen to the Beatles.”

Still love me some Beach Boys, though. And apparently so did ABBA, Andy Gibb, and Olivia Newton-John.
This made my day:

uh. so we tend to suffer from gear lust here at Sellout/Lucky Dog Audio. Particularly loving my Auditronics preamps this week.

Got something new for the “must buy” list. . . the Drum Buddy is “a 4 oscillator, light activated, mechanically rotating drum machine.”

Lightbulb+pizza sauce can+pvc pipes=DRUM BUDDY. What? Just watch and see:

See, I told you I’d post more stuff. How about a new Al Green song produced by ?uestlove.

Al Green | Thought it Out

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So we made some good music in 2007, but we certainly didn’t pay enough attention to this place. Maybe I will in 2008. I keep telling myself I’ll do better like the guys upstairs.

Two new BLOGS have popped up recently, though, that really have my attention. I suppose it’s no coincidence they’re both written by creative types whose work I admire.

1. The Sloganeerist is like a smarter, sharper, and less self-consciously clever McSweeney’s. Check out the brilliant pep talk from a couple of 12 and under softball coaches.

2 Why Your Life Sucks is a little more broad, covering music, film, politics, and the like. With two Arkies still in the running for that new big job in ‘08, he oughta have lots to write about in coming months.

Oh yeah, and I finally got around to setting up a Sellout youtube page. Dig.

THIS is a Danelectro-Shorthorn-bass-mellotron lovefest.