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.

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:

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.

Sit through this long enough to see John Fry and Jody Stephens pull up the multi-track for “Back of a Car”. . . Good stuff.

“We’re the artists’ ally, but they have to have some financial responsibility…”

Sometimes Sellout takes on album projects (see a couple posts below). Watch this trailer to see what that’s like when we do. . . .

Check it out here. Or even better: Great World of Sound.