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December 14, 2004
Is this a band?
A family band:
You know, AB doesn't play the drums... but don't you wish she did?
Eat it, Meg White.
Everybody must rock out:
Doesn't The Missing Link (all right, his name is Jesse) remind you of Bob Dylan? That is because he is awesome beyond all understanding.
Now, I had met Jesse a few times previously, when all of us were imprisoned in Dallas, but I did not at that time understand his greatness. Now that I am aware, he will never be allowed another peaceful moment. We tried all sorts of tactics to convince him to move back to the Southeast from Los Angeles. None of them worked. Yet.
How he could resist us, I don't know.
Being a drummer in a recording project is pretty boring. You get to rock out like, one time, and then sit around for two hours and wait for the next song. So, you gotta do something, right? And, this is Chao Camp, right? So:
The same could be said for anybody involved. There's a lot of waiting.
Here, I am practicing my mystical vampire face for the album cover. My forehead has crossed oceans of time to sing this song to you...
A lot of time also gets spent doing other things, like cooking and drinking, and threatening suicide if someone doesn't change the CD out of the stereo.
But, mostly, what goes on is a lot of adjusting of the levels, and plugging in of mics and stopping and starting, and, if you're me, cussing because you've messed it up yet again. "DID YOU SAY IT WAS TWO BARS FOR NOTHING?! ... HUH? OH, I STILL HAVE ON THE HEADphones...sorry." And, Vince Chao is a patient man, but even he has his limits.
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Posted by The DMs at 03:00 PM
