i just wrote my seccond blog that did not get uploaded! damn. there's so much i want to share and it keeps disapearing. isn't the way of things though, all of these precious moments slip away when all we want to do is carry them on. oh well. anyway, we walked off last night completely soaked in sweat like we had just gotten out of a hot tub. i had to thank the crowd for the...
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so here i am today and this miserable nasty mood takes over me. i get all testy, cranky pants throwing fits overloaded kinda feeling. my friends want me to go to this outrageously hard yoga class, but i am in the studio and i am leaving tomorrow and i've got another thing i have to do at 6 and there's just no way, but i get my mat and my nasty smelling yoga towel and i get on my by and race...
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if i was going to spend almost a billion dollars to make 10 foot tall warrior princesses, i would give them some big ol 3d da-donk-a-donk. i just saw avitar and that's my review. but here's the thing. after this silly but incredible looking movie that i went to while waiting for the mix to be set up, i met some friends at the pub, and one of them said, 'nothing worth doing, no one...
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it's 7:45 and i am just getting started in the studio - some synths and beats tonight. got a candle light and i'm happy to finally settle into a night of recording. thanks to everyone for sending thoughts to philip bloom-- it makes me feel good to know that so many on assembly have such big hearts. having smashed up my neck, i can still hardly imagine what it would feel like to fall asleep...
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so i had an mri done because my neck was just killing me and it turns out that a surfing injury i had a few years ago where i thought i was almost paralized, actually did crush some bones in my neck. ouchy fkn mama! the doctor told me that i was "at risk." holy shit. that meant if i slammed it good and hard agian, i could loose all feeling in my arms. so what to do now? play safe?...
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I think someone said that about Kate Moss once — love that woman! Nevertheless, I’ll try to say some things about this hoo-ha that’s been generated. We sued our ex manager. We didn’t want to but we had to. I hate things like that. It’s stupid and wasteful. We settled today. Boring. We pulled down a piece about Arion because we did not like the way it was characterized....
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so i am reading this book right now on the faralon islands called the devil's teeth and it is so kick ass. i can see the faralons from my house and i love to look out to them on clear days. i went there when i was a little kid and i am so going back this year when i can. lets get on to dead ducks. i lefty liberal that i am, went to middle of no where idaho ( i love idado) to a pond...
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i wrote the below yesterday. nice to see all you assembly peeps last night. X Here I am grooving on the train from nyc to dc on the last day of this decade. It’s as grey and wintery as a bon iver song outside and my heart is warm with possibility and hope . It’s been so good for us in so many ways here in the little place for 3eb people we like to call assembly. I have...
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finally everything is starting to slow down after so so much motion. such a good year! our first album on our own lable . so many good shows, so many good moments on the road. some times i look back on a year with regrets--not this one my firends. so glad assembly conitnues to grow. speaking of growing, we've got big plans for next year. ursa minor is going to get its recording...
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well the true meaning launch launched and did so after much ado, without a hitch. so proud of everyone who got involved and helped out. now it's off to ursa minor. boy o boy is this going to be a different kind of record. anyway, this is the first moment i've had since the last tour started just to stop. fat chance though! abe and i had a fine ol time playing those radio show...
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