Wiped

I'd try and write something meaningful but I'm laying on a sofa in the dark and can't really focus. Got the strings out the way today, so the rest is all vocals and a few keyboard and piano bits. Done by the weekend hopefully.

Haven't much kept up on what's going on …

The Crucible Of Progress

No human being should be denied the fundamental right to educate themselves or indulge their curiosities. To deny any person the right to do so, for whatever reason, is nothing more than the safeguarding of ignorance to ensure that enlightenment does not become a …

Track 11

The track that didn't make the record - penned by almost everyone here at the studio. Here's exclusive video captured and assembled by assistant engineer Mike 'The Codpiece' Cashin.

Quicktime only.

Mr. Lazy

I'm so tired this morning that typing is a physical challenge. Here are a few items of note that might interest some of you.

First, the $6 billion dollar wonder - Add it all up, and you'll find the Olympics is going to cost us 6 Billion (so far, anyway). Poorest urban …

Not The Brightest Of Men

Am I surprised that the Pope did this? Not really.

"The Pope has lifted the excommunication from the Roman Catholic Church of four bishops appointed by a breakaway archbishop more than 20 years ago.

One of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre's appointees, Briton Richard …

A Little Barbarian

Sometimes, when you're doing vocals, you end up adlibbing stuff and cracking up everyone in the control room. Well, I thought I would share an example of that with everyone. Of course, this is just rough sounds with me doing a very horrible German accent on top of it. …

Stuff

Have saved some interesting stuff to my delicious, so check it for some reading if you'd like.

Who dresses the band 'The Killers'? And who told them that fur coats ala Jim Morrison were cool? Then again, I am so out of touch with what's cool that I've no right to comment.

Too True

"I was born in a country but I live in a HOMELAND now." - Gore Vidal.

That's Rock & Roll

NEW! From the makers of Groupie Hero.

Obama Orders The Closure Of Guantanamo

Well, it looks as though the detention facility at Guantanamo's days are numbered. So too, according to the Obama Administration, is the use of 'harsh interrogation practices', though that is something we will never know given that many detainees that endured such …

Lightning Reflexes And A Steady Hand

Ride The Lightning

Pulling Bodies From Rubble

With the ceasefire now being observed by both sides, the full measure of the devastation of the conflict is coming into focus. According to the United Nations, half a million people have been without water since the air assault began. An estimated 4,000 homes have been …

Inauguration Day Open Thread

Going to go on another posting hiatus. Too much work to do, a little under the weather, feel like I'm in a bit of a vice. As always, feel free to use the comments to discuss whatever you'd like, especially today's historic inauguration. Be back soon.

Hamas 'Fires' Back

If political one-upmanship leads to a cessation in hostilities, I'm all for it. Israel, having announced a unilateral ceasefire, has no doubt been waiting for Hamas to respond with further rocket attacks due to the fact that despite the ceasefire, Israeli forces remain …

Recording Update

I'm tired, probably more so than I have ever been after two weeks of tracking. Things are progressing nicely, and I truly believe that this record may very well take a lot of fans by surprise in some ways. We've definitely run into some difficulties though, such as …

The Ceasefire Play

The Israelis are on the cusp of announcing a unilateral ceasefire in Gaza. From the standpoint of humanitarian assistance reaching beleaguered Gazans it very well might be a positive, but the reality of the terms of the ceasefire are another matter altogether.

Under the …

Love And Rockets

Do you really think the Israelis care? For all intents and purposes they have gotten away with an invasion that, compared to the recent Georgian conflict, has received little to no serious international condemnation. In fact, the United States has remained a staunch …