Studio Diary: Monday, 20th July; Day 10000

Ok, we took a little timeout it seems.
This was due to complications with the army.
All is good now.

We regrouped at the meeting pub and made plans! I showed the guys the website; looking shweet as! Theo then left, never to return (that day) and Mario, Denis and I went to Denis' to mix Song 2. This was soon accomplished with us abusing the hell out of reverse effects. We then went down to the pub and to a gig to see fellow band mates Death Habit perform.

Studio Diary: The Weekend, 4th + 5th July; Day 9/10

Day 9: The day I come studio with a goatee

'You look like satan'
'I feel I look like a cop'

is the conversation that ensues when I get to Denis' at 5.30pm on Saturday.

We start mixing Mr A.M. after he shows me Song 4 and tells me I made the Re-Do list. Theo arrives an hour later and the exact same conversation begins. The song is sounding awesome with links to Cairo and Song 3 in sound par tapping. We are all giddy. Mario could not make it today and is coming tomorrow. We make a 'To-Do' list; we have sooo much to do. Theo begins to call me Reno 911 cos hes a dick. Instead of Victory Pubbing it, Theo and I drive to seafront and get Strongbow and Nuts. On this journey we broke the law by driving down a one way road with the possibility of traffic coming around the corner at any moment; was intense. At 11.30 we went to Limassol roundabout and gap song-ed it till 2ish where we scared the bejesus out of a small bird, were nearly mauled to death by a ferocious dog and found a drive-thru sandwich shop/supermarket where one literally pulled up to a window, told the guy what they wanted and he would wander the shop gathering your required condoments.

Day 10: The day I come studio with a moustache

'Now you look like a cop'
'I feel I look like a dick'

is the conversation that ensues.

Mario does bass for Cairo and then we both blitz through our 'Re-Do List'. There are numerous interviews throughout the day concerning Folk Week, Anal is Worth the Wait and Assfarm (the meaning of these will become apparent at somepoint. We also established that a beard grows better every(next)time you grow one. Therefore no matter how old you get in life you always have that to look forward to... eh, how about it! ANYWAY, the songs are sounding great and we split for lunch reconviening at 3.30pm where we do little work on Song 1 then go drink where we intend to discuss the music video. This takes about 2 minutes and we then start doing horrific impersonations of people. We leave early since Theo is 'under the thumb'. Tomorrow again at 10am. Goodnight x

Studio Diary: Wednesday, 1st July; Day 8

This is starting to become tiresome ha! But, we are now on post TWENTY.
And it's the FIRST of July!

TODAY I woke up, listened to The Spinto Band, Patrick Watson, Why?, Plan B; respectively. Then wanted some Scroobius Pip and Dan le Sac but couldn't find them on my PC.

Went to Denis' at 2pm and we fixed up Song 3 (mixing but not quite mixing) until 11pm.
During these 8 hours:

- The electricity went off numerous times
- Denis and I blew the heads of Zombies on a game called 'Resistance'?
- Theo re-did his entire piano
- Awesome tapping going on, shit was off the hook
- We made a Re-Do chart (below) w/awesome life-like drawings of us.
- Found out Natalie Portman is not who she appears to be
- Filmed a bunch of stuff
- I got a haircut
- Some great quotes going on; my favourite from Denis being 'If you think that's in time then you need to go back to time school motherfucker'
- Went 'Victory Pint' and had a hotdog w/ alcohol

Studio Diary: Tuesday, 30th June; Day 7

I went to Denis' at 2pm to record Cairo; Theo was coming at 5. There was alot of improvising on both parts and we got some awesome sounding licks; reminiscient of Bullet for my Valentine denis said. I'm not sure if that's a good or a bad thing, still sounds awesome though. Theo arrived at 6.30pm and tried some piano out. At 9ish I was tired and left while Theo and Denis stayed to work on Song 2 and a half.

Studio Diary: Sunday, 28th June; Day 6

I woke late and played PlayStation until 4pm; 'as the enemy evolves, so must [i]' apparently...

I arrived at Denis' and began straight away, recording guitar for Song 2 up until around 6pm. Theo left to go to a restaurant with his family; I left to see Andreas and we popped down the seafront for an ice cream. I then went home to Heinz spaghetti and showered before heading back to Denis'. Denis in the meantime had recorded his guitar and now Mario was present to do his bass. All instruments down, it was 'Victory Pint' time. Mario was tired though so did not join us. We watched some Blogotheque before heading down.

I feel I need to take a timeout to link you to the GREATEST site ever made:

http://www.blogotheque.net/spip.php?page=cae_all〈=en

Delta Spirit FTW
Magistrates FTW

Theo then spent the next 2 hours 'talking' to his girlfriend on the phone somewhere while me and Denis sat ripping yarns. We made plans about next recording sessions before heading to Maccy Ds for munch. One euro burgers ftw! Theo's conversation turned out to be too important for him to be able to drop and drive me and Denis' back to the 'studio' so we walked back at 1 in the morning. I gave an extended interview on Folk Week for Two Weeks during the journey.

It is now 3 in the morning and I am watching an old school gangster film called 'The Long Good Friday' that my dad has made me watch. Bob Hoskins is gangster and the soundtrack is horrific.

Studio Diary: Saturday, 27th June; Day 5

I did not know we had it today until I got a phone call from Theo asking me where I was at 3.30 in the afternoon. I went to Denis'. We orgasnised Song 2, mulled ideas around and recorded Theo's keyboard. That was about it. We also made a plan about how we would go about organising shtuff.

This post seems pointless, oh well.

Studio Diary: Friday, 26th June; Day 4

(Michael as Denis)

I wake early; ill from the hot weather + cold air conditioning and tired from no sleep to find out Michael Jackson has died (i feel his death may have spiritually had something to do with me not getting sleep). I take a panadol and leave for Denis'.

I arrive at 9.00. Mario shortly after. We record his bass for Mr A.M. and sellotape things to my face for amusement. We then mention Michael Jackson, Denis had no idea. We then go on about how Denis 'lives in a hole'. We call Theo and he couldn't come at the present time, since water pipes in his house burst or some shit, and he is up to his knees in water (i made the last bit up). Mario leaves and then I leave cos im sick and sleep till 3 in the afternoon. Theo went to Denis' later that day to do keyboard for Song 1 and Mr A.M.