i wanted to write a post, but i don't really have any (not-so) unique insights or anything to share.

i spent this past sunday in bed for pretty-much 24 hours, interrupted only long enough to get out of bed to throw up, or later, to try to eat, or to just feebly walk around the house because i was sick of being sick in bed. now i think i'm still trying to recover from being in bed so damned long. my brain is tired.

i did find an interesting site last week, http://www.last.fm/. i suppose not an entirely original site, in that it's basically an online radio station, or live365 style multiple radio broadcaster. what makes it interesting, perhaps even unique, is the fact that you can get online, tell it the artists, albums, etc. you like, and it'll suggest other user's "radio programs" to listen to. then, as you listen to the station, if you keep a window open (you can pop up the "portable" player and minimize it) you can tell the site which songs you like, and which you hate.

as you continue to make judgements, the site can make better suggestions, and, in fact, can create a "profile" radio program for you, where it'll pull songs and artists from other user's profiles who have similiar tastes.

so far, it's been picking some interesting stuff for me, though it did throw a Christina Aguilera at me earlier that i had to ban the fuck out of.

oh, and i think they've been getting more attention lately (i found them via daypop, so they're getting linked all over creation, supposedly) so they're still working out some of the kinks (my profile has been telling me i've been listening to "Tool - Forty Six & 2" all day now, so the love/hate marker thing hasn't been functional for me today).

but, you can go in and add individual artists, albums, and songs to your profile "by hand" if you want to take advantage of the "profile radio" portion of the site.

pretty cool stuff.

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L&N in the Studio: Day 2:

last night we did all the basic guitar tracks. the punk song actually clicked, once the guitars were a little tighter, which is good. i showed up to the studio to find out that we gave up on the "metal" song and dave didn't even record any bass tracks for it, at all. since he's out of town, we have nothing but scratch tracks and the drums, in case we want to actually do something with it. i think the general consensus is that we'll play it live a few times, see how it's working out, and go from there.

for the record: i hate playing to a click track.

we've got a cd of the rough mixes to listen to for the next week. we go back in next week to fix anything that needs fixing and do guitar overdubs and vocals. i'm looking forward to it.

other than that, the girl and i went up to cahoots for a really late dinner (think 2am). brooksie ended up meeting us up there and we all hung out for a little while, just talking about whatever.

newsflash: i hate my job.

L&N is now on myspace. you can find our page here. it seems to be having a problem loading any of the pictures i've posted, but…whatever. hopefully i can get the other guys to post a blog or two.

the power went out at about 8am, this morning. it was a bright, sunny day, so i don't quite know why it went out. i could hear sirens a few blocks away, but that was about it. it ended up coming back on about an hour or so later, at which point i had to reset the alarm clock. oh well.

time to get back to whatever i'm supposed to be doing.

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L&N in the Studio, Day 1:

last night we tracked all of the drums and bass. we had to get the bass done last night, as dave will be out of town for the rest of the week. we were there until about 6am this morning. i am starting to hate all of our songs. tonight we start tracking guitars. i'm assuming that, at some point, my arm will actually just fall off. covering the damages, pulpit and earth born are all working out really well. the new "punk song" (working title)…not so well. "metal" (another working title) is also starting to look like it may be hitting some snags. i think both songs were really just suffering from us losing steam. we'll see what we can salavge tonight.

good times. i need to invest in a case of amp.

other than that…the show went really well on friday. we rocked out, we drank some beer, we sold some t-shirts…everything was cool. and let me tell you…there's an incredible amount of satisfaction in seeing someone wearing your band's shirt while puking on the bar. proud moments, indeed.

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