Day 4 @ The Living Room - 12/16/08

Tuesday -

We are back at the Living Room - and today started well. I made a trip to Casey Jones' supermarket on the West Bank and saw the owners stuffed animal heads..right over the Meat, Poultry...etc. After two bottles of Loon, Bombay Saphire, and beer...we began our 4th session...

Anthony Cuccia (The Other Planets) laid down some truly impressive percussion parts on the new track "Montrez-Vous" - and the crowd rejoiced...the guy is amazing - and truly gives precedence to his own words of ... "i bought myself a mother fucking Hector Detector" (if ya dont know..ya dont know).

Here are some new pics from the session....

Rob Davis Photos from 1st Wknd Session

All Photos ©Rob Davis (robdavisphotography.com)

New Album in the Works

We are happy to have Chris George and Daniel over at The Living Room (http://www.thelivingroomstudio.com/) help us lay down the next record...most, but not all of the songs you may have heard us pull out at shows, or lock into the repertoire in the last year or two, after Chained to the Chariot.

We are excited. Stay in touch to hear/see how things are going..in the meantime, check our website and myspace for any upcoming shows....

in the future we are playing:

January - France, One Eyed Jacks, HOB
February - DBA, Hi Ho
May - JAZZ FEST - Fairgrounds, 2nd Weekend

All good in da hood (Lafayette report from Zack)

Well...we did alright...a couple of downed trees next door, some debris here and there (wish it was on a roast beef poboy) - got some cleanup to do but the worst is over - let's just keep our Chauvin, Grand Isle, and Westbank friends in mind.

Marler & Rhein Report From Mobile

James and I (and Ned - James' dog) left mellowtown at 11am yesterday and headed to his parents' place in Mobile, Alabama. We got seriously lucky with the route we chose to evacuate. Many of our poor friends got stuck in the all-to-familiar 5mph nudge across the land, taking them 10-15 hours to go what normally takes 2-4 hours. But we were spared by a last-minute news tip from WDSU (local TV). We went north across the Causeway, east on I-12 and then to I-10. We didn't hit a single ounce of traffic until about 30 miles outside Mobile, and even then it wasn't so bad. The whole trip took about 4 hours. Thanks WDSU!

Once settled here in Mobile, I was surprised to learn that our good friend and fellow New Orleans musician Theresa Andersson was performing at Callihan's Pub nearby! A shot of tequila, a couple beers, some hugs and solidarity from some good Nola peeps (including Sarah Fontenelle of "Djinni Stomp" video fame, and Alex Smith and Arthur Mintz of "World Leader Pretend") took the edge right off. And damn! I'm soooo happy to see Theresa doing the AMAZING stuff she is doing. This is a different Theresa Andersson than what most New Orleanians may remember. She is now a one-woman show with an elaborate looping setup that enables her to build countless layers of live drums, guitars, fiddle, vocal harmonies, and even some classic 7-inch LP samples, popping them in and out, to create a HUGE, lush, and dynamic "orchestra of Theresa Andersson." She has always been seriously talented. But I think this incarnation, where she is in control of every instrument, voice, arrangement and nuance, really allows her to shine the way she's meant to. If you haven't seen her lately... you need to... seriously.

Back on the subject of Gustav. We are watching and waiting. That's all we can do. It made landfall early this morning about 70 miles southwest of Nola as a Category 2. We are worried about Tiff and Zack, our bandmates in Lafayette, where the eye is currently headed, so keep them in your thoughts.

Soon enough we will all know where we stand. Hoping that we are all back and working on the new album (good stuff brewing!) later this week.

Much love to all,
Jason

Mooooonday Morning

well, i was awaken by some moving trees, nothing big - we do have some 60ft pine trees swaying in the winds. now we've got the tandem WWL audio going w/ Superman Garland Robinette and then CNN TV goin back and forth - and i really think Rob Marciano of CNN is on top of the CANARY Gallery in the CBD. or near it. Wait, he's on the Monteleone -that wicked cool pimp palace you can see on the top of it...

oh boy Gustav

Well, three years to the date we are preparing for another one...really, exactly 3 years. Addy and i decided to take a vacation on friday and get out of New Orleans early and enjoy some serious cajun weekend fun. we had a nice dinner friday night w/ my grandma, Ruby, who is very blind but an amazing painter...my step sisters Sarah and Katie (w/ new husband Octavio) . we ate well...and saw a great show by Mynameisjohnmichael and Teddy and the Tornadoes









And today we rode around Lafayette after we boarded up my moms house and took some trips down mammary, i mean memory lane.

so, we are safe, and i'll be uploading new pics of some destruction later.

Zack