were you aware that mcdonald's has a sauce policy?

well they do.

so is this one

this picture is cool

fifth day of nothing

i like this band. they are good guys. i dont really like their music however. either way, this has been one of the most boring weeks of my life. probably second only to the days i spent on the tracy chapman album.

oli's surgery was postponed. he needs to see a blood specialist. apparently there is some problem with his blood clotting. which is not actually true, considering the fact that he falls and scrapes himself up every day.

oli is 2, so his falling down is pretty normal.

i was just worried that you might think he was 24 or something and all that falling down was kind of weird.

i am at a crossroads and there is no sign of ralph macchio

i'm not at a guitar crossroads as danielson was, but a crossroads none the less. what should i do. surely sitting 12 hours a day in a studio, doing absolutely nothing will not help further my retarded career. but moving back might mean never getting ahead. but it would mean more disc golf and salt and pepper chicken.

oli is going to have surgery friday. he's so little. i hope he will be ok. im worried.

third day of nothing

so im back at sunset sound factory. today, as well as yesterday and the day before, i have done nothing. i dont mean i havent done much, i mean i have done nothing. this particular session requires nothing of me. i am bored. i do not wish to be here. 6 more days to go.

ima bored robot

things ive sold in the last six months.

Ryan Adams is nice, but drinks a lot of wine

so yeah, today im working with mr ryan adams, who, while friendly and likeable, is also a huge lush and quite intense and antsy. the schedual today consisted of arriving at the studio at 9am. setting up for 3 hours. then waiting until 9pm for mr adams to show.
after all that waiting, you may be inclined to think that the session would have a relaxed, take-it-easy pace. not so.
once he arrived he was like the Tasmanian Devil, spinning around at a million miles an hour, a whirling tornado of pot smoke and orange hair.
anyway, the idea was: two days in the studio to come up with a song for Cameron Crowe's new movie, Elizabeth Town. A song, ONE song. Ryan being the overachiever that he obviously is, decided to write 10 songs. That's right, I said WRITE ten songs. Not only were we going to record 10 songs, but first he would have to write them. An impossible task you say? obviously not, because the next evening, not 12 hours later, Mr Crowe was sitting in Sound Factory Studio A listening to Ryan Adams' latest album! Sure it was loose, sure Ryan played ALL the instruments, sure I worked 36 hours in two days, but somehow, the end result is surprisingly good and certainly an interesting listen.
i'm afraid there is no way I can let you hear it however.

idaho yesterday, june today

I miss my boys. I miss my girl.

so yesterday me and G Mobile went up to Idaho. i love it there. we both took naps, which seemed a littl gay, but it was well worth it. along the way we passed a place where you can go see some bears which have been caught and kept within this large fenced area. anyway, you can drive in and get all bear'd out. for miles before the place there were signs advertising saying "Feel the Freedom" with a picture of the bears behind the fence. needless to say we found this hilarious, and when combined with the U of U's 4th of July festival being called "Freedom Blast," well, it cut into our productivity.
we spent the majority of the trip coming up with other slogans. I think in the end, "Freedom Binge" was my favorite, but "Feel The Captivity" and "Libertazors" were also favorites.

today ive been mixing, and what do you know, I can do it. working with Finn is quite easy.

there's too much effect on the vocals...

and thats how my day ended. spent all day on a mix. craig came in. we listened. he didnt like it. i didnt like it. we scrapped it.
now im at georges watching a movie.

darin, george and i went disc golfing this morning:


George after missing a put: that sucks, now i've got two bogeys.

Darin: thats funny, i dont have any.

m i - ?

am i too negative? who knows. probably. being negative sucks

testing 1,2,3

testing 1,2,3
Originally uploaded by juneaudio1338.

teenagers are difficult to deal with

for a description of my day please see title