Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Future History

(my tuesday blog on wednesday)

The previous post was merely me making a Tuesday post on a Tuesday, to keep in
consistency with the past several months of regularity and to not break my posting flow
and to keep building the record.  This is the follow-up.  The previous post was an
expression of antipathy regarding time constraint, deadlines, schedules, actually, the
general fleeting and rushing nature of time.  Also, the pressure of keeping a record
open for the public (or a few friends) as opposed to the more natural private tendency
of writing.  Just a backlash of blogging and a spontaneous rebellion against bloggers
(and myself), as if everyone has something almighty important to say all the time,
anyway.  As if everything needs to be documented or photographed.  One of these days
perhaps the documents will crumble or the photographs will wither away.  Or if they're
stored on a digital device perhaps they'll just zap, be gone.  And some things in some
formats will last through the ages.  Or, maybe a lot more will last in the vaults than I
anticipate.  That would be great for future history.  I hope so.  We'll just keep snapping
this on our phone, saving this, and we'll just store the whole gargantuan pile in another
dimension of sorts.

      It's just that I know so many people who have lost all their pictures, files, etc. when their computer crashed, so be sure to go print some of your favorite pictures now and then.  All that being said, I like the blog, it's just a small percentage of the writing I do.  Though some weeks, it's the only writing I do.

      The label is releasing a new album by Sad Sad Bicycle on New Year's Eve, entitled
Broken Wing.  This will be followed by several more releases by others.


Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Tuesdays Come Round Fast

Blauuuughhhhhh

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bloooooooooooooog

thanks for reading!

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Happy Holidaze!


Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Holidaze

Really excited about the next album we're putting out- it's getting closer
and closer to being done.  Not sure when it will be done, but I'll be continuing
to work on it through the holidays, and it should be very soon.  Been tracking
and mixing today and yesterday.

Also, happy about the ongoing developments with Willie Cry Records.  We'll
be putting out an album by American Darlings, from Brooklyn, NY, that is scheduled
for release on Valentine's Day, 2012.  

Sad Sad Bicycle has just finished a new album to be released very soon, possibly
in the next 2 weeks.  

Olina, as well, almost has a new album finished, and there is other stuff on the way
as well.

We have a merch store burgeoning- check out Willie's Store at www.williecryrecords.com
Willie Cry Records buttons, keychains, mouse pads, ties, caps, shirts, tote bags, etc.

The Thunder and Mavericks are playing in OKC tonight.  The NBA season started after all.

Happy Xmas and Holidaze!



Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Roundhouse Kick

Moving along- got back from Portland on Sunday night.  We had a 14-hour recording session at Jackpot Studio on Friday where we laid down tracks for the next Gardes album.  Classic studio, owned by Larry Crane, who produced Elliot Smith's Miss Misery, etc.
      Played his Strat, the piano, the theremin, Aaron played his bass and guitar,  Adam Miller joined in on the tubs.  Josh Smith played bass on one.
      Picked up Andrew Clayton yesterday at the Will Rogers World Airport in OKC, and we've been working on renovating the label website, www.williecryrecords.com and developing it all further.
     Tomorrow night we're playing at Saint's on 16th and the Plaza District.
     A lot is coming on the way.  Mundo releases!
     Willie Cry just brought on Kansas City's Hot Dog Skeletons.  Told 'em we'd dress up the dogs (ketchup and mustard).  Kansas City-style dogs.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Darn My Socks

In a hurry to leave for Portland 2morrow morning, I've been running errands, including doing laundry.  For the past couple of years, I've had a couple of favorite pairs of socks, at least a select few I prize above the others.  Now, they were getting tattered around the edges, loose threads.  I have a pair of navy blue socks that had white threads jutting out.  I guess the washer and dryer have been tumbling too hard?  They're just getting worn.  So I didn't have to quite darn my own socks, but I took a pair of scissors and began cutting away all the loose ends and so now they're pretty close back to good-as-new.  But even socks have a life-span.  I don't have a lot of socks with me right now.  They've been dwindling.  They're disappearing.  Some were left in another town.  I saw my sister-in-law over Thanksgiving weekend, and she was wearing a pair.
        I've never actually came to Christmastime where I am actually wishing for new pairs of socks, but this is the case.  Never once have I wished for a pair of socks for a present, but now I'll be grateful.
        Recording session on Friday in Portland at classic Jackpot Studio.  Looking forward to it!   Next week I'll be looking backward to it.