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Sep 06.2009
Rehearsals have gone really well so far! Sadly Graeme won’t be able to play bass on all the gigs, so Ben has introduced his young son Charlie into the band for those dates. Charlie is so talented, and completely melted into the group instantaneously! We had one great day of rehearsals with him alone yesterday, and then today Graeme joined us as well. We worked on a live version of Puss that was really exciting to us all. It’s kind of the way I first hoped the song would sound: swing rhythm… very dark… very strange… Graeme described it well as acid-influenced sea shanty music!
Salutations from Manchester, England!Sep 05.2009
Hello folks. Well, I’m on day two of my month and change long trip to UK and Europe. Yesterday hardly counts though, as I was in a zombie-state. Today: only half zombie! Thanks be to benedryl for helping me get a solid 8 hours last night!
Anyway, I’m going to attempt to write more regularly, with sometimes shorter entries.
Woke up feeling pretty refreshed today at 7:30 am. Got up, gargled and washed my nasal passages (I know, gross! I’ll only write that once, just know it’s something I do twice daily!) and did my voice exercises. Feeling pretty good. Found Graeme’s cat Jagger sitting in the bathtub. Crouched down and sang a little Jagger song. The cat looked perplexed. When I reached in to take him out he scratched me! Obsessive-compulsive mode turns on and I spend 5 whole minutes cleaning the very slight little scratch on my wrist! Brought Jagger some fresh water to make up for the apparent annoyance of my singing!
Anyway, today is first day of rehearsal. I’m going to do another gargle and get ready!