My friend Amy Domingues just sent me a copy of her new CD, called Garland of Hours. It’s her first solo effort… sounds sooooo good, and it’s so neat to hear her singing finally. Y’all be sure to buy it when it comes out, which I assume is soon. It’s on Arrest Records out of Arlington, VA.
Played at the Hideout with Central Falls and Perio opening
My band: Jim Becker (guitar, violin, keyboards), Amy Domingues (cello, keyboards), Ryan Hembrey (electric bass, backing vocals), Adam Vida (drums)
Played at Detroit Contemporary with The Americans opening
My band: Jim Becker (guitar, violin, keyboards), Amy Domingues (cello, keyboards), Ryan Hembrey (electric bass, backing vocals), Adam Vida (drums)
Played at the Ottobar with the Anomoanon and the Translucents
My band: Jim Becker (guitar, violin, keyboards), Amy Domingues (cello, keyboards), Ryan Hembrey (electric bass, backing vocals), Adam Vida (drums)
L-R: Jim Becker; me; Ryan Hembrey; Amy Domingues. Photo by Adam Vida.
Played at Rudyard’s opening for the White Stripes and the Greenhornes
My band: Jim Becker (guitar, violin, keyboards), Amy Domingues (cello, keyboards), Ryan Hembrey (electric bass, backing vocals), Adam Vida (drums)
(Video by chasspeed. The songs are “Further” and “True”, both from my third album Wonder Wonder.)
Note: This is a journal entry — it was written on paper or on my computer, then transferred to my website, maybe years later.
Rian really fucked up. He failed to book Steve for recording in September, so now if we want to work with him we have to wait until November or December. Bummer!! But I’m still excited to record with Steve. Wait’ll I tell Jodi Shapiro, she’s gonna flip.
Saw more old friends this weekend… Daniel Smith was at Electrical mixing the new Danielson Family record with Albini. I went over there with John on Saturday to hang out and hear a few of the tunes, it sounded really great. That’s when I bumped into Rian and we all had the discussion on when/if we should schedule recording at Electrical. I was so pissed at Rian; I spent the better part of the weekend just seething about it. Hopefully we’ll get it scheduled ASAP and I’ll be able to rest a little easier. Rian feels pretty bad about it too, he even apologized to John for pissing me off!!
