It's a cold, cold morning. Current temperature: 45°F - Feels Like 39°F. Walking Masha earlier there was a bitter chill in the wind. We didn't walk through the park across the street as usual. Just up and down the block since steaming coffee and a warm bed was awaiting our return.
The leaves are starting to change. What a beautiful view.
Remember The Sugar Oaks? It's been a few months since we had an update from them. Eric wrote this brief blog post about his new song "Curling To Break"
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"Krafty recorded this song at Houndslake and Westdale studios a few days before I moved to New York. The rhythm and beautifully deep bass tone came from a circa-1970s Wurlitzer Funmaker that belongs to Brett Walsh; you play the bass pedals with your foot. The rhythm was on the "Latin" setting; however, I took the downbeat to be halfway through the pattern, effectively turning the beat upside down. I was going for a sort of snowy, Siberian sniper vibe: but the choruses seem to have come out as pure 3 a.m. Mandalay Avenue, Clearwater, Gulf of Mexico undertow regardless.
This is just one song from a series of sessions in which we recorded the bulk of a new LP, tentatively titled "The Sugar Oaks Forfeit". If that strikes you as odd, then you probably don't know us personally."
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Cat Power has covered the Bowie hit “Space Oddity” for a new Lincoln commercial. Apparently it was recorded as a :30 clip for Lincoln and sadly not as a full length song.
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Found out my neighbor Derek plays in a band called Aquavibe. Check out their music, they have a super cool Hip Hop sound. They are playing tonight in Staten Island. I have to miss it due to the Tampa Bay Rays game. Have to stay in and cheer for my guys: Longoria, Upton, Crawford, and Peña. I feel a win brewing tonight for my Rays in Florida tonight!
Winter is right around the corner and The Hotel Cafe presents: Winter Songs a collection of songs performed by 14 female singers. Sara Bareilles, Ingrid Michaelson, Fiona Apple, Priscilla Ahn, and Meiko just to name a few. Here's a couple samples of what you can expect.
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