Hey ok. The internet is on tonight. I was out west to read and sign at ALA annual which was really fun. Kinda started out nervous heading out there, but I think now ALL I wanna do is trade shows. The circuit! Most importantly though, I keep, keep, keep forgetting to post this picture here (see below). It is the floor at sound city in studio A where Cheap Trick recorded Heaven Tonight in January 1978. The same floor where Nirvana recorded Nevermind in May and June 1991. Anyway, I had the huge pleasure of visiting my friend Jill who was there (See chapter in Rock On called “The Darkness and Autoflash”). Kim and Kelly Deal were there doing Breeders stuff and Kim Deal was kind to read stuff aloud from Rock On and crack up. And later when I was leaving and thinking of how many records have been made in that room I had to take a quick snap of the floor in there. It hasn’t been changed since it opened, not one thing, not the tile, not the ceilings, not the anything b/c of not wanting to change one ounce of the sound in the big room.
All right — doing the last Ireland interviews this Friday and, you know, alter your summer travel and catch the reading/talking/laughing/hemming/hawing show in Galway if you can. This one will kick ass just short of pyro and dwarves. I’m gonna BRING. IT.
–DSK
