Dag Nasty / "Minority Of One" recording sessions  / January 14th, 2002 / Day 8
The sampler. Steve's obviously up to no good. Come back, John, we miss you. Dave and Brian working on lyrics. Or Algebra homework. More writing.

 

 Dave works on the Studio Diary. Starburst. Don's rockin' double-neck.
Dave listening to playbacks. Setup for tracking feedback. Dave and Steve work on melody to Song #6. Brian's. Brian's playing his moving keyboard part on the power ballad. Brian's new tattoo. Dave's.
         
Cry Baby, making its debut on a Dag record. Something to aspire to.          

 

NOON
They've left us here alone. Colin and Roger have headed back home (Portland OR, and Boston, respectively) and Dave is at work till around six pm. You know what happened the last time Steve and I were left alone at Inner Ear with master tapes up on the deck? The orchestral ending of "Cashing In" on the remix version of "Out Of Step"!! Dave better hurry up and get here before we do something really stupid.

I'm going to do more guitar stuff today, starting with a general overview of what I've got on tape so far. I caught a few mistakes on the roughs we had over the weekend. My fucking leg still hurts from the tattoo I got on Saturday. I bet Dave is hurting, too. His tat was three times the size of mine. I will punch him in the arm as soon as he gets here.

2 PM
I've laid down some amazingly loud, howling feedback tracks to a couple of songs. My ears hurt. I'm hungry.

2:30 PM
The best burger in DC? Five Guys. Rt. 7 and Walter Reed, Arlington. I went for the Cajun fries, too.

3:30 PM
I am using an instrument that I SWORE I would never use on a Dag record (see photo.) No one is here to stop me!!

4:00 PM
Didn't think I'd ever use this, either (once again, see photo.) Dave better show up soon.

7:00 PM - HEY EVERYBODY. THIS IS DAVE. THIS SHIT IS OUT OF CONTROL. SOMEONE STOP THEM FOR GOD'S SAKE. WHAT THE FUCK. WE SOUND LIKE AIR SUPPLY. HELP. STOP THEM NOW. MY GOD.

Hey Dave, I found a cool 6/ 12 string doubleneck in the back…… is that a bustle in your hedgerow ?

DEAR JAH, BUDDAH, GOD, ALLAH, YAWEH, SHIVA AND ALL OTHER IMPORTANT BEINGS - STOP THEM. IN THE NAME OF YOU.
P.S. STEVE JUST SAID THAT ROLLING STONE IS BASICALLY PEOPLE MAGAZINE FOR MUSICIANS. HE AND I LOVE MOJO, Q AND OTHER GOOD BRITISH MUSIC MAGS.

God, I can't stand the nationalistic, fad-jumping, ass-kissing English press……except Kerrang. They rock.

YEP, KERRANG HAS ALWAYS BEEN REALLY COOL AND SUPPORTED DOWN BY LAW AND PUNK ROCK IN GENERAL. I ALSO LOVE A NUMBER OF BRITISH ZINES, INCLUDING FEAR AND LOATHING AND SUSPECT DEVICE.

11:15 PM
Dave is singing the "Power Ballad" (now called 'Broken Days') and his verse 1 melody line is so good that I actually crapped in my pants. I'm a mess here, people.

12 AM
More vox, less talk.

1 AM
Going home.