Comments on: The Transformation of “Lost Weekend”

By: detholz

detholz — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:28:14 +0000

Jim: Yep, Future Wife is on the record. We thought it would be tough to record but it ended up being a One-Take Jake.

bp: Yeah, Andrew had to flex quite a bit from his normal playing style/approach quite a bit in the studio. Bobby C. was instrumental in helping him to open up and improvise a little more.

By: bp

bp — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:55:59 +0000

I always knew “Lost Weekend” had some good things going for it. (See my earlier comment when that song was first put up on this site.) I’m so glad that you guys managed to find the secret sauce to finally make it work on the record. Bravo, echo-plex, bravo. And kudos to Mr. Sole for persevering on the tune to make it work!

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:05:15 +0000

Future Wife. On the album. Great news.

By: detholz

detholz — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 21:49:12 +0000

Deej: Actually, I began to write an a cappella “barbershop” arrangement of that Pilot song for last year’s Halloween show, but never finished it.

Not to worry: there’s still a healthy dose of Ye Olde Detholz! Robot Herky-Jerk on this record. It’s just a little less claustrophobic and spaced out some more.

By: dj

dj — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 03:09:42 +0000

Hey, great insight into the process with the last two posts. We’ve always enjoyed the robotic nature of the early ‘holz, and it’ll be fun to hear where the songs wind up.

And thanks for the Pilot reference.

By: detholz

detholz — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:21:48 +0000

Bube: Hallo hallo and welcome to the blawg!

We’ve had to push fwd. the second recording session owing to scheduling snafu’s, unfortunately, but I’m pushing for a release date this Halloween. It should be finished by July & we need a solid 3 months of PR to push it correctly. Push it real good.

Benton Harbor is actually the perfect place to make a record– Bill was really smart to set up shop there:

1) It’s far enough away that you really have to block out a number of days to record there,

2) There is NOTHING to do in Benton Harbor, aside from eat at a little BBQ shack down the street or possibly get mugged,

3) Since there is nothing to do but stay inside and record, time literally loses all meaning. During our sessions there, a typical schedule was: wake up around noon, start working ~1 or 2 PM and record until 4 or 5 in the morning.

Very luxurious to be able to wake up whenever and immediately start working on music. I slept in one of the isolation booths during the 4-day session to make sure I remained “in the spirit.”

By: briansole

briansole — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:57:21 +0000

Nice writing, Jim. Your last two posts have made me VERY excited to hear the new album. When is the planned release date? (And what are the chances that it will actually be released on that day?

You know, I don’t even know if I’m excited to hear the music, or just excited to hear the product of your sojurns to Benton Harbor.

By: detholz

detholz — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:35:25 +0000

Porps: It’s always an exciting time to be alive! As Woody Allen once said, “beats being dead!”

Catboydman: Well come to your home from home!

Elaine: Yet another check mark in the long list of reasons why we’re married.

By: Elaine

Elaine — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:35:53 +0000

Is it okay if I can’t get over the phrase “dusty granny organs”?

I know I’m unladylike.

By: peterbeyer

peterbeyer — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:28:41 +0000

Never knew this place existed. It’s like Christmas morning for me right now, only more like Christmas if you woke up in the middle of March and someone said, “Surprise! It’s Christmas you snoozer!” So, um, squee.

Gotta go to work now but it’s nice to know this Smorgasboard of Delites awaits.