grey sky sunday

There may be something strange about loving a grey sky above my head, perhaps its because growing up in the tropics (Jakarta, Indonesia) the "rainy season" provided plenty of grey skies and I think it reminds me of those times. Today in the north Georgia mountains, its been dark all day and after getting in early this morning from last nights show...it has been increasingly difficult to roll out of bed.
So rather than actually doing anything productive (like laundry for instance) I've been watching season 2 of "The Office" in the comfort of my own bed.
The show last night was a blast...we played with some great bands, and we hope to hit the road with them soon!
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je t'aime tous,
woody

...goodbye palmtrees, hello peacoats!

...well, we've been back for about a week now and I have to say I'm already sick of Georgia's "on again, off again" weather; just when you think spring has arrived, winter comes along and stabs him in the back! So, we got the mixes of the new record a few days back and I'm psyched for people to hear it, I really can't think of anything in particular that it sounds like; it has hints of alot of things but mostly (finally) just sounds like us. We've wanted to make a "real", oldschool record for a long time now and I think we really did it on this one; Just honest performances in a killer sounding room recorded with wonderful vintage gear... that's all you need! well, the rain has stopped, I should feed my cat, and I suppose I should go run for a bit...

stay gold,
ty(MOSO)

southern weather

luckily its been quite warm since we've gotten back, but its supposed to get nasty this weekend!
got "board" mixes in the other day (board mixes = straight from the studio, little or no mixing involved) and have been listening to them over and over and over...they sound amazing!
i need to develop the last roll of film i have, i believe there are some really incriminating photos :)

david wallace is not just a character on "the office"...

This trip, the making of this record, the several crazy adventures we've had in Los Angeles...its all quickly coming to an end. Today is our final day in the studio, we'll be listening to rough mixes and popping open bottles of champagne I'm sure. We're really going to miss being here...hanging with Stacy and (THE) Regulator, we're also gonna miss:

The H&K super market - a korean supermarket where amazing imported foods can be found, and where they decide daily whether or not they accept credit cards...
Trying to follow Stacy (anywhere) - he may be the worse person to follow in a car, if you find yourself in the situation where you have to follow him...you'd better just know where you're going first!
Regulator regulating - just when you thought you were right about something, you weren't...THE REG was!
Test Drive Unlimited - for Xbox360...we played that game everyday in between takes, that is until BILL stole the xbox
Amazing LA sushi - the best I've had in my life (sea urchin anyone??)
Our favorite place to go to after a long day at the studio - Kibbits
Buzz Iced Coffee- on a daily occurance around 1pm when we finally roll out of bed, we walk down the block and grab an iced coffee...only problem is we end up doing it individually without cash in our pockets and come back with 3 bags of pastries that never get eaten (so we can obey their $5 credit card limit)
side note: day old chocolate croissants are NOT good, even when you heat them in the microwave
The Grove - the coolest farmers market we've ever been to, indonesian food...great pastries and all the fresh produce you could ask for (don't get the salami sandwich from the sandwich place in the middle of the market...when they say salami they really mean bologna)
Willy Chambers & Artie Vegas - Two old musicians that have been rockin the LA scene for Lord knows how long...but they're incredible!!! Check them out at Kibbits
The Bevonshire- our hotel...or motel that is, includes strange characters, pool inside/outside...you'd have to see a picture, 65 year old transvestite prostitutes, and maids that walk in on you (without knocking first) right when you get out of the shower and you're in your briefs
The Girls at the Bloomingdales Make-up Counter - trust us, check it out...you'll know immediately
The Death Star - the coolest studio with the best vibe...literally ZERO fights or arguments the entire time...we sacked two songs we were dead set on recording after we wrote two new songs here. Also some history, not only was it HOLE's old studio, but REM recorded a song here...and I'm pretty sure we've seen a ghost several times when we've been here at about 3am
Glockenspiel - yes there's one on the record...listen for it.
The Progress Board - we got pretty artistic with it...and it came out incredible, we'll post a pic of it later.
Zuma - beautiful...skip past malibu, drive farther down the PCH and you'll have a beach to yourself
Korean BBQ - but only when Stacy's ordering
The Key Master - the first couple of nights at our hotel this really crazy looking guy would just be hanging around at all times...no matter if it was late at night or early in the morning...and would just walk around smoking his cigarettes and staring at us...we're pretty sure he has a key to every room and just stands over your bed and breathes hard...his room doesn't have a number on it, no lie.
Kay Hanley - amazing, amazing, amazing...absolute honor to have her voice on our record!
The Clothing Box - so, we're not exactly the tidiest group of guys in the world...well some of us are, but for the most part we're really not. we left our clothes laying around our hotel room in absolute disarray...finally the maids got tired of pushing our dirty undies under the sink so they could mop the floor and brought in a box that they just threw everything into...not to mention that every time we flush the toilet water sprays everywhere so the clothes were WET...so now we have this box of soggy and not to mention smelly clothes that we have to sort through and pack in our suit cases...good luck TSA.
David Wallace & Lucas Mann - when the record company "suits" come to check on the progress of the record, bands tend to worry that things will be rather stiff...When Lucas came we went out to a sushi joint and he tried to buy us an entire bottle of smuggled snake saki (there's a dead snake inside the bottle...leave the worm at home folks and go for the snake!) Wallace is one of our favorite people on earth, he watched the office with us and we munched down on some serious Mexicali food and we ended up staying at the studio into the morning hours sharing side splitting stories and trying to convince him to shotgun a fosters.
Hanae Honna- lended her beautiful Japanese language and voice on the record!!!!

This is just a short list of what we love and will miss once we're back in the hills of GA. Can't wait to see you again LA.

with all our love,
THE MODERN SOCIETY

...in those back seats and back rooms of matinees...

after eating (you guessed it...sushi) last night we headed back to the studio for some late night sessions.
we ended up doing group vocals for one song and had the absolute pleasure to have Kay Hanley add her amazing voice to a track...we also blazed through the collection of hites in the fridge...perhaps too fast!!!
here are some pics of us enjoying "the day off" that we got a few weeks ago...
we found this really secluded beach in the Zuma area...we explored for a few minutes and found these rock cliffs where we could sort of be away from it all and just chill out, it was amazing.

if she could hear me call...

in between recording we've been watching some seriously ridiculous things unfold on "rock of love"...luckily its on demand (thank you time/warner cable) and we've been absolutely amazed by the things these girls do.
lookout folks, daisy's about to sing the national anthem...
our stay here is quickly coming to an end, and its beginning to depress us. we've fallen in love with California and already can't wait to be back.
its been incredible working with Stacy Jones (producer) and Craig (the regulator)...they're making this record sound incredible.

"I thought Brett Michaels was married...in real life..."
-Stacy Jones

shotguns, week-old beards and longhorns

We finished up one of our favorite songs that'll be on the record last night, before we went out. I'm hesitant to list the tracks that we've picked to be on the record, only because I don't want anyone to know until the release.
So after we were done recording, the old red-neck came out in all of us...shotgunning brews in the parking lot and yelling at the top of our lungs...in honor of Thomas's birthday turned into us getting a ride to a nearby haunt and singing along with the jukebox. Song one of the night, "Morning Glory". Fuggetaboutit.