A nice man from Liverpool asked me to do an interview for the website alwaysthinkin.co.uk. I think he had pretty good questions, it was nice to be asked about art and the neighborhood and things people don't usually ask in interviews.

It's my birthday on Friday, and I think I'm also starting the recording of the vocals that day, at Headgear. I talked to a friend of mine who turned 30 a couple years ago, she said that she was by herself and looked at the clock and realized it was past midnight, and whoooosh! she felt an enormous weight lifted, and suddenly felt younger than she'd felt in a long time. Awesome. :) Looking forward to it.

Zebulon show Monday 28 Sep (today, but it's tomorrow where I am), with old Portland buddies THEMES, and also Wild Yaks. Free. Jacy and Kelsey of THEMES are getting married, and this is their Wedding Tour, which is so romantic it freaks me out. How do we all get in line for that?

Hello there,
we just returned from a week upstate at a heavenly studio called Clubhouse, where we recorded the instrumental parts of the new record. We're doing it in a sort of old-fashioned way, where we play it live, all in the room together, and record it to 2-inch tape. No metronomes, no nitpicking, just our band, playing the songs. Hoping every take for the "Nailed It" sign (above) from the control room - on the other side of the sign it says "Hosed It." No pressure.

We did get a few chances to run around with all the studio dogs and cook a great deal of pasta and chili and things. It has been a real whirlwind, getting it all in order, but now we have some very nice-sounding tracks, and start the singing phase in October. Hallelujah for the incredible Scott Norton, engineer and camp counselor on this record, and also for Timmy Mislock, the assistant to our recordings and our hearts. Visit our flickr page to see more pics of our week in recording paradise.


If waiting the five or so odd months that it's going to take for this album to come out is not meeting your need for instant gratification, hop on over to www.daytrotter.com to hear some live recordings we did in the spring at the Daytrotter studios in Rock Island, IL. Free download of four songs, and a lovely accompanying essay.

More soon, love,
mia and band