TRAVAILLE DU DIMANCHE
I spent last Sunday and Monday working at home on the commercial I started on saturday...working at home is superb, I can pick at the work, walk away for a bit, come back fresh...if I have an inspiration at 6am or 6pm I can execute it. So, over the course of the two days I worked just 6 or so hours a day, but they were productive. I was supposed to turn it in for first thing Tuesday morning in New York (Tuesday afternoon my time) but in fact instead of sweating up until the last minute I was feeling good about the work at bedtime on Monday, and sent the files off. Tuesday evening one of the music supervisors called me and asked for a few changes, which I was able to execute in about an hour, and sent the files off while they were still in the office. Everybody seemed happy, and we'll see where it goes from there. I had Dom sing on one of my versions to give it a 'singalong' vibe.
I was able to leave the house on Sunday, and Dom, Aden & I went to our favorite boulangerie, which there's no way in hell I am going to tell you what or where it is--as it is it's generally sold out of everything by noon. We had a cafe and went to the park with Xavier from Tahiti 80/Axe Riverboy and his
petite famille...it's great to see the rock and roll dads on Sundays...looking just a little scruffy...
I opened a bank account in France. Long overdue. I've come to the realization that I'm either a) not coming back to the US to live ever or b) not for a long, long time. In that case--I have a very nice Sony TV that was new just 4-5 years ago that I will sell from my storage space--if you're interested email me here! I will Ebay a ton of stuff too when I'm in Seattle this spring...and I'm in the process of selling my car.
I did a remix for the CosmopolitANTS at home this week, and did my version of 'The Mighty Quinn' as per the
2007 Strangercrombie Holiday Auction-one of the items was 'the Posies cover the song of your choice'--and in fact, for the obvious practical reasons of geography and schedule, Jon & I would *each* do a version--and the winner chose 'Quinn the Eskimo' (aka 'The Mighty Quinn') by Bob Dylan. I based my version a little bit on the live version from the Isle of Wight festival with the Band backing him...and deconstructed from there...there's me as Dylan, me as Rick Danko, Aden as Garth Hudson, Dominique as...Levon Helm? Hard to say. I'm pleased to say of all the bands that were offered, we had the second highest bed, after the Presidents of the USA!
We had great, free entertainment watching the continuing demolition o the parking garage across the street--Aden and I would just sit in the window and watch the
Liebherr 944 Hydraulic Excavator with a rotating, gripping claw at the end of its arm deftly punch, slice and pull apart walls. Really, the operator of this machine is quite good--the building next to the garage is a one story bathhouse (hmmm) with a glass roof. The police are often coming at night to chase out taggers from the partially wrecked structure. Still there was a huge, and very well executed tag this morning on the biggest still-standing wall.
My
XO laptop arrived from the US...it's so cute! I will give it to Aden when she's just a bit older; she's still a bit hard on pretty much any object..including me!
On Friday we went to a morning screening of a new TV series on French TV; basically a Brazilian telenovella, really. But Olivia Baum, who Dom manages, sang the theme song, and there were free croissants, cafe, and
macarons from posh deli Le Notre (sorry, but Blogger doesn't like special characters like the
accent circonflexe). It was held in a cinema, and preceeded by long winded self-congratulatory Hollywood style speeches, but, hey, they just made a TV series, so they can proud, I suppose.
Yesterday I gave a guitar lesson--to a charming fellow who wrote me via myspace and proposed the idea. I actually think I can teach him a few things--I never thought of myself as a great guitarist, but, I have years of experience in trying to be a better one, and have learned some things on the way. If you live in Paris, and you're interested in basic music lessons--voice, guitar, bass, keyboards, or recording, write me via this website.
Last night I converted, edited and uploaded Dominique's track (backed by French artist
Doubleman) for the
Posies tribute album...it will be on the EP that's released before the full 3 CD set.
And so...I go to have a uniquely restful Sunday at home. January is where we who freelance for a living catch up from the 168 hour work weeks of the other 11 months...
Love
KS
Paris
