August 29, 2002
Hi everybody. The dog days of summer are in full dog here in the
metropolitan area. We've been laying low, hard at work making up
new songs, and figuring out when to record them (answer: soon!).
Is that really all we have to report this time around? Almost!
We've already recorded one and a half songs for our forthcoming
Christmas EP. And on Monday we'll be entering a recording studio
with a few special guests to record some material for a new CDEP/
12" to be released this fall on Matador.
A Sean Quinn writes: "Here is my guess about James' summer viewing
. . . My guess is that James will see exactly zero summer blockbusters
this summer. Not a one. Instead, the good Mr. McNew will spend his time
painting large scale watercolors of exotic insects. Any time away from
this all-consuming passion will be spent "practicing his slider,"
if you know what I mean. Please tell me when I win."
James doesn't know what you mean. James has, in fact, been to the movies
this summer. The contest to guess which summer releases he has seen ends
on Tuesday, so starting then, we'll be accepting your guesses. (you see,
Sean, much like the summer TV sensation "American Idol," only
then will your entries be valid - the phone lines are not open yet) (and
by the way, how could they vote off Tamyra before Nikki? you gotta be
fucking kidding me) The first person who guesses correctly wins something.
James hasn't figured out what you win yet, he's clearly a very busy man.
OK then. – YLT