Washington State DMV

Spent the whole morning at the Washington State DMV getting my license back. I haven't been able to drive for close to 7 years because of old parking & traffic tickets. In Washington State, if you don't or can't pay your tickets you can't renew your license. How fucking lame is that?!?!? They have recently talked about instituting a payment policy because the number of drivers without a license and insurance has gotten out of control. Seems the insurance companies complained and now the state legislature is changing the law. If you want change get big business behind you (they are already behind us- fucking us up the arse hole) and by golly things will change faster'n you can say Insurance Lobby. So I finally took my driving test, passed and got the damn thing back and can legally drive. Whoop de doo. Didn't do much else except hang with my Mom. She's gotta work tomorrow.

Best Of Kill Switch...Klick

Eric Cooley came over again to sort out the version of Eventually that's gonna be on the new Faith & Disease disc. We killed most of the percussion and I'm adding another trombone part. This should be interesting...more ethereal than the Kill Switch...Klick version. Eric also said he heard my mix of Plato's Cave for Diamond Fist Werney's CD on the radio the other day. It's good to know that one of my remixes is actually getting some local airtime. I also finished the basic template for 5:15 this morning. It's been a busy weekend. P.S. I left a message with Cleopatra Records owner Brian Perera about doing a Best Of Kill Switch...Klick album. I thought it was about time. We'll see what he thinks about the idea.

Being John Malkovitc

Started tracking a song for a WHO TRIBUTE CD I'm putting out on iREGULAR. The song I'm doing is 5:15 off the Quadrophenia album. My old drummer Mike Ditmore is going to play drums on it, so it's gonna be listed as a Kill Switch...Klick track. Rented Being John Malkovitch. What a freaky-ass film. Very interesting premise. A thumbs up for a rental.

Basio

Working on the lyrics for Bassio (working title), a rippin' groovy blues track featuring James Whiton on Upright Bass. Lyrics can take the longest to write when your trying to match them to a finished piece of music. This seems to be the case for all the tracks on my new demo/CD. Monster is being a pain in the ass. The lyrics are coming in fits and spurts. I'm taking a break from it for awhile to get a fresh perspective. The Flathand 5 tapes are still a sittin' I need more time.