It's hard to live in a basement

Caught most of Olivia Tremor Control's set at the Wicker Park street fest Saturday night. Time warp! I used to really really love these guys back when they were putting out albums and touring ('96-'99). I have to say that since they toured for 'Black Foilage' I'd sort of lost touch with their scene. But, my interest was sparked and it was a perfect night to hang outside and be with some friends, so I went. They played most of what I'd wanted to hear. Safe to say that the OTC folks haven't really changed at all over the years. They had about ten people on stage and as many peripheral instruments and sound gadgets as I'd ever seen. I've always enjoyed their ability to ride the fence between sound collage and great pop songs.

In other news: my little world of making music is just lovely. Why? Oh, because I got the mastered copy of my album over the weekend. Now the album sounds "warm" and/or "polished" or whatever other words people use. I don't know, it sounds better now that a professional ran it through a bunch of boxes with blinking lights and knobs.

I also redesigned my other site. So, you can hear some of those mastered songs over there.

And, I got to play "Iron Woman", a song by Devin Davis for Devin at our "show" over the weekend. And that's all I have to say about that.