drinks with: Cults
“Everybody’s influenced by [David Lynch]. Or I mean most people. I had to write this really long paper in college about avant garde and kitsch, what separates high art from low art. And I think he doesn’t see those boundaries. The same with Roy Orbison, that’s why he’s drawn to that music. Because at the same time something could be cliché and kitschy, it can be totally revolutionary and have a new feeling and be amazing.” Original content at AmericanSongwriter.com
St. Cecilia’s day
Don’t ever let it be said we have never played a show at a convent.
Today is St Cecilia’s day (patron saint of western music). There is a giant convent on a hill (off of 8th / Metro Center) overlooking Nashville that was built in 1861. The photo above is from March 6, 1906.
It was built at night-time by a group of Nuns from Ohio, who wanted to start a school. Apparently they built during the night so as not to offend the local neighborhood, who would have though it inappropriate for a bunch of women to be doing construction work.
At several different times during the civil war, ‘skirmishes’ between confederate and union soldiers started on their land. Each time they did, the nuns would run out (in in full habits) between the two sides pointing guns and tell the soldiers to take their fight somewhere else. They also gave food to soldiers of both sides throughout the war. (These details I got from one of the nuns at the motherhouse.)
In the 1930’s Timshel’s grandmother went to high school here, and almost became a nun herself.
Record Making
It takes a whole different level of “preparation” for us to get a record done these days. Last night as we were packing up a cardboard box full of quilts/pillows/bottles/ipods, special animals, getting the boys in footy p.j.s, hustlling to the car and across the bridge to Logan’s house, letting everyone dance around the studio and talk to Logan and Bryan enough, settling in with our book on tape, shutting the sound proof doors of each age groups’ isolated booth, and heading back into the control room to talk “songs” etc.,…well, I thought a few pictures might be appropriate. (posted by Timshel)
‘A Legend in Jeans’ See what they did at they end there
Images from last night at Billy Reid from Shelly Colvin
Last night we recorded a live record at Billy Reid in Nashville. The recording was engineered by Josh Smith These photos were taken by the great Shelly Colvin.
Live Recording At Billy Reid, Nashville — This Wednesday
We will be playing at Billy Reid next wednesday night Oct. 26, and will be recording the performance for a live record.
Billy Reid Nashville Store:
4015 Hillsboro Pike #104, Nashville, TN 37215-2774 (615) 292-2111 billyreid.com
