Tour Van Music #26 "Words you will not forget soon"

Flowers on her birthday always

Words you will not repeat twice

Take her to the movies Friday

Just to see Paul Newman’s eyes

And if she loves you, you will know it

By the way she tells you to go to hell

With a voice that sounds like violence

And a poker face she could never sell

So give her your time and give her your daydreams

Give her your sorrow and give her your sleep

Give her your heart right there in the doorway

 And everything your mom told you to keep

Pull the curtains crack the windows

Invite the sun and wind to stay

Leave her lavender on her pillows

To linger after you’ve gone away

And if she needs you, you will know it

By the frog in her throat on the telephone

Postcards on the refrigerator

Lover when are you coming home?

So give her the address to the hallways

Leading to all the magnificent rooms

And flowers on her birthday always

Words you will not forget soon

Words she will not forget soon

Suffering jukebox in a happy Town

The Roost bar and cocktails, Los angeles

Tour Van Music #25 Have you ever been to that place

Have you ever seen the face
You know the one I'm talking about
Have you ever been to that place
You know the one I'm not supposed to say

Holding on for something
Have you ever held on

All I have and all I know Is this dream of you Which keeps me living on

Big Sur California

Everything I touch seems to disappear
Everywhere I turn you are always here
I'll run this race until my earthly death
I'll defend this place with my dying breath

From a cheerless room in a curtained gloom
I saw a star from heaven fall
I turned and looked again but it was gone
All I have and all I know
Is this dream of you
Which keeps me living on

(Bob Dylan in This dream of you)

Tour Van Music 24 "Is it just a boyish fantasy"

And I wonder if she thinks of me
Is it just a boyish fantasy
Speak dear lady wont you speak
Can't you tell you make me meek
So in silence once more we pass
Another night I walk on glass
And I dream that she thinks of me
Passing on the stairs

Tour Van Music #23 "Give me the roses while i live"

Wonderful things of folks are said
When they have passed away
Roses adorn their narrow bed
Over the sleeping clay

Give me the roses while I live
Trying to cheer me on
Useless are flowers that you give
After the soul is gone

Kind words are useless when folks lie
Cold in a narrow bed
Don't wait till death to speak kind words
Now should the words be said

Give me the roses while I live
Trying to cheer me on
Useless are flowers that you give
After the soul is gone

I won't stay in L.A and die inside my car

Funny enough, when Troy Von B came over at the studio to sing, he told us that this Chokebore album was recorded in the very same studio, before it was owned by Rob Schnapf!

Studio day 18: CIAO L.A

New album is mixed. Drained but happy. I think we have a new record

Studio Days 16&17 "Some nights like this i want your dark side, big time, baby"

More than half of the record is now mixed. Yesterday night after a 12 hours mix session i went to the Echo club on Sunset, and ran into the girl who happened to be the actress who played the secretary in Twin Peaks. How cool is that. Before that we had Troy Von Balthazar as a guest at the studio to sing on this song called Wolves. My new house in Silverlake is orange. How cool is that

Troy

Orange home away

Studio days 14/15 "some giant fucking pizza"

Mixing days. Nous sommes maintenant en plein mixage de l'album. 3 chansons mixées 

Studio day 13 "you should leave it behind it's ok"

 Harmonising 

Cool machine 

Words

Producer

Studio day 12 "'Til there's a ghost in every town"

Solo time for me today, recording tunes on Elliott Smith' favorite guitar, On which he recorded most of his acoustic songs . An old Gibson J50. Special. 

Studio day 11 "We'll be mixing on monday"

Eagle rock boulevard, in front of the studio on Rob's pick up. Only 3 and a half songs left to tape before mixing.