:: mike errico diary ::

:: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 ::

hilarious little moment


http://maximonline.com/maximtv/461/BrookeBurns.video
:: mike 9:04 PM [+] ::

Totally, absolutely awesome electric guitar part on "Ever Since" went down last night. I'm really really psyched. My friend at Electro Harmonix hooked me up with all kinds of wacky machinery (Pog, Memory Man, Holy Grail...) and we're twisting knobs. So cool.

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:: mike 1:32 PM [+] ::

ATREYU: EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW

Somewhere between preparing for the release of A Death-Grip on Yesterday and announcing their headlining slot on Ozzfest's second stage, Orange County heavies Atreyu sat down with Mike to explain the mysteries of the universe. OK, maybe not. But it was cool, anyway.

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FROM BLENDER.COM
:: mike 1:31 PM [+] ::

Blake put some piano down on "Packing My Bags". Brilliant, a restrained little section, but these little things make so much difference, man, I'm telling you. I'll be listening to that 300 years from now, thinking, "Yeah, I'm glad we worked on that part, and got it sounding nice."

Then we got shithoused. I was smart to bring an extra bottle of Bushmills.

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:: mike 10:04 AM [+] ::

Lap steel is done for "Packing My Bags". Really deep shit. Gotta say. Lots going on over here.

Also, interviewed the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. She's really funny, I'm psyched to see how that interview will turn out.

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:: mike 4:00 PM [+] ::

BLENDER INTERVIEW: MARY J. BLIGE

Read Mike's exclusive interview with the undisputed queen of hip-hop soul.

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FROM BLENDER.COM


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:: mike 7:51 AM [+] ::

I think all acoustic guitar tracks are done. We hit a weird stereo lap steel part for the beginning of "OK to Go" also. The weekend is off, which is a drag, but I'm working on parts here at home that we can either transfer directly, or recut really quickly.


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:: mike 1:47 PM [+] ::

SMASH MOUTH's STEVE HARWELL to appear on vh1's "THE SURREAL LIFE 6"

Beginning March 19th and running for three weeks, Smash Mouth singer Steve Harwell joins the cast of vh1's "The Surreal Life", Season #6. Sequestered in Glen Campbell's former home on Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles, Steve and the cast spend 12 days creeped out by a suspected ghost… and occasionally, each other.

Joining Harwell are Sherman Helmsley from TV's "The Jefferson's"; 80's video vixen Tawny Kitaen, metal axeman CC Deville from Poison; Playboy TV covergirl Andrea Lowell; and the XX & XY of the Arquette family, Alexis Arquette. "The Surreal Life" is rounded out with the aforementioned Florence Henderson joining the show as the cast's full time therapist and advisor.
:: mike 3:07 PM [+] ::

Yesterday, I did a percussion track which will be the backbone of "Better Here" (I think that's the title, anyway...) We used brushes on my lap steel case, which sounded great and looked ridiculous, a guitar case, all mic'ed up like that. For the "kick drum" we just put the case on the floor and I stepped on it. We got it sounding great, and then decided that my demo take was better. It's creaky and I think you can hear some of the finger picks rattling around in there. Fun.

Weekend off. Thank God. Whitney Biennial. Shot some film. Took a nap. Fuck it.


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:: mike 4:46 PM [+] ::

Yesterday, I had a half hour interview with Mary J. Blige. I learned a lot about singing from "What's the 411?" and it was just a total Chris Farley moment to talk with her. ("Remember when you sang 'You Remind Me'?... that was awesome.) It was a lot of fun.

I informed her that by 2012 I think the word "Hateration" will be in the Oxford English Dictionary, with her as the originator. She laughed. "I don't think they'd put something so ignorant in the dictionary." Really? "D'oh" is in there. "Hateration" is definitely on the way. And it may well say "See also 'Holleration'."

The interview will be up on Blender.com in the coming weeks. Today, it's a sit-down with Atreyu. www.myspace.com/atreyurock. I hear they like to spit. So I'm bringing a video crew.


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:: mike 9:40 AM [+] ::