Day Seven and Eight - Miller Time

So the drums are done, and Matt and Jeff took the weekend to edit tracks, spend some QT with their families, and fix a few noisy channels at the studio. This left Liam and Me off the leash for a long weekend to pursue our true passion – drugs and partying.

LA is a mythical land of excess and historic celebrity overdoses, and who are we to fight it? We got a giant pile of weed, giant pile of coke, giant pile of meth, giant pile of assorted barbiturates, added a fifth of Jameson and some heavy cream as a base, hit puree, and hit the town.

On Friday night Briks and I went to the Roosevelt in Hollywood with some friends where we bought $13 drinks and talked to hip strangers. Later the band united with some Philadelphia ex-pats at a laid-back house party at the Baron’s house in the Hollywood Hills. In bed promptly at 6am.

On Saturday we hung out at producer Matt Mahaffey’s house/studio in Sherman Oaks. He has a great space with some awesome gear, tasteful Balinese décor, and two spoiled Dalmatians. We ordered BBQ, watched Star Wars and some of Matt’s live performance DVDs (solo and with Beck), and had a good bonding experience. Geeking out on bootleg original session files from some of our favorite classic albums was probably the highlight of the weekend. From there we went to an Agency Group party in Silver Lake and met some fine Americans and rock and roll types. It took us back to SXSW. In bed promptly at 3:30am.

Updated celebrity encounters: Eva Longoria, Kelly Osbourne, Amy Winehouse, guitarist from Jet, Josh Frankfort.

Tomorrow we get back into the studio for bass tracking. McKenzie’s time to shine.

Matt