TAL_JOURNAL
February 21, 2006 Sundlaugin Studio (Mosfaelsbaer, Iceland)
Hey hey, just wanted to say hello from iceland.. i got here 2 days ago, and have officially started the finishing process for the new record!! and i am excited.. josh from telefon tel aviv is coming out in a week, to help mix. if you have not heard them, you should.. check them out at www.telefontelaviv.com things are good and i feel good about it.. hope you all like it! its cold here, but very peaceful and very beautiful. Its my 5th time here, it feels like a second home, its very comforting and helps to focus on this record. so.... until next time! thanks!!!!
best,
Jimmy LaValle
December 17, 2005 Bear Creek Studio (Woodinville,Wa)
Things going very well up here, all of my initial tracking is done.. Matt is up here right now doing his violin tracks. everything coming together very very nicely. I am very excited for the outcome of this and for the next couple of months completeing this record. Will be working with Josh (Telefon Tel Aviv) and Pall (Blackheart Procesion) in January, february, getting ready to mix in Iceland Feb and March with Biggi who produced and mixed my last record with me. It is freezing up here too! crazy, should have pictures up in the studio gallery soon!
December 6, 2005 Bear Creek Studio (Woodinville,Wa)
I just got back from a walk, through the woods and shit. It's all there land too.. Also just got of the phone with Josh from Telefon. He is super super excited to be a part of this record. I'm stoked, should be awesome!
By the way, there is a pool table here that Dave Grohl bought for the studio. Crazy, good thing I brought my cue. Get all my practice in. - Jimmy
October 10, 2005 (San Diego, CA)
Just got home from seeing Jimmy perform with Sigur Ros. My favorite performance was the symphony hall in San Diego but seeing Jimmy on stage, in-front of 15,000 people at the Hollywood Bowl in LA was quite surreal too. It all topped off in Las Vegas with a final performance at the Hard Rock. Good times. Especially running into Jim Adkins (Jimmy Eat World) after dropping $200 at the blackjack tables. Will upload some photos to the site soon. x's and o's, db (manager)
May 19, Zagreb, Croatia
If you get a hot dog in the States at a gas station, you'll die from food poisoning, but if you get a hot dog at a gas satation in Europe, it's the best thing in the world. Seriously. There is nothing better.
And getting directions to turn left at the caqthedral built in 1500 a.d. is also pretty rad.
THE SHOWS HAVE BEEN GOING GREAT, THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HAS HAD TO HEAR OUR DRUNK ASSES STUMBLE THROUGH tEARS FOR fEARS eVERYBODY wANTS TO rULE THE >wORLD. yOURE THE BEST. k.i.t. DREW/aLBUM lEAF
berliner pilsner, zipfer, sum dutch beer, budvar (chezch budweiser, way better), croatian bier. . . jesus. luv tim
April 16
Portland, OR
Its been a while, but we have been having so much fun! Shows have been great, those Tour EP's are going, and we couldn't be more happy.. We have been bringing our projector in to our hotels last couple nights and have been playing 4 player Halo matches until the wee hours of the am.. Been very fun, right now we are watching Friday the 13th projected onto the wall of our hotel room.. San Francisco tomorrow. Only a couple more shows to go, then off to europe, cant wait for that.
March 29
San Diego, CA
Hey guys, just a reminder to hit up Katz's Deli in NYC. It's aronud the corner from the Mercury Lounge. Some of the best hot pastrami ever made. Yum. -db (manager)
March 29
Washington DC
The shows have been going well. I just finished a remix for Roger O'Donnell (The Cure). He's going to have a solo album out later this year and I'm really happy to be a part of it. Check out Roger's website for more info. -Jimmy
March 18
Austin, TX
SXSW was super fun even though my rhodes piano broke. Saw a few new leaf tattoos, ate some awesome BBQ at Stubb's and got to hang out with everyone that works on the record. Now we're back on the road. Will write more but it's my turn at Halo 2. -Jimmy
