Nite Owl Works: Recording Is Under Way! Just hit the studio this week for the first session to begin work on the upcoming album I've had in my sights for months now (actually decades). I decided to take resolute action toward this goal back in March of this year. It will likely be slow-going for a variety of reasons, but nonetheless, we are making progress. Here's a few pics from Studio South, a Saitama studio with an owner and engineer who truly put in a next-level effort…
Shoegaze Summer in Review Summer flew by. Big moments. Small moments. Struggles. Progress on the musical front. The rice is being harvested now and that blows my mind. I was gifted this legendary shoegaze album by Ride recently (pictured directly below), and I figure that's a fitting end. On to the fall. Here are some photos to attempt the impossible feat of summing up the summer. Thanks for joining me, and I hope your summer was full of progress and revelations as well. God…
New Studio Single Available Exclusively to BCH'rs for Now In support of our recording process, and to share a little of what we are doing, my band Nite Owl Works is releasing our new single exclusively via private link (see player below) for two more days. If you like what you hear, please tip some BCH to support our endeavor! Cheers! If you would like to own the single as a lossless audio file, with album artwork, message me at AlternativeJapan.me…
New Year's Eve, 2005 **New Year’s Eve, 2005** The cold Chicago buildings On New Year’s Eve. Climbing the cold metal rungs of the ladder, on the roof of the complex. Lake Michigan just in the distance. Sears Tower Sparkling — the alcohol buzz now coming in strong. All we could do was see. I couldn’t talk. I just sounded like a fool. I couldn’t hear. The things they said were too stupid. But we all knew: Goddamn, my friends, this is beautiful. I’d proceed to smoke with my best…
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