During recording on Tuesday, Andy Hurt took pics of his fuzzy mallets, and apparently he wants to share them with you.
If you want more, you’ll have to read the rest of this post…or just scroll down. You really don’t have to read at all.
After suffering a guest star drought of many weeks, we suddenly find ourselves awash in a sea of drummers! Andy Hurt has been with us twice in the last three weeks, and former mayoral candidate (and current Human Metronome) E.J. “Jayse” Nunn has been there THREE OUT OF THREE, with a pledge that he will return every week until his work is complete.
What this means for the band:
1. Between Jason and Andy, a TON of songs that formerly read “Needs drums” are being moved up the spreadsheet. They are knocking these things out left and right.
2. Glen and I don’t really have to do anything except listen to them play drums.
3. Profit.
Jason was chomping at the bit for a chance to lay drums down on “Mammy’s Kitchen”, a jingle for a Bardstown eatery which you should be hearing on WHAS 84 any day now. Be sure to call Terry Meiners and request “Mammy’s Kitchen”. Call now! Keep calling until he plays it! Don’t even tell him it’s a song, just call Terry Meiners and say “Mammy’s Kitchen!!!!”
I believe Jason also worked on something else, but my memory is bad and so I will not tell you what that something else was. But whatever it was, he played it with great facility and precision.
Once Jason made his exit, it was time for Andy Hurt to screw a wrench to the cymbals and get his fuzzy mallets out, if you know what I mean.
Andy tackled “Xenium”, a proggy ballad by Glen. I was hearing Ziggy-era Bowie, and Andy threw in a nod to “Five Years” which is subtle and clever. However, Danny is definitely adding a Flaming Lips vibe by multitracking various Andy percussion tracks over the normal drum beat, running them through all sorts of gizmos, and coming out with something really cool.
One thing is for certain: “Songzorro” will never be on “Centennial”, and a gift you give a foreign dignitary is never called a “xenium”.
Now, more Hurt Mallets:
Andy’s Fuzzy Mallets
During recording on Tuesday, Andy Hurt took pics of his fuzzy mallets, and apparently he wants to share them with you.
If you want more, you’ll have to read the rest of this post…or just scroll down. You really don’t have to read at all.
After suffering a guest star drought of many weeks, we suddenly find ourselves awash in a sea of drummers! Andy Hurt has been with us twice in the last three weeks, and former mayoral candidate (and current Human Metronome) E.J. “Jayse” Nunn has been there THREE OUT OF THREE, with a pledge that he will return every week until his work is complete.
What this means for the band:
1. Between Jason and Andy, a TON of songs that formerly read “Needs drums” are being moved up the spreadsheet. They are knocking these things out left and right.
2. Glen and I don’t really have to do anything except listen to them play drums.
3. Profit.
Jason was chomping at the bit for a chance to lay drums down on “Mammy’s Kitchen”, a jingle for a Bardstown eatery which you should be hearing on WHAS 84 any day now. Be sure to call Terry Meiners and request “Mammy’s Kitchen”. Call now! Keep calling until he plays it! Don’t even tell him it’s a song, just call Terry Meiners and say “Mammy’s Kitchen!!!!”
I believe Jason also worked on something else, but my memory is bad and so I will not tell you what that something else was. But whatever it was, he played it with great facility and precision.
Once Jason made his exit, it was time for Andy Hurt to screw a wrench to the cymbals and get his fuzzy mallets out, if you know what I mean.
Andy tackled “Xenium”, a proggy ballad by Glen. I was hearing Ziggy-era Bowie, and Andy threw in a nod to “Five Years” which is subtle and clever. However, Danny is definitely adding a Flaming Lips vibe by multitracking various Andy percussion tracks over the normal drum beat, running them through all sorts of gizmos, and coming out with something really cool.
One thing is for certain: “Songzorro” will never be on “Centennial”, and a gift you give a foreign dignitary is never called a “xenium”.
Now, more Hurt Mallets: