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Hurtful Words with Andy Hurt
A Quick One:
Tonight is the last night for the recording of Centennial, an album that was not started in the century that will see it’s completion.
Although I will miss the making of this one, you can rest assured that there will be a next one and it will be shorter in length and execution.
We’ll see [...]
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Hurtful Words with Andy Hurt
Recording was interrupted on Tuesday when Brent, the movie lover/doll baby collector of the bunch, brought in what is believed to be the greatest movie ever made about the greatest story ever told about the greatest life ever lived. The movie was made, and immediately shelved for reasons known to those who dwell in the [...]
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Hurtful Words with Andy Hurt
Well, it happened.
I heard a song in contention for inclusion on Centennial and I didn’t remember playing on it. That tells me that I have given too much to the cause. I have upended my life to see this come to life. I have killed, metaphorically, in order that Centennial shall live, metaphorically for a [...]
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Hurtful Words with Andy Hurt
Back in 1737, when tracking began on Centennial, the world was a much different place. Dragons roamed the land and were hunted not for their “fire sacs” or “golden tufts”, but for their meat. As my grandfather’s grandfather’s grandfather (the first recording engineer to work on Centennial) lay upon his deathbed, 28 years after work [...]
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Hurtful Words with Andy Hurt
Since we’re writing about other bands we play with I’d like to inform you of a couple of my upcoming “projects.” First up is Thailand, friends and former band mates of mine who live in Los Angeles (www.myspace.com/welcometothailand). I’ll be playing drums on about half of their upcoming sound offering. The other one is my [...]
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Hurtful Drumming with Andy Who Is Hurt
Here’s the video of the drumming. Notice the simplicity, and the toothpick in my mouth. I almost always have a toothpick in my mouth. If I don’t I’m usually wondering where my toothpicks are. Also, I had taken a Vicodin a couple hours before. That just seemed important for you to know.
Les Debs Record Something
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Hurtful Words with Andy Hurt
Success!
The video was shot, imported into iMovie, and is awaiting my editing.
The song’s name I can’t remember, but I did it in one take, with one arm and the hand attached to that arm.
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Hurtful Words with Andy Hurt
I fractured my left hand. I will, at the very least, be able shake a shaker. However, tonight I will attempt to record a song using one hand. I will try to get video of this and post it tomorrow.
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Hurtful Words with Andy Hurt
My “ideas” are no longer accepted. I can accept this seeing as how we’re in the last phase of recording and there’s a real need to get this record done and not continue to attempt to litter the soundscapes with my brilliance.
Anyway, I’ve moved on to a better head space and this is in no [...]
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Hurtful Words with Andy Hurt
I’ve been, and am still, in Florida this week.
Whilst in the “Orange Juice, Mickey Mouse, and Cocaine” state I’ve done a number of things I swore I’d never do, such as golf, fish, and enjoy life. January in Florida, especially in the upper regions can be hit or miss weather-wise and that has most definitely [...]
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Introducing “Hurtful Words”
My entries have a title. One of the many things we accomplished last night was that, giving everyone’s blog entries a title. Brent’s is misleading, but widely believed to be in contention for “most views.” So, next time you arrive at this site and see the words “Painfully Anal” you can go ahead and read [...]
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A Lesson In Stick-To-A-Tiv-Ness
Last night’s “sesh” was most definitely going to be canceled, by Danny. He had lots of work to do at the day job he keeps in order to feel connected to the common person.
Brent, not wanting to be one-upped in the cancellation realm, struck first and called it off.
As for myself, I took a lesson [...]
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Red Wine And Sad Aardvarks
Last night, the band I “play” in had their first show. Brent and Glen came out to show their support and to bad mouth aardvarks. I was completely unaware of their intense, prolonged hatred of aardvarks.
As it turns out, when Glen first conceived of Les Debutantes as a fancy boy at Vos Odeurs de Crêpe [...]
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Perhaps One Day We’ll Have This Merchandise Thing Figured Out
We contracted with a company that promised to create Les Debutantes merchandise that would appeal to a wide swath of the listening public. We don’t have much money for stuff like t-shirts and posters, so we decided to have some bumper stickers made.
Needless to say, we were a tad disappointed with the results. It appears [...]
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Hurtful Words with Andy Hurt (“That’s What She Said So That’s What Andy Hurt Typed” Edition