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Took me about 3 minutes to realize the greatest difference between New York and most other U.S. cities is the availability of fresh fruit. I'm not talkin' about driving 8 miles to Whole Foods to get fruit, it's all over the place here. I'll save the rant. I'm happy to be back here, if only for a few days. This will always feel like home to us.
That said, it also took us about 5 minutes to realize that Chicago is a much more realistic urban area to raise a family in. I'd have to forget art, creativity, inspiration, and a zillion other things to survive with a child in this city. You either have to come from a wealthy family or be an absolute fiscal drone. Money is only worth so much and certainly if it's the only thing you live for . . well, good luck with all that.
We're going to the Bronx Zoo in the morning, then spending the afternoon with our favorite Uncle Percy. Should be a good time!
I’m also working on a mix for a Seattle band called “64k.” It’s everything hard noisy and fast I ever liked about electro-industrial music. Jason from SMP is working with them and brought up my name for mixing. I’m pretty psyched about how much that has been happening this year.
We leave for our New York trip on Thursday morning. We’re really just going to go – Catherine hasn’t been back since we moved and obviously Ella has never been. My amazingly cool boss is letting us stay at his condo while he’s out of town. We couldn’t ask for a better situation. The city is usually pretty calm during the summer months, especially August so we plan to just take it easy, visit some places we used to go, hit both the Central Park and Bronx zoo’s, maybe catch a Mets game with Percy and his special lady.
I just did a late mid year inventory, my career, what I’m doing, where I’m going etc. I’m pretty amazed with where I’m at and how everything looks right now. It’s been a weird ass year. While I’d love to lash out at a bunch of people, places, and things that have tried to make this year more difficult for me, I just can’t. I’m too happy and really have nothing to say about anything. How about that for a change?
I’m going to be pretty busy with work this week, but hopefully I can spend a bit of time on the Atomica mixes. 2 to go, a couple minor tweaks on the stuff I’ve already mixed and though I’m toying with the idea of summing the whole album on an SSL – I’ll probably just run it through the “good” setting for mastering. I haven’t really touched the artwork other than the front cover, so there’s that. We’re close, people.
