____ and x have been going hiking consistently for a few months now on sunday. We try and head out at around 6am so that we don't run into anyone as much as possible. Something about heading out at that time while still kind of tired makes me forget if x'm tired as well, which usually x am. ____ usually doesn't go to sleep till about 1 or 2 am and x'm usually drinking till 1 or 2 am or passing out around 12am, so typically x'm feeling pretty great when we start out. We have had ___ join us from time to time, sometimes it's just ____ and x. Sometimes x try not to think about what we're doing, especially when trying to climb down hundreds of stairs that are too narrow for the feet.
We are in the middle of recording an album, so sometimes we make this an album addition. We have recorded guitar in the mountains as you could see from one of the videos x posted. Sometimes x just films ___ and _____ trying to figure out where we are or where we are going while x'm trying to figure out how great x feel.
Last Sunday just ____ and x decided to try a place that was different then the empty no structure wilderness we usually hike around:
So this last sunday, we went on a hike to a small ancient location in the old Topanga mountains. Some idiot back in the 30s thought he'd spend his wealth on a large ranch type area to create a nazi stronghold for the inevitable conquering of America. Like the text books tell us, Germany lost that war and the ranch wasn't finished. We decided to check it out and see what was left standing after looking at pictures and finding out where the hell it is. In California there isn't much to go check out, we have old adobes, but usually they are all big things in the middle of cities, if we had castles or something like England x'm sure ____ and x would hike for a week to get to it, or we would hike to get to some crazy old haunted witch cave or something, so if you know of something like that (besides the manson caves) then let us know.
This place was full of some next level graffiti art, it was so cutting edge that x didn't understand it, like the goldfish smoking weed in the picture above, or this peeing picture:
Anyways, this place was run down and full of graffiti. Cans of empty spray paint, rubber gloves, shreds of clothing, glass and cans of empty alcohol discarded up to the knees in some areas. ____ found a crazy hole and pulled out a flashlight jokingly stating it would be a crazy place to record vocals.
Turns out this place was full of holes and small rooms, we kept trying to find a place that x wouldn't get jumped by a small ghost girl with long black hair that comes out of TV's or attics and probably sleeps in this particular room:
Eventually we found a room that x could walk down some stairs and sing from one end in the dark while _____ captured it through a manhole on the other end. The song is an interlude between songs, it's about wanting to return from a personal hell so it's kind of fitting to be singing it in this shit hole, in the dark.
___ recorded at a manhole opening at the end of the room:
While x squatted in the dark with headphones to hopefully sing in key to the song, hoping nothing would brush against me:
x will post what x can when it's ready. hope it actually sounds good and adds to the atmosphere.
