Fiber Fool

Okay, so I didn’t survive in the way one would think. I was not a participant in the insanity that is writing from scratch, recording, mixing, and releasing for free on the web a 20 minute or 30 track album in 24 hours. However, I had to live in the house where said insanity was taking place. Drew and Jessie managed it in about 22 hours and they even slept so it went better than I had anticipated. I provided cookies and even went on a malt run and was official photographer. Jessie was fueled by Rock Star (and sometimes vodka) in addition to the cookies and malt.

When you put Drew and Jessie together (and in some cases add alcohol, though that is not a necessary catalyst) these two can be a hoot (and often no one can get a word in edgewise because they are on such a roll). I was feeling awful on Friday when the insanity began so I was actually a fly on the wall for a lot of their writing in the early phase. I often found myself laughing at Jessie’s sarcastic and silly lyrics (many of which made it into the final album without being cut).

They have a definite ear worm on the album (a fav track so far it seems) and several of the songs I would love to see worked on a bit more to either make it a bit longer or just to flesh out the backing track some. It is a fun album and I’m rather impressed in the quality given the time constraints. I think having those time constraints can be a good thing and force you just put something out there without being too picky and overall I think it is a pretty darn good album.

If you enjoy quirky lyrics with a good melody and guitar backing (acoustic, electric and/or bass in any given track) I encourage you to check out the debut album of Spandex Jellybeans - Watermelon (yes, that was what Jessie chose). They are both on facebook so if you’re there and you like the album pop in there and say hi! Or leave a comment on Drew’s entry about the experience at his blog.

I did start feeling better over the weekend and did a fair amount of the spinning you saw yesterday and I knit on Mashup Madness V2.0. It seems those cables checkered in the lace just don’t show up when you are knitting it, but if you step back they actually pop pretty well on the stockinette lace. Today, I’m off to knit on it some more at My Sister Knits later this morning. Hopefully this week I’ll actually get to knit more than about four rows. The last couple of weeks have been really busy so I’ve stepped up to the plate and helped customers with their knitting mistakes and qustions when Cathy O. has been busy with other customers. Even though I’m not paid it feels good to share my experience with others though and was kind of fun to have encouraged a few sales.