THE CANON LOGIC

This past rainy weekend found us hard at work in the Long Island studio cutting more basic tracks. That means Sean and Mike grind away at the rhythm whilst the rest of us set to task crushing innumerable beers and posing with Ron Robinson Jr’s impressive arsenal of microphones. (left)  With Ron at the helm we sailed through four more tracks, each taut with energy and glistening with studio magic.  We came away much closer to our goal and the realization of the record as a whole.  Its going to be a monster.

Surprisingly, you will not be able to catch us ripping through a set in the LES this weekend. (You can, however, get a quick glimpse of one we played last weekend at Sullivan Hall over at BrooklynRocks.)

Instead, we’ll be holed up in that studio we keep out on Long Island (we haven’t officially named it yet) laying down basic tracks for our currently untitled, forthcoming LP. We won’t tell you which tracks yet (we would never want to spoil the surprise), but we can promise you that you will not be disappointed.

So Tim, Ron (Ron being Ron Robinson Jr., our producer and dear friend) and I will hop in the Astrovan and head out there right after work (The other guys will be arriving via train the next morning). We plan to be there by 9pm-ish, which will give us ample time to set the room up to be able to record bass and drums first thing tomorrow morning. Once we begin tracking, we’ll play straight through till Sunday, only taking breaks to eat, play a round of Manhunt, and watch Tina Fey’s weekly impersonation of Sarah Palin on SNL. After that, we’ll all go our seperate ways to watch our respective NFL teams. Tim and Josh are big Eagles fans. Mark and Sean are Giants fans. I’m a Jets fan. Not sure who Ron roots for.

Stay glued to thecanonlogic.com all weekend to get mobile updates from the studio. We want to share this experience with all of you as much as possible.

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What’s worse than driving out to Long Island on Labor Day Weekend? Driving out to Long Island the day after Labor Day Weekend at 9pm on a school night (work night).

To prepare for some upcoming shows, Mark and I are headed out to an on-again off-again studio we keep out in Suffolk county to grab some gear. The traffic isn’t so bad, but being in the Astrovan makes this feel like a true band mini-trip, replete with multiple coffee stops, bad FM stations, and the need to just be in a bed somewhere.

On the other hand, this short trek will gear us up for a longer trip on Friday down to Washington DC where we’ll now be playing with “surprise guest”. We’re hoping it’s Gary Glitter so we can cash in on the attention from his recent headlines.

Signing off.