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December 23, 2003

Vocal chicken feathers

So last night Girl-E and Girl-C went in for some session work. We say it like that so you will think that they are very, very cool. They recorded some backing vocals for a Christmas blues number written by a team of musician brothers, one of whom was the bass player in their old band. They've worked with these guys before, and they are sweethearts on a stick, but it is generally a guaranteed suppress-your-giggle-fest.

Big Brother is a quirky, vaguely droopy music professor with a bit of a studder who wears Mr. Rogers cardigans and plays about 16 instruments. Little Brother is a middle-aged systems engineer dating a 20-something girl who wants to play his music so bad it's visible. They are both absolutely brilliant and write great music. The only thing being that they also love to sing their music, listening to which is quite the experience. Little Brother sounds like he's got it perfect in his head, it just can't quite come out his mouth that way. Big Brother sounds like he's about 85 years old, a survivor of time and sorrow and countless thousands of cigarettes. Which is why it's a bit jarring when halfway through the song, girlie harmonies come sweeping in as if Country Crock launched an all-out assault on burnt toast. Big Brother's overall comment was that they made vocal chicken salad out of vocal chicken feathers. Hmmm... profound...

Posted by The Twins at December 23, 2003 10:12 AM

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"sweethearts on a stick" is one of those great lines I'm envious of.

Posted by: jules at December 23, 2003 11:27 AM

Thanks! I tend to believe that anything "on a stick" communicates fairly well. But anyway, please girlfriend, as if you wouldn't bury me alive with your great lines.

Posted by: EV at December 23, 2003 11:32 AM

we were often served "shit on a stick" in the cafeteria at school when i was a youth.

Posted by: snowy at December 23, 2003 01:39 PM