metallica - black album



doesn't albini call himself a "recordist" or something? i'm not sure. everyone should go download Shellac - Prayer to God.



band stuff is going well. patrick and taylor are getting along famously, i'm glad it's working out. since we've been practicing intensely, we're really getting tight, and are writing more stuff than ever. it's nice to just play bass sometimes, and not have to write all the songs, and just throw in little angles. w

yesterday i went to take my written driving test. a textbook example of bureaucracy followed. dad and i drive 30 minutes to the testing center. after much next-dooring (oh, we don't do that here, you'll have to go next door), i waited in line until my number was called. whereupon i'm informed that i need to buy a temps package before i can take the written. the whole point of waiting till i was 18 was to avoid having to get the temps. fuck that. and of course, for the temps package i have to have all those documents that i didn't bring...and of course, they close in ten minutes. at least i got to spend time with my old man. we listened to the radio, and we talked about things that had happened to us. he's a cool guy.