Electric Apricot Page #5

named Mescalito,

and what it symbolizes is him

reaching out into the unknown

and grabbing some fruit,

fruit of knowledge, say,

to nourish his lady love

who is the archetype

called the Great Mother.

Lapdog's just setting up?

Yeah. You guys

remember Mei Pang.

Mei Pang,

what's happening?

Cool.

He's setting up, huh?

Yep.

Yep.

Good thing

I brought a book.

Today, very important.

I'm going to probably

have to do this

seven or eight times

before we even start tracking.

Because, you know, you only

make your first album once.

You know?

She represents all women

or the nurturing aspect

of creation,

and so he is going out

and foraging for fruit

to feed creation,

basically,

and that's what

musicians are doing.

They're sort of taking their

craft, their instrument,

and trying to go out

into the visionary space

and bring back

something nourishing

to feed their audience.

Where are we at?

What's going on?

Lapdog is still

setting up the drums.

Still?

All right.

Where's the beer?

They have this really

good stuff right here.

Uh, huh.

But if your cuttings are a couple of

weeks old, this is what you should use.

That's really going

to give them powerful plants.

Oh, yeah,

that's what I need.

Yeah, we make a few ducats

in the band and all,

but sometimes it's hard

to make ends meet.

Been working with these

hydroponics for some time now

and I got myself

a sweet cash crop in here

going to help me

pay these bills.

All right,

well, here we are.

We've got some nice

Roma tomatoes here.

Don't know if you can

see them or not,

but these are

really good for sauce.

Ah, some nice sweet basil.

That's going to be good

in your pesto.

I grow hydroponic herbs

and vegetables

for high-end restaurants

like Chez Panisse, Danko's,

and Boulevard

and all that stuff.

What we got here is the

Peruvian purple pepper.

See that thing?

Comes from Peru.

I don't Bolivia.

Peru'v it.

Hey, Skip, can you set

that 421 mic

on the second rack

for me, please?

421?

Well, basically my job

is to work with Oz,

who's, like, a master.

Now, the bass drum mic

is a little bit far away.

This D112 down here can be

right up against the head.

Do you even think

you want to use a 112?

Because I wouldn't

use a 112.

What would you suggest?

Something bigger.

Let's just try it.

And if it doesn't work,

we'll change it.

I'm Second Engineer

and fresh out of music school.

This is just a cool

experience for me.

I mean, I know all my stuff,

I've taken good notes in class.

I got, like...

like a B-average and stuff.

I am not going to mess

with your good thing, man,

so you just tell me what to do

and I'll do it.

Okay, that goes

on the hi-hat.

That's the hi-hat

right over there.

Yeah, I know what

the hi-hat is, man.

Let's go with

the snare, please.

Though often

a repetitive process,

recording requires

a Zen-like focus

and open state of being,

where ideas and inspiration

can flow unimpeded,

raising the art to a higher

level of musical transcendence.

Yeah, Oz, yeah.

I'm not really getting

that in the cans.

Hello.

Hey!

How you doin', man?

Good to see you.

Oz, hey.

Oh, hey.

How's it going?

It's good.

Good.

You guys stoked

to be here?

Oh, it's incredible.

Oh, yeah.

It's incredible.

We're stoked to have you.

There's a vibe

that I want to send out,

and I wanted

to bring people in.

Like, this is a beehive

and we're making honey.

We're making musical honey.

I've got one thing

to say:

do you guys like

the color platinum?

What do you mean?

Platinum... album.

You know, that's where

the sound's going.

Oh!

Oh, I forgot. This is

Abigail. She's a photographer.

I just want you guys

to know,

I am just going to be

a fly on the wall here.

I don't want you

to think that...

I'm not going to get

in your way.

Hey, Oz,

what have we got?

I'm just finishing

with the floor toms sound now,

and then I'll check

the cymbals.

So we basically just have

some tones on the bass drum.

Is this on the track,

the recorded track?

No, we haven't actually

recorded anything yet, Drew.

We've just been working

on sounds.

Just drum sounds?

Just drum sounds, yeah.

So- So here it is guys,

the first note

of the first song

of the first

Electric Apricot record.

What do you think

about that?

All right.

Cut! Sorry, sorry,

sorry, sorry.

Sorry, l-

I hit the wrong tom.

All right, ready?

Are we rolling.

Okay, here we go.

Share fishin'...

Sorry, sorry, sorry.

Share what?

I meant to say vision,

and I said, fishin'.

Is everything cool?

Yeah, I'm good, man. We're just-

All right.

It just seemed like

we got off on a rough...

rough rocky start there.

Hey, Oz, what number

is the bass in?

Your amp is just incredibly

loud. It's killing me.

You guys okay?

We need to turn the

bass amp down a bit.

Down?

It's probably bleeding through

all the drums, right, Oz?

Pardon me?

It's probably bleeding

through all the drums, right?

I mean, it just seems really loud.

Yeah.

My favorite book store,

Copperfields.

A lot of people don't know

about poetry is,

the thing about poetry

that is so beautiful

is really not the words on the

page, but it's how you read it.

It's how... You...

You use your poetry voice.

But through presumption,

even the pleasure pleased.

Unworthy, disliking here

and there.

Liking by the rules of mimic

are transformed.

You know,

that's the poetry voice,

and it takes you

to the poetry space.

Everything is poetry.

Vegetarian Suppers.

Take any part of any book.

We like pancakes

not only for breakfast,

but for supper to occasion.

Pillowy and light,

these golden cakes

are delicious.

With dabs of sour cream

and a favorite

of our cuisine.

Day three in the studio.

We have yet to actually

record an actual track.

But I came back in here today,

I burned some sage.

I do want to try

and move my set-up

so that I feel more

in tune with the band.

I want to rotate this just

a little bit clockwise, okay?

Just this way?

Yeah, just a little bit.

Okay, on the count of three?

You got a good...

Yeah, can you get a hand?

Yeah, I got it.

One, two, three.

Oh! Ow!

Jesus Christ!

Oh, oh.

Oh, my God!

Holy sh*t, dude!

Oh...

Dude.

Hershel, he cut his hand

on a loose screw on his organ.

Just a freak accident.

But, uh, the good news is

he got his tetanus shot

and he's

in good spirits again.

And, uh... onward and upward.

It hurts.

It definitely hurts.

Hey, I'm goin'

to Burning Man

Hey, I'm goin'

to Burning Man

Hey, are you goin'

to Burning Man?

Well, we made it.

Sweet.

I don't know-

Do you want a water

or towel or something?

Seemed like the bass

was a little behind

some of the stuff

I was doing there.

Hey, are you goin'

to Burning Man?

Hey, are you goin'

to Burning Man?

Hey, are you goin'

to...

Hey, are you goin'

to Burning Man?

Hey, are you goin'?

Yeah.

Well, we made it.

Did you- Did you see

what I mean by, like,

the bass was, like, a

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