FaceCulture interview, 2009, regarding Zappa Plays Zappa.
Day: February 6, 2013
Today's Barrier to Productivity
Stomach starts gurgling. Make quick PB&J. (For future reference: peanut butter makes for a quick meal but is probably not ideal for recording; mouth gets all sticky.)
Voice starts getting hoarse.
Home stretch. Then every damn-fool dog on the block starts blocking its damn-fool dog head off.
Fortunately, I was in the home stretch, because on the third or fourth take I managed to time it just right, in-between canine outbursts, and finish it with no barking on the track.
Still, would have liked to do one more quick track. But the dogs would not shut up. So I biked downtown and back -- and the fuckers were still barking when I got home. I think they barked for two hours straight. Never did figure out what the hell pissed them off. If anything.
Important thing was I got two auditions done. Not as many as I'd have liked, but tomorrow's another day, hopefully without interruptions.
I still love dogs. But man they sure do cramp my style some days.