Completely Off-Topic: I'm hilarious

My sister found this log of a conversation we had possibly years ago:

Fake Radish says: 
S'mores make me ill 
Erin says: 
Its because you're not hardcore 
Fake Radish says: 
I remember eating them at Brownie camp and feeling like I got salmonella. 
Fake Radish says: 
So I haven't eaten them since! 
Erin says: 
what does salmonella feel like? 
Fake Radish says: 
Pretty bad, you get this odd fishy odor fumigating from your intestines 
Fake Radish says: 
Making you nauseated 
Erin says: 
lol 
Fake Radish says: 
It's a terrible thing. : < 
Erin says: 
sweetie i dont think salmonella means 'salmon in your belly' 
Fake Radish says: 
Of course it does! There's also tunaberculosis 
Erin says: 
ahaha 
Fake Radish says: 
And the Carp. : < 
Fake Radish says: 
I gots the carp. 
Fake Radish says: 
And fishyllis 
Erin  says: 
you're so funny 
Fake Radish says: 
I also have crabs. 

Luckily, this is just the tip of the WIT ICEBURG. 

"What's Doin' With Diefenbaker?" volume 3 - post 10/13/09 band practice

Not much been doin' in Diefenland lately (isn't it great how you can add Diefen- as a prefix to pretty much anything and it rules?). Due to out-of-town guests visiting and general need-to-work-on-music-stuffs-outside-of-band-practice-ness, we've only logged one significant band practice since the last "what's doin'" post, plus a couple lil' short aborted ones. Tonight was a return to form, at least from my perspective. I actually bothered to readjust the distortion settings on my amp before band practice so it actually didn't sound like actual shit, so that was one thing. Also, we've pretty much agreed to not worry about keyboard parts during practice, thereby freeing Shari up to concentrate on the lyrics and vocal performance, which makes the whole experience more enjoyable and, thereby, more sustainable for everyone involved. The keyboard parts will still be worked on, of course... just outside of the "band practice" setting, similar to the way I've been working on new songs. Less pressure, less people standing in a corner with a guitar strapped to them with nothing to do for long stretches of time...

Minutiae that may be of interest:
- It's been cooler lately so I was wearing a hat whilst playing guitar. Lots of fun!
- Yuri, for whatever reason, seems to love band practice (I thought it was because she's old and can't hear anymore, but that theory was disproven), so she was in the room the entire time... she seemed to sleep through most of it, though... take that as you will.
- There was a brief discussion, both before and during practice, about the usefulness of writing lyrics on the toilet (see above image).

Songs played:
"It's Not So Easy For Everyone" (lyrics and music: Borneman) (run through twice... Verdict: much improved vocals, just about perfect)

"(Untitled new song)" (lyrics: Fedak, music: Borneman) (messed around with, discussed... Verdict: a work in progress...)

"Interstate 80" (lyrics: Borneman, music: Borneman/Fedak)(run through once with new rhythm track and new coda added to end, tried something different with vocals on new ending... Verdict: agreed that the whole thing needs to be played faster... other than that, we're on our way)

Here's some rough worktape audio of the above-mentioned "(Untitled new song)": Doo da doo da doo da DOO doo doo

Everyone who reads this post and doesn't comment shall be banned from Diefenbaker's backstage coke parties once we get famous.

Rick Diefenbaker

Steve Perry

It's official: in a recent poll of lead singers in bands named after Due South characters and/or former Canadian prime ministers, 100% voted that the person they hate most in the world is Steve Perry from Journey.

Parenthetical to that, here's a bit of Diefenbaker audio I'd been meaning to put up for a while, but never got around to:

CLICK IF YOU HATE STEVE PERRY

It's from a very early "full band" practice recording (from that same hand-held cassette recorder, circa August '09) of when we were first starting to get the music together for Maybe Michelle. If you can't be bothered to listen to the actual clip, it pretty much sounds like New Order and Gang of Four being forced into a room together, hating each other at first, then realising that they have a lot in common and just fucking running with it.

If you put this together with the previously posted DA recording of Maybe Michelle with the current vocal, you can get a fairly good idea of what the song is shaping up to sound like, much more so than the demo version.

Steve Deifenbaker