16 July 2009

---------------------------------------------------------------------- day 6
Very productive day at the cave. Having spent the last two days reading the terminally unreadable "user manual" of the new portastudio, managed to put down a few drum tracks and sang on a couple of songs. The set-up, as usual, is slightly improvised, with an old tripod standing for a mike-stand and bits of sellotape hanging things together. I've often felt that my life has always been held together by the flimsiest of sellotapes, a mere hint of a breeze and the whole lot gets displaced. But that in itself, the feeling that you're always just hanging in there, can have a positive effect, as you become used to improvising and adapting yourself to any corner, whatever shape and size. Been thinking about shapes a lot - just shapes; how sometimes things just fit, without any effort. That has become a near obsession, having things fit just right, without a struggle. Funny how we seem to spend so much time trying to make things work. I have now come to see that, often, if something needs to be worked-out until the morning light, then it will probably never be a smooth fit. You see, the things that have remained with me, are those that fell beautifully into place, and before I could even acknowledge its existence, had already claimed a place in my life. And so to songs, I could never imagine trying to make "it" work. Sometimes, something just fall into place in such an unprovoked way, that it is hard to ignore it, and those are the ones I keep. Tomorrow I'm meeting Daron, go through a few ideas, try to decide on a setlist of sorts and a few other things for the London gig. I can hardly contain my excitement. Had a dream about the gig last night, my mum was in a room close to the stage, but couldn't see the show, as she didn't have a ticket. There - that should keep all the "would-be" Freudian Pathos Hunters busy for a week or so.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

yeeepppy! new drugstore album!
lady, you made my day!
secret fan :)

Sue said...

I can understand the falling into place thing, I strongly believe that if something is meant to happen all goes well, if you're not meant to own anything it gets lost, etc. So, I hope all goes well and I cannot wait to hear the new album! Best wishes, Sue

Steve P said...

Just when I thought Drugstore had dissapeared into the ether, i find you are back.......makes me a happy bunny indeed......hope their will be more gigs to follow as i cannot make Dingwalls..hope it all goes well though.

angela said...

Isabel, Gideon Coe sounded excited you are back writing when he plugged the gig on his radio 6 show through a request on Wednesday night-The link is here from 1:11:44

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00ls1k

What you write about stuff falling into place....Sadly it reminded me of something Ive never got round to doing-I am now semi-resigned to the fact I will never be the proud owner of a fader clock. The fader CD is the only CD I thought of as, and have since thought of as, a beautiful object-When I first had it I thought the colours, lettering and lack of symmetry made it perfect-just so, and had a weird need to make a clock of it(I haven't looked it up but imagine this is a condition) Every time Ive removed it from the cover(which has somehow remained unbent or marked despite the usual everyday mistreatment)over the years, the clock urge has always been there but my laziness meant it didnt fall into place. Maybe it would have been unhappy as a clock : ) and a recording, different copy or download would never have sounded the same.

Thank you for all the happy drugstore moments and for making the habitual journeys and wondering through times seem that bit special accompanied by your songs in my ears. I am really looking forward to the new songs.

angela said...

Oops-Link typo-The link with a plug is here from about 1:11:44

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00ls1kl

isabel monteiro said...

cheers angela - gideon is a very lovely man indeed!
x

isabel monteiro said...

sorry - should also have said -
and so are you! but that goes w/out saying...

angela said...

Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh those good vibes have seeped into the corners of my weekend :) XxX

Am in agreement about Gideon Coe, not based on his excellent music tastes, calming voice, self deprecating manner or choice of football team, but purely on his name. The findings of the confidential and costly 'world gideon loveliness experiments' are to be published in 3 years time, and the conclusions will be that all people named gideon are lovely.

I hope your new guitar-I wouldnt know which was better, the guitar or the gesture-is even more gorgeous than a heavenly strawberry, rhubarb, meringue, fresh mint and cream dessert which I ate dreamily from a wine glass yesterday evening. I would rustle one up and attach it to an email if I could do either. I will work on both...

Mortiss said...

about things fitting... I dunno if any of you guys ever played Tetris... I've aways thought life was a bit like that... how you can make everything fit if you turned it round enough times... ok its late and I'm being a geek.