Alright folks, Dave here. Happy New Year and all that, hope you all had a wonderful time over the festive period and the January comedown hasn't been too intense! I have found January to be slightly less depressing than in previous years mainly due to a strict diet of ping pong and Barack Obama. Anyways, here's a quick update of what's been going on in the magical land of Paolo Nutini and the Vipers;
This is the studio we were working in immediately before and after Christmas and New Year, it is built on a man-made island that moves through time and space never resting at any point for longer than it takes to fill up with petroleum, reboot the flux capacitor, pick up some Golden Wonder Salt and Vinegar crisps and grab a pack of Rizlas.
Here Paolo is setting the co-ordinates for the next jump as well as working on his fake tan. The UV panels were installed by Wham! in 1984, removed by Marilyn Manson in 98 before being reintroduced by David Dickinson when he recorded his little known but critically acclaimed album, "The Cheap as Chips Sessions" with Michael Aspel.
As well as being an accomplished blowy things player, Gavin Fitzjohn spent a year in Bratislava with Urich Idjenvgslef (meaning 'the big cheeked one') learning the sacred art of 'Cheek drumming'. The trick according to Gavin is, "take off your shoes, socks and underpants, feel the Earth's power between your toes, then smack your cheeks as hard as you can while moving your mouth up and down liking a dying Pike." Fascinating stuff.
Malky watched the Horse Whisperer with Robert Redford while in the studio and decided that the same principles could be applied to guitar tuning, "Some people say I'm crazy but it works! By simply holding the guitar in the firemans lift position and whispering to it, I bend it to my will and it will tune itself perfectly." Although it seems that some guitars are tamed easier than others; "to get the twelve string in tune I had to read it the first five chapters of War and Peace, the Stratocaster took a couple of stanza's of W.H. Auden whereas with the Les Paul all it took was a paragraph from Nuts magazine."
Here is Paolo fresh (if a little shaken) from a journey into the very heart of darkness from which he barely survived and only his quick-witted mind and agile ballerina feet kept him from meeting his maker. He has refused to go into details about his ordeal saying only that it stemmed from an argument with a shaman about Quantum Leap. His hand was stuck to his chin for 72 hours.
Hope you enjoyed this little picture tour? I'm off to hone my ping pong skills with a wooden spoon now!
Peace
Dave Nelson
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