http://blog.trashcansinatras.com musings about and by the trashcan sinatras Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:23:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en hello all!if you have a look at the wikipedia entry for the trashcans, it says "they finally returned in 2004 with weightlifting, which was warmly received by the critics (citation needed)..."  made me laugh, anyway.  how are you?  speaking of citations, i've dragged myself away from the official judgement in ... http://blog.trashcansinatras.com/archives/50 Hi all, I would like to draw your attention to our 'fan cover' section. You can find it via the multimedia link on the front page. They are all interesting in various ways... I'm sure you will find something you like/hate. My favorites, at the moment, are Eddi Readers sublime "Wild ... http://blog.trashcansinatras.com/archives/48 now that frank, john and paul have left martha's vineyard, where do the recordings stand?  they left for the vineyard in cold, clear weather on january 21.  they had recorded the backing tracks for 14 songs in new york during november-december and hoped to finish overdubs and vocals on the ... http://blog.trashcansinatras.com/archives/41 Hi all...We are days away from leaving Marthas Vineyard and finishing our recording. Our days and nights here have been filled with beautiful sunrises, blood red moons,  ocean views, crystal clear night skies, snowstorms, wild deer and rabbits... and our songs floating through the air ... songs that appeared here, ... http://blog.trashcansinatras.com/archives/39 hi everyone, just a wee update on what we're up to. since monday, we've been staying at a beautiful house on the island of martha's vineyard, just off the cape cod coast.  ridiculous i know, but true.  and stranger still, it seems to suit us!   andy (producer) and ruddy (engineer) have ... http://blog.trashcansinatras.com/archives/29 Well.... here we are in 2008... so glad you made it. How was our 2007 ? Low key is one way to put it. After the previous few years of touring the U.S.A., Australia, Japan, Ireland and the U.K. with our 'Weightlifting' masterpiece, we needed some time at home to ... http://blog.trashcansinatras.com/archives/28 the spinART story an interesting one. here are a few more details around this: what i have heard is that, as of sometime around april 2007, jeff price was "no longer associated with spinART" (see earlier blog entry). as recently as november 2007, he "doesn't know where things ... http://blog.trashcansinatras.com/archives/27 Okay, let's clear up the confusion here. We have, indeed, been recording our new L.P. At Stratosphere Sound in New York City, to be exact. We couldn't really mention it before because of the silly rules of a grant we applied for (didnae get it). Andy Chase is producing and ... http://blog.trashcansinatras.com/archives/26 word on the street is that spinART records has gone out of business and filed for bankruptcy. i wish i knew when that became official, because it's a very sad day in this world, one that should be marked on the calendar and never forgotten. spinART had a reputation for ... http://blog.trashcansinatras.com/archives/24 We are off to New York City soon to record our next album. In tribute to the city and to set the mood for our visit, here are some of my favourite New York inspired moments The Strokes/Jack White "New York City Cops" "Taxi" title sequence ... http://blog.trashcansinatras.com/archives/21