Caveman...

[fredinator]

Has another VERY interesting note in his diary...

[larryfromnextdoor]

Has another VERY interesting note in his diary...

nancy ,, for crying out loud, post up the link... ugh!!!

[Aaron]

http://www.cavemanproductions.com/cavediary.htm

[Rick]

Has another VERY interesting note in his diary...

nancy ,, for crying out loud, post up the link... ugh!!!

Here, I have to do everything around here.

Caveman

[fredinator]

Dang it, now I'm in a panic and effing it all up...

http://www.cavemanproductions.com/cavediary.htm

[Rick]

http://www.cavemanproductions.com/cavediary.htm

You're quick!

[Aaron]

http://www.cavemanproductions.com/cavediary.htm

You're quick!

[JH'sTXfan]

"history in the making"?

[larryfromnextdoor]

ok everyone!!

[Carlitto H@kk]

Can anyone copy/paste the diary entry???
I can't get to the link from my location;
the network here blocks it

[Rick]

Can anyone copy/paste the diary entry???
I can't get to the link from my location;
the network here blocks it

In it's entirety.

______________WednesdayNovember14th2007Malibu, CA

Had to check my watch... Gosh, is it still 1980? * Finished a wonderful, succesful, stupidly creative stint in the Bay Area and then drove back home last night, feeling chuffed as only those rare, monster sessions leave you. Sometimes you just know when there's history in the making. The drive itself was only memorable because at 11pm I stopped in at Carl's Junior on the way home, somewhere between San Jose and Wherever, CA. attracted by the Portobello burger commercial, and it is indeed a memorable feast! Could feed a family........ Woke up shattered but at home for a bit as my folks arrive from Oz tomorrow, for Thanksgiving in Medora, IN, and another memorable feast to be had there, no doubt! It's their first Thanksgiving as is Talon's, whom they'll meet for the first time, and they'll have to be on their game to understand all the accents Southern Indiana tosses up. We, of course, don't have one...... we speak the Queen's English - like the Irish before us! Talon's ten weeks old today - so gorgeous and quite a chatterbox (no accent there either). Then my month turns turtle and gets nuts as I have 12 long flights before the year's out, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Indianapolis and London - all multiple times - and I'm not looking forward to the equivalent of 5 days in airports and the same non-stop flying, but there's work to be done.

______________SundayNovember11th2007Malibu, CA

11/11 "We will remember them."

Back home with both beautiful sons and wife - Sunday threw up an overcast day - perfect for "babysitting" the growing infant while Brett Favre gets his game on and wife makes soup! * Terrific studio sessions are throwing up sensation after sensation, and make this job really worth doing! For interesting Rock goss - check Ross' site. He's more apt to cough up some juicy tidbits than I.......... * My parents are coming in from Australia next weekend, to experience their first Yankee Thanksgiving, in Indiana! Joe Bonamassa - Sloe Gin is #1 on the Billboard Blues charts for 9 weeks now!

______________TuesdayNovember6th2007Malibu, CA

Guy Fawkes Day yesterday - we used to celebrate it every year, in the home country, when I was growing up, with loads of fireworks.... ahh, those were the days - I'd bet my eldest son couldn't tell me what it's all about.

In the middle of recording vocals yesterday, I got a call from a very excited Richard Young (Kentucky Headhunters) because his son's band, Kentucky's rock 'n roll preachers Black Stone Cherry, had won Best Newcomer at the Classic Rock Awards in London on Monday night. Their album (mixed by Yours Truly and therefore the plug) has done very well indeed, and it seems they'd like to continue the collaboration. Seems Classic Rock was honoring Jimmy Page through the evening and I am sure excited to see him play in December.

______________SaturdayNovember3rd2007Malibu, CA

Back home last night, to loving wife and ever-so-slightly fussy youngest son - (the elder is busy being dark and getting tattoos! Oy!). It's good to be home, although in my absence, wife and mother-in-law have taken to invite the DOG onto the bed to sleep, so I have had to reinstate my position as Alpha Dog and send it scuttling to the floor! Scram! * Pats and Colts tomorrow - don't visit - I'm looking forward to some football............ Led Zeppelin have had to postpone their tribute show, which cost me a fortune and now jeopardizes my seeing it, as there are other things in life I need to do. So, that will mean working in Vegas that week...

______________ThursdayNovember1st2007San Francisco, CA

Up in San Francisco for a couple of weeks - it's foggy. Went for a bike ride along the bay - had flashbacks to working here with Steve Perry and the J-boys in 1996.

[mistiejourney]

Just a question...something just flashed in my head so I'll run it here:

Could Caveman be working with JSS? All those Australia concerts cancelled?

Maybe it's stupid, but it just crossed my mind.

[larryfromnextdoor]

"history in the making"?

that could just about mean anything,,,

"history in the making, that we cant GIVE an album away".......

"history in the making that a band has virtually no hardcore fans left, and mess up everything that could turn into gold...

"history in the making that they release an album of old hits sung by a different singer , without performing with him first, then get sued..."

i ran out...

[MCC620]

"Had to check my watch... Gosh, is it still 1980? * Finished a wonderful, succesful, stupidly creative stint in the Bay Area and then drove back home last night, feeling chuffed as only those rare, monster sessions leave you. Sometimes you just know when there's history in the making. The drive itself was only memorable because at 11pm I stopped in at Carl's Junior on the way home, somewhere between San Jose and Wherever, CA. attracted by the Portobello burger commercial, and it is indeed a memorable feast! Could feed a family........ Woke up shattered but at home for a bit as my folks arrive from Oz tomorrow, for Thanksgiving in Medora, IN, and another memorable feast to be had there, no doubt! It's their first Thanksgiving as is Talon's, whom they'll meet for the first time, and they'll have to be on their game to understand all the accents Southern Indiana tosses up. We, of course, don't have one...... we speak the Queen's English - like the Irish before us! Talon's ten weeks old today - so gorgeous and quite a chatterbox (no accent there either). Then my month turns turtle and gets nuts as I have 12 long flights before the year's out, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Indianapolis and London - all multiple times - and I'm not looking forward to the equivalent of 5 days in airports and the same non-stop flying, but there's work to be done."

[MCC620]

Can anyone copy/paste the diary entry???
I can't get to the link from my location;
the network here blocks it

"Had to check my watch... Gosh, is it still 1980? * Finished a wonderful, succesful, stupidly creative stint in the Bay Area and then drove back home last night, feeling chuffed as only those rare, monster sessions leave you. Sometimes you just know when there's history in the making. The drive itself was only memorable because at 11pm I stopped in at Carl's Junior on the way home, somewhere between San Jose and Wherever, CA. attracted by the Portobello burger commercial, and it is indeed a memorable feast! Could feed a family........ Woke up shattered but at home for a bit as my folks arrive from Oz tomorrow, for Thanksgiving in Medora, IN, and another memorable feast to be had there, no doubt! It's their first Thanksgiving as is Talon's, whom they'll meet for the first time, and they'll have to be on their game to understand all the accents Southern Indiana tosses up. We, of course, don't have one...... we speak the Queen's English - like the Irish before us! Talon's ten weeks old today - so gorgeous and quite a chatterbox (no accent there either). Then my month turns turtle and gets nuts as I have 12 long flights before the year's out, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Indianapolis and London - all multiple times - and I'm not looking forward to the equivalent of 5 days in airports and the same non-stop flying, but there's work to be done."

[larryfromnextdoor]

Just a question...something just flashed in my head so I'll run it here:

Could Caveman be working with JSS? All those Australia concerts cancelled?

Maybe it's stupid, but it just crossed my mind.

[JH'sTXfan]

"history in the making"?

that could just about mean anything,,,

"history in the making, that we cant GIVE an album away".......

"history in the making that a band has virtually no hardcore fans left, and mess up everything that could turn into gold...

"history in the making that they release an album of old hits sung by a different singer , without performing with him first, then get sued..."

i ran out...

Very likely

[JrnyScarab]

"history in the making"?

"history in the making that they release an album of old hits sung by a different singer , without performing with him first, then get sued..."

i ran out...

Very likely

I really wonder if they are re-recording the classics at all. Kevin Shirley's comments sound like someone really excited. I can't imagine KS getting that worked up about just re-doing the classics. Something tells me it's something new instead.

Ed

[Lula]

history in the making- a sure fire way to cement the title of "laughing stock" if it is indeed a rerecording of the hits.

[Rick]

Just a question...something just flashed in my head so I'll run it here:

Could Caveman be working with JSS? All those Australia concerts cancelled?

Maybe it's stupid, but it just crossed my mind.

You never know what's going on. Everything is kept top secret for some dumb reason. Everything seems cryptic. Then when the debut finally hits, you're like... "Is that it?, They kept us on pins and needles for that?" Now that wasn't the case for me with the new Loverboy album and the Scorps new album. I was pleasantly surprised by both. The Eagles.... hmmm. The jury is still out on that one. I also liked the new REO record a good bit. But I'm not enthusiastic about anything Journey right now. I'm scared to get my hopes up.

[JH'sTXfan]

"history in the making"?

"history in the making that they release an album of old hits sung by a different singer , without performing with him first, then get sued..."

i ran out...

Very likely

I really wonder if they are re-recording the classics at all. Kevin Shirley's comments sound like someone really excited. I can't imagine KS getting that worked up about just re-doing the classics. Something tells me it's something new instead.

Ed

You're probably right. I was just kidding around.

[fredinator]

I was more compelled by the "rare" and "monster sessions" he talked about especially since his favorite band is Led Zeppelin and he has worked with Aerosmith and U2, etc. There is no reason to think Perry is recording, is there?

[JrnyScarab]

"history in the making"?

"history in the making that they release an album of old hits sung by a different singer , without performing with him first, then get sued..."

i ran out...

Very likely

I really wonder if they are re-recording the classics at all. Kevin Shirley's comments sound like someone really excited. I can't imagine KS getting that worked up about just re-doing the classics. Something tells me it's something new instead.

Ed

You're probably right. I was just kidding around.

Yeah, I know you are . It's just that everyone keeps talking about re-doing the classics and I'm not so sure that's what they're up to. Will have to wait and see!

[mistiejourney]

I was more compelled by the "rare" and "monster sessions" he talked about especially since his favorite band is Led Zeppelin and he has worked with Aerosmith and U2, etc. There is no reason to think Perry is recording, is there?

Not that I can discern, but man, the secrecy thing is really out of proportion for just a band - if you think about it... REO talked up their latest for a year before it came out!

[Rip Rokken]

I bet Andrew knows -- something is going on, here. The name change for the forum, etc.

[JrnyScarab]

I was more compelled by the "rare" and "monster sessions" he talked about especially since his favorite band is Led Zeppelin and he has worked with Aerosmith and U2, etc. There is no reason to think Perry is recording, is there?

Not that I can discern, but man, the secrecy thing is really out of proportion for just a band

I'm surprised they haven't hired the Department of Homeland Security. Are you sure they aren't recording at Area 51?

[larryfromnextdoor]

I was more compelled by the "rare" and "monster sessions" he talked about especially since his favorite band is Led Zeppelin and he has worked with Aerosmith and U2, etc. There is no reason to think Perry is recording, is there?

Not that I can discern, but man, the secrecy thing is really out of proportion for just a band - if you think about it... REO talked up their latest for a year before it came out!

oh gosh!! . i hate to be negative,, but ive fallen for that 20x.. "this is the best and most exciting album we have ever done"... kiss- asylum, ann and nancy wilson-lovmongers, van halen-3 (sorry red), zepplin- walking into clarksdale... ect..

[texafana]

I like the quote where he said something like Ross would be more likely to cough out a few bits on information. History being made eh? Could that Seriously be Possible? lol..

[The_Noble_Cause]

Increasingly, dinosaur AOR acts are only achieving success by playing other peoples' hits (see Def Leppard, Styx, Rod Stewart).
That said, if Journey has committed itself to this, I'd much rather have them giving modern takes on their own material, than someone elses.
Neal is a better player now then when any of dirty dozen were recorded. Plus, he's had the benefit of embellishing his solos for decades. If you've seen him in concert, you already know this. Such indulgent, masturbatory grandstanding is a matter of personal taste, but I'd welcome an updated version of the hits in my collection.
If you stop and think about it, what little success the post-Perry era has achieved was essentially a dvd of GH covers.

I was even more in favor of this idea when it was floated with Jeff still in the band.
I think it's the bands best shot of making Sony and moreover, the consuming public give a shit.

[larryfromnextdoor]

I think it's the bands best shot of making Sony and moreover, the consuming public give a shit.

thats a thought..