Man, they didn’t get around to making our changes and sending out a new proof today. Ryan seems pretty stressed out. A whole week of production time down the tubes last week and now no early start this week. Wahh wahh wahh wahhh (sad slide trombone sound)…

Well not necessarily that new. Earlier this year, at a friend’s garage sale, i saw he had an old 60’s looking fender bassman amp, just the head. Being a guitarist, i knew they were well loved guitar amps so I took it home to see if it worked and had a religious experience despite it being really noisy due to it not having been taken care of all that greatly for most of its life. I got it fixed up and it’s sounding awesome. I wish i had it for the album that we just finished but I’m certain it’ll be all over the next album after. Also, I recently picked up a new Epiphone Valve Junior amp. If anyone’s looking to buy a great sounding new tube amp at a ridiculously low price, this is the amp to get.

The Chillin’ with Lovespirals podcast has been added into iTunes new podcast listings. Just visit the iTunes store, click the podcasts link, and either use the “search all podcasts” tool or scroll through the music category to find the Chillin’ with Lovespirals entry. From there, you can hit the “subscribe” button to begin receiving all band podcasts right in your iTunes player. You can also view more info by clicking either our podast logo or the podcast title link. This is one of the easiest ways for podcast newbies to subscribe to the twice monthly band podcast.

Kevin Rose was talking about how they couldn’t get their photo for This Week in Tech’s podcast to show up in Apple iTunes iPod feature, so now I don’t feel so bad about ours. Maybe when they figure out how to get it working they’ll spread the love and we can copy whatever they did? I guess standards are still being figured out with all of this new technology. But I do wonder if *anyone* is seeing our iPod logo or not…

Finally got around to upgrading my iTunes and that new podcast feature is pretty handy. Easier than firing up iPodder, anyway. Not that that was hard, per se, but its one more step. I am bummed, though, to see that our Podcast artwork isn’t showing up. I wonder what went wrong with the jpg attachment? Ryan put together the code for that, so I have no idea. I hope not having proper art won’t affect Apple’s decision to include our podcast in the directory or not. I wonder?

The newest episode is up! This time around, Anji and Ryan discuss their
participation in the international Pink Floyd tribute, None of Us is Pink. This
second episode of “Chillin with Lovespirals” is available as a direct download
on the new podcast page, along with the first
episode. We strongly encourage you to subscribe via RSS, as well. New
episodes should launch every other week, so stay tuned for more!

So I had thought we’d do a weekly podcast, but Ryan’s thinking we’ll do an every other weekly podcast. What’s the technical term for that, anyway? The first one was released on a Wednesday. I wonder if we should stick with the “humpday” release date? Some people say we’re “babymaking music” so I guess that’s kinda cute. Sheesh, what station was it that used to talk about “humpday” — was it KLOS or KMET? Hmm… I seem to remember it being a classic rock station, anyway. Well, when the music was still actually contemporary in the 70’s. Come to think of it, when did that genre name come into use?

Now it’s time to get our artwork and packaging together for the new CD. It was difficult getting all the lyrics into the last one, even with the extra panel. I don’t think we’ll be able to print them inside this time. I’m thinking about creating a PDF file that folks can download off the site to either read on their computers or print. Of course, the lyrics will be on the site, too. I dunno. I always like being able to read the lyrics while I listen to albums. That’s one of the things that was so great about the 12″ vinyl format! You got great artwork, plenty of room for band photos, complete credits PLUS the lyrics. CDs are just too small to squeeze all that in. I tried with Windblown Kiss but I’m not totally happy with how it turned out. I’m really not sure how I want the new one to look, but I think somehow more like a record.

Sheesh! I am constantly amazed by how creepy some people can be. I was following up on an email from a band name registry site, and discovered that this ahole had registered Love Spirals Downwards as his band that he’d “begun in 1998”, with his homepage link and “record label” listed. Why would someone do something so stupid? Boggles the mind…

Lovespirals have launched a brand new podcast in conjunction with Chillcuts called “Chillin’ with Lovespirals.” Ryan and Anji discuss the evolution of the band’s fan interaction and computer use, answer fan email, and more in the premier episode. Download and subscribe via RSS for future episodes via the handy visual links on Lovespirals’ site.

This weekend I edited together a half hour Hungry Lucy interview feature for my Live365 internet radio station, Chillcuts. I’m kinda sneak previewing it in a half hour, just to check it out. Not sure what time will be the best to play it at for folks to tune in. Ryan thinks most people listen at work, so that would be daytime weekday hours. Even if I just plan for American listeners, I have to consider West Coast VS East Coast. Hmm… Wish I could just stagger it for a different time each day, so everyone will get a convenient timeslot. But that would be more of a pain in the ass with Live365’s Broadcast Scheduler. Oh well, people should just set their little ripping programs to grab it, anyway.

The 1998 Love Spirals Downwards track, “Psyche,” featuring vocalist Kristen Perry-Gow, was included on episode #501 of Dawson’s Creek, on the WB Network. This season premier episode was just released on the Season 5 DVD set on May 3, 2005.