Day 2
Hotel Café, Los Angeles, 14 March 2005
It turns out we're here to work. Luckily my confused body clock doesn't mind it if I get up early, but I do wonder if it let me stay up late.
First stop is a session for the hallowed "Morning becomes eclectic" show on KRCW. I didn't realise, but the station is on the campus of the University. On our way in we got lost and found ourselves in the 'Trainee Broadcaster' studio where ranks of students were learning to say "Cum'n up after the news we've got some more of that smoooth jazz you love to love" and "It's five after nine, you're tuned to KSOK at 98.46 on your FM dial, and boy have we got a show for you today".
After the KCRW session (look - you can watch it here) we stay in the studio and record another session for a station in Philadelphia. After that we go somewhere else and record a session you can hear on an aeroplane if you are very lucky.
Now it's time to return to the tiny Hotel Café with its funny little piano, which is a lot more out of tune than last time. The gig feels much more friendly than last time, which was a very Industry-heavy audience, and it's nice to play for an hour. We haven't really rehearsed, and although we have played everything hundreds of times, you're never quite sure what's going to come out if you haven't run through it first. Matt's wife and collaborator Kim is with us for a few days, and she joins us for Another little hole, If I fall and Brighter than sunshine, so they become big and fat with harmony, which is how I like it.
