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I just woke up and this'll be day six of
A six day recording session with Nathan
We've been working on both of these musical collaborations
The one with Sean Yeaton and this one with Ben and Jim
Last night I dreamed that Elliott Smith was still alive
And that he had hired me to play guitar with him
With his band he was taking on tour
There was a band meeting at the hotel lobby
Elliott was quiet and the drummer of the
Band told us he was gonna read us something
It was a letter that Elliott had written and
Elliott wanted us all to gather 'round and hear it
The letter was three pages long, soggy and covered in seaweed
The main point of the letter
Was that Elliott didn't want any of us to
Complain about anything at all during the tour
The letter went on to say that Elliott had a
Son who was possibly gonna flunk the third grade
And that this was a real problem
Something he was very stressed out about
And that if any of us had any complaints
To realize that life could be worse as none of
Us had kids who were about to flunk any classes
He was rubbing his eyes while his drummer read the letter
Just like Elliott did during our small Swedish tour
After the letter was read, I asked Elliott, "Hey, where you livin'?"
And he said, "Kakran"
Like the city of Akron, but with a "K" in the front of it
He said he really missed the beach and the nice weather of Los Angeles
Just as I was about to ask where Kakran was, I woke up from the dream
It was nice to see Elliott Smith again
The sun is shining today and I'm gonna get out
And walk and enjoy it before going into the studio
Nathan and I met Caroline last night for dinner in Chinatown
He's a good natured person and it's nice to have him around
Caroline asked him how it was going with raising his kid
He said it's been a lot of fun, that it's really not too hard, he said
He's one of the few friends of mine who's raising a kid
Who's not complaining about how hard