I literally had to bite down on my own tongue to not burst out laughing as he gripped the arm rests in his chairs...
The plane steadied and he calmed down a little bit. We both laughed about the take off and I told him that I would video tape him during sustained moments of turbulence...
The fear immediately returned to his eyes. Pat looked directly at me and ask "You don't think there's going to be turbulence on the way to Denver do you?"
I thought the right thing to do was to tell the truth when put in a situation like this... I informed Pat that there is always a chance for turbulence, but we would just have to climb above the clouds. Pat sank into his chair and said "fuck that"...
He's calmed down considerably... his phone is apparently loaded with songs from the Dropkick Murphy's, Rancid and Social Distortion. Music I wouldn't normally associate with easing tension, but I'm trying my best to be supportive.
Now that he's calmed down a bit - my attention has returned to Hospitality.
I fucking love this record. I've listened to it three times today and can safely say that it's the front runner for best album of the month.
The first thing that really took a liking to was the attention spent on producing and capturing a beautiful sound on the record. On the song "Going Out"... the vocals tracks have just enough to room to breath over the beats. The instruments in juxtaposition feel appropriately contained - giving it a "Stones" kinda feeling.
I've really taking a liking to the song in the middle of the album called "Rockets & Jets". It's one of those tracks that starts with the entire band on all cylinders, then slowly unravels to allow every band member to showcase their contributions evenly. Kinda like the Cure, but without taking 8 minutes to do it.
