I guess I understand the addiction. I mean, they do kill the pain. But right now my entire body and mind is overflowing with a warm sensation. It almost feels a bit like apathy, but more trippy. I don’t normally use these things, but the pain so far from this surgery has warranted them. Off i drift in happy land now. Later! -ww (willy wonka)
Big news is, I am alive. Screw all the pain, nausea. We can look past the Linda Blair style projectile vomitting. Because I made it. I am still here. The surgery itself lasted about 2 hours. Dr. D went in for the right tonsil, then noticed some little piece of the left had still been there. Well, he cut that right out. Then it was time to be an artist. He had been itching to take another crack at my trache scar in the way I would love the opportunity to remix “Intertwined.” So, I let him. He had a solid plan for it. Time will tell if it worked. Ok, enough for now… it may be time to go puke again! 
Talk to you all later! Miserable, but with a smirk and with love, Russell
No, it’s not another briss (thank god) But tomorrow morning, I go in again for surgery. I expect to come out of it just fine. I have every reason to. The record is sounding fantastic. School is going well. Etc… I don’t really have much to write at this moment. I always get a little reflective before a surgery, but this time, I am trying to be low key about the event. Am I nervous? Sure. Who wouldn’t be. Well, anyway, just in case anything crazy happens, I will still have the cd out this year. I have already recorded my acoustic and vocals. See you all soon, and remember to leave April 14th open. We are playing at the Middle East Upstairs in Central Square in Cambridge. I plan on being there, and so should you! http://www.mideastclub.com Keep those good thoughts coming. It will help me get back on my feet ASAP. later -rw
The better to eat you with? Well, I don’t know how or why they picked that big damn toothy smile for the picture, but that’s the one they picked. If you don’t know what I am talking about, go to: http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2004/03.11/05-bigpic.html They did write a nice story about me and I do appreciate it. In the meantime, I have been finishing up vocals on the new record. I figure, if something evil happens in surgery, you guys will have enough of the new record now. I played all my guitars, sang all my vox, the band played drums and bass. We will be adding lots of fun guests over the next couple of months. We are considering spreading the year out into two seperate releases… one EP that will contain a couple of not so “radio friendly” tunes within it, and then the LP which without those tunes will be a kickass record! Any thoughts on that? Talk to y’all soon. -rw
Let me tell you how proud I am of this band. they worked their little heineys off all weekend. Eric and Pete are legends in their own area codes. We managed to record most of the basic tracks for the new disc. While we are a LONG way from the finish line, we got a HUGE head start! Thanks so much to Tom Waltz from Waltz audio in Boston who dragged his ass out of retirement to take on the session and Neale Eckstein who helped engineer the thing. More later, sleep now!
I will never understand them. Never, ever, ever. I am torn right now. I want to write about the positive things going on. K, I will do just that. On a positive note, I think every single song on the new disc is written about a dating experience good or bad. Anyway, we go into the studio on Friday to start the new album. I am so psyched about that. This past weekend, I actually got to meet someone incredible on Sunday that I had no idea I would be able to. If you recall, around the holidays, I had seen a story about an accident victim on TV. They followed her story throughout her recovery and I wondered how I might go about meeting her. It turns out we had the same doctors who helped put us back together. So, I mentioned something to him a while back. He passed along one of my discs as a token of good will. She emailed me last week. We got together over the weekend. It was an amazing experience. I had a huge amount of respect for her before we met. Although how we got there was extremely different, our recoveries followed similar paths at times. It was a very powerful and emotional experience for me to be able to sit across from someone who had been through some of the same things. I think the worst of it still has to be the memory and experience of waking up with a tube in my neck. For the first time in my life, not breathing out of my nose or mouth. I know, thanks for sharing… Either way, I feel so lucky to have met her. She is a truly amazing woman who continues to lead a remarkable life. We had a great day together and I am certain we will meet again.
This is Roadkill, the seldom updated journal that chronicles the life, times, and travels of Russell Wolff.
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