The Sad Clown

I’m sitting around at work. I’ve spent most of the day ‘networking’ or trying to figure out my current madcap research task, which involves a lot of foraging through the internet and putting stuff into Endnote.

Anyway. Last week at band practice we were discussing going into the studio on January 2nd to do demos of our supposed new album. There was a lot of debate. We’ve been practicing the songs, making up new songs, Matt was getting feisty about trying to book a date and the rest of us were all being elusive. But it sorted itself out. Then we started arguing over what the album is going to be called.

Those of you who know one or more of us will, of course, be familiar with our last album, which was originally released featuring a picture of Matt’s huge, fat head on the front cover. We asked him if he thinking of going in the same direction this time. He was elusive. Later, after he’d passed out, I found a ‘design brief’ he’d drawn up. From what I can tell his idea for the album cover is a picture of him dressed as a clown. He had a list of the potential album names he’d like to use:

The Sad Clown Frowns
Frowning with the Sad Clown
Revenge of the Sad Clown
Turn that Frown Upside Down
Confessions of a Sad Clown
Clowning Around with the Sad Clown

The list goes on. I can’t be bothered typing it all out. I’m going to confront him about it tonight. Updates to follow.