false finish

yesterday Jacques and Josh came over and we worked some more on "Homage"...Josh brought over his 12 string acoustic guitar (minus 2 strings he ended up breaking by the time we recorded it) and we added that as a little bit of background texture with Josh holed up in my small bathroom...it sounded nice...then after that i went to the DJ Spooky show at the hi-tone with Josh, David, Sheifali, and Dustin...it was alright, i was pretty tired though and after a while everything i was hearing became a solid blur...but just about the coolest thing ever happened! some guy came up to me and asked me if i was in The Family Ghost...i said yes and he said that he just wanted to say that he thought we were great and one of the better bands in town...that was a bit of a shock...some guy i don't know...i was sitting at a table with David and the place was really dark, of course...so that i was recognized at all seems to be a strange feat...and beging recognized for the band i'm in as apposed to being recognized as "robert"...i dunno, it's crazy...that alone was worth the price of admission...so i mentioned the show next week (thursday, but you knew that alright, right?) he asked where it was so i said murphy's and he said that's where he saw us the one time (it almost had to be, but HE didn't know that...) anyway...today we finally practiced for that show for the first time in over a month...(been busy workin' on the record) and that was pretty alright...well, Jacques got there early and we were trying to finish up "Homage" and my main guitar, my Silvertone broke...it fell over at this previously harmless crack on the headstock split open (it ran through where the tuning pegs are situated) it didn't completely split but it won't stay in tune and it's on the verge of just splitting apart...so yeah, until it can be fixed (IF it can be fixed) it's unplayable...which sucks, but at least i have some other guitars to fall back on...so i fell back on my Danelectro...we finished up my guitar part and then we redid the vocals and it all sounded nice...so [drumroll] we proceeded to mix it down...and accomplished the task!!! the album is now mixed down!!! that means technically it's finished, aside from mastering...that shouldn't (i hope/think) be so involved as the recording/mixing processes...probbaly (i hope/think) should be a day's work...wow...i should be pissed about my guitar, normally would be, but i'm so excited about the album!!! then later tonight i worked on executing an idea for cover art...i took some pictures (even dragging some lamps around for lighting...how hi-tech...) maybe you'll end up seeing it if the other dudes in the band approve...we'll see...i guess that's it...