Welcome Home

A letter from our house guest, Beau Sorenson, typed on one of the vintage typewriters we have here. Received upon arrival at the house and so good, I felt it necessary to transcribe here:

Hello there. How was your trip?
It's nice to have you back.

OBSERVATIONS

Sometimes it smells nice when you sit on the big couch. I think it has something to do with the fireplace. Maybe the trees? (referring to the 5 fake pine trees we acquired from the last Tegan & Sara record)

It is hard to justify turning down a $30 one-time donation to the ACLU while standing in front of a grand piano.

Zilla Sake is perfect for Date Night. HOWEVER: the first website Google returns (www.zillasake.com) is NOT the correct page (www.zillasakehouse.com). Visiting the former will melt your eyeballs, murder your kitten, and get your name put on a list somewhere. You have been warned. (Absolutely true. This really should be pulled.)

Extracto beats espresso machine, every time.

KITCHEN REPORT

Upon finding food in the cupboards, I attempted to eat it and replace with similar. Therefore, the almonds are fresh.

Why does the salt have sand in it?

DAMAGE REPORT

No animals were harmed in this sitting of the house. (We had a casualty last time with our beloved Butch, the truck stop bear.)

However, two wine glasses did not make the journey. Sorry about that. I was unable to locate similar in local stores. To help compensate you for your loss, a 'Computerland' mug has been left in your cupboard. Please forward an invoice for damages to:

Beau Sorenson
(address withheld for privacy)
Madison, WI (zip code withheld for the same reason)

Sometimes the upstairs stereo develops a loud buzzing noise in the left channel after 30 minutes of use. Not always a problem, just sometimes.

The structural integrity of the downstairs bathroom tissue dispenser is dubious. Do not attempt to stand on it.

STUDIO REPORT

Almost everything pretty much worked for me mostly all of the time. Andrew and I tracked 2 songs, Sarah and I did 9, and I mixed 4 of my own songs.

I started making a list of the things I had trouble with, but upon returning to them, most of my problems could not reliably be repeated.

I like that green sparkle guitar.

The 'Beau' folder on the Archive drive is all the stuff I recorded. I am fairly confident I have redundant digital copies of all of it, but if you could sit on it for a week or two before deleting it, that would be swell.

ETC REPORT

I tried to clean the stuff I made dirty. In doing this, I may have moved some stuff about. This applies especially to the studio: smaller collections of flotsam were kept together, but possibly moved to a safe, out-of-the-way spot. I tried not to hide anything.

I think Molly took a bath. She doesn't usually get to do that sort of thing.

I listened to lots of records and discs and made a sincere effort to return them to exact shelf locations. I probably failed with a few of them. They all got close, though.

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I would like to thank you once again for the opportunity to live in your house for a month. I had a wonderful time, accomplished a good amount of work, and explored the surrounding area. It was really, really great. This is truly a wonderful place and I hope I find myself here in the future.

Warm regards,
Beau

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Beau, you're welcome back any time as long as you keep writing letters like this. Thank you for the Grizzly Bear LP.