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Friday night, while working on their own record, Mike and Dave from Microdot stopped in to do some work on the Wall.

Cut to 4am, we're wrapping up.

As a joke, around 12:30 (as Microdot was finishing up their session) we said "That's it! We're finishing the Wall tonight. We'll work 'till it's done."

Well, it's not done, but we did a hell of a lot. We went through nearly the whole record and filled up a lot of empty spaces.

Vocals on "the Trial," as well as a banjo part (will that make the cut?)

Rhythm guitar on "On the Run."

Vocals on "In the Flesh?" (the first one, in our version)

Rhythm guitar on "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)". I layed down a new bass as well (I think the synth bass we had is gonna get thrown out).

I used the Juno 106 to create a "helicopter" sound for the segue between "Another Brick (Part 1)" and "Happiest Days of Our Lives." What a great synth. It's getting a little more flakey every day, but I love it . Someday I'll write a whole blog about it, but it was my first synth. I was around 15, and it's played a lot of Rush licks, and made a lot of NUTTY sounds.

Layered vocals on "Bring the Boys Back Home." Mike Ingenthron should be commended for his harmonizing. The guy's got talent. All three Microdotters do; part of the fun of the Wall is just getting to hear them perform bits. Mike and Dave were downright adorable in the booth, sharing a pair of headphones.

All in all, it was a good bunch of bricks...