Oct 6, 2009
White Noise
A bit of a jump forward from the previous instalment.
WHITE NOISE
I go to see Ray because he calls and asks me to meet him. He says he’s had a meeting with the record company and they want to call the album White Noise, which I tell him I like. Ray shows me potential covers for the album, and the one we both agree on is of a white-coloured white noise sound-wave on a black background, with WHITE NOISE written in lower case red lettering on the cover. JACK SMITH is written in very, very dark grey at the bottom of the cover, which I like because it’s understated. Ray says he knew I’d say that.
We then move on the subject of the CD single artwork, and after some heated debate I just tell him to do what he wants. He says that’s convenient because the finished design has already been sent out. As I’m leaving he simply winks and says “Sex sells”. When I get home I just pace around the house for no reason at all other than I can’t relax. I check my e-mails and notice straight away I’ve got one from Samantha saying she loves the album. I hear her soft voice in my head as I read every word of her e-mail, as she reviews every single track. She says her favourite three songs are—in no order—Happy Ending, Everyone Knows You’ve Been Screwing Around (Except Me) and White Noise (probably my top three as well, in that order). She says she loves “the anger” in those songs, and says she nearly cried during Wish You Were Dead. She says the album is bound to be a huge hit. I smile as I read it but I wonder how honest she’s being. I’ve heard it all before.
It takes me nearly two hours to reply—I deliberate over every single word in the e-mail and wonder how she might construe it, and if it sounds good, or if it sounds stupid, and I wonder why I care so much. I type her name into Google and look at some pictures of her. Then I make sure to delete my history and temporary internet files. Kate has to work late, and when she gets home I’m asleep on the sofa.
LAST week we gave you the exclusive news that stunner SAMANTHA LOUISE was to star in the new Jack Smith music video, Plastic Woman. Our snapper was on hand to catch an exclusive shot of the couple leaving a posh London bar on Monday night.
An onlooker said, “There was definitely a spark between the two. Samantha looked gorgeous, and Jack—well, he’s a lucky guy!” He sure is.
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