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February 2009 roundup
One more great month has gone by. This one was short so there might not have been as much news as it was the case in the “rocket-charged” January. As the visitors of this website and other similar communities all around the world continued discovering The Empyren; this month was marked by, sadly, no new posts on John’s blog (for everyone who asked: honestly, I can’t give you any information, as I’ve got no clue about it). On the other side, a great movie and a great collaboration saw the light of the day: Ryan Page and Christopher Pomerenke’s documentary The Heart Is A Drum Machine was premiered in Phoenix…
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Saturday question #4: Pick four!
Welcome to the fourth edition of Saturday questions! Four is an interesting number, isn’t it? It’s the fourth week of the month that is exactly four weeks or one lunar cycle long, so let’s make it a …four. You know, not three, not five, “four”. Three weeks ago, we discussed our ideas for music videos. Two weeks ago we discussed animals and music. Last week we discussed genres in music. You’re still welcome to contribute to all of those topics. For the end of the shortest month of the year and its last Saturday, I’m leaving you with a rather broad question, so we can pretend the February is much…
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I-M.net floor wallpaper for y’all, in ten different resolutions
You guys asked for more wallpapers that are suitable for a wide range of screen resolutions and some people hinted that The Empyrean should be involved in a subtle way; so…what you’ve asked for is what you’ll get! The screen resolution this wallpaper was indended for is 1280×1024, but they’re also available in 800×600, 1024×768, 1280×800, 1440×900, 1600×1200, 1680×1050 and 1920×1200. Since the idea itself allows some manipulation, the original wallpaper has one order of elements, the 4:3 ones another and the widescreen ones yet again, looks different. And, for the first time ever on Invisible Movement, you can also have this wallpaper in 320×480. Click on the preview below…
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The Empyrean in charts + a great review by a_doubt
The Empyrean has gotten onto the official charts in Croatia in place 32 as a new entry, wrestling pretty well with well-promoted and popular albums by artists such as Katy Pery and Amy Winehouse. Thanks to Tihana for the heads-up! Now, I assume many people know that I asked people on the board to try and write their own reviews of The Empyrean if they think they could do it well; and a significant number of members responded to the challenge. In the next few weeks, best reviews will be posted here and they’ll gain a permanent place on this website. We’re kicking off with a rather impressive lengthy review…
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New Last.fm group for site visitors and board members
Just a short heads-up for everyone who visits Last.fm and perhaps used to be a member of the group that wonderful ÇaÄŸla created for the old message board. Unfortunately, ÇaÄŸla has no time to maintain the group anymore and, at the same time, the board has as we all know moved to a new server and is now called Your Forum Is Glued To A Site On Fire. Therefore, we now have a new group at this address and you should be approved within a day from joining; as I’m the group leader and, well, I work on the internet and thus I have the time to check on it.…
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BSSM #18 on the list of 100 greatest guitar albums, according to Guitar World
Guitar World ranked BloodSugarSexMagik 18th on their list of 100 greatest guitar albums, published two days ago 18) Blood Sugar Sex Magik, 1991 (The Red Hot Chili Peppers) It came out of a haunted mansion in the Hollywood Hills—the album that established the Red Hot Chili Peppers as major-league contenders in the game of rock. By this point, the Peppers had survived the Eighties L.A. punk scene, a head-spinning succession of personnel changes and the death of founding guitarist Hillel Slovak. But now they had John Frusciante in the fold, not to mention producer Rick Rubin, who worked with the band for the first time on Blood Sugar Sex Magik.…
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Saturday question #3: Do genres matter to you?
Welcome to the third edition of Saturday random questions. Two weeks ago, we discussed our ideas for music videos. One week ago we discussed animals and music. You’re still welcome to contribute to both of those topics. This week’s question was born out of a thread on the board that drifted way too far from what it was originally supposed to be. And it’s a question that doesn’t need explanation. Do genres matter to you at all? Are you open to all kinds of music, do you even care what a review called it and what your digital jukebox tagged it as? Or do you just think it’s plain useless…
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Way down is described as the best N.A.S.A. track by many reviewers.
Lauren Murphy of Entertainment.ie has written a very positive review of N.A.S.A’s The Spirit Of Apollo and named Way Down one of two best tracks on the album. Puzzling, then, that the two best tracks are contrary in their design. ‘Way Down”s loose, chilled-out ambience could be attributed to John Frusciante’s droopy guitar work, but its ’70s spy movie theme is bolstered by incisive rhymes by RZA and vocals by little-known singer Barbie Hatch. ‘Gifted’, meanwhile, is an immediately likeable fresh ‘n’ funky offering – unsurprising, considering that charismatic duo Kanye West and Santogold are behind it. Overall, there’s a sneaking suspicion that ‘The Spirit of Apollo’ may be a…
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Guitarist, March 2009 – scanned and typed out
As of today, the sun is in Pisces; so here’s a dessert for all the fellow Pisces…and others, of course. It’s about a, whatdoyaknow, a Pisces. It looked like nobody in UK who had this magazine owned a scanner and that nobody who owns a scanner could find this magazine. Guitarist staff posted on their blog that the original first stack of the magazine (ironically) burnt down with a lorry and that it’s the reason for its being late in many places, so UK people, perhaps you should wait for a couple more of days and settle with the scans until you have a copy of your own. An enormous…
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Music for the Little Joe documentary
John and Gabriel Rowland are credited for music for the upcoming documentary Little Joe, focusing on life and career of the former model and underground film star, now a hotel owner, Joe Dallesandro. The movie was shown at the eminent Berlin festival on 12th February. You can read about the movie here and here.
