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John is doing a Q & A on MusicRadar!
Music Radar is doing a question and answer round with John Frusciante. You can ask your questions on this page. Good luck! The interview will be published as a podcast sometime later this week. For the less tech-savvy people: that means there will be a downloadable audio file. In case you’re wondering how this works: MusicRadar’s staff member clarified that they’re going to select questions to ask John, just like they did when Chad Smith was interviewed. If you want to reveal what you asked, be my guest. I do hope that everyone’s playing nice. Many thanks to Alyssia and Leni for having passed me the info so quickly! And…
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More ways to acquire Japanese version of The Empyrean
For everyone who is more comfortable with ordering from an English-speaking website, it appears that the Japanese version of The Empyrean is available for pre-order on EIL.com. The price is slightly scary, but that’s the way it usually goes in Europe with Japanese imports. For those who have no problems with ordering from Japan and no paranoias associated to shipping things to the other side of the world, CDJapan has it a bit cheaper (thanks to Leni for the tip!).
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RHCP special on VH1 Europe this weekend
This weekend, on 12th and 13th December, there will be a Red Hot Chili Peppers special on VH1 Europe; from 13 to 16 h central European time (that’s 12 to 15 h for people in UK and Portugal; and 14 to 17 h for people in e.g. Finland and Greece – check your local schedules for correct time). More information on this can be found on VH1E website. Many thanks to Bojana for the heads-up.
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The Heart Is A Drum Machine to be premiered on February 06th
The Heart Is A Drum Machine is set to be premiered in Phoenix on 06th February 2009, with more screenings to be announced shortly. Here’s the news from Pluginmusic. You can also find more details about this documentary on its IMDB page. The Heart is a Drum Machine,†the eagerly awaited documentary that explores the complex and critical relationship between humanity and music, will premiere at Phoenix Art Museum as part of their ongoing No Festival Required series on February 6 at 8 pm followed by a cocktail party. Tickets go on sale this Friday, December 12 and can be purchased online at Phxart.org or at the Museum’s Visitors Desk.…
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Charles Bock On “Cereal Song”
Charles Bock, the author of Beautiful Children shared his holiday playlist with New York times and one of the songs he picked and talked about was The Bicycle Thief’s Cereal Song. 14) Cereal Song, the Bicycle Thief (Bob Forrest w/John Frusciante). Of course, there also comes a time when other people can provide you with nothing, a time when a person looks into the abyss. The only God I could possibly believe in is a god of empathy. That God is very much present in this song. It was written and sung by Bob Forrest, the former lead singer for the influential Los Angeles band Thelonious Monster, and a recovering…
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Third outtake and third part of the Hillingdon Mind interview
Again and again, thanks to Chris Phillips, here is a teaser to the third part of the hillingdonmind.org.uk interview with John done in October. The third part of the interview is up on the following page, together with handwritten lyrics of Ah Yom, the second bonus track which will be released on the Japanese version of The Empyrean. Tilt your heads, zoom as much as you can…and you will see one of the lines that was inscribed into the Curtains vinyl: A million ways things could be [Update: here it is, transcribed] Below the teaser, you will find an outtake from the interview given exclusively to Invisible Movement, directly continuing…
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A Christmas competition over at Stonecoldbush!
First of all, a huge apology to everyone for this delay, and a note that normal site updates will resume on Wednesday or Thursday. My desktop computer is having some serious issues and is currently being repaired and I don’t have half of the things for the update that was supposed to happen yesterday on this craptop. So, the 07th December update will come to you on 11th December or so. Second of all…Invisible Movement’s sister site, Stonecoldbush.com is running a little Christmas raffle. They’re giving away two mugs, so…if you’re the fan-type of fan (sorry if this doesn’t make much sense to you, because it does to me); head…
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The Empyrean groups on Last.fm and Facebook
Here’s something for all you web 2.0. people who like to chat it away, make guesses, speculate et cetera. The owner of the group on last.fm asked to be promoted and I thought I could promote the Facebook group as well. Enjoy! The Empyrean group on Last.fm The Empyrean group on Facebook
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Site updates, 01st December 2008
Invisible Movement turned four on 24th November (and curiously, the 1000th comment was also posted that day – congrats to Flo!), but there were more things to discuss that day and the day after, too. In web terms, running a website that’s always up to date, with a frightening grow rate, constant hostility kicking in from all possible angles and all possible sides of the world…it all comes down to the fact that four years is like a century. Also, the site has had more than 70 000 unique visitors during November 2008, which is quite an achievement. Thank you all for being so wonderful. Now, first of all, Feedburner…
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Jules de Martin’s fantasy band
Jules de Martin, from the British electro-pop two member band The Ting Tings, known for their hit That’s Not My Name was interviewed by The Independent for yesterday’s issue and asked to name people who would be in his fantasy band and why. He picked John as that fantasy band’s guitarist. Guitar – John Frusciante I went to see Red Hot Chili Peppers on their arena tour recently, and every time I see John play, I just want to be able to play guitar like him. I love the video coverage of him jamming out. This guy rocks. If you’re interested in knowing whom else De Martin would include in…
