General/Solo
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More vinyl reissues in January 2013, available in Europe, too!
Didn't get to order your vinyl reissues of The Empyrean or one of the bundles? Do not despair. More will be available in the first month of next year and, unlike it was the case at first, you can now get them from the European store as well.
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John on two songs from The Man With The Iron Fists
RZA's directoral debut, The Man With The Iron Fists, is hitting the cinemas in United States this Friday. John is featured on two of the songs that can be heard in the film; but they have not been included in the soundtrack. One of them is a previously unreleased solo track, Foregrow; the other is a Wu-Tang number. The film also stars Russel Crowe, Lucy Liu and a couple of martial arts film actors.
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Omar Rodriguez Lopez on how he met John and more
In an interview for Australian website Kill Your Stereo that came after an announcement of him touring down there, Omar Rodriguez Lopez was asked about how he met John and he revealed a story according to which he wasn't even aware of whom the lover of his music and Louis Benoit [sic] films that visited a De Facto club show was. This is sure an interesting read!
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Want The Empyrean and nine other albums at the price of one?
The Sound Supply is an exciting new startup offering ten albums at the price of one, periodically. Due to an error in mailbox organisation, we're a bit late to their fifth "drop" that includes The Empyrean. But if you're reading this on the day it was published - it's not late, go and grab the masterpiece if you don't have it yet and get nine other albums to get to know some new artists!
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KROQ’s 2nd and final round of guitarists poll – vote for John!
KRQQ have revealed the results of their last week's voting for the best guitar player in alternative rock; by posting a top 11; where John is placed second, after Incubus' Mike Eizinger, who advertised the poll himself a lot. The second round of voting is on and it's the time to change the order, don't you think? Let's get John to the first place and his underrated collaborator somewhere higher!
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PBX is out! Read some lyrics & share some love.
If you have not heard the new full-length album yet; you might as well pop to JF's site now and get yourself a copy as the downloads have been released and everything else appears to be in stock. Prepare yourselves for a wild ride, but make sure you aren't holding onto anything as this should totally carry you away.
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Omar on spontaneity of working with John
As a part of an his interview for NRGM.fi, just like on many other recent occasions; Omar Rodriguez-Lopez was asked about his work with John and if the maestro has a big ego. Omar denied it and shared some interesting details on how, well, cooking might lead to cooking something up on a synth. Short, but delicious; consider this to be your Sunday dinner dessert.
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KROQ’s Greatest Guitar Player In Alternative Rock Poll
Crap, not another poll. This time, the renowned KROQ radio station is choosing the best guitar player of alternative rock. 25 guitarists are up for the accolade and top 11 will be revealed on Monday, 24th September. You can vote on the website itself, or you can use the hashtag #GuitarKing to vote for your favourite six stringer (duh) on Twitter. Let's make our voices heard (again)!
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Mistakes in high quality – turn it up!
Record Collection Music informed I-M.net that John wanted to share a high quality stream of Mistakes, the sixth song off PBX Funicular Intaglio Zone with his fans. This was already posted on his official Facebook and Twitter. Turn it up, it's even better than as a mp3.
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Hear PBX Funicular Intaglio Zone before you buy
Two days after it's been officially out in Japan, PBX Funicular Intaglio Zone is being streamed. Just like last time, this site is in no way associated with whoever did it, but you should not be kept in the dark. Now that you heard it - approach it with respect, love and an open mind and buy it, to support our artist's efforts and the efforts of indie labels backing him. Thank you.
