General/Solo
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A bigger update
– a bunch of new articles. Some of them are reviews found on various places. 5 of them were translated from Spanish, 2 from Estonian, 1 from Serbian (that one was obviously done by me), so there’s the international vibe going on. Many thanks to three translators who helped here; -there’s a very good and very long article from the Japanese “Crossbeat” magazine, issue for October 2004, thanks to wonderful Noriko; -three new wallpapers made by me for you. I insist that you should check the penultimate one, I consider it very good; -one new wallpaper made by a fan. Thanks Chris:) ; -the mistake on the site page was…
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John’s birthday
John is 35 years old today:) And for the 17 out of those 35 years we’ve been blessed to hear wonderful music straight from his mind and heart. So, though he doesn’t visit the fansites, I wish him many many more happy birthdays and more successful and happy years. Keep on rockin’, because nobody does it better!:D
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A promo video!
Yup, as it says above, there’s a promo video for “The Past Recedes” off the Curtains album. No joke, folks…and you should go here to get it. If you’re on broadband connection, you should be able to watch it properly. Enjoy:) I surely will. EDITED: If you cannot load the video to play on your computer (e.g. if you’re a dial up user like me), you can download it and play it offline. It’s very easy. Right click and save as Right click and save as
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Poo Poodles
A band called Poo Poodles wrote a song about John and it’s their newest single. The lyrics are: red hot chili pepper making crazy solo records used to be a cutie your guitar’s still a thing of beauty your guitar thing of beauty You can go and see their site here, the cover image for the single is there as well:) And oh yes, you can hear the song too.
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Guitar World’s Poll
Guitar World has made a poll for their 25th aniversary. Go here and vote for John in “alternative icon” category. I know you want to 😀
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ASITHOS tracklisting
1. Sphere 2. The Afterglow 3. Walls 4. Communique 5. At Your Enemies 6. Surrogate People 7. My Life (from Amazon.de)
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Attention – pirates from EBay strike again
As we all know (even us who don’t actually use EBay), there are people with lack of moral who actually sell concerts and even internet albums with their own cover art. Well, I thought I’d warn you and show you one: Here’s the front cover and the back cover. If anyone fell for that, well, you’ve been tricked, people. The internet album never had the barcode on it, neither email address of someone from Brazil and the songs are definitely not called “Three Troughts” and “I Go Trough These Walls”. Oh yeah, there’s no bonus track either. And, to everyone who is doing things like this, why not be nicer?…
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Tonight on ARTE
(thanks to Tuffgong at Ramparts forum!) Aat 23:00, John and Michael Rother’s performance from 5th August will be shown during the “Tracks” on ARTE. You can get ARTE in German and French over satellite and cable in almost whole Europe.
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Ramones guitarist dies of cancer in LA
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Johnny Ramone, the lead guitarist with influential U.S. punk rock band the Ramones, died on Wednesday after a five-year battle with prostate cancer, a long-time associate told Reuters. Ramone, 55, who was born John Cummings, died in his sleep at his Los Angeles home about 3 p.m. EDT, said Arturo Vega, the Ramones’ creative director. At his bedside were his wife, Linda, as well as rock stars such as Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder, Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante and hard-rocker Rob Zombie, Vega said. They had participated in a Los Angeles concert last weekend celebrating the Ramones’ 30th anniversary. Ramone was too sick…
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The fans’ tribute album!
Thanks to official site and Universally Speaking… John Frusciante fans around the world have come together to return a musical gift in their very own sweet way by composing a whole album’s worth of original music inspired by and for John Frusciante! This “Tribute For John Frusciante by Fans” album will be sent as a real album complete with original cover art also produced by fans and title to the man himself, who is looking forward to listen to them all… but now it’s up to you, all the fans to decide what how this gift should be named and what it should look like! The album can be downloaded…
