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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…
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DC EP samples….
Thanks to Mila for these…go to this site to hear tiny wee bits of DC EP 😀
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John’s guest appearance on Omar’s album
Omar Rodriguez’s solo album A Manual Dexterity is out now and here’s a list of tracks where John is playing instruments…thanks to Sandra at Ramparts forum. :wub: 2. Dyna Sark Arches Omar: guitars, bass, percussion, hand claps, organ, roland sh101 Blake Fleming: drums, hand claps Cedric Bixler-Zavala: percussion, hand claps Jeremy Michael Ward: melodica John Frusciante: mini moog 3. Here The Tame Go By Omar: guitars, bass, drum machines, roland sh7, sh1000, promars, korg ms2000, microkorg, telephone John Fusciante: mini moog, a100 5. Dramatic Theme Omar: piano, guitars, bass, roland sh7, sh101, korg ms2000 Blake Fleming: drums Jeremy Michael Ward: guitar pedals John Frusciante: guitars 10. The Palpitations Form A…
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Q Magazine…
John nominated Jimmy Page and Robert Plant (Led Zep) as one of the greatest songwriters of all time in the latest edition of Q Magazine. Here’s what John said… “To me, the songs that Jimmy Page and Robert Plant have given us are more like communications for the gods than songs written by human beings. The richness and depth in their music is endless.” Thanks to Universally Speaking for this 🙂
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Names of two more albums…
The titles for the two releases after “DC EP” are official now…and they are….drumroll, please…. Inside of Emptiness – 26th October 2004 A Sphere In The Heat of Silence – 23.11.2004
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Footage of the LA concert to be shown on ARTE-TV
Kindly lifted from Michael Rother .de German/French TV channel “ARTE” will show an interview with Michael Rother, John Frusciante and Josh Klinghoffer and excerpts of their LA concert at the Knitting Factory of 05 August 2004 in the music program “LIVE in Tracks” on 07 October 2004. This website has also mentioned that 4th Dimension is offering an interview with mr. Rother as well as some photos from the performance #12…so, congrats to 4thD on getting mentioned 😀 😀
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John to perform at Ramones’ party…
This news was kindly lifted from MTV.com Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus, Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder and the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea and John Frusciante are among the acts scheduled to perform at the Ramones’ 30th anniversary party September 12 at the Avalon Theatre in Hollywood. Henry Rollins, Rancid’s Tim Armstrong, Pete Yorn, Rooney’s Robert Carmine, Bad Religion’s Brett Gurewitz, the Sex Pistols’ Steve Jones, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones’ Dicky Barrett and Ramones producer Daniel Rey will also join Marky and Johnny Ramone at the place where the Ramones played their last show in 1996. The Dickies and “two very special unmentionable bands,” according to RamonesWorld.com, will also perform, and former…
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Automatic Writing samples
On official site, when you click on “music”, you can hear full song “The Sides”. The other samples can be found here. Enjoy, it’s very good. The e-card can be found here. It takes awhile to load, but it features pics, bios and music:)
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RHCP are number one
Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Live At Hyde Park is currently topping the charts all over Europe. It’s currently #1 in UK and it has already gone gold in Italy. Right on!
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On show in Boston…
Thanks to Universally Speaking! BOSTON — A little rain couldn’t dampen the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The band completely rocked Wednesday night in a concert sponsored by The Creative Coalition and the Recording Industry Association of America — easily the biggest and best party so far during the Democratic National Convention. While everyone else in attendance had the upcoming presidential election in mind, the Los Angeles-based band made only a couple of vague political statements. “The next four years in this country can be a more peaceful world,” said bassist Flea, typically shirtless and sinewy on a stage erected outside the upscale Louis Boston clothing store. “Do what you gotta…
