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John and Josh on The Watt from Pedro show!
John and Josh are Mike Watt’s guests on the newest episode of his podcast, The Wat from Pedro show, which was aired on 25th January. In the massive three-hour episode of the show, which you can download from the podcast website in two different formats, you can witness brother Matt’s spin cycle w/John Frusciante, Josh Klinghoffer + Watt collaborating (yes, it’s a jam); but also hear four songs off John’s new album: Before The Beginning, Dark/Light, God, Enough Of Me; as well as a bunch of tunes from Watt and his guests’ collections. Kudos to Nick for this awesome news! UPDATE: right-click and pick save as/save link as to download…
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Heads-up on new post on John’s blog: Imrael
John has made a lengthy new blog post titled Imrael (it would be nice to know what that is, in fact, it would be great ^_^); some 20-ish minutes ago. I think it’s very uplifting and a good way to make one smile on an exhausting hump day. And to make one warm. Both literally and otherwise.
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The Empyrean day @ Invisible Movement – part 4
And…here’s the last surprise for today. A wallpaper. I did my best not to make it creepy or strange; yet it’s mystical and psychedelic in its own way. It should fit all screens up to 1280×1024, as those are its dimensions. Click to go to its page and download it! That’s it for this little special, but keep your eye for more exciting things within the next days. P.S. There’s no site URI on the wallpaper one of the images has been licenced with a creative commons licence and I feel like having any “advertisment” over it would be unfair.
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The Empyrean day @ Invisible Movement – part 3
The third part is a bit late, but that means the fourth part might be a bit early. So, here it is. The newest review and a digest of all the reviews so far. This one is from Express Night Out. All in a very Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam-like voice, he discusses the role of a higher power on “God” (“You can do what you want, or so you think”), muses over his own importance on “Dark/Light” (“Will you let everyone in on the meaning of life and death / Do you need me, or are you waiting for my last breath?”) and wonders about lost chances on “Enough of Me”…
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The Empyrean day @ Invisible Movement – part 2
It’s been four hours since part 1; so here’s part 2 of the Invisible Movement special album release …err…”shower”?! Or a bath, whatev’. Surprise number three are…tabs! A team of great people has been working on tablatures for this album ever since it was out in Japan two weeks ago. And they managed to tab everything within a couple of days. You can view the tabs here. Make sure you read the disclaimer and, if you would like to contribute to this in any way; you’re more than welcome. Oh yes, and this also means that one of the sections that wasn’t available to public now works. It’s anything but…
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The Empyrean day @ Invisible Movement – part 1
Isn’t this exciting? ^_^ The Empyrean is out today in the most of world’s countries (Germany, Austria and New Zealand being known exceptions at the moment) and therefore, yet another round of updates is dedicated to it. I decided to do it in a bit different manner and actually, this decision came to me five minutes ago. Throughout the day, according to mostly my timezone (GMT+1/CEST); I shall be posting random little “surprises” directly related to The Empyrean. These little surprises are partly my work/finds and partly work and finds of the wonderful 2800+ people over there at YourForumIsGluedToASiteOnFire.net First and foremost, if you still did not get the album,…
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The Empyrean gets its first 10/10 from Terapija.net!
Many thanks to wonderful Tihana for the heads-up on this precious review. Croatian music e-zine, Terapija.net or, to be precise, their staff member with the nick Vidman, gave The Empyrean a clear 10 out of 10, accompanied by a very detailed review. If you live in the ex-YU world, you can read the actual review at this link; and if you don’t, I have translated it. _____________________________________________ To call John Frusciante a 1/4 of the Peppers is not OK. Seeing his input in the band, giving him only the name of the fourth band member would be almost offensive. His playing, regardless of its being three chords in a row,…
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Shavo Odadjian has more news on AchoZen
As per Blabbermouth.net: Shavo Odadjian recently spoke to the Artisan New Service about ACHOZEN, his collaboration with WU-TANG CLAN founder The RZA. Shavo and The RZA plan to have ACHOZEN’s debut album finished by the end of January but have not yet set a release date for the concept record as they decide what the best way to distribute the set will be. … “This isn’t a commercial hip hop record, you know what I mean? It’s got stories and it’s an adventure. It’s a musical experience. It’s a lot to take in. I don’t expect everyone to hear it and go, ‘Oh, I get it.’ No, no, no. Each…
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The good, the bad, the reviews
The good: The simple poem mentioned two weeks ago and posted on John’s blog on 05th January and then deleted from the entry it was a part of after two days; has returned in a post of its own. And there are two new “lines” in it. The bad: Why would there be anything bad? Everything is better than ever. The reviews: As promised a couple of days ago, here is one more review digest. This is from the nice people over there at Indie Paws. Make sure you read the whole thing here as I’m posting only an excerpt. You could call The Empyrean a prog rock album in…
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More information on Bangface weekender
For all of the folks who are planning to hit Bangface Weekender in UK from 24th to 26th April and witness Speed Dealer Moms live; you’re in for something super-fun. For all of us who are still undecided, here’s some motivation: this year’s theme is space, marking the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope nineteen years ago, on 24th April 1990. Therefore, the visitors are encouraged to dress up as astronauts, aliens and space monkeys and the best costumes will win a prize. For further information, also check this post and Bangface Weekender website, as there aren’t that many tickets left, plus seven new acts have been added to the…
