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John on the cover of February 2009 issue of Guitar Magazine (Japan)
After a long time, here it is, a feature article and a cover, coming from the country that turned out to be a bit more privilleged when it comes to the new album. John is on the cover of the February 2009 issue of Japanese edition of Guitar Magazine and there’s a whole story inside, obviously focusing on recording of The Empyrean. This magazine is already available in stores. More details on this to follow and many, many thanks to wonderful Noriko for the heads-up on this awesome find! For now, you can click on this scan of the cover image to preview it in a bigger size; and, as…
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The Empyrean to be physically released in USA a week later – on 27th January
Record Collection Music have asked me to pass this on to everyone, so please do read before you panic. The Empyrean’s US physical release date has been pushed to January 27th. There was an unavoidable manufacturing error at the duplication plant and as a result, American’s are going to have to wait another week to buy the physical version of John Frusciante’s new album (Vinyl and CD). Digitally, you will be able to download The Empyrean worldwide on January 20th, as scheduled. We apologize for any inconvenience. Record Collection
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Hear a preview of The Empyrean with bonus tracks!
It’s snowing in Belgrade and I woke up to this wonderful news from an extremely polite Japanese JF listener and I-M.net reader named Shu. So, I thought I’d share this with everyone while I haven’t even had my breakfast – if there any weird typos, gomenasai / I’m sorry / izvinjavam se / scusa. ^_^ So, if you navigate to Japanese HMV and click on the little speakers next to the song names, you can hear previews of all the songs off The Empyrean, including the bonus tracks. The interface was built on Adobe Flash Player 10, so make sure you update your installation of it, if any problems occur.…
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Speed Dealer Moms at Bangface Weekender ’09
Speed Dealer Moms are about to rave. No, really. The project that was born out of loooooooong jams in Winnipeg in August 2008, consisting of John and Venetian Snares/Aaron Funk will debut at this year’s Bangface Weekender – a rave in Camber Sands UK, the very same place where All Tomorrow’s Parties takes place. Speed Dealer Moms are a mystery You can’t stream music on their Myspace profile, because, as they say: all of our tunes are too long to fit on the side of a record or in a myspace player, so you have to imagine what they sound like. That might be better anyways because you could imagine…
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…and there’s a blog entry, too.
John has posted a new blog entry, after a 40-ish day break and he’s talking about the possible interpretations of the meaning of The Empyrean, dismissing them all as more or less wrong, as it is incomprehensible to someone other than him, yet, in some way, every person with an open mind can find their own meaning in the albums’ lyrics. This excerpt is interesting, in particular: While I could explain the story as I see it,that would detract from the potential multifarious meanings that will come about from people applying their own sense of feeling from their life experience, much as they always do. So, to read some lyrics…
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The MusicRadar podcast is up and it’s also transcribed.
MusicRadar‘s three-part interview with John Frusciante regarding recording of The Empyrean, the future of Red Hot Chili Peppers and responses to what site visitors had asked is up. If any of your questions got answered, shout. ^_^ I was pleasantly surprised that mine got picked and answered, as it was a bit out of the way and the only one not related to music. So…anyone else? There’s got to be five more people… According to Music Radar’s introduction and the very end of the interview; more confusion was brought into the already confusing story about the future of the world’s biggest rock band at the moment. And, according to what…
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Undercover.com.au is giving away a copy of Me And My Friends
For all of you in Australia and nearby, here’s a nice draw to compete in and the award is a copy of Tony Woolliscroft’s superbook Me And My Friends. Click here and read the requirements carefully before you fill out the form. Good luck! Post Scriptum: Those who still don’t have the book can get it at this link in Europe, at this link in the rest of the world and some lower-resolution scans from Me And My Friends can be viewed on this very domain, if you click here.
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A torrent of the 2000 Joy Division tribute
Longer-time listeners and those who collect live shows probably know that John, Flea and Josh had a Joy Division tribure band called Still back in 2000 and that the band played a single show at Spaceland on 10th October 2000. John took the microphone and guitar and the band performed cover versions of eleven Joy Division songs, ending their set with a rather stunning take on Love Will Tear Us Apart. The setlist was: Exercise One Disorder Twenty Four Hours Failures Shadowplay Wilderness Warsaw She’s Lost Control New Dawn Fades Colony Love Will Tear Us Apart The good news is that some kind person has uploaded the show to Dime…
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More photographs on Blur Photo
Nabil of Blur Photo has uploaded a whole photo session he did with John in November (or at least the EXIF data on one of the photos says it was November) and it can be viewed here. Photos are both black and white and colour; and the scenery is quite interesting and moving. The photographer also states that John Frusciante is his favourite musician, so that probably makes the whole experience even more personal. Thanks to Lara, for the heads-up. Tip: if the above link doesn’t work for you, go to Blur Photo and select “01”.
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Vote for the most expected release of early 2009
On MusicRadar’s Happy New Year page, as well as the most of other pages, the readers are encouraged to vote for the artist whose album they’re most looking forward to in the first months of 2009. The choices are Jeff Beck, Depeche Mode, U2, Neil Young, Franz Ferdinand, Lily Allen and John Frusciante. So, you can vote for John. But if you want to vote for someone else, it’s perfectly fine, too. Thanks goes to Lindy, for the heads-up.
