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Jocelyn2003 wrote:happy 11th anniversary to 08.23.00 show at the 40-watt. you might not realize that you know this show, but that infamous marshmallow-to-oat ratio/count chocula quote was from this one. i watched the webcast about a month after it was filmed, and then i watched it often while i waited for the release of RFS the next year. download link for the tracks: john @ the 40-watt, athens GA, 08.23.00~jocelyn
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08/24/2011 10:43 AM
Chimpat wrote:Corey, I recently have been revisiting the TRY! album and it's seriously such an amazing piece of work. That tour was insane, those songs just stack up so well in concert. "Good Love Is On The Way" is incredible live, probably one of John's best live songs in my opinion.
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I'm never speaking up again...
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From 'Quid Pro Quo' on L83 circa 2004:Scotty: Fast Cars or Fast Women? John: Slow women
Quid Pro Quo III7.19.2006 SC: Other than being close to me, is there a specific reason you chose to record most of this album in Los Angeles?JM: You know, its a feeling more than anything else. I dont want to give you the its sunny all the time! reasoning because I dont even love that about LA. I cant really explain it. Theres something there I feel like mining, creatively. Its proven to be a great idea, since about half of the record was written there in a very short period of time.SC: I feel like when you used to visit LA, you were very back and forth on it now that youve lived here on and off for more than a year, whats your opinion? Feel free to use antithetical adjectives in your answer.JM: My opinion is that the Buddy System rules. Its so funny how people will debate the finer points of whether Los Angeles or New York is the ultimate city, when all the while theyre siding with the coast they have a more supportive circle of friends on.SC: Whats it like to play the tiny surprise shows at Hotel Café? Does it remind you at all of Eddies?JM: To me, the term surprise show is a label for the fans. Im getting up there on stage to work out my ideas, whether its songwriting or just learning how to play the song on stage. Its not a deliberate thing, putting on a show. I like the sparring.SC: What are you most looking forward to about hitting the road this fall?JM: Im looking forward to taking another crack at staying myself on the road. Its nearly impossible to stay completely awake in all directions, but Im going to try again. I think I have more hobbies actually, I never really had a hobby in the first place. I have other things I enjoy in life now and I look forward to taking advantage of traveling. And I cant wait to play these songs, of course.SC: Will all the tunes from Continuum show up on a setlist at one time or another on this upcoming tour?JM: Well have to see. There are some things I may not want to play every night, but thats the great part about having a substantial catalog of tunes.SC: Are there any tunes from Continuum that youre especially excited to play with the band?JM: Slow Dancing in a Burning Room is the song I think of when I visualize being on stage this year. There are some tunes this time out that can be pretty explosive if we expound on them.SC: How do you test the idea for a song? I feel like some of these tunes started two years ago and others came in during the last weeks of recording. What makes a song a touchdown for you?JM: The songs got to have a heart. Most of the time the heart of a tune comes all in one night, and in some cases, you have to continually chip away at your idea. But as I continue to write songs I get more in touch with the heart and soul of a song. If its a clever idea but it doesnt have a root in something soulful, It doesnt engage me.SC: What is the message behind Waiting on the World to Change?JM: Its an observation as to why my generation isnt taking to the streets the way that our parents did. Theres this very stifling feeling that many people I speak to have, that we just dont know enough to enter the debate so well sit it out. Not understanding an issue is a really hard thing to cop to, and it breeds silence. What I realized is that feeling is actually the intended result. That incomplete feeling is the only feeling there is. And hopefully by opening the dialog up about it, people will become more active about changing things in the world, not less. Its not that we dont care, we just know that the fight aint fair kind of sums it up.SC: Why did you pick Bold As Love as a cover to put on the album?JM: I think record 3 is a good place to share your take on a cover song if you want to. Theres enough trust in me as a writer, I hope, that people wont see it as an excuse not to have to write another song. I think Im at the right place in my career. And Bold as Love is such an important song to me, for lots of reasons. I hope I did some justice to the song.SC: Do you plan to keep up the designing bit youve sort of previewed to people through myspace? Do you have any other cool things up your sleeve that well see on tour?JM: I love graphic design and Ive spent a good amount of time trying to get better at it. Ive designed a lot of the visuals that have been associated with my music in the past, but Ive shied away from people knowing about it. I want to embrace it now and make designing a real side project. There will be some cool limited edition items coming out on tour and on the web. Some of it will be super small runs, some larger. If people want to buy your tee shirts, I say have some fun with it and make it mean something.SC: What records have you been listening to lately?JM: This new record by Maxell called CDR. Theyre this band that lets you record over their music. I think thats pretty cool of them. Ive just been listening to soul music, mostly. Studying why it works and how to approach my songs in the same way.SC: What about the Bear suit?JM: It was hot in there and I couldnt see more than five feet in front of me. Most people dont know I bought a bear suit before I had a show.SC: What website do you check first thing, every day?JM: I check some cool blog sites, making sure there arent any cool new toys I have to get in on. I check eBay for a few things Ive been searching out.SC: Are you going to keep the blogging up on tour?JM: It wont be blogging per se, but more like fragments of thoughts. Im more willing to write every night if I dont have to be formal with it. Just little shards of ideas. I also want to start blogging with things I like outside of playing music. If theres a cool new release of a guitar or something, I want to comment on it. I want the web site to be a place for stuff I love as well as the music I make.SC: How badass is The Chad?JM: Very. He was the only person who was in the studio the entire time I was. He was in the room when I wrote many of these songs. Any writer will tell you there are few if any people in life youre that close to. Weve seen and heard a lot together.SC: What do you hope people get out of Continuum above all else?JM: Hmmm.. I guess I should be honest. I hope they get a record that will take them through the year and into the rest of their life. Theres some really deep stuff on this record that stands the test of repeated listening, and I hope people have a record they can revisit for the rest of their life.
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