2015: 2 SP albums

[Kreatorkind]

"132 demos" must be White City over and over, right pave?

[Kreatorkind]

Originally Posted by glitterlips

He's trying to compete with you

yeah? well he's gonna loooooosee. He did 14 songs in 18 days... I did 84 in 84 days.... WITHOUT the shredder.

[Kreatorkind]

Originally Posted by glitterlips

But he has a record deal :P

I don't need a record deal. My recordings are already available to the world.

[pavementtune]

Originally Posted by Kreatorkind

"132 demos" must be White City over and over, right pave?

132 "demos', not a riff in it he already worked out (and recorded demos of it) last spring and even earlier. Right, matt?

I don't care how many "demos" he mentions - you'll probably disagree, but quantity is about the last thing that matters for new SPesque releases. And he'll end up canning 80% of that stuff. Or at least the producer will suggest just that.

[Kreatorkind]

Originally Posted by glitterlips

Lol

Yes, so you can have time to post here!

Billy' will be too unless he is selective with access to it

It's not my fault it takes me less than 8 hours to write, record and release a song... but that has nothing to do with distribution... anyone, anywhere in the world with internet access can hear my music if they so choose. No record labels needed.

Originally Posted by pavementtune

132 "demos', not a riff in it he already worked out (and recorded demos of it) last spring and even earlier. Right, matt?

I don't care how many "demos" he mentions - you'll probably disagree, but quantity is about the last thing that matters for new SPesque releases. And he'll end up canning 80% of that stuff. Or at least the producer will suggest just that.

Eliminating 80% still means 26 songs... So, how hard would that be to make that into two albums? TAFH was 21 songs, not counting covers or mcis songs... plus the 28 that was on mcis... that was all done in one era. So, whittling down 132 songs to two albums... doesn't seem that far fetched now does it?

[slunken]

worlds shittiest system fonts

1. comic sans
2. papyrus
3. herculanum

this is what happens when you hire a website designer as your graphic designer. they are not the same thing!!!

[pavementtune]

How could you get 26-30 songs on two albums. That's advanced mathematics

Oceania+Zeitgeist=25 album tracks

[dustrock]

here's hoping Day For Night is a straight-up Tragically Hip cover.

[Kreatorkind]

Originally Posted by pavementtune

How could you get 26-30 songs on two albums. That's advanced mathematics

um... 13 songs on each album = 26 songs... 13 + 13=26... divided by 2... 13.... times two albums... =26 songs... = two albums.

[slunken]

Originally Posted by dustrock

here's hoping Day For Night is a straight-up Tragically Hip cover.

hey i heard jimmy is gonig to be drumming on this one too

[amoergosum]

Why have Nicole & Mike not tweeted about the big SP news?

Mike's latest tweet (9 days ago):

"Mike Byrne ‏@MikeByrneDrums
Oh man, SXSW was nuts, Lafayette was crazy, tonight we're in Baton Rouge at Spanish Moon, come hang with us!"


Nicole's latest tweet (14 hours ago):

"Nicole Fiorentino ‏@xocoleyf
@katelanfoisy miss you too mama!"

This doesn't make any sense at all.
You would think they are excited about recording two albums.

If one of them or both are not in the band anymore why haven't
they announced it yet?

Why hasn't Billy announced it yet?

It's just weird.

[slunken]

you don't need all the actors present to write a screenplay

[amoergosum]

Originally Posted by slunken

you don't need all the actors present to write a screenplay

That doesn't answer my question.

[Cool As Ice Cream]

yes, it does.
they're not involved at the moment.

you seem to assume that, if they're still in the band, they have to follow bc on twitter and retweet all his announcements. i'm not sure where you're getting that from.

[Cool As Ice Cream]

anyway, if they're going to post daily updates on sp.com, it'll quickly become clear who's involved.

[digitlnoize]

Anyone catch this?

"Once we whittle those down, we'll dive in tomorrow on a new round of song-work/arrangments for those chosen for 'Monuments'"

There's a lot of "WE" in that sentence. Who are "we" if Mike and Nicole are on tour? Jimmy FTW?

I actually think we're going to get a Zwan-like 3 guitar army. Billy, James, and Jeff. Look at the original announcement: "guitar, guitars, guitars"...

[Cool As Ice Cream]

don't be silly.

[amoergosum]

Originally Posted by digitlnoize

Anyone catch this?

"Once we whittle those down, we'll dive in tomorrow on a new round of song-work/arrangments for those chosen for 'Monuments'"

There's a lot of "WE" in that sentence. Who are "we" if Mike and Nicole are on tour? Jimmy FTW?

?
He was obviously talking about Jeff.

[Cool As Ice Cream]

"we" could be bc and that producer guy. and maybe jeff.
it doesn't have to mean anything. you're well bonkers if you believe james would ever come back to record two albums with belly.

[amoergosum]

By the way...here's what James has been upto lately >>>

We recently reported that founding Smashing Pumpkins member James Iha will be doing the score for a new supernatural comedy on HulU entitled Deadbeat. You can now listen to the finished theme music for Deadbeat which was composed by Iha above:

Link:
http://www.alternativenation.net/?p=45070

[pavementtune]

Originally Posted by Cool As Ice Cream

"we" could be bc and that producer guy. And maybe jeff.

That would be my guess, too. Willing - producer, Nikola - studio engineer.

What about Bjorn, is he gone or still around? Didn't pay attention what became of him.

[digitlnoize]

Originally Posted by pavementtune

That would be my guess, too. Willing - producer, Nikola - studio engineer.

What about Bjorn, is he gone or still around? Didn't pay attention what became of him.

Stop crushing my dreams!

I dunno though, there's so much circumstantial evidence about Mike being gone...defriending them on social media is pretty damning evidence these days. Also, Billy's comment about hashing out arrangements seems like it would involve the band, not just him, Jeff, and a producer or two. Unless "guitars, guitars" is code for "no drums."

[Spira|_]

But who are the sp now? Billy and?
Will Billy be on the band in 2015 as well?

[pavementtune]

Originally Posted by digitlnoize

Stop crushing my dreams!

I dunno though, there's so much circumstantial evidence about Mike being gone...defriending them on social media is pretty damning evidence these days. Also, Billy's comment about hashing out arrangements seems like it would involve the band, not just him, Jeff, and a producer or two. Unless "guitars, guitars" is code for "no drums."

If they're adding drums to some tracks, they don't need to do that NOW. (They wouldn't necessarily need an actual drummer later.)

But since you asked so nicely I'll stop crushing your dreams.
Jimmy is in the studio with them, hiding under the buffet.
As is James.
Nicole and Melissa are hiding under another buffet table. There are many buffet tables.
D'arcy will join them next week, together with Walker.
They sacrificed Mikey. He's the buffet. Cut into handy, burned slices.

[amoergosum]

SXSW 2014 The Cold and Lovely interview >>>

"That's kind of what we are here pushing...is our Ellis Bell EP...we're the The Cold and Lovely...and...basically we are kind of getting ready to tour with that record and oddly enough put out another record at some point in the next six months...so we've got great response to the Ellis Bell EP and it's just kind of pushing us to take the band to the next level."

[Cool As Ice Cream]

that woman looks like a lesbian.

[T&T]

I wouldn't be surprised if they're legally bound to shut up about being kicked out of the band.

[MyOneAndOnly]

Originally Posted by digitlnoize

Anyone catch this?

"Once we whittle those down, we'll dive in tomorrow on a new round of song-work/arrangments for those chosen for 'Monuments'"

There's a lot of "WE" in that sentence. Who are "we" if Mike and Nicole are on tour? Jimmy FTW?

I actually think we're going to get a Zwan-like 3 guitar army. Billy, James, and Jeff. Look at the original announcement: "guitar, guitars, guitars"...

it's just billy and jeff.

Nicole is back in LA. She did a private gig with The Cold and Lovely for Mac Cosmetics the other day and she just started an Instagram account.

for Oceania Mike and Nicole were involved in arranging and recording the Demos, but I believe they did that with a smaller number of tracks than what billy's working with now.

Either they're going to come in later to work with a smaller list of songs, or it's over for them.

[amoergosum]

Unanswered Twitter questions >>>

Seth Onken ‏@Sethamfetamine
@xocoleyf @MACcosmetics That's great! When will you work with Billy on new material for SP? <3

"n0toyz4oj ‏@n0toyz4oj
@xocoleyf @MikeByrneDrums you guys with @Billy recording?!"

HypnoRaygun ‏@HypnoRaygun
@MikeByrneDrums and @xocoleyf are you still rocking with SP? Playing on new albums?!

[Rider]

Originally Posted by scottytheoneand

it's just billy and jeff.

Nicole is back in LA. She did a private gig with The Cold and Lovely for Mac Cosmetics the other day and she just started an Instagram account.

What time did she go to the bathroom this morning?