Sorry if already mentioned -- Neil has a new news item up:

http://www.neilpeart.net/news/index.html

Of note:

"In this autumn of 2009, the three of us are poised on another kind of
"reinvention." We have agreed to meet in Los Angeles in November, and
discuss our future. We learned many years ago that when we finish one
long project-like a two-year tour following a year or so of writing and
recording for Snakes and Arrows-we don’t make any further plans for a
while. It’s good to feel truly free for a time, and to clear your mind
to focus on what you’d really like to do next.

"Of course, these are parlous times in the music business, so our
time-honored pattern of touring, recording, and touring is no longer
the
obvious way to do things. The music world-or at least the business of
it-is very different now, even since 2006, when we began work on Snakes
and Arrows. The importance of "the album" is not what it was, and there
is currently a reversion to a musical climate rather like the 1950s,
when only "the song" matters. Radio, downloads, and "shuffle" settings
are inimical to collected works. Because of that reality, record
company
advances that used to pay for album projects are a thing of the past,
so
if that was what we wanted to do, we’d be on our own."

DB

Oh, yeah, also sorry about the on-topic post. Won't happen again.

On Nov 4, 8:52 am, Doppelbock <feckityf... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:

Oh, yeah, also sorry about the on-topic post. Won't happen again.

Who are you?

Sorry if already mentioned -- Neil has a new news item up:

http://www.neilpeart.net/news/index.html

On Nov 4, 8:52 am, Doppelbock <feckityf... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:

Oh, yeah, also sorry about the on-topic post. Won't happen again.

Who are you?

"Doppelbock" sayed:

Sorry if already mentioned -- Neil has a new news item up:

http://www.neilpeart.net/news/index.html

IOW:

"We're too cheap to make a new album on our own. I mean, shit - I've got a
granddau.... erm, daughter to take care of now. So, we're going to write a
couple of songs here and there and poof - after the first few dipshits buy
'em on the web and make them instantly available for illegal download, the
rest of you fuckers can go ahead and illegally download them. See how nicely
that works?

So yeah, all that nonsense about a new album and tour is pretty much Al
talking from his pasta-bloated ass, as usual."

norborder <norborder at (no spam) bite.me> wrote:

"Doppelbock" sayed:

Sorry if already mentioned -- Neil has a new news item up:

http://www.neilpeart.net/news/index.html

IOW:

"We're too cheap to make a new album on our own. I mean, shit - I've got
a
granddau.... erm, daughter to take care of now. So, we're going to write
a
couple of songs here and there and poof - after the first few dipshits
buy
'em on the web and make them instantly available for illegal download,
the
rest of you fuckers can go ahead and illegally download them. See how
nicely
that works?

So yeah, all that nonsense about a new album and tour is pretty much Al
talking from his pasta-bloated ass, as usual."

I read it as "my ass isn't up to riding the bike for umpteen miles
anymore, so
you can pretty much forget about a tour". So much for crossing off "seeing
Rush live" from the bucket list.

"That Chilean Guy" sayed:

norborder <norborder at (no spam) bite.me> wrote:
"Doppelbock" sayed:

Sorry if already mentioned -- Neil has a new news item up:

http://www.neilpeart.net/news/index.html
IOW:

"We're too cheap to make a new album on our own. I mean, shit - I've got
a
granddau.... erm, daughter to take care of now. So, we're going to write
a
couple of songs here and there and poof - after the first few dipshits
buy
'em on the web and make them instantly available for illegal download,
the
rest of you fuckers can go ahead and illegally download them. See how
nicely
that works?

So yeah, all that nonsense about a new album and tour is pretty much Al
talking from his pasta-bloated ass, as usual."


I read it as "my ass isn't up to riding the bike for umpteen miles
anymore, so
you can pretty much forget about a tour". So much for crossing off "seeing
Rush live" from the bucket list.

What his ass isn't up to anymore is the pounding it takes from his mook
security guard each tour.

They'll tour again - it just won't be for a while.

norborder wrote:
"That Chilean Guy" sayed:

norborder <norborder at (no spam) bite.me> wrote:
"Doppelbock" sayed:

Sorry if already mentioned -- Neil has a new news item up:

http://www.neilpeart.net/news/index.html
IOW:

"We're too cheap to make a new album on our own. I mean, shit - I've
got a
granddau.... erm, daughter to take care of now. So, we're going to
write a
couple of songs here and there and poof - after the first few
dipshits buy
'em on the web and make them instantly available for illegal
download, the
rest of you fuckers can go ahead and illegally download them. See
how nicely
that works?

So yeah, all that nonsense about a new album and tour is pretty much Al
talking from his pasta-bloated ass, as usual."


I read it as "my ass isn't up to riding the bike for umpteen miles
anymore, so
you can pretty much forget about a tour". So much for crossing off
"seeing
Rush live" from the bucket list.

What his ass isn't up to anymore is the pounding it takes from his
mook security guard each tour.

They'll tour again - it just won't be for a while.


I hear the Foo Fighters are splitting up. Maybe Ged and Alex can just
bring Grohl or Hawkins into the band and not tell Neil.

I read it as "my ass isn't up to riding the bike for umpteen miles anymore, so
you can pretty much forget about a tour". So much for crossing off "seeing
Rush live" from the bucket list.

I hear the Foo Fighters are splitting up. Maybe Ged and Alex can just
bring Grohl or Hawkins into the band and not tell Neil.

John Nichel wrote:

I hear the Foo Fighters are splitting up. Maybe Ged and Alex can just
bring Grohl or Hawkins into the band and not tell Neil.

Why didn't they think of that in '99?

That Chilean Guy wrote:

I read it as "my ass isn't up to riding the bike for umpteen miles
anymore, so
you can pretty much forget about a tour". So much for crossing off
"seeing
Rush live" from the bucket list.

Yeah, well, that's what you get for being born in fucking Patamexico or
wherever the hell you're from, instead of a real country.

Sorry if already mentioned -- Neil has a new news item up:

http://www.neilpeart.net/news/index.html

Of note:

"In this autumn of 2009, the three of us are poised on another kind of
"reinvention." We have agreed to meet in Los Angeles in November, and
discuss our future. We learned many years ago that when we finish one
long project-like a two-year tour following a year or so of writing and
recording for Snakes and Arrows-we don’t make any further plans for a
while. It’s good to feel truly free for a time, and to clear your mind
to focus on what you’d really like to do next.

"Of course, these are parlous times in the music business, so our
time-honored pattern of touring, recording, and touring is no longer the
obvious way to do things. The music world-or at least the business of
it-is very different now, even since 2006, when we began work on Snakes
and Arrows. The importance of "the album" is not what it was, and there
is currently a reversion to a musical climate rather like the 1950s,
when only "the song" matters. Radio, downloads, and "shuffle" settings
are inimical to collected works. Because of that reality, record company
advances that used to pay for album projects are a thing of the past, so
if that was what we wanted to do, we’d be on our own."

DB

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