[kj] OT Firewater

[Alex Smith]

Well, yeah, JetSet's CEO was Shelly, Tod's wife (Tod also acted as JetSet's art director). Tod and Shelly have since broken up, I'm sad to report (though I think they're both much happier as a result). The status of JetSet at the moment is uncertain. I believe Shelly is trying to sell the operation, but I'm out of that particular loop.

Who knows? Maybe Firewater will be resurrected at some point. Here's a statement about it Tod made sometime back in November, just prior to making his decision to goto Bangkok.


 
"...everything is up in the air. I have two sacks full of songs -- 18 demos which I really like. But at this point I am not sure what will happen to them. I would surely love to put them out, but I'm not sure who will do it in the US, for reasons I am unable to discuss just now.

At the same time, I am sick to death of this country and the people who appear to be running it. I really don't think I can take four more years of The Idiot and his brood. Accordingly, I've booked a ticket to Thailand in the new year for 6 weeks in order to take a course in TEFL (Teaching English as a Foriegn Language)so I can learn a viable trade which might allow me to travel far from this Godforsaken joke of a country.

Mostly, I just need to get the fuck out of here for a while. Otherwise I fear I may begin randomly killing people, starting with the President. However, if I get offered a job in Thailand, who knows -- maybe I'll be teaching English to Japanese flight attendants in Chang Mai in a couple of months."
 
Tod A, 11/20/04



-----Original Message-----
From: Christof hamille <wessidetempest at hotmail.com>
Sent: Jan 10, 2005 2:04 PM
To: vassifer at earthlink.net, gathering at misera.net
Subject: Re: [kj] OT Firewater

Oh that is such a shame.

Now I do not know the history of JetSet but isn't Tod's girlfirend/wife 
somehow involved?  Or a manger or something?  I am glad he is staying active 
and has such a great oppurtunity but it is a shame that Firewater fire kind 
of smoldered and then went out instead of a bright white light (more like 
Cop Shoot Cop, which even then was not as grande as it should have been).  I 
am sure he would have a good go at soundtrack work.
Well if you converse with him and it is appropriate let him know that there 
are several people in the Detroit, MI area that will miss his music and wish 
him well.

Thanks Alex

Chris

>From: Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>,"A list about all things 
>Killing Joke (the band!)" <gathering at misera.net>
>To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
><gathering at misera.net>
>Subject: Re: [kj] OT Firewater
>Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 12:52:55 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
>
>
>
>Hiya Chris.....
>
>Some updates re: Firewater.
>
>1. SONGS WE SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN is indeed out -- and has been for some 
>time. It's pretty good. Not essential, but cover collections rarely are. 
>The cover of "This Town" is awesome (made famous by Sinatra), but the 
>band's trek through "Hey Bulldog" is dubious.
>
>2. JetSet didn't push it for a number of reasons -- most of them financial, 
>but some of them personal as well. Suffice to say, the band and the label 
>are not exactly close these days.
>
>3. Don't hold your breath waiting for new Firewater music. I had dinner 
>with Tod last Wednesday night. It was a going away party. He left Friday 
>for Bangkok, Thailand to go teach English as a Second Language. He's been 
>quasi-offered to do some soundtrack work in the future, but that's on the 
>back burner of an entirely different stove. Firewater itself? He had some 
>new music in demo format, but he doesn't seem to be pursuing it. It may be 
>all over for Firewater as a going concern, I'm very sad to report.
>
>Alex in NYC
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Christof hamille <wessidetempest at hotmail.com>
>Sent: Jan 10, 2005 9:13 AM
>To: gathering at misera.net
>Subject: [kj] OT Firewater
>
>This queston is probably geared more towards Alex inNYC but here goes.
>Whatever became of the release "The Songs We Should Written" by Firewater?
>I heard about prior to its release and last night I looked it up and it
>seems that it has been out for almost a year now.  What is the deal on 
>that?
>   Did Jetset not push it at all?  I do not even see a mention of it on the
>web site.  I heard a few tracks and it seems to be good.  And what is the
>state of Firewater?  Together, down, depressed, elated, etc.
>
>Thanks
>Chris
>
>
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