[kj] fully on topic

[Brendan]

I'm really into that latest Mastodon album too, it's a grower, quite
unique to my sensibilities.

Cool update - cheers :)


>

> Right.? I thought about that Alex interview in our time together.? If

> there's an acrimonious bone in his body, it didnt show last week.? At one

> point Geordie stepped out for a cigarette (imagine that) and Paul just

> heaped genuine praise on Geordie's sound and technique and how often he's

> copied without due credit.? We all agreed that there are loads of bands

> that owe their sound to Geordie's style.? Some have adapted it and moved

> it forward.? I asked him who he liked - he listed Mastadon, Isis, Ohm -

> and the like.? And dub is still a big thing for him and everyone else.?

>

> Me too.

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> In the interview Alex did with him a few years ago, you get the sense that

> it was almost a 50/50 split between Big Paul and Jaz when it came to lyric

> writing as well as overall themes.

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> Yes.? I hadn't chatted much at all with Paul prior to this - and he's

> really well spoken and thoughtful.? We discussed his sculpting work and

> restoration projects, splitting time between his different places and the

> KJ summer tour and how hard it is to make plans.? What sticks most in my

> head is him saying "if you're in for a penny, you're in for a pound" when

> it comes to a new recording venture.? As best I could gather, it spells a

> whole lot of time away from home and the stresses that it brings are not

> taken lightly at this point.? Turns out that his wife and mine have

> probably crossed paths at some point in the past - or will in the future -

> (commercial building/contruction/econ development sector).? Pretty funny

> considering that my?ex knew Geordie's ex too from Detroit days. Hmmm.

>

> It's pretty clear that Paul had a bigger hand in the writing and whole

> direction in early days that he's given credit for..especially lyric

> writing.? But he's dead on humble about it and really genuine.

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> Great news - thanks for sharing. Did Paul have much to say?

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> Sorry to all for the repeater posts on my Heaven report - guess it was a

> factor in using my BBerry to send a post - not sure why that happened.

>

> In the meantime, I'm back and thought I'd share what little info I had

> from my time with Geordie and Paul (and great to meet you Matt at lunch in

> SoHo - thanks for the advice on that market and pub in Southwark - we hit

> it!).?

>

> Had dinner with Geordie on our last night in town; in sum - There's good

> cause for optimism for new material - in rehearsals last week they have

> new songs in development - more than what we heard so far (TimeWave and

> Fresh Fever From the Skies) and Geordie is pushing for the recording

> process to move along.? Likely to commence with pre-production in Youth's

> place in Spain in late summer or fall (the heat is a factor!).? No point

> in speculating any further than that but it was clear he wants another cd

> out.? So if that's not something to hoist a pint of Bombadier to, then I

> don't know what is!

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> Stay tuned.

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