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Putting down the guitar for a second
Posted on April 30th, 2009 at 3:28pm
I thought I'd pop in and say hi! I'm aware that some of you Kooks get a little antsy if you don't hear from me but I'm at the least blog-worthy part of a new project. i.e. writing and attempting to find an interesting direction for the new material. Right now I'm feeling simple and quirky :)
Outside of this process things are good on the home front. I can't believe the school year is coming to a close, it's gone so fast. Each year there is a class project for the kids, so tomorrow I will be at the 3rd grade Hopi/Chumash social studies play and in two weeks the 1st grade Earth Gallery. I love these end of year events as it shows me just how much my kids are learning and growing.
Frances has been traveling a lot lately due to store openings in NY and the UK but thankfully that's starting to slow down.
Don't forget the McCabes gig on Saturday May 16th in Santa Monica. It will be the same set up as The Standard, intimate and ever so slightly amusing. Even if you can't make it you could always notify friends and/or message boards.
TFF live album is coming along nicely and sounding great, hopefully we'll have finished it before the summer tour. iTunes are also attempting to put together a TFF tribute album of covers done by up and coming bands, the proceeds of which will go to charity. We received the first track yesterday and it sounds amazing. On that note I shall leave you dangling :)
More soonish........
EZEZEZEZ
Papa S.
Comments
Posted by stephen_kohlmann on Friday, July 10, 2009 - 07:17.
Wasn't sure where it was most appropriate to post this, but I came across this article, which is an interview with an LA band called the Robotanists that I *think* most KOOKs will appreciate for a slight nugget of TFF-related information...http://beatcrave.com/2009-06-23/robotanists-interview-know-your-la-bands/
(For those who loathe rearding, scroll towards the middle, the question "What are Robotanists presently working on?" )
Posted by Celeste on Friday, May 22, 2009 - 17:14.
Your very welcome gabby.
Tears For Fears Fan, www.blogyourjourney.com, My fan website, A Tears For Fears Fan Group
Posted by Celeste on Friday, May 22, 2009 - 09:32.
Here's Roland and the card catalog drawer from hell. First he pulls the drawer off of its tracks and then he smiles and says "Um I think I broke the drawer guys," and then he can't open the drawer at all and he starts laughing. It seems like that drawer became Roland's nemesis.
Tears For Fears Fan, www.blogyourjourney.com, My fan website, Tears For Fears Fan Group
Posted by angela on Thursday, May 21, 2009 - 14:28.
Come back 2 SNOW HILL with a low key gig please ...may be ...Flash a bass player has been around 4 yrs(did you know him ? ..anyway) he has been doing lots of youth music .....may B there's a mix 2 B found ? x - i'm a potter but we all work together .
please reply i think it could be good .
Posted by Daniella on Thursday, May 21, 2009 - 02:38.
Hi Guys! Just watched Curt's interview ( again) with Kevin Pollak !I really love the little introdution theme Curt wrote for his show!! Yes ,it must of been really hard to think of something rhyming with " Pollak" ?? ;p I'am locked away in my hospital room , having radiation treatment ,to make sure all those cancerous cells have gone!!!
I had my treatment yesterday, which was just a tablet , I thought "hey this isn't so bad"? Got my own room ( no noisey wards with bleeping machines , or patients trying to get in my bed!!) huge tv , computer endless tea & coffee ,my own bathroom and .... leaded walls!!
Until I woke up this morning with golf balls in my neck!!!!! I look like a hamster on steroids!!!
Anyone for radioactive scrabble???
Posted by CRACKERJACKS on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 - 19:41.
hi Curt, Hi Roland , Hi TFF fans,,, I am proud as a peacock tonight seeing Adam do TFF for the second time, and am envious, curt, that you got to go tonight!!!!! I'm real close to your age, but I'm a girl and would'nt you love to have another drama Queen in the house??? You can take me in just untill the concert this summer, so I can realize my dream of meeting you and Roland!! Anyway Adam did a beautiful job did''nt he!! Bye!
Posted by tff2632@aol.com on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 - 19:23.
Adam sang MAD WORLD again tonight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He does good, but I still LOVE it best when CURT SMITH sings it. But love it alot anyway. Just an amazing song. That song makes me wish that I could sing!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by Celeste on Thursday, May 14, 2009 - 21:47.
Curt Interview
Roland Interview
And just in case there are any people out there who don't speak french fluently Roland says "Good day! It's Roland from Tears For Fears."
Tears For Fears Fan, www.blogyourjourney.com, My fan website, Tears For Fears Fan Group
Posted by swetbabo on Thursday, May 14, 2009 - 19:41.
How about this one... I thought they were pretty good myself. =)
Break It Down Again-TFF-Xavier Singers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9ZW4m9ssUU
Donna
Posted by eurydice on Thursday, May 14, 2009 - 17:24.
Thanks for sharing Tears For Fears on the Trail of Tears, stephen! It completely cracked me up. You might also enjoy Zoing the Seeds of Love
Posted by stephen_kohlmann on Thursday, May 14, 2009 - 16:52.
Wasn't sure where to post this, but found this TFF/Travel Channel spoof on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmsIE76yd3A
It's, uh, interesting? Not quite as funny as the "Literal Head Over Heels," IMHO. Worth a looksy though if you have 2 or 3 minutes to waste...
Posted by CRACKERJACKS on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 19:59.
Yeahhhhhhhh! More TFF on American Idol tonight!!!! Makes me proud too , like a Mother-hen protecting and tending her babies!! I'm so passionate about You and Roland, Curt,, and I thought Adam Lambert did awesome on Mad World!! I was tickled pink, because I really do like him alot and think he deserves to win! I'm still waiting for my ship to come in so I can come and see you two in Nevada! Cross you fingers and say a prayer for me! Love to you guys, barby.
Posted by Allison on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 19:11.
Yay who watched American Idol and heard "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" played while Kris made his homecoming!?! So awesome, geesh! TFF should just play on the show already! So many TFF references this season! I bet that made Diva and Wilder smile as they watched with their dad...
Posted by Carlos the bassist on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 17:48.
Carolyn,
I just watched Curt's interview this past Sunday (KP), I thought it went extremely well and I like the fact that Kevin said he only scratched and would like to have Curt on again. The karaoke question was interesting, Curt I think you should come down to Dimples over on Olive Ave in the City of Burbank next to Warner Bros, NBC Studios to do the all time mother lode on EWTRTW!
http://www.dimplesshowcase.com/
- - Carlos in Los Angeles - -
Posted by Carlos the bassist on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 16:43.
I must be the only Angelino who doesn't tweet. One can only imagine what the extra F is for in TFFF?
"At Shabby Road recording today. Not much to tweet about. Had any idea for a twitter TFF tee for tour - OMG it's TFFF :) Marketing please!"
- - Carlos in Los Angeles - -
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I for one was pretty excited to hear that the artists may be covering more of the "Deep Cuts." God knows we've heard more than our share of people covering "Mad World" (seriously, this is beginning to be covered almost as much as "Yesterday," not a bad thing, though), Shout ("Weird Al" polka medley, anyone?), Everybody Wants to Rule the World ("Punk Goes the 80s" version by JamisonParker was an inspired and successfull re-working, Gloria Gaynor's not so much IMHO) and Head Over Heels (of which I highly recommend checking out the slightly bizarre version doneby Samamidon). Not that there's anything wrong with covering the hits, I think it's an exciting project regardless of what gets covered, but the idea of songs as obscure to the casual fan as "Ideas As Opiates" getting covered makes that much more interesting (and no doubt more challenging to the musicians). Well, just as long as no one decides to try and tackle "Ghost Papa!" And yes, it's great to know the proceeds are going to such a worthy cause!