eady eye (former members of oasis), awolnation, simple plan, the brothers carney from spider man turn off the dark, cults, and a panel discussion on tour riders.we also shot two commercials for the show.question: why is my go-to television voice always just me yelling into the camera?
tomorrow morning early the movers come to my house to take up everything i`m taking in the movement to london.a few of you make asked why london and how am i going to be capable to continue working with blink-182 and the tv show.the solution to the back division is: i will never sleep.i`ll be traveling back and off to new york to record the show, and flight out to wherever blink-182 has concerts, press, video shoots, etc.or if tom needs a hug.or if travis needs a spouse for mixed martial arts tournaments.a lot of you may not recognise that, while i may APPEAR soft, infirm, and a bit out of shape, i`m actually the summit of virility, strength, and masculinity.ready to GO at the fall of a hat.yeah, i`m sort of a bad ass.but i don`t wish to be showy about it.as for why move to london, there`s no one real answer.i only need to break out the uk for a bit.i`ve lived in and loved southern california for most of my life, and need to try a change.i wish to know what it`s Very similar to be the european experience.by totally immersing myself into a strange culture.jump in feet-first.i wish to go to YOUR starbucks, to break YOUR ed hardy t-shirts, and to ride rides at YOUR disneyland paris.i wish to give my head to a completely new world.i wish to be jasmine, and the uk and greater european continent to be alladin, and the eurorail will be our magic carpet and we`ll fly high above the landscape opening up beneath us. "a completely new world (don`t you dare close your eyes."got a bit off travk there, sorry.the uk rules, and from there we can break out places in europe and scandinavia, etc.also, i like tea.and crumpets.but i gotta be honest, the sportsman of cricket completely defies me.any game that takes years to decide is beyond my content for caring.it takes all the forbearance and finding i have to see a 90 minute football match that ends in a 0-0 draw, and not launch something frank and weighty into one of the 60" flatscreen tvs that flow on every bulwark of my sprawling mansion.interesting side note: aside from clothes, the sum of "stuff" i`m bringing with me overseas and on tour, the NECESSITIES of my very existence, objects with which i would be wholly unable to function, all fit into two small boxes.and a pro-tools rig and some guitar cases.
tomorrow morning after the movers leave, we have interviews.mostly near the tour.but inevitably and expectedly also around the album.what does it sound like?how many songs?what direction did you get as a band?why does mark look like he`s slowly metamorphosing into jane lynch from glee?all valid and crucial questions, to be sure.but also questions for which we don`t make all the answers yet.we`re still in the midst of it.as i sit on this plane somewhere over pennsylvania, travis is in los angeles tracking drums, and tom is in san diego tracking guitars and vocals.i`ll be running on the songs again tomorrow after the interviews, and on and on until the album is due at the end of july.what DOES it sound like?i can`t say you.personally, i am at the point where i can`t really see it for what it is anymore.objectivity left a long time ago.i CAN say that some of the best songs for the book have been scripted in the preceding month.songs with energy and angst, and hooks and great melodies.the original absence of there songs is the cause why we had to offset the UK/European dates.and also why, even as GIANT a bum-out as it was and continues to be, it was the proper thing to do.the album is often the best for having the spare time, and we make the UK and Europe to thank for it.so thank you, and apologies again.
our single is due to be delivered to the judge in two weeks.as of now, i guess we possess four strong contenders for "first single."this is one the most exciting and stressful times of any recording process.the office where you commit.no more "we`ll put this in and see how it works." we are all forced to build the decisions that will ultimately solidify whatever this new album will become, and will invariably be.good or bad, right or wrong, the die is most to be cast.the deadline is approaching.july 31st will be here sooner then any of us realize, and a few weeks after that it will be on the shelves (or on the websites where you can buy and have it in a cloud) and finally everyone can learn it, decide for themselves, and we can all stop talking about when the show will be released or what it sounds like.we can start talking about what we conceive of the last master.at that point, the album will be what it is and get on its own life.all of our ideas and go and songs will be like little birds, leaving the nest for the start time.some will soar to amazing heights, some may come dead and clamber to conduct flight, and some may grow bright yellowish and grotesquely large and go on a street with a green monster who lives in a trash can.i suppose i`m going to wish our new little record.i promise you do, too.
also tomorrow we`re meeting a product designer to discourse the upcoming US tour.starting to form out what the spell will seem like.what it will look like when the curtain drops.what lights, what effects, what projections, or not.is there a theme?will there be an enormous animated skeleton named eddie that looms over the audience, or a giant inflatable pig, and what about pete wentz`s hair?these questions will necessarily lead into the word of the set number for this tour, which new songs will be added, which songs will stay, will any be cut?and tour rehearsals.and trade for the tour.and ad mats for the tour.and crew.and hotels.and buses.and semi trucks.load-in times.soundchecks.meet and greets.radio station visits.late night truck stops where you buy a brown leather vest with turquoise inset stones and tassels because you mean it`s peculiar and you`re still buzzed from the show. (by the way, the half-life on the comedy value of said wardrobe absurdity is just 3 minutes from when you pass out of the truck stop door).tour life.
in summary (are you still reading this?!damn, maybe try and get out a little), tonight isjune 22.in the following six weeks we get to: 1) finish recording the album, 2) choose a single, 3) mix the album, 4) master the album, 5) design the tour production, 6) figure out the art for the record (damn, i`d forgotten about that until right now), 7) decide upon a setlist, 8) learn to play the songs we just recorded in a live setting, 9) start general rehearsals for the tour, 10) shoot a picture for the single, 11) do national, international, local, and long-lead press for the record and tour. additionally, for me i am attached to 12) two weeks of tape for hoppus on music, 13) flying to london to obtain a point to live, 14) moving everything out of my house, into storage or shipped to the tour, or to london, 15) packing for tour. 16) unburdening myself from 2 vehicles, 17) living out of a hotel for a month, 18) learning to dancing the watusi, 19) convincing myself that the double-down sandwich is actually a tangible thing, and not a dare that person is acting on us.oh yeah, and we as a ring need a good week of total production rehearsals. and merch designs.wow.
so that`s the following six weeks.i`ll speak for myself when i say i`m crazy, stressed, high-strung, unable to sleep, anxious, nervous, and loving every hour of it.i know what we get to do.honestly.and the sole reason we get the chance to do it is the back from all of you.so, thanks again.i promise you know our new record.i desire to see you out on the turn this summer, and if we drop you there, maybe i`ll run into you over in merry old england, where we can throw anotha shrimp on the barbie, mate!oh. wait.dammit.