To be clear, it was not RFK Stadium, but RFK Stadium parking lot we played yesterday. We were the only non-metal band (depending on what we're calling The Offspring) who btw have accumulated so many sing-alongs over the years I couldn't even believe they wrote them all. Anyway, it was a hoot of a day. I woke up on the tour bus at about 2 in the afternoon, literally right behind the stage. I...
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I wonder if the process of writing and recording this album, any of you have gathered inspiration to start other projects as a group or individually? Constantly, but 3EB is our den mother (did you guys get the cool bear reference?)
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Rock and roll, for me, is about some glorious ineffable feeling that has something to do with freedom, liberation, rebellion, anarchy, positivity, danger, transcendence, sex, joy. And it has to do with coming out of yourself and being fearless and then finding others in that state. Little did I think we'd find this at the Tulip Festival, and yet! I thought we were going to do a favor...
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Do you guys want this album to put you back out in the mainstream such as the first two cd’s did? We're a little weary of the mainstream really. We're kind of liking the underground.
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If mankind's existence depended on the quality of this album, do you think humanity would survive? Mankind’s existence clearly does depend on this album. Why do you think it took so long? I don’t know how familiar you all are with Wormholes Temporal Physics, Existential Cosmic Anomalies, etc. but we are. In fact, we are experts. And as such, know with dire clarity, the dangerous...
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Which song has the most meaning to you, why? Really impossible for me to say since they all come out of some sense of meaning, but not to cop out here’s some that stick out. Tattoo of the Sun was the first song I wrote for Third Eye Blind and was the most accurate set of lyrics on the most free gloriously chaotic period of my whole life, which I knew, was coming to an end (I was...
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Bags are packed. Band has already flown. It's just me and a microphone knowing that Can You Take Me is undone. See, for me, there has to be some philosophical/emotional heart. Even in songs that have a dada/anarchy vibe there has to be something underneath and it took me so long to find of all the things swirling around in my head what was at the core of Can You Take Me. And then at the...
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Who has been a major influence musically on the band or members lately? Yeah Yeah Yeah’s Neko Case Heartless Bastards Aqueduct Wavves Patrick Park Thieves Like Us The ever-awesome Upwelling who will be on tour with us again.
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If you were the keys where would you be? Why? What would you unlock? How dare you ask this question. Who are you to strip me to the very soul of my meaning. Zoonds. If I were the keys I'd be sitting in plain sight somewhere slightly just other than where I should be laughing at Stephan as he walks by again searching in vain for me. "ha ha keep looking fucker!" I would unlock a...
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It occurred to me the other day, what is Robbie Williams doing in my song? His stay in Why Can't You Be is complete. This of course constitutes changing the lyrics, which could upset some. And yet, I feel I must! Rachel Yamagata came over to the studio last night. We had a party after her show. She's earthy and musical and kickass. Back to the last two weeks: I learned so much...
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