HCTF Poll: New John Cale rock album in 2010?

Here Comes The Flood — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:34:00 GMT

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At the shows John Cale played in Australia in January, he revisited and reworked songs from his back catalog while the unreleased new songs like Hey Ray, (A Day in the life of the) Common Cold and Catastrophic were left on the shelf. Only Whaddya Mean By That got an outing.

He did perform two new instrumental pieces (Peace in the Rigging and Glen Gould at Work and Play) as part of the "Eight Hands" show in Hobart, a return to the piano pieces that dominated his musical output during his movie soundtrack endeavours.

His latest studio album blackAcetate was released in 2005. At one time a new album was supposed to happen in November 2008, but it's been quiet since the 2006 Jumbo in tha Modernworld single.

In recent interviews Cale mentioned that he has written 26 (or 27) new songs. Work-in-progress? Demos? Nearly finished? So will 2010 bring a new John Cale album? Vote and comment.

Phish in 2009

Here Comes The Flood — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:06:00 GMT

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Phish came back big time in 2009. The Vermont foursome kicked off with a three-night stand at Virginia's Hampton Coliseum in March, toured through most of the summer, staged the three day Festival8, including the first "musical costume" since 1998 on Halloween with the performance of the Stones'Exile on Main St., followed by a Fall tour. They ended the year with four shows in Miami. The final one is tonight - show 50 for 2009. Not bad.

New studio album
Joy, their new studio album, was received quite well, with notable exception of one track Time Turns Elastic, the first long "composed" song in a long time. It took over a 200 takes. TTE is hated by many and liked by few. The band persists in performing it. It did work when guitar player Trey Anastasio performed it with a full orchestra in Baltimore and New York. All of the Joy tracks were rolled out in concert before the album's release. Songs that didn't make the cut ended up on the bonus album Party Time, part of the deluxe edition of Joy.

From the Archives
Archival release highlight was the mammoth DVD Box set with 7 DVD's documenting The Clifford Ball. Big Cypress in 2010?

On the road again in 2010?
Will they tour again in 2010? Most likely, but will that include Europe? It's been a long time since that final show in Barcelona, July 10. 1998.

MP3: Phish - Stealing Time From The Faulty Plan
(live at Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, NY 2009/06/02)
MP3: Phish - Kill Devil Falls
(live at Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, NY 2009/06/02))

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HCTF Poll: New John Cale rock album in 2010?

Phish in 2009