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That started with Peter Serafinowicz mentioning it on BBC 6 Music in early 2012.ryanhewitt wrote:somebody mentioned in the Adult Swim thread about rumours of TH being a double album - on what basis is it believed to be a double album / how did this rumour start?
Well, I think the idea was to produce a more cinematic experience, and what says cinema more than a wide lens shot of one of the most iconic cinema cities in the world. I'd also argue the album is particularly expansive in sound, which lends itself to open spaced imagery. Just a thought...Snufkin wrote:Thanks Fujee. I do apologise, actually. I just knew it would be derailed eventually so thought I'd chisel my name down in ahead of time.
Okay, so to make up for this, something serious that has recently been a recent sparrow in my mind: why San Francisco? What's the best suggestion for *this* city/ghost-city on the cover of TH?
It strikes me as such a bold statement for such an important piece of visual information after so long between albums; and departing from the more 'close range' quality of other cover artworks.
-Snuf
I think that was a bit of an echo-chamber thing, actually. People on here and other places were saying "I bet the new album will be a double album" and he said that based on what talk was just generally going round. Of course, once he said it, everyone then assumed he KNEW something more official to base it off.Twoist wrote:That started with Peter Serafinowicz mentioning it on BBC 6 Music in early 2012.ryanhewitt wrote:somebody mentioned in the Adult Swim thread about rumours of TH being a double album - on what basis is it believed to be a double album / how did this rumour start?
http://blog.twenty20k.com/2012/02/19/pe ... ble-album/
Yeah, I think these observations cut it. But I'm also drawn towards thinking that something as specific as this city... it just seems like such a bold statement to me.fujee wrote:Well, I think the idea was to produce a more cinematic experience, and what says cinema more than a wide lens shot of one of the most iconic cinema cities in the world. I'd also argue the album is particularly expansive in sound, which lends itself to open spaced imagery. Just a thought...Snufkin wrote:Thanks Fujee. I do apologise, actually. I just knew it would be derailed eventually so thought I'd chisel my name down in ahead of time.
Okay, so to make up for this, something serious that has recently been a recent sparrow in my mind: why San Francisco? What's the best suggestion for *this* city/ghost-city on the cover of TH?
It strikes me as such a bold statement for such an important piece of visual information after so long between albums; and departing from the more 'close range' quality of other cover artworks.
-Snuf
That's helpful, thank you. I think I remember hearing Serafinowicz saying that now. I just wanted to know how high to set my hopes for a second part to TH!MrMessiah wrote:I think that was a bit of an echo-chamber thing, actually. People on here and other places were saying "I bet the new album will be a double album" and he said that based on what talk was just generally going round. Of course, once he said it, everyone then assumed he KNEW something more official to base it off.Twoist wrote: That started with Peter Serafinowicz mentioning it on BBC 6 Music in early 2012.
http://blog.twenty20k.com/2012/02/19/pe ... ble-album/
Its certainly no accident, they were definitely going for a vibe and that scenery is incredibly evocative of what they said they were going for.Snufkin wrote:Yeah, I think these observations cut it. But I'm also drawn towards thinking that something as specific as this city... it just seems like such a bold statement to me.fujee wrote:Well, I think the idea was to produce a more cinematic experience, and what says cinema more than a wide lens shot of one of the most iconic cinema cities in the world. I'd also argue the album is particularly expansive in sound, which lends itself to open spaced imagery. Just a thought...Snufkin wrote:Thanks Fujee. I do apologise, actually. I just knew it would be derailed eventually so thought I'd chisel my name down in ahead of time.
Okay, so to make up for this, something serious that has recently been a recent sparrow in my mind: why San Francisco? What's the best suggestion for *this* city/ghost-city on the cover of TH?
It strikes me as such a bold statement for such an important piece of visual information after so long between albums; and departing from the more 'close range' quality of other cover artworks.
-Snuf
3 factors draw immediate geo-visual attention to West Coast USA:
-San Fran cover
-Listening party
-Reach for the Dead video
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These elements in such close proximity just seems so audacious to me. I would say that only IABPOITC gets as close to being so closely factually located to a time and place (Waco).
West Coast USA, abandoned theme parks and a "ghost" city of San Fran on the cover.
When I was in SF, the other year, I encountered a local sense of (dark) humour about "the earthquake" suspected of happening there at some point in the future...
-Snuf
Well, when you think about it the California coast is the edge of where hope runs out...fujee wrote:Its certainly no accident, they were definitely going for a vibe and that scenery is incredibly evocative of what they said they were going for.Snufkin wrote:Yeah, I think these observations cut it. But I'm also drawn towards thinking that something as specific as this city... it just seems like such a bold statement to me.fujee wrote: Well, I think the idea was to produce a more cinematic experience, and what says cinema more than a wide lens shot of one of the most iconic cinema cities in the world. I'd also argue the album is particularly expansive in sound, which lends itself to open spaced imagery. Just a thought...
3 factors draw immediate geo-visual attention to West Coast USA:
-San Fran cover
-Listening party
-Reach for the Dead video
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These elements in such close proximity just seems so audacious to me. I would say that only IABPOITC gets as close to being so closely factually located to a time and place (Waco).
West Coast USA, abandoned theme parks and a "ghost" city of San Fran on the cover.
When I was in SF, the other year, I encountered a local sense of (dark) humour about "the earthquake" suspected of happening there at some point in the future...
-Snuf
any examples? (I don't have an answer, just curious)zeitgeist wrote:What was the deal with the user Najm ad-Din Ayyub? He joined around the time I did, made a bunch of cryptic posts that led everyone to believe he was either one of the bros, or very close to them, then vanished. 99% of their posts have been deleted too. There have only been a handful of similar users with legit info like that over the years I've been around. Odd...
http://www.twoism.org/forum/profile.php ... file&u=696[/b]
http://www.twoism.org/forum/search.php? ... -Din+Ayyubryanhewitt wrote:any examples? (I don't have an answer, just curious)zeitgeist wrote:What was the deal with the user Najm ad-Din Ayyub? He joined around the time I did, made a bunch of cryptic posts that led everyone to believe he was either one of the bros, or very close to them, then vanished. 99% of their posts have been deleted too. There have only been a handful of similar users with legit info like that over the years I've been around. Odd...
http://www.twoism.org/forum/profile.php ... file&u=696[/b]
