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A conversation with Maynard James Keenan

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Andrew McMillen from Australian magazine called Junior recently interviewed Maynard.   Maynard speaks a bout a range of issues including Tool, A Perfect Circle, Blood Into Wine and more. For those of us unable to pickup a copy of this magazine (it’s a free street press type thing) Andrew has published the full transcript here.  Here’s an excerpt:

I saw the Smashing Pumpkins recently. It felt like Billy [Corgan] was rushing to get some of his more well-known songs out of the way so he could play the new stuff. Can you relate to that kind of feeling?

No, no. I mean, especially since James Iha’s not in the band, I can’t really relate to the fact that Smashing Pumpkins are out there.

Nothing really notable as far as Tool or APC news goes, but a good insightful interview none the less.

Danny makes Patton look short

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Proving once more that exciting things happen when I go away – it appears that Danny jumps up on stage with Faith No More at their recent gig in LA.  Tool bad he didn’t get behind the drumkit:

Two of my favourite bands united – I wonder if Tool and Faith No More would ever really tour together…

In other news:

  • Blood Into Wine is on Netflix (everyone can stop sending me emails now…)
  • There’s a test pressing of The Melvins Bride Screamed Murder up on Ebay – proper vinyl to be release in January.
  • Sounds like tickets to the Tool gig in Melbourne in February are finally being sent out.  Thanks Ticketmaster!  Jakob are 100% confirmed as the support by the way (sideshows only).

Maynard on Blood Into Wine

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In a new interview with Artist Direct, Maynard discusses the Blood Into Wine movie, which is now available on DVD.  He talks about wine making, the movie, and a little about Puscifer.  No Tool news for those who are only interested in one thing (apart from sex):

It’s an inspiring film because audiences very rarely have the opportunity to see how intense the winemaking process is.
It’s been removed from our culture. Prohibition pretty much interrupted the whole appreciation. It’s odd. That was such a huge move. Prohibition, The Great Depression, World War I and II, there’s this thing that happened on our soil that removed a lot of that appreciation from the table for us, quite literally. Now, we’re catching up with it. There are all of these celebrity chefs and cooking shows. More wine is being appreciated by people and not to the point of indulgence. You don’t drive down the highway and see corkscrews and bottles along the side of the road; you see Budweiser cans. It’s not like it’s that kind of growth. There’s an appreciation for art and a consciousness that’s attached to it.

Slight Blood Into Wine delay

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Looks like there has been a slight delay to the Blood Into Wine DVD as Maynard hinted by Twitter earlier.  According to a recent post on Toolband:

The "SOUND INTO BLOOD INTO WINE" CD will be released on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th. This is a compilation of the tracks heard throughout the "Blood Into Wine" documentary, but also includes a few UNRELEASED MIXES. The DVD will be released on SEPTEMBER 14.

Luckily it isn’t a lengthy delay.  I will probably order mine soonish…

Blood Into Wine Screenings for August

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A few more Blood Into Wine screenings are on the horizon:

According to some tweets from Maynard, the Jerome screening will feature several showings, and will feature Q&A sessions with Maynard (though I doubt he’ll be fielding Tool questions).

Also, there are a few DVD Release Parties planned that you may be interested in attending:

Enjoy!

Sound Into Blood Into Wine

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The new Puscifer release Sound Into Blood Into Wine is now available for pre-orders on the Puscifer store.  It contains a range of new Puscifer remixes, including some that will be familiar to those that caught Puscifer in Country Mode on their last tour.

The track listing is:

  1. Sour grapes Where’s The Line? Mix
  2. Momma Sed Vis4V mix
  3. Queen B Vis4V mix
  4. The Undertaker Vis4V mix
  5. Drunk with Power Vis4V mix
  6. Rev 22:20 Dry Martini mix
  7. Indigo Children Vis4V mix
  8. The Mission M is for Milla mix
  9. The Humbling River Nagual del Judith mix
  10. World Up My Ass 7 inch mix
  11. Sour Grapes Legend of the mix
  12. The Humbling River Duet mix

There was also a gentle reminder that the Blood Into Wine DVD will be released on the 7th of September.

Maynard on new A Perfect Circle and the Blood Into Wine DVD

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A couple of things came out from Maynard today, firstly he briefly discusses A Perfect Circle:

"I doubt if we’ll do any touring or, you know, do a full album," he said. "We might do some one-off shows here and there if the timing’s right and it seems like a good vibe and a smart thing to do. But most likely we’ll just kind of concentrate on, you know, one or two songs at a time, rather than investing all the time and money and effort into making those plastic discs that no one cares about anymore."

Apparently he appeared with Ashes Divide the other night, however from what I read nothing too exciting happened.

It was also confirmed that the Blood Into Wine DVD will feature:

  • Interviews with Maynard and Eric Glomski
  • Puscifer Live Footage
  • Deleted scenes from the Tim and Eric Show

Should be out on September 7.

Red Rocks Confirmed! Puscifer DVD!

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While not yet confirmed on Toolband, the 93.3 Website and AEG Live are showing that Tool are playing at Red Rocks, CO on to consecutive nights on the 28th and 29th of June (not that’s June not July).

I’m not 100% convinced by those dates yet, so wait for confirmation on Toolband, but seems extremely likely that this will go ahead at this awesome venue.  Two nights in a row is interesting as well, I’m sure there will be plenty of speculation in about them perhaps filming something that night…

In a recent Puscifer email, Maynard talks about some of the ups and downs in wine growing, as well as mentioning that Puscifer should have a Live DVD out in Spring next year.  There are also plans for a Wine Club called the Velvet Slippers Club which I imagine will distribute a range of Arizona wines including some of Maynards own.

And just in case you’ve forgotten, here’s a range of Blood Into Wine screening dates:

  • AB – Edmonton – May 13 – The Billiard Club
  • AL – Birmingham – June 17 – Workplay Theater
  • AZ – Flagstaff – May 22 – Orpheum Theater
  • CA – Modesto – May 14 & 15 – The State Theatre of Modesto
  • CA – Los Angeles – June 4 to 10 – Rave Motion Pictures Beverly Center
  • CA – Sacramento – Jun. 10 – The Crest Theatre
  • CO – Fort Collins – May 14 – May 20 – Lyric Cinema
  • FL – Jacksonville – June 20 – 5 Points Theatre
  • IL – Peoria – Apr. 15 – May 15 – Peoria Theatre
  • MA – Nantucket – May 17 – 20 & May 22 – 24 – Starlight Theater
  • MI – Grand Rapids – June 17 – Wealthy Theater
  • MO – St. Louis – May 20 – Tivoli Theatre
  • NC – Winston-Salem – May 21 – May 22 – a/perture Cinema
  • NV – Las Vegas – June 17 – Rave Motion Pictures Town Square Center
  • NY – Brooklyn (Williamsburg) – May 29 – Uniondocs
  • NY – New York City – May 27 – With Special Guests – City Winery
  • NY – New York City – May 28 – City Winery
  • OH – Cleveland – May 21 & 28 – The Cleveland Museum of Art
  • TX – Austin – June 21 – Alamo Drafthouse Lake Creek
  • TX – Houston – June 19 – Alamo Drafthouse West Oaks
  • TX – Dallas – May 20 – Wine Tasting and Q&A w/Eric Glomski – Magnolia West Village
  • VT – Burlington – May 14-20 – Roxy Cinema
  • WI- Madison – June 4-17 – Orpheum Theatre
  • WI – Milwaukee – May 20 – Times Cinema

Blood Into Wine DVD Postponed

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The producers of Blood Into Wine have announced that due to overwhelming demand for Blood Into Wine screenings the release of the DVD will be delayed until September:

The demand for theatrical screenings has far surpassed what was initially anticipated and in order to bring the film to more people and in order to include all the great DVD extra features, the DVD release date has been pushed back. The Blood Into Wine DVD and Blu-ray will now be released September 7, 2010.

Hopefully by bringing the film to more people they mean some kind of overseas release.  Australia would be nice!