| Monday, June 11, 2007 |
| "Burn Out Bright" (acoustic); a "very special" interview, etc. |
Hello friends. It's your Switchfoot blog host Phil, with today's dose of kerosene and electric sparks. An acoustic version, that is.
Jill, my buddy who runs Ears to Hear, a lovely little indie-music podcast (she also helps with our "mp3 of the week" column over at switchfeed.com), has been somehow deluded into thinking I'm famous, and that I should be interviewed. So, when she suggested the idea, it sounded like fun and I went all "let's do it!" Then I realized she was being serious, and half an hour later I was on the phone giving an interview! Besides being unprepared, I was excited and nervous (which tends to make me ramble-y). Anyway, check out the interview if you like listening to some guy share his blog's story in a weird accent. But, much less boring, she plays "Burn Out Bright (acoustic)" on the show - the track that's exclusive to those who buy "Oh! Gravity." from Best Buy, which is where I bought my copy from. AMAZING acoustic rendition. I think I like it better than the album version, but maybe that's just me. So head over to Ears to Hear and check out the podcast - I've shared some blogthings I haven't shared in public before (listen to the whole thing - great music, especially the 'Future of Forestry' track after the interview). iRecommend: subscribe to Ears to Hear on iTunes.
I wanted to thank those of you who've been a great support from the inception of this blog, after "burn out bright" played, but then Jill didn't put me on the show after that! boo. Thanks Jill, for being so awesome. And all of you, for reading these words I type.
PS 1: If anyone has special blog-designing skills (Wordpress or something) and lots of time, please email me, I could probably use your help for a couple upcoming projects. Including any links to blogs you've designed would be helpful.
PS 2: Some of you have complained that since the blog went official, you haven't got to see much of my writings/ramblings - just Switchfoot news. While I'm touched that you'd miss those posts, I apologize - it's just a phase, promise. I shall be back to my writing ways soon. Meanwhile, if you'd let me shamelessly plug something I wrote yesterday, visit this extremely insightful thread on the lp boards. So much fun to explore questions like what separates good art from not-so-good art? What are the criteria by which we make such judgements?
PS 3: Many of you love the band "Mute Math" (they've toured with Switchfoot in the recent past, and are featured in a "conversation" on the current issue of lowercasepeople), so I thought I'd point out that they've scored the theme for the "Transformers" movie - listen at their MySpace.Labels: rare songs and covers. |
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Did I mention I love MuteMath?
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Dude.... Phil, I didn`t know that you were the guy behind SwitchFeed. Great to be discussing great topics with you. :) I`m artsytraveler90 lol
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That was a GREAT interview Phil! You have the coolest accent
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Haha, nice interview.
"I can't be friends with people in real life until I'm friends with them on myspace."
"Way to go Jill..."
xD
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MuteMath = pure love.
Piss Christ thread.. hmm, one of these days I'm going to reply to all of you in one monumental post. And blow you all away.
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Great updates, Phil!! Keep up the all-some job!!
switchFeed is awesome!!
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oh and I love Mute Math!!
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"iRecomend..."
haha. I love you Phil!
p.s.
I love your voice and your accent too!
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what a great interview phil!! :)
i loved the podcast on ears to hear!!
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phil, i can't believe you quoted that whole number. i mean, i would've remembered it too, so i can't call you a dork in that sense, but i can call you a dork for repeating it out loud.
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Mute Math is awesome. Great live band. Just got to see Future of Foresty last month at the cornerstone festival in Orlando. Another band to check out is called Soular.
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sweetest. interview. ever.
(not that i'm biased or anything.)
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"I emailed jon, and tim replied"
lol. aww I love you phil. that made me smile. :D
<3
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Mute Math I love, the transformers theme...not so much
@vicky- I'm waiting to be blown away
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Great interview!
I dunno why but it made me feel hyper...
oh and Phil, your accent sounds like mine...isn't it cool to have a weird accent?!
XD
love you man.
p.s.
Love Mute Math
Love the Transformers theme...
"Transformers, more than meets the eye!"
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Actually, I think your accent is quite "Canadianized." It's cool to match a voice to the words I've been reading on a screen for the last 5 months.
If I may make a suggestion about this "further integration with switchfoot.com" ... make sure that some sections remain exclusive to sfeed. :) After all, the people who were faithful readers before this debut should have a portion of sfeed to ourselves.
Lastly, I'm looking forward to more thought-provoking posts from you ... as well as some promised posts that are LONG overdue. :)
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Awsome interview Phil! I love that version of Burn Out Bright. I'm so glad I got my Oh! Gravity at Best Buy. lol!
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:( the podcast won't work for me...
I love Burn Out Bright acoustic, and I think I like it better than the album version too, as awesome as that is. Acoustic it's just amazing though...now I've got to listen to it right now.
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whoa, how do u all get a hold jon's e-mail lol.
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@nat - does a direct link to the mp3 work? http://media-c01m02.libsyn.com/podcasts/0139489a396f2561f505817f88cbd674/466e9c2b/earstohear/23_Ep._23__Burn_Out_1.mp3
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@anonymous. Only Phil and a privileged few have access to jon's e-mail. :)
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F.Y.I. Mute Math will be on Craig Ferguson June 14.
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yay craig ferguson!
haha, scottish accents amuse me
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hahah thanks guys.
yeah, the "i emailed jon, and tim replied" line is the worst case of precis-writing. i wanted to shorten a long story: jon had given me his email after the vancouver, so I could email him some stuff for the next issue of lowercasepeople. but i didn't have tim's email. so.
@faye
haha yeah there's definitely a canadian influence on it.
and your points are noted. thanks. as for the "promised posts", i feel terrible about not keeping a promise, and can't wait to remedy this. sucks that a day has only 24 hours... but can't wait to get those out to you.
thanks again all you kind people.
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@ nat - I think I know what was wrong with the podcast; there was a problem with the feed. It should work beautifully now. :)
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The podcast still won't work for me (from the Australian iTunes), that direct mp3 link didn't either. The Ears to Hear site is now opening for me (it didn't yesterday) however the podcast will not play - that is to say it's been buffering for 5 minutes.
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hmm... i'm not sure what the problem is then. if you want to email me (jill@earstohearpodcast.com) some technical info (ie. what browser/operating system you use), i'll try to figure out why it isn't working. or if worse comes to worse and you really want to hear it, i could always just send you the file directly. :)
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good blog! keep it up!
hey sweet podcast!! yeah internet(Myspace and all) is great, but it is good to have some "real" friends you know!!
yeah, cool accent(where did you get it??)
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That mutemath theme kinda sucks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcQuXAf0cKc
so much better
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Jill - The podcast is working today, it's downloading now...can't wait to hear this accent that seems to be such a hot topic...
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I like that podcast Jill, and so far I like the music you've been playing. I'll be a regular listener now, I love finding out about new music :)
I would say Phil's accent is more Indian but it's been weakened by a bit of the canadian accent, it's pretty cool though.
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I WANT JON FOREMAN'S EMAIL ADDRESS!!! ANYONE WANT TO GIVE IT TO!!! I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE IT!!!
~LYDIA
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