The ever-so-wonderful Theodora Mouzakis managed to get her hands on the current issue of Tape Op and scan it.

(Click the individual thumbnails or go here)

Yes, it’s been a little while again. But there’s been a lot of stuff. Look below.

Cosmetic changes you won’t care about…or maybe you will?!
There’s a brand spanking header image that loads randomly. The old one is still there, too. For everyone who remembers how the site looked like between January and May 2006, that would be nothing new.
Speaking of random, the list of random quotes from songs grew from S to XXL. And yes, I shall put them somewhere where they’ll be seen more easily.
The navigation bars on subpages (they’re called breadcrumbs, btw) are now highlighted.

Live photography update
07th December 2006, Vienna - by George Talmacsi
07th December 2006, Vienna - by Szilvia Vass
One more set of photos from this show, and it will be sharing the top place with the 2005 Vegas one. So…anyone?

Fanart update
A wonderful painting by Emmeline Pidgen, see it here.

Audio interviews update
22nd November 2006, XFM radio, London, UK regarding RHCP secret show - I’ve cut John’s interview from the huge audio file.
13th February 2001, Edge102 FM, Toronto, Canada, regarding release of TROWFTD - can’t remember who originally taped this, but it’s a beautiful one, despite the low quality.

Also, I am very happy to announce that there’s an audio player for all interviews. Yes, there’s a nice little yellow button you can click on and it plays the interview. And all of it is right there.

Discography update
I finally (that is, after three years) sat down and typed out the lyrics to all the songs with official lyrics available and transcribed almost everything of the rest. I’m trying to organise the additional information of each song, if any; and possibly allow the site visitors to analyse the songs’ meanings if they’d like to. For now, feel free to look at the songs index and a list of non-album songs. Please, be patient and don’t come up with ridiculous questions and requests.

Wallpapers update
in 1024×768 and 800×600.

An update to the global action is due tomorrow. Hint to a frequent site commenter who wanted to take part in this: I emailed you three times, check your inbox and spam/junk email folders.

NEW live and live press photos
At last, some photos from one of the last 3 shows of the tour…
26th August, Leeds Festival - by Richard Riley
25th August, Reading - press
23rd August, Glasgow - by Dave L

Older stuff, from back in 2003 to earlier this year
10th April 2007, Melbourne - by Chris
13th November 2006, Los Angeles - by TheLAist.com
02nd October 2006, Boston - by Jamie
02nd October 2006, Boston - by Jamie
15th July 2006, London - by Anita C.S.
14th June 2006, Prague - by Maja Radin
24th August 2003, Glasgow - by Michelle Bevan
12th March 2003, Manchester - by Michelle Bevan
11th March 2003, Manchester - by Michelle Bevan
06th March 2003, Glasgow - by Michelle Bevan
05th March 2003, Glasgow - by Michelle Bevan

Fanart
- Wallpapers by Leni (x4), William (x2), Ornella, Katy, Mohammed and Markus…some of them added a year after I was sent them, which is pretty bizzare and for which I most sincerely apologise. You can get them in 1024×768 and 800×600.
- Stunning traditional art pieces by Carly and Tuija Myllynen. You can view them here
- A digital fanart piece by Anthony can be viewed here

Live audio: covers
- 2007 live audio was updated with the cover from 23rd August (thank you, Stu!)
- 2005 live audio is now complete, as I came accross the cover from 25th August that year.
That makes 2005 the first complete year in terms of concert solos/covers. With your help, 2007 could be next. Go and see what’s missing and if you can help with eight missing covers from last winter’s USA tour and the Brisbane day 1 cover, that will be appreciated. As for Reading, that one will pop up easily. Or not?

More things coming soon, very very soon.

Screencaps
Alternate Desecration Smile video screencaps - by yours truly
Snow (Hey Oh) screencaps - many thanks to Flavia for having done these

This makes the collection of screencaps from RHCP music videos complete. 24 in total. 1201 pics for your viewing pleasure. Yes, screencap maniacs, I’m talking to you. And if you think you didn’t read the above well or that I, god forbid, made a typo, yes there is an alternate version of the Desecration Smile video.

Magazine scans
Bam magazine, 03rd November 1989
Juice magazine, October 2000
Kerrang, March 2001

*all of the above thanks to amazing Giz.

More exciting stuff coming soon, very very soon. I had some serious health problems last week, I need to finish detailed cleaning of my bedroom/study/office/IM.net headquarters (what a multi-functional room…), I have a lot of obligations over there at Lush (and the world should smell nice), a couple of more websites ordered to create (money doesn’t grow on trees, at least not here in Serbia!) et cetera. Amongst those “et cetera” things, I have about 300 emails related to this site that I have to reply to. Some of them are from 2006, even.

Your webmaster needs a vacation.
Funny comments in this update were brought to you and me by too much artificial sweeteners in Pepsi Max.

Ladies and gentlemen, today, 2 years ago, the discussion board of this website came to life.

However, as one of the head moderators is having some serious problems and we’re all worried for her, this year we won’t be celebrating. I’m using this occasion to say that we’re sending good vibes her way.

Of course, everyone who has not joined the board in the past is still welcome to jump on and have a chat.

After running the previous poll for more than a month and having had 1307 people vote, there’s a clear picture of what John and RHCP fans think of Josh Klinghoffer’s

According to 53% of voters did not mind Josh’s presence at all or they loved it.

The number of people who were not happy with his presence equals 23%, while 22% think he should be involved in John’s solo projects, but not with anything that concerns Red Hot Chili Peppers.

2% of people had no clue who Josh was. This should entertain you, guys.

Some people pointed out that Chris Warren, Chad’s drum tech, has been playing keyboards on By The Way ever since the song’s been played live. It’s just that he’s always in the back, behind the drums, and Josh was behind John.

IMPORTANT: If you guys still want to go on and on and on about this, this is the URL of the page where the poll is.

So, here’s a new poll. This month, it’s been a decade since John’s most enigmatic album to date, Smile From The Streets You Hold was released. And, in most cases, it’s either an album people love or an album they absolutely hate. It would be very interesting to see what you all think about it, as the situation’s completely different now, it’s been ten years and many things have happened in the meantime.

Of course, after voting, you can also comment on the poll.

Comments to this entry have been disabled in order not to confuse people.

Even more magazine transcripts
Spin, February 1990
Alternative Press, July 1999
Kerrang!, March 2001
Guitar One, April 2001
Total Guitar, April 2001
Guitar World, August 2002
Spin, August 2002
Guitar One, January 2003
Guitarist, June 2003
Kerrang!, 29th April 2006
Dazed and Confused, May 2006
EPS, May 2006*
GQ (UK edition), May 2006
SAIN, May 2006
Blender, June 2006
Guitarist, August 2006
Guitar Player, November 2006
HoBo magazine, issue 5
TG Awards issue 2006

All these were typed out by Caroline apart from the one with (*), which was translated and typed out by Esther.

And once again, if you have bought some cool rare old magazine or if you have something that’s not here, feel free to donate it, you will be fully credited, as always.

Same goes for people who would like to type out some articles. There are still a couple of articles that need to be typed out, and a couple that need translations from German, French, Spanish and Japanese. If anyone would like to help, please contact me and I will provide you with the list of not yet translated/source-less, scan-less and untyped out articles.

Finally: more wallpapers
I was asked to make a couple of wallpapers with the photos from the February 1990 issue of Spin, so here they are…have a look! I’m a bit out of the loop now and my graphic programs are running slow as the computer is yet again in a need of more RAM, but I hope you like these.

More live photos from 2006 and 2007
15th June 2006, Berlin - by Iskra Engelbrecht
29th June 2006, Rock Werchster - by Zuzana Narszewicz
14th July 2006, London - by Natasha Zalewska
12th August 2006, Endfest, Seattle - by Adam Dickinson
18th October 2006, East Rutherford - by Phil Smith
02nd November 2006, Grand Rapids - by Stefanie Silverly
22nd November 2006, London - by Esther
26th January 2007, Charlottesville - by Lauren Breeden

Bug fixed
All the links are displayed correctly now. Apparently, the CMS doesn’t like long link titles, as weird as it may sound, so I had to shorten some sites’ names for that purpose. There’s no logical explanation for this bug, sorry. Also, the multimedia category is now gone and the links from that category have been moved to the other categories.