Interviewing James tomorrow. Questions for him?

[hefdaddy42]

What's the point of smoking a cigar if you don't inhale?

You draw the smoke into your mouth and exhale, observing the flavors, consistency, and quality of the smoke itself...

Then you blow that stinky, toxic shit out to cloud the nice, clean air of everyone within a 20' radius.

Actually, you should be considerate and not smoke around non-smokers at all.

I (and all other cigar smokers I know) only smoke at our homes or in cigar lounges.  People that smoke in other places (where they are generally not welcome, for understandable reasons) are typically assholes.

[Cool Chris]

I didn't mean to imply smoking in public is assholery behavior. I don't want to smell it, but recognize that in public places where smoking is allowable, my preferences shouldn't automatically infringe on the rights of others. I am not a Liberal.

[hefdaddy42]

I didn't mean to imply smoking in public is assholery behavior. I don't want to smell it, but recognize that in public places where smoking is allowable, my preferences shouldn't automatically infringe on the rights of others. I am not a Liberal.

Not sure what else you would have been implying by that line.

Also not sure why you felt the need to make a political joke, but let's leave those in P/R.

[RMGadelha]

I only smoke cigars and pipes at my home too or in a tobacco shop some 15 minutes away from my place. I understand how people feel because I don't like cigarette smoke when smoked close to me.

[Cool Chris]

Apologies for my part in the continued derailment.

On topic, I don't generally read these interviews, they just don't interest me much. But I am always down for hearing/reading anything James has to say.

[a51502112]

I'm not sure having an occasional smoke will destroy your voice, but I can't imagine him smoking on tour and performing at a high level like he needs to for DT.  Maybe when he was younger that was possible. 

I'm sure cigars aren't the only smokes he enjoys 

Well it IS legal here now in the Great White North...

[dream75]

When's the last time DT had bonus track/s on an album?

The Enemy Inside instrumental  in the Japanese version of DT12

[RodrigoAltaf]

When's the last time DT had bonus track/s on an album?

The Enemy Inside instrumental  in the Japanese version of DT12

I didn't even know that was released!

[Sebastián Pratesi]

When's the last time DT had bonus track/s on an album?

If by 'bonus track' you mean 'original song written by the band, not available in the standard edition of the album' (which seems to be the case this time around, judging by James' comment), then the last time was 1997. ("The Way it Used to Be", a b-side in the "Hollow Years" single.)

[dream75]

When's the last time DT had bonus track/s on an album?

The Enemy Inside instrumental  in the Japanese version of DT12

I didn't even know that was released!

https://youtu.be/dSRjd_saTDU

[gmillerdrake]

I'm not sure having an occasional smoke will destroy your voice, but I can't imagine him smoking on tour and performing at a high level like he needs to for DT.  Maybe when he was younger that was possible. 

I'm sure cigars aren't the only smokes he enjoys 

Well it IS legal here now in the Great White North...

I'm not so sure that he was high. If you watch it again....I think they just got a case of the laughs/giggles to where there was nothing they could do....they were unable to control the laughter. Been there....done that.....a few times.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qP6pmJdQZ0

[gzarruk]

I'm not sure having an occasional smoke will destroy your voice, but I can't imagine him smoking on tour and performing at a high level like he needs to for DT.  Maybe when he was younger that was possible. 

I'm sure cigars aren't the only smokes he enjoys 

Well it IS legal here now in the Great White North...

I'm not so sure that he was high. If you watch it again....I think they just got a case of the laughs/giggles to where there was nothing they could do....they were unable to control the laughter. Been there....done that.....a few times.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qP6pmJdQZ0

5 years later and this still makes me laugh like the first time

[hefdaddy42]

[krands85]

[gmillerdrake]

this is one of my favorites   

[cramx3]

 

honestly probably one of the funniest things I've seen from DT.  It cracks me up every time and it's great because it's just laughter so I've shown this to people who don't know what DT are but they end up laughing along too.

[RodrigoAltaf]

Jame's hair in that interview looks like Sean Penn's hair on Fast Times at Ridgemont High...

[Peter Mc]

When's the last time DT had bonus track/s on an album?

If by 'bonus track' you mean 'original song written by the band, not available in the standard edition of the album' (which seems to be the case this time around, judging by James' comment), then the last time was 1997. ("The Way it Used to Be", a b-side in the "Hollow Years" single.)

Inside Out do like their digipack special editions with bonus tracks, sometimes a whole bonus disc.

[gzarruk]

When's the last time DT had bonus track/s on an album?

If by 'bonus track' you mean 'original song written by the band, not available in the standard edition of the album' (which seems to be the case this time around, judging by James' comment), then the last time was 1997. ("The Way it Used to Be", a b-side in the "Hollow Years" single.)

Inside Out do like their digipack special editions with bonus tracks, sometimes a whole bonus disc.

Well, more DT is never a bad thing, right?

[Peter Mc]

No complaints from me, give me all the bonus material!

[Bertielee]

No complaints from me, give me all the bonus material!

[nikatapi]

It would be strange for DT to have an original composition as a bonus track, something new for sure.
Let's see, can't wait to read the interview!

[Fritzinger]

If it's an original composition and it's good, why not just include on the album in the first place? If it's not good, throw it away. I really don't get this bonus stuff. An album is a piece of art for me and a bonus track is an add-on about which I never know if it belongs to the album or not.
It's like reading a great book, reading the last word, and thinking "wow that was awesome" and then realising there's actually a few pages you didn't notice, starting with "oh by the way dude, there's more".

[MirrorMask]

The only thing that annoys me about bonus tracks is when they're lazily slapped at the end of the disc, rather than incorporating it into the tracklist where it makes most sense. How many times an album has a clear closer, and then comes the bonus track which is like an anticlimatic encore...

Aside from that, more stuff, the better!

[RodrigoAltaf]

The transcript is almost done. It's nine freaking pages of a Word document, and I'm on page seven. We use a software to transcribe, but it comes out full of mistakes and I need to listen to the audio again and tidy up the result - remove the excessive "you knows", "I means" and try to make it more streamlined and coherent than just a verbatim transcript.

[AboutToCrash]

The only thing that annoys me about bonus tracks is when they're lazily slapped at the end of the disc, rather than incorporating it into the tracklist where it makes most sense. How many times an album has a clear closer, and then comes the bonus track which is like an anticlimatic encore...

Aside from that, more stuff, the better!

I agree with that, The prog band Vanden Plas used to do it all the time and it wound me up! They'd have the clear closer then a random song that doesn't fit at the end. Maybe DT ran out of disc space?

[MirrorMask]

The transcript is almost done. It's nine freaking pages of a Word document, and I'm on page seven. We use a software to transcribe, but it comes out full of mistakes and I need to listen to the audio again and tidy up the result - remove the excessive "you knows", "I means" and try to make it more streamlined and coherent than just a verbatim transcript.

Every language has its mannerisms, so this is not a critic per se on the english language... but to non native speakers, those "you know" stick out sooooo much when hearing someone speaking  good call to remove them!

[ToT-147]

When's the last time DT had bonus track/s on an album?

The piano and guitar outro on DT12 after Illumination Theory..

That one was clearly a hidden track, not a bonus track..

When's the last time DT had bonus track/s on an album?

If by 'bonus track' you mean 'original song written by the band, not available in the standard edition of the album' (which seems to be the case this time around, judging by James' comment), then the last time was 1997. ("The Way it Used to Be", a b-side in the "Hollow Years" single.)

Good catch!.. (buenaaa )

I think that this new bonus track is a different case though.. TWiUtB , like Eve or To Live Forever, were songs composed long before they released them as official songs, and also they were all released on EP's or along the single.. I know that we don't know yet how they'll release this new bonus track, but we do know the song was composed at the same time that the rest of the album..

Anyways, I'm cool with any way they decide to release it!..

[bosk1]

I don't know what the bonus track is, but I think it is likely that it might just be the required bonus track for the Japanese release.

[bill1971]

I don't know what the bonus track is, but I think it is likely that it might just be the required bonus track for the Japanese release.

What do you mean required?

[Evermind]

Not to answer for bosk, but, well, as far as I know, albums on Japanese market cost a lot more than your usual run-of-the-mill ~$15, so in order to make it worthwhile for Japanese listeners, the label would often push the band to add some bonus material for Japanese versions of the album. Usually it results in a bonus track or two added, which are not released elsewhere. A lot of bands do that nowadays, so that would be a reasonable assumption.

Looking forward to the interview!

[bosk1]

Many labels have as part of their distribution contracts in Japan that Japanese versions of albums must have exclusive bonus tracks for the Japanese release, or else they will only stock the "import" version of the album in Japan, which cost more yen, which means potentially lower album sales in Japan.  This has been in practice since at least the '80s.  I believe DT's new label may be one that has such a term.

EDIT:  Yeah, kind of what Evermind said.

[Evermind]

I didn't know it was a contractual obligation though, that's interesting, and yeah, makes sense.

[bosk1]

I heard that from Dave Meniketti (Y&T) years ago, but I don't know the specifics beyond that.

[Kyo]

I doubt it has anything to do with the Japanese market. If you look at the bigger InsideOut releases in recent years, almost all of them had bonus tracks or bonus discs. Officially those are on the "limited edition", so it's a way to get people to buy an album sooner and pay more (when the album gets discounted, that'll usually be the standard edition with the bonus stuff missing).