I'll bet I was wary when I heard about them revisiting song sketches from 1980, but it's proven to be the last properly great Wire album. Really fucking good from start to finish.
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Re: So- how didn't I know the new Wire was out?
I must confess I played it a few times but it never really grabbed me, and I filed it away... time to revisit, I think.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑30 Jan 2024, 8:06pmI'll bet I was wary when I heard about them revisiting song sketches from 1980, but it's proven to be the last properly great Wire album. Really fucking good from start to finish.
If I can find it!
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Let me know if you've lost your copy and I'll upload one for you. I won't rest until you've changed your mind!JohnS wrote: ↑30 Jan 2024, 9:41pmI must confess I played it a few times but it never really grabbed me, and I filed it away... time to revisit, I think.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑30 Jan 2024, 8:06pmI'll bet I was wary when I heard about them revisiting song sketches from 1980, but it's proven to be the last properly great Wire album. Really fucking good from start to finish.
If I can find it!
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Re: So- how didn't I know the new Wire was out?
You're too kind, many thanks! But fret not, I see that it's on Spotify (along with a very healthy selection of Wire albums - inc all the recent stuff, and the first three - although not, funnily enough, the expanded versions)Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑30 Jan 2024, 9:49pmLet me know if you've lost your copy and I'll upload one for you. I won't rest until you've changed your mind!JohnS wrote: ↑30 Jan 2024, 9:41pmI must confess I played it a few times but it never really grabbed me, and I filed it away... time to revisit, I think.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑30 Jan 2024, 8:06pmI'll bet I was wary when I heard about them revisiting song sketches from 1980, but it's proven to be the last properly great Wire album. Really fucking good from start to finish.
If I can find it!
Colin may have sounded a bit troubled by Spotify in that interview, but at least he/Pink Flag are willing to use it.
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Hugs and candies for change becomes us enjoyers, cement boots for change becomes us detractors.
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Starting to think this doc is never coming out. It's like a new Cure album.
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Or Bernie's memoirs!
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Those Fabled Memoirs
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Our plan to have Maj liberate them when we sent him off to Bernie's Funtime Holiday Camp for Wayward Street Kids had the fatal flaw of it only working if Bernie ever let Maj escape.
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Coincidentally, I got an update email this morning!
tl/dr: We need more money.
Dear Crowdfunders
I’m writing partly to reassure you of significant progress towards a final cut of Wire - People In A Film. And also to outline to you in detail where we’re at with the film, and what we need to do to completely finish it.
Firstly - as with the rest of the world from 2020 - Covid interrupted the making of this film and impacted on its economy.
Nevertheless, much of the initial editing was done in lockdown and once travel became possible again we were able to complete a first rough assembly last May. However hindsight, input from the band and other factors led to us thinking there is a stronger cut to be made than what we have.
We’ve thus already spent significant time recutting and are some way towards a second cut. But the process of recutting has brought to light that there’s a need for new content to complete the film.
So we now have a detailed plan for further shoots with new interviewees, and have brought an experienced documentary editor on board. There are also discussions about possibly shooting more interviews with the band, bringing in their post-Covid perspectives on performing and working, and filling in perceived gaps in Wire history.
We’ve budgeted what we need to take the documentary to the point of having a cut ready to screen. This will be shown at a preview screening for crowdfunders that I believe can and should take place before the end of this year, even if we end up revising the final cut before the film reaches cinemas and physical release.
All of us working on this film are very aware and appreciative of your patience in awaiting this film after your good faith and investments. But I’m also aware that - having enabled this film - you want to see something substantial for your money.
Quite a number of people have written asking if the Crowdfunding campaign was going to reopen, and asking if the can contribute. Some of these have been people who missed the original campaign before it closed, and some existing Crowdfunders who have contacts who wish to contribute and want to know how to do so.
Having consulted with Crowdfunder, it’s not possible to reopen a campaign once it has been closed. Thus we think the best way forward is to invite contributions from those who wish to contribute via the film’s website.
https://www.wire-film.com/
On the page there is a button which enables you to directly donate via PayPal.
We’re about to update the website with this information. But as you are the original crowdfunders, we wanted to share the news with you first.
The budget to complete the shoots we need and recut is around £20, 000. Obviously we’re not asking for more money from you existing crowdfunders! But if you do know someone who missed out on getting involved, please let them know about this new drive.
We have a new and more limited range of rewards than those offered in the original crowdfunding campaign. But still plenty of exciting ways to get involved which can finish this film in style.
If we’re successful in raising this money within the next month, shooting will begin straight away and we can move swiftly to conclude the new cut. The aim being to complete it in the Autumn, and have a screening ideally this year.
Thanks again everyone for all your support to date on Wire - People In A Film. It is bearing increasingly promising fruit.
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Worst case scenario is that James could have become Vince, Jr. And even that's pretty good!
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Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑07 Mar 2024, 9:00pmCoincidentally, I got an update email this morning!
tl/dr: We need more money.
Yeah that was my motivation for posting, I was sure you'd gotten the email too. It reads a lot like the last one!
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Ah. I didn't know that you'd forked over your money. Even acknowledging the covid disruption, this project doesn't seem to have been managed well. I know that early on there were people pissed off about the rewards for sponsorship. At this point, I'll regard a released version as the reward.Kory wrote: ↑08 Mar 2024, 2:22pmDr. Medulla wrote: ↑07 Mar 2024, 9:00pmCoincidentally, I got an update email this morning!
tl/dr: We need more money.
Yeah that was my motivation for posting, I was sure you'd gotten the email too. It reads a lot like the last one!
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Right, at the very least it seems like they're taking the project itself pretty seriously—I like that they've hired an actual editor. I hope the end product reflects the care they seem to be putting into it. I hope it's not just a bunch of praise from the talking heads of Flea and Anthony Kiedis.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑08 Mar 2024, 2:31pmAh. I didn't know that you'd forked over your money. Even acknowledging the covid disruption, this project doesn't seem to have been managed well. I know that early on there were people pissed off about the rewards for sponsorship. At this point, I'll regard a released version as the reward.Kory wrote: ↑08 Mar 2024, 2:22pmDr. Medulla wrote: ↑07 Mar 2024, 9:00pmCoincidentally, I got an update email this morning!
tl/dr: We need more money.
Yeah that was my motivation for posting, I was sure you'd gotten the email too. It reads a lot like the last one!
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I imagine the band would be disappointed with a lame celebration. As far as I know, they were good with Wilson Neate's biography, and it wasn't a lazy, backslapping effort.Kory wrote: ↑08 Mar 2024, 2:40pmRight, at the very least it seems like they're taking the project itself pretty seriously—I like that they've hired an actual editor. I hope the end product reflects the care they seem to be putting into it. I hope it's not just a bunch of praise from the talking heads of Flea and Anthony Kiedis.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑08 Mar 2024, 2:31pmAh. I didn't know that you'd forked over your money. Even acknowledging the covid disruption, this project doesn't seem to have been managed well. I know that early on there were people pissed off about the rewards for sponsorship. At this point, I'll regard a released version as the reward.Kory wrote: ↑08 Mar 2024, 2:22pmDr. Medulla wrote: ↑07 Mar 2024, 9:00pmCoincidentally, I got an update email this morning!
tl/dr: We need more money.
Yeah that was my motivation for posting, I was sure you'd gotten the email too. It reads a lot like the last one!
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