The new AFI album comes out Sept. 29th.
I'm an impatient person so I wish that was tomorrow.
We just finished mastering today and it's an incredibly fantastic feeling to have our 8th album completed.
Can't wait for you to hear it.

On an unrelated note, when I originally signed up for Twitter, I tried to get twitter.com/jadepuget but it was taken. Turns out someone got it for me so now I have it. I'll be doing my spotty twittering there as well, so go check it out. Hopefully when we start touring on this record I'll get my twittering act together so I can report on Smith setting his head on fire.

By the way, that's not the album art above, but it's very apt.

crash<3

someone should make an emoticon that comes up when you type "crash<3".

p.s. in case you haven't seen it, here's Davey's announcement from today:

After two years of focused writing and recording we have finished Crash Love in it's entirety and and are thrilled to hear it come to life - personally, I've never been more proud of an AFI record. We are writing to announce that on Sept 29th it will be released to the world. We wanted you to know first and do hope that you enjoy it!

Malibu 4th of July. I'm the only person on the beach wearing pants.

I was looking at what's coming out next week, here are some of the bigger releases.------->

Anyone buying any of these or have any thoughts on these jams?
























Boo yah.

So I was looking for a certain picture of Smith, which I googled, which led me to Buzznet, where I discovered a huge trove of pictures. Now you may not believe me when I say this, but I have never in the history of the internet Googled myself or searched my own name, so it was very interesting to see all these pictures of old hairstyles, clothing, shows, things that I had totally forgotten about. Like this:






















We were on Warped tour in like 2004(?) and this guitar magazine wanted to do a shot with me and Tim and Lars from Rancid, which we did in a dirt field with the sun shining in our eyes. Totally forgot about it.

Also found many, many comics and drawings, the majority of which feature Davey and I.






















I like this one because it looks like I'm playing a harmonica.
























By the way, the picture of Smith I'm looking for is the one where he's in a van make a ridiculously surprised expression with a mouth that looks like you could fit a bowling ball in it. Anyone have it?

How can Michael Jackson be dead?
Very sad day.
When I was 7, I used to jump on my bed and listen to the Thriller album front to back.
Anyone have any Michael Jackson stories/fond rememberances?



RIP

Davey decided to make an impromptu appearance on Conan last night.






I was having lunch yesterday and at the restaurant were Stanley from the Office and Long Duck Dong from 16 Candles. They weren't eating together but I'm hoping they're roommates in some wacky apartment.





Sketchy Faces










I found some footage of us rehearsing for this record.

Glad to see some healthy debate on the topic. Let me note that I have no problem with covering a song, there's a long tradition of covering other people's songs, it's an integral part of the music world. However, taking parts of a song, lyrics, melodies, chord changes, and putting them in your own "original" song and not calling it a cover no es bueno. Also, Flo Rida stole the name of our orangiest state. My new rap name is going to be Ida Ho.


I got rid of some of the flair on the page so maybe it won't load like it's on AOL dial-up. Remember that mess?
"Hold on, let me me disconnect my phone so I can go online. I'll be downloading this Promise Ring song for the next 35 minutes."
Let's all take a minute to remember the internet of the late 90's. Napster, chat rooms, Makeout Club, eternal pageloading. What am I forgetting?

Let me also take a moment to rant. I flipping through radio stations yesterday in my car and I thought I heard "You Spin Me Right Round" by Dead or Alive, so I stopped, only to discover that it was, in fact, not the classic 80's band Dead or Alive but Flo Rida.






















The song has basically the same melody, chord changes, and some of the same lyrics...




...and I might be mistaken but I don't think it's considered a cover, I think it's considered a Flo Rida original.
There are some other egregious examples of this (and I won't even get into Puff Daddy's offenses in this area).
Namely, Hilary Duff pwning Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus":



and Rihanna "borrowing" from Soft Cell's "Tainted Love":




I hope that the original artists are getting paid some serious royalties at least, I think Pete Burns from Dead or Alive would like to own a watch the size of a dinner plate too.

Thoughts on old timey Internetz or "covering" the classics?

I'm sitting amidst guitars, caressing vinyl, and talking Jawbreaker in the current AP





















Just got back from New York. Stayed on the Lower East Side, ate great meals, and mugged people in the subway.














If you're a fan of words:



I don't think I've ever recommended a fantasy epic, so here you go. This series is so good it had me running frantically around Berlin on tour, trying to find an English language version of the next book.









This one is stellar, creepy, strange, and eruditely complex, especially if you're a fan of my oft-recommended "The House of Leaves".
















Since we're still in the middle of mixing, I can't put up any music yet, but here's some footage of me tracking a song in the studio, sans audio. If you're a guitar player, maybe you can figure out the song.






Or you can just dub in your own audio, like this genius piece of amazing.





Here's mine




or....




This one's probably going to be the theme for the next Twilight movie.

Here's a little Thursday mix to brighten up your week. <3

Should I see it tonight? I heard it's pretty boss.

Traveled up to the Bay Area this weekend to record vocals for a cover song Blaqk Audio is doing for a Love and Rockets tribute album. Adam was nice enough to come over and join us for backing vocals. 

Then spent 7 hours in my hotel room editing and mixing.
Also had tofu and brown rice with Smith.

Has anyone noticed that when you start up a Macbook it plays the first chord of "Nothing Compares 2 U" by Sinead O'Connor?

From my DF post:


I thought an update might be appreciated on what we’ve been up to the last month, and what we’ll be up to for the next few weeks.

We spent April at Henson Studios (yes, the one with the huge statue of Kermit the Frog on the roof) finishing up the last batch of songs for the record with the talented and witty Irish producer Jacknife Lee. He’s done tons of great work, from Regina Spektor and Bloc Party to U2 and R.E.M., plus he lets his daughters draw on him and then gets the drawings tattoed on. We came out of that session with some unique stuff and I think it really rounded out the record in a spectacular way.

Tomorrow, we start mixing with Rich Costey, who is also a prodigious mixer and producer. We actually worked with him years ago when we did that Nine Inch Nails cover, Head Like a Hole. He’s done great records as well, he mixed and produced the last 2 Muse albums, he’s done Mars Volta, Brand New, Interpol, Foo Fighters, Mastodon, and he can benchpress probably 105 pounds minimum, so we’re very much looking forward to how the mixes turn out.

As you know, we’ll be playing in Toronto at the end of June and doing festivals in Europe at the end of summer, but we’re starting to put together a slew of new tour dates, here and overseas, and we’ll keep you updated as we start confirming them.We know it’s been a few minutes since our last record and tours but we appreciate you waiting patiently and not patiently for the 8th album to be completed.
It’ll be worth the wait.

<3

Tokio Hotel for the win.


That text website is hilarious, what is the funniest/winningest text you've ever sent or recieved?

I proclaimed Picture Wednesday and then sort of failed....













....the last couple of weeks, so here's algo para ti:




Was anyone at this show? 2002. The palindrome year, folks.












I don't go see movies, I just wait for the book to come out.
















Davey and I have pretty stellar faces in this one



















Davey and I playing ping-pong during the recording of Art of Drowning. Check my devastating backhand. Whenever I unleash it, all bikes are blown into the rafters.

For anyone in the Los Angeles area, Davey and I are going to be hosting Loveline tonight with Dr. Drew. Totally forgot about it til this second.



Does anyone have swine flu yet?

If you're home sick with the swine flu, you can pass the time watching the news, shortayy.

Groggy. Just woke up. Grog blog. My dog is hiding behind a lemon tree.
Just read on some website that David Slade, the guy who directed the Girls Not Grey video, is directing the 3rd Twilight movie. Expect rabbits emerging from crotches instead of vampires in that one.
Interesting that the majority came out against Twitter. It's obviously a silly development in our slowly devolving culture but I guess it can be entertaining, I just read in the news that Oprah tweeted "My hair is not a weave".
That's crucial information.
A few people have been saying this site is running slowly/strangely. It loads fine for me but the html probably looks like calculus homework because my page is so bedazzled with flair. I'll investigate.
Saw Mick Jagger in the hallway of the studio yesterday. He suspiciously showed up at the same time as this beat bike that was leaned up against the lightpost outside. I'm convinced he rides to the studio on a ten-speed.
Someone asked if that last song I posted was sung by Stephen Hawking. Win.

Someone pointed out that the poll ended up being 50% to 49%. Very mysterious. The other 1% voted for the Makeout Club.

So so much going on, haven't had a chance to post.
Putting the final touches on the AFI album.
Writing new Blaqk Audio songs.
Trying to eat good thai and mexican food.
Trying to make it to Coachella (I see Moz is the clear winner).
Trying to decide who to take on tour with us.

Any thoughts on any of the above?

I was thinking about musical tastes, and how they change over time, about all the styles of music I've enjoyed since I first discovered music on my own. It surprises me that I still love them all. I can put on the songs that excited me as a kid and still feel that dopamine surge that put me on this path.

What are the things you'll always love, no matter how far your musical tastes navigate away from your first discoveries?



...you guys aren't scared to be truthful about music you loved/love even if it's not "cool". I like it.


iPods won. Congratulations to iPods. Like they need it.

I like this new profile, it's inky, it makes me think of this song:

We all remember Smith flipping off babies on the streets of Paris:





I'm happy to report that those babies finally got their revenge.