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April 08
JUST LATELY
Darren would have you believe that as
soon as the Side Two Tour ended he
downed tools and took a complete
break. Well that is what we all hoped
for, but of course that is not quite
what happened. The Time Machine
Tour DVD has taken a reasonably
large chunk of his time. Micro
managing such a large task has
gobbled up a lot of his attention in the
last few months.
DarrenHayes.com will be selling a
limited deluxe version of the DVD and
it will also be available in standard
versions in the UK, Northern America
and Australia. The Deluxe Edition will
be released on July 1 (pre-sale much
sooner than that) and internationally
on July 31.
The deluxe version is going to be
lush. Jane Wallace has once again
designed beautiful packaging that you
will all love. It will include over 300
images that will not only be included
in a booklet in the deluxe packaging,
but we will also upload the images
onto the net for purchases of the
deluxe edition to view in a much
larger format. Hopefully soon I can
show you images of what it will look
like.
We intend to have a screening of
sorts in London before the release
date, so keep an eye out for a
members competition.
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Index
01 Just Lately
04 The Side Two Tour
06 This Delicate Thing Weve Made
10 USA Photo Special
14 Interview With Richard
18 Wally
19 Casey Video Shoot
20 Competition
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NETHERLANDS
Thursday Februrary 21, Amsterdam-Marcanti, Amsterdam
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For me, growing up the way I did was the first destination I
set my sights on. So many of my muses were always painful
ones. From unrequited loves to vying for the affection of a
father I was terrified of. From a desire to escape my working
class poverty to dealing with my very self hatred and realization
that I was gay. My childhood was one of escapism.
These themes colored what I wrote about for the past two
years.
Thats why so many of the songs on this record deal with the
point of view in the past.. looking back with wisdom. I talk
about my Sister being my savior in her old beat up Holden HQ
Station Wagon (Casey). I talk about a ten year old boy who
fantasizes about killing his Father (Neverland). I talk about the
miracle of finding someone who finally put up with my bullshit
(The Only One).
Growing up and looking at my accomplished life 25 years later,
Im grateful for just surviving. Im grateful for my love. And I
finally feel strong enough to tell a story. Some of it hiding
behind the colorful foolishness of Jules Vernesque concept,
Some of it raw and in your face. But all of it my autobiography.
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One either sees the bright red bird as a real object or one sees a
series of folds in a piece of scrap paper. The choice is ours. In
some ways, unfolding the object destroys it. In accepting it, one
accepts a miracle of sorts. The Fairlight Synthesizer was as
much an attempt to find some of the magic on my favorite
records, as it was to have a talisman for storytelling.
I started referring to the ancient keyboard as a time machine.
The veteran of hard disk recording device that defined artists
like Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush as pioneers of their field in the
mid 80s as a lens through which to examine my life.
An
emotional deciphering device if you will.
The concept of
going back in time was really a device to allow me to go back
and drag the happiness, wonder and emotion from a past that
so far has been documented only by sadness and drag it to
the cold light of the present day. In doing so I could finally hold
up this thing we call living and examine it from all angles. The
Delicate Thing, if you will.
I asked myself, if I could go back in time..
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The idea would be that you could put this disc on and listen to
the record and enjoy visuals in the same way you would at a live
performance. Or watch it in its entirety as an extended music
video. Many of the visuals will be pulled as still artwork and will
later become a part of the live show.
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Side One
The Unfolding Of A Moment..
1. Fear of Falling Under
2. Who Would Have Thought?
3. Waking the Monster
4. Casey
5. On The Verge Of Something Wonderful
6. Step Into The Light
7. The Only One
8. Words
9. A Conversation With God
10. Neverland
11. Sing To Me
12. The Great Big Disconnect
13. Glad To See You Back Again
Side Two
All the Moments That Came Before
1. The Future Holds A Lions Heart
2. How To Build A Time Machine
3. Lucky Town
4. A Hundred Challenging Things A Boy Can Do
5. The Sun is Always Blinding Me
6. Song For The Disenfranchised
7. Maybe
8. Bombs Up In My Face
9. I Just Want You To Love Me
10. Me, Myself And (i)
11. Walk Away
12. Tuning A Violin
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PHOTO SPECIAL
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PHOTO SPECIAL
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PHOTO SPECIAL
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lol
He's a joy
really
in every way
I'll bet you're thrilled to be doing an interview, A. When you are in the
middle of work and B. seeing as though it is I asking you the
questions. Are you annoyed yet?
i'm on an 8
On a scale of annoying to that guy who hosts the T.V show Grand
Designs, you're at an 8?
Right
(he sniggered across the dueling computer screens btw reader)
O.K so .. let me start with the simple stuff
good
simple is good
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I wish you could read into the deadpan emotionless express on your
face as you typed that.
Seriously, you've been suddenly thrown into full time animation/
editing/film making bitch pose for the last year - and the most recent
thing you've completed was the live DVD. So very simple what was
the worst thing about that? The live DVD in terms of what you had to
do.
Or perhaps I should say the most challenging aspect of it. Because it
wasn't easy was it?
I think the biggest thing was just getting my head around it. it's the
largest piece of work that I've done. All the film work that I do tends
to last for the length of a song so it's easy to keep an overview of
what you're doing, what the shape of it is and with work for the
INTERVIEW
INTERVIEW
INTERVIEW
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COMPETITION
Your Chance To Win A
Rare Promo CD!
Click HERE to enter our latest
competition for your chance to win
a
highly collectable Taiwanese
copy of This Delicate Thing Weve
Made which includes a rare bonus
10 track Promo EP. Competition
closes 30 June 2008
Competiton is only open to members of
Delicacy, Darrens Official Fanclub.
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Contributors
Darren Hayes, Tracey Webb
Photographs
Myrna Suarez, Darren Hayes, Richard Cullen, Maggz Appleton
www.darrenhayes.com
2008