August 18, 2005
Wonderful musical news: Extraordinary Machine is officially being released on October 4th, in (and this part may or may not be wonderful) a version completely different from the Jon Brion produced bootleg. I haven't downloaded the new singles from iTunes yet to make a comparison to the rough drafts, and I probably won't; I'll just wait to have a full length headphones experience on the morning of the first Tuesday of my favorite month.
Incidentally: one of the reasons the new Kanye West single Gold Digger is so good, aside from West's very considerable talent (although some of his stuff a little too mainstream for my tastes), is that Jon Brion produced it (along with most of the rest of the album). Even cooler: Michel Gondry plays drums on another track. Apparently, the point of origin for the collaboration was that Kanye is a Fiona Apple fan.
Posted by David Lowery at August 18, 2005 06:36 PM