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So what are the small things?

 

What would it take to have him finally release the demos he has. Why blink doesn’t do anniversary re-releases like Green Day for example with demos, b sides, live concerts. When are they going to do another live album. Ever consider releasing an acoustic album of older songs. Meanings behind certain songs. What guitar parts did he actually write that we don’t know about. Want me to keep going?

 

I feel like we’ve gotten most of that from the Twitch streams and Discord, no?

 

I have about a million Jerry Finn questions

 

I would ask Tom if he’s ever listened to MH 4.18.2011

 

Maybe? I don’t do either so the only time I hear of anything he says that are noteworthy are in here. I know he talked about the demos before and he cleared up the question about Demo #2 actually being called 21 Days and the real track list etc.

 

I was going to say, if you put on Fighting The Gravity, how long would it take Tom to realize it was a blink-182 song?

 

Back when Neighborhoods came out, I remember Tom saying that he loved MH 4.18.2011 and that it wouldn't have improved with his playing on it. And that it sounds like an ALL song.

 

Id love for Travis to do an episode of Chris Demakes pod on Anthem 3 or something (not OMT) from the new album

 

About his experiences with other bands at the time. He also went to a rival high school of mine in VA so I'd ask about his time there. The lost song on Dude Ranch is a top one for me, as well as "Punk Kid" but he's mentioned that he won't ever release demos or anything that's "unfinished" so I think we have the answer there. Similarly, I'd want to show those "Mark in Studio +44 Album 2" clips and get more thoughts on where that song was heading. I'd also want to ask about the "Alphabet Theory" and see if they'd ever consider bringing that back even though they 100% forgot about it after Neighborhoods.

As detailed as I could make my questions, he'd likely give a generic response so maybe we're just back to where we were originally.

 

Apologies for double post, but had another thought about the book: It was almost a sense of closure reading about the '09 reunion and the band's thoughts and turmoil through to the second breakup. It was something the fans had felt weird about and we never had any "concrete" evidence about it and I was happy to hear it wasn't good. It just makes the 2022 reunion that much sweeter and more genuine.

Like, I'll never forget October 2022 when blink cleared their socials gearing up for an announcement. Something that exciting is very limited in this life.

 

The alphabet theory got debunked by Mark, and recently by the graphic designer of Dude Ranch through TOYPAJ.

I don't remember the exact time stamp where they talk about it, but...

 

Wait so what about the G on TOYPAJ and J on Neighborhoods?

 

The J was for Jerry Finn, I believe.

 

He talks about the G in the interview

 

Wild. I talked with Mark about this and he said they had forgotten to do it for DED and asked "what letter are we even on for California?" Someone said "L" and he said "maybe it's the 'L' in 'blink'". My question would've been if they were going to continue it on a future album but clearly not, ha.

I fully believe it was a coincidence up until TOYPAJ and then present on Neighbs. I haven't watched that interview, though, but I'll go off of what I talked with Mark

 

FOUND IT! It will start at the correct time

 

Gaslighters

 

I want to believe!

 

if you missed/want a signed copy

 

I think I want a couple of those octopus graphic shirts on that HMYIM Instagram account. I can't wear anything that says "Hi My Name Is Mark" on it since my name actually is Mark. I made that mistake back in the day, and it led to the same awkward small talk with every person I interacted with lol.

 

The jump from EOTS to Untitled was 4 years. Similarly, Nine to One More Time was 4 years. That timing doesn't line up for me mentally and is likely skewed due to my age at the time, but still crazy to me. The EOTS to Untitled was a sonic jump that almost made them unrecognizable in terms of the song type comparisons. I'm hopeful they continue pushing themselves and we get more weird and wild takes on blink.

Also, I got through to Nine in my discog run. Album still crushes so hard after a more mediocre Neighbs and California. On to OMT tonight to close out the musical run.

 

Nine>> California is interesting...

 

It’s the correct take.