Saturday, July 4, 2009

"No New Tale To Tell" Full Song Available

The Blaqk Audio contribution to the Love and Rockets covers album, “No New Tales To Tell,” is now available in full on the album’s MySpace Music page. The song is 3:17 long. For more information about this album, see the post archive for this album.
In other Blaqk Audio news, see this post about Davey and Jade co-writing a song with Bobby Alt of Street Drum Corps.

Update On Davey and Jade Song "Black Romance"

On July 1, we reported about a rumor that Davey had co-written a song with a drumming band called Street Drum Corps. We have now confirmed this with a member of the band, singer Bobby Alt. According to him:
“It’s called Black Romance. I wrote the music with Jade and the Lyrics with Davey.”
Update: This is not going to be a Blaqk Audio song. It is a Street Drum Corps song.

Friday, July 3, 2009

Hunter Tweets Regarding Crash Love Release Date

Responding to rumors of a September 29th release date for Crash Love, Hunter has posted the following two Twitter messages:
Here is the ChaCha.com Hunter was referring to. It is a text messaging question and answer site. On another note, the September 29th release date rumor originated right here.

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Hunter Hosting Macbeth Party With Vegan Chili

On Friday, July 3, Hunter Burgan of AFI is hosting a Macbeth party. Macbeth is a shoe company, for which Hunter is the vegan spokesman. The party will be from 7:00 to 8:30 for all ages, and after 8:30 it is 21 and up. There will be vegan chili, and Hunter may be DJ-ing.
The event takes place at 850 Tamarack Avenue in Carlsbad, California. Click here to see the advertisement, featuring Hunter holding a sledgehammer.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Summary of Events – 7/1

It’s been a very busy five weeks since the last Summary of Events. Here is a list of the action along with links to the respective articles. This summary is current to 6:00 PM on July 1, 2009:
  • Crash Love Is Complete Story
  • Davey Interviewed by Joshua Katcher Stories
  • Davey Answers Ask AFI Question Story
  • Crash Love In Process Of Being Mastered Story
  • Davey: Crash Love Out At End Of September Story
  • AFI Edgefest ’09: Photos, Videos, Setlist Story
  • Jade Posts Crash Love Rehearsal Footage Story
  • Fall Tour Confirmed Story
  • Jade Posts Guitar Tracking Video On His Blog Story
  • Christy’s “Day In The Life” Video Posted Story
  • “Cold” Is Part Of A Crash Love Song Title Story
  • Jade Talks Jawbreaker In New Alt Press Issue Story
  • On The Arrow Available On iTunes Story

Tweet To Reveal, Pt. 2

8/6 7:36 a.m. - More than 16 hours after it was opened for tweeting, the eleventh title has been revealed to be “End Transmission.” As usual, it required 2,000 tweets. There is one song title remaining to be revealed. It will be a title we have not heard before, and it is represented by “+++.” This means we will receive three extras along with the title.

8/5 3:00 p.m. – Exactly 12 hours after the tenth song title was revealed, the tweet counter for the eleventh song title has been posted. This title will either be “End Transmission” or another title we do not know yet.
8/5 2:59 a.m. - The tenth track in the Tweet to Reveal campaign is revealed to be “Cold Hands.” This is a title that was previously suspected, but never confirmed until now. There are two titles left to reveal, and as of 7:00 a.m. there is no new tweet counter.

8/4 1:51 p.m. - The tweet counter for the tenth song title is up. It is yet another “one more” counter. Go!

8/4 2:30 a.m. – After 2000 more tweets, the ninth track on Crash Love has been revealed to be “Too Shy To Scream.”

8/3 2:04 p.m. - Nearly 12 hours after we found “Ok, I Feel Better Now”, we finally have our extras. They were indeed two extras, as shown by the “++”. To access the picture extra, click on “OK.” For the text extra, click on “I Feel Better Now.” Here is one extra, most likely lyrics for the song:

“I died for the last lie, and the heartbreak for the first time. I could not take til I made you cry. This is what you taught me. This is what you taught – and I learned well – to recognize that feeling easily can be dispelled. Show me your wounds I’m bored with mine. Nothing is new.”
The other extra is a picture of Davey lying on a couch. The tweet counter for the next song is up. Have fun.

8/3 2:26 a.m. - New song is “Ok, I Feel Better Now,” the first confirmed song of Crash Love. This track was labeled with a “++” so we are expecting more to come soon. No video/new tweet counter as of 12:12 p.m.
8/2 4:08 p.m. - The tweet counter for the eighth song title has started, nearly 12 hours after the seventh song title was revealed. This eigth track was labeled with a “++” meaning that we are likely to get both a song title and an extra reward. The last “+” track revealed a 30 second video of the Begin Transmission winners singing.

8/2 5:22 a.m. – The seventh song title, “Sacrilege,” is revealed after 2,000 tweets. As of 12:03 p.m. no tweet count has begun for the eighth track. This was a previously unknown song title.

8/1 6:40 p.m. – We’re past 1001/1002 now and nothing happened. Guess it’s until 2000 again.

8/1 3:45 p.m. - Theory posted a Twitter update with a link to a Twitcam Feed. This is a way to stream live video over Twitter. As of 4:02 p.m. he is online here. He was last seen writing “Top Secret LOL” on a paper and playing with action figures. See the comments on this post for instant updates on what’s going on.

8/1 3:12 p.m. – The seventh track is now up for tweeting on afireinside.net. As of 3:45 p.m., the tweet counter for the seventh track is glitching. It is showing 221/222, then 222/223 indefinitely. There is a chance, however, that this is not a glitch. Stay tuned.

8/1 2:49 p.m. - The sixth track, “It Was Mine,” is revealed!


8/1, 11:26 a.m. – The fifth track is revealed. It’s “Veronica Sawyer Smokes”, a title we already knew before. The tweet counter for the 6th song has already begun, this time it’s up to 1000, so tweet away!

Good Housekeeping

I will be away for the next three weeks starting Sunday morning. I will not have Internet access, ever.

This time, I’ve got three people — count ‘em, three! — waiting in the wings to keep you all updated on AFI happenings. Just like last time, Michelle (AscendWithIvy) will be posting. We also have Pablo, a long-time fan who had an important role in keeping AFI Series updated. And then we have Mary (talk2much1602) who is almost always online.

I hope the next three weeks will be interesting ones, and I hope to find some big news when I return!

-Jason (DarkFlame337)

Davey Co-Writes Song With Street Drum Corps

In a recent Twitter update from Street Drum Corps member Bobby Alt, the singer claims that the band co-wrote a song with Davey Havok of AFI called “Black Romance.” The song will likely be for their forthcoming 2009 album, which is currently being recorded.
This has not been confirmed by Davey or anybody else. At the moment, the veracity of this is uncertain. The band is a percussion and drumming band. However, Street Drum Corps is based in Los Angeles, has toured with bands such as Linkin Park and Bad Religion, and is signed with Interscope records, the same label that AFI is signed with. More updates on this later.
UPDATE: This has now been confirmed as true. Click here.