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pt 1: i have found the process of recording TBK to be a strange journey. The first thing i have found, which surprised me, is that over the course of recording it i have lost alot of my passion for spending so many long hours in the studio. i mean, i'm used to it, but all thsoe years of working alone alot perhaps have finally fried me out.

pt 2: so the beauty of the situation with Jeff, Nicole, and Mike is that since they are playing their own parts my work time (or heavy focus time) is somewhat reduced. I'm still producing with Bjorn so that is still a lot of responsibility and time, but for the most part i go and get into something else when they are tracking.

pt 3: because i went into Teargarden with the idea that it would be an organic journey AND exploration of hopefully a new ground by which modern SP could operate from, i haven't made alot of assumptions about the way it should be. Even the initial recording were a bit more raw and loose than i would have normally allowed but Kerry was very vocal about doing things in a more fun way.

pt 4: what i would like fans to understand about Jeff, Mikey, and Nicole is that they have restored my faith about even being in a band! i would see this is a pretty big deal. You can talk about old SP all you want, but they helped to destroy my faith in the band construct, and Zwan only obliterated whatever hope/faith was left.

pt 5: so yes, i never again thought SP would be a 'band' in the literal sense of the word. i was approaching it as more of a collective. Hence bringing in friends like Mark Tulin or even Dave Navarro to give me feedback. And we are still 'open' to our friends, but are now mainly operating as a closed system, and i think that shows on stage.

pt 6: it takes time for a band to 'gel', and not every band clicks at the first go. i feel quite strongly the 4 of us have what it takes to make a new (and just as important in a different way) era of SP that would yield a deep vein of rich music. what is most important for me is this has been an ORGANIC process. no record company put us together.

pt 7: i'm very proud of what we have accomplished so far. Comparing old SP and new SP is inevitable but ultimately misguided. Would you feel more comfortable if i called it 'The Inevitable Bananas'? And do you think we would be any less compared? that is just naiive if you think we wouldn't be, especially if would be making SP style music.