Timeline: 2004
"Process" in Berlin
Performs at the screening of Process at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany on February 8. He only added a bit of synthesizer, some breathing, screaming, reciting, singing (bits of Over Her Head) and, at the very end of the movie, some gorgeous, loud noise generated with an electric guitar.
He wrote the soundtrack for this movie too, which is totally different.
Desert Island Discs
Cale choses his Desert Island Discs on BBC 4 - Sunday Feb 22 11:15-12:00 (repeated Friday Feb 27 9:00-9:45):
- She Belongs To Me - Bob Dylan
- Some Kinda Love - The Velvet Underground
- In My Room - Beach Boys
- She Said, She Said - Beatles
- Switching Off - Elbow
- Alexandra Leaving - Leonard Cohen
- Song Of Athene - Westminster Abbey Choir
- Here Comes The Flood - Peter Gabriel
Record: She Belongs To Me - Bob Dylan
Book: 'Repetition' By Alain Robbe-Grilles
Luxury: Express Coffee Machine With Coffee Beans
New York in the 1960s 5LP box set
The three albums with archival avant garde recordings are released as a 5 LP box set. Contains a libretto and two bonus tracks:
- Cold Starry Nights (from the Jack Smith album Les Evening Gowns Damnées)
- Silent Shadows on Cinemaroc Island (from the Jack Smith album Silent Shadows On Cinemaroc Island)
A 3CD version was released in 2006.
Por Vida: A Tribute To The Songs Of Alejandro Escovedo
On March 20th he performs with Bob Neuwirth at Las Manitas in Austin, TX as part of the annual Alejandro Escovedo show, who is suffering from Hepatitis C.
It is a preview for the Por Vida: A Tribute To The Songs Of Alejandro Escovedo album to which he contributes his cover of She Doesn't Live Here Anymore.
He performs the song again during a another fundraiser at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas on November 4th.
"Paris 1919" on Rykodisc 20th Anniversary 2CD
The track Paris 1919 is included in the limited edition 2CD set celebrating reord label Rykodisc 20th anniversary. It is the live version taken from Fragments Of A Rainy Season.
Lit Riffs - Dying On The Vine
Book edited by literary agent Matthew Miele. Writers "cover" songs they love. Contains the short story Dying On The Vine by American writer Elissa Shappell. It is a quite lame tale about a relationship going South. The song is not featured on the accompanying CD.
The Channels cover "Fear Is A Man's Best Friend"
American indie band The Channels cover Fear Is A Man's Best Friend on their Open EP.
Billy Name shoots John Cale
Factory days return when photographer Billy Name directs an extensive photo shoot. A couple of his prints are used as promotion material for the HoboSapiens album.
Red Hot Chili Peppers cover "Fear Is A Man's Best Friend"
Guitarist John Frusciante performs Fear Is A Man's Best Friend at a Red Hot Chili Peppers show in Manchester at Old Trafford on June 18.
Hobo Sapiens in America
This album is finally released in America by Or Music, with the hidden live track Set Me Free right in the open as the closing song. The label throws a celebration release party at the Bryant Hotel in New York on September 13.
The invitation includes a free copy of the Things / Things X single in a special sleeve with photos made by Billy Name.
Amsterdam live webcast
On December 9, 2004 John Cale performed at the Paradiso in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He played with Mark Deffenbaugh (acoustic guitars, banjo, harmonica) and Deantoni Parks (drums, samples).
The show was webcasted by the now defunct fabchannel.com, but is available on YouTube. Zen, Style It Takes, Heartbreak Hotel and Mercenaries (Ready For War) were released as the "Amsterdam Suite" on the Circus Live album in 2007.