John Cale
Fear Is A Man's Best Friend - John Cale

Timeline: 2004

Cale in Berlin 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):

  1. She Belongs To Me - Bob Dylan
  2. Some Kinda Love - The Velvet Underground
  3. In My Room - Beach Boys
  4. She Said, She Said - Beatles
  5. Switching Off - Elbow
  6. Alexandra Leaving - Leonard Cohen
  7. Song Of Athene - Westminster Abbey Choir
  8. 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

NY 60s box set

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:

A 3CD version was released in 2006.

Por Vida: A Tribute To The Songs Of Alejandro Escovedo

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, Austin, Texas on November 4th.

Rykodisc 20th anniversay

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's the live version taken from Fragments Of A Rainy Season.


Lit Riffs

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

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

John Frusciante performs Fear Is A Man's Best Friend at a Red Hot Chili Peppers show in Manchester on June 18.

HoboSapiens 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.



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