Scott Rodgerson

To be clear, I'm not "protecting" anyone. And how much I choose to share from a private conversation is up to me. I don't work for MG, least of all as customer service.

Seriously, I haven't been following the situation with all this merch stuff, so I'm in the dark about why people need closure on it. I was told about a tape with a song you all heard more than 20 years ago, and figured I could at least offer closure in that form. I don't chat with him much these days, so I can't be sure if the plan stayed the same. He changed the title and the art for what became Zero Hours, so who knows if it was serious.

I do. Probably not appropriate to name it, but completists can calm down. You've already heard this one.

Seems like a fine target for a DDOS attack.

Just needling him in good fun.

"Pour." Heh.

There are logistical elements causing the delay, as I understand it. The record's been done for MONTHS, cover art's locked, everything down to what's going to be a very frustrating track listing on the back of the vinyl. You'll see. Oh, and here's a fun, annoyingly cryptic fact: there's some VERY complete work on the cutting room floor. (Sorry, it's a no.)

I heard something pretty different from the horse's mouth. One track, demo quality.

Finally they find a typesetting for that branding that works.

I'm speedily speedy. *cough*

A cassette was included in the recent VIP packages. It's got an unreleased, rare song that I think most everyone on this forum has heard before. Nothing to get too worked up over.

More from Saturday.

Last night in Toronto.

I got thinking about my missing Atari shirt the other day. Then I realized I could just go make my own, one that's a dead ringer for the bootleg shirt in the Indestructible video. And I figured maybe you guys would want to, as well. So here's the PNG:

Still here. Somebody had to nudge me. I'm still down to help with this. Maybe we can create a digital boxed set with art and such.

Very much so, and he's said as much. Songs like Carmelina are fairly opaque. I'm fairly well-versed in his work, and there was no way I'd have figured out he's referencing that incident with William S. Burroughs unless I'd read about it in an interview. While the lyrics aren't explicit, I think he gives you enough to go on in terms of theme or tone. I've become spectacular / which is strange 'cause I feel dumb is certainly evocative of a certain dichotomy; a well-worn self-image incompatible with recognition or fame.

Some of you may remember that there were two demo versions of Done This that came out of the Chaotic Neutral demos. Before the actual record hit, I got pretty into sequencing the tracks, trying to fashion some kind of a cohesive narrative out of them. For a record that seemed to focus on shame, regret, and dysfunction, it felt right that Done This would close it. I never really liked the ending of the final demo, though. The guitars lost some of the teeth they had in the first version, and the last line seemed to default on the theme of cyclical nature. So, I did some editing. You'll see what I mean at around 8:40 in the song (attached). Enjoy! Matthew Good - We Have Done This Before, We Will Do It Again (Alt).mp3

I know how you feel. Really. I was fourteen in the spring of '99 when I finally got my hands on Underdogs. The conceit of MG's music and writing resonated in a way nothing else had; the subversion, the intellect, the cynicism. I was a badly damaged kid who needed someone to look up to. Damage made sense, so Matt made sense. The year that followed was marked by a severe depression that dovetailed into a psychotic episode; dissociation, disconnection, derealization. Beautiful Midnight weaves in and out of that time for me like connective tissue. The music, and the notion that maybe there was someone out there who got it. That connective tissue weaves through the decades, inextricable. It links our own stories together. The thing we bonded over with friends, took comfort in, believed in. Now it's tarnished, and there's no tearing it out. There's a question of whether we can separate the person from his music. I'd counter with this: who says it's his? Those songs are attached to our lives. They help us tell our own stories. That they're registered to Dunharrow Music Inc. is a technicality; legality isn't at issue here. In any way that matters to me, he doesn't own Suburbia. He doesn't own Weapon, or Non Populus, or Pony Boy. They're not his songs. They're ours.

I stand corrected!

Triage is titled "Royal City Archers".

Yeah, that was for AOB. He spent the better part of a weekend on the primary fan message board under the handle "JF Sebastian" after he had the surgery. I distinctly recall being called "fucknut"-- and deserving it.

I'd put together a pack of these for the folks on r/matthewgood a little while back. If we could get a definitive list together (demos, b-sides, etc.) I'd be happy to put together a master .zip with everything formatted correctly (art, ID3 tags, etc.).

Thanks so, so much, Chad. The evolutionary illustration was the only thing I couldn't find (plus all that copy). I really appreciate it. Edit: Apparently Chad's got scans of the vinyl elements up on his site, so we're good! Again, thank you for the offer. It means a lot. Oh, and in case anybody wanted some giant, poster-sized scans of the original art... (Sorry, attachment size limits.) I've got more, but I think I've hit my upload limit.

Something I stumbled on a few years back. Video aside, these guys did a solid job.