Great new Dan interview

"Yeah, yeah. But I'm sure it's like that in every band. I mean he's the songwriter and the leader and everything like that it. So it gets frustrating. But that's how it goes. One of the ways we stayed together for so long is by giving each other space and understanding the roles. As much as I may agree or disagree with Aaron at times I don't want his job. I'd hate to do what he does. He's got a lot of pressure on his shoulders. I offer my two cents. I'm not putting my heart out there the way he is. [laughs]"
Please post the whole thing, Don't want anyone having the wrong idea.

Well once the Studio is done, We can finally have a REAL RECORD! I mean, Aaron must be blasting with ideas right now due to this break.

Someone posted this and I like it:

See, it's not just that I feel 'Turn the Radio Off' and it's kin were perfect the way they were or that I think RBF should have broken up several years ago, but those albums are in such a specific context that forcibly removing said material from that setting sacrifices all of their charm. 'Turn the Radio Off' was undeniably a product of a band from the late '90s, something reflected so strongly in the music and lyricism…the music exhibits a vitality and confidence that only a bright, ambitious young band on their way to the top could deliver, and the lyrics drip of a sarcastic comic irreverence that only a Gen X twentysomething could spew with carefree abandon. By having these songs re-done by a group of jaded, thirtysomething professional musicians, they'll undoubtedly lose all of their effect….what is the message of "Everything Sucks", "Sell Out" or "Trendy" to a 35 year-old full-time musician as opposed to a wide-eyed sprite fresh out of high school and working part-time at the Dairy Queen? When does the juvenile glee of "I Want Your Girlfriend to Be My Girlfriend" or "In The Pit" go from hilarious to creepy and sad at the hands of men old enough to have children and mortgages? It just doesn't work. It's a shameless and manipulative – though, sadly, understandable – cash grab at the cost of their once golden reputation and originality. The saddest thing, of course, is that the fans will gobble it all up, not so much out of love for RBF, but because the drastic decline of the ska scene in the last decade has left everyone grabbing for straws, so desperately looking for anything at all that we're willing to sacrifice all these notions of "quality" and "tradition" in order to find it. *sigh*

Or something. What was the question, again?

When we first started off we were really trying hard to show that we were good musicians. So we would write all these complicated parts that may or may not serve the song. But ultimately it's the same music. It's just played a little bit better.

See, they used to try really hard to show that they were good musicians. Now they don't try, so they don't write any interesting parts.

Also, "It's just played a little bit better" …Really Dan??? Really??? What's played better than any of the originals?

He could have used that energy in new songs instead of the third or fourth version of a song from well over 10 years ago.

No offense to Dan, of course, but come on. I refuse to praise a performance on a rerecording of an old song. Especially since they play it live all the damn time.

Is Scott credited in the liner notes as a trumpet or guitar? I have a feeling he wouldn't have even flown out to record the horns for this one.

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He could have used that energy in new songs instead of the third or fourth version of a song from well over 10 years ago.

No offense to Dan, of course, but come on. I refuse to praise a performance on a rerecording of an old song. Especially since they play it live all the damn time.
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I definitely disagree. They put this album out, so why shouldn't Dan have given it his all?

Here's a hint: Listen to how Scott did on some of the Best Of stuff.
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I would love to listen to Scott if I could hear him over the guitar.

I honestly don't think any of this is better, none of it has soul… it's all recorded to a click track and those songs just don't work that way.