I interviewed him back in the day and he was a lovely fella. Sad to see how wrong things have gone. He'll be back, hopefully.
― Poacher (Chinaski), Tuesday, 12 April 2016 20:02 (eight years ago) link
Have things gone so "wrong"? Or is he simply just looking to shift his priorities towards happiness (which doesn't even exclude making new music!)? TBF I haven't seen these twitter posts.
― Evan, Tuesday, 12 April 2016 20:05 (eight years ago) link
The tweets that stick in my mind were quite bitter-sounding abuse directed at the Wire magazine account
― real orgone kid (NickB), Tuesday, 12 April 2016 20:09 (eight years ago) link
Your help needed!Dear all,As I mentioned before, some of my older albums are currently unavailable to stream/download digitally. These will soon be available again and in some cases reissued on vinyl via a new label.The albums are:Celeste, Lost Prayers & Motionless Dances, Sunshrine, The Cloud of Unknowing and Litany Of EchoesHowever, unfortuntely some of the original artwork is missing.If you have any of these albums on CD or LP in good condition and can scan the covers at a minimum of 1400 x 1400 at 300 DPI, I would be immensely grateful if you could send the artwork files to me at shoryob✧✧✧@hotm✧✧✧.c✧✧Many thanks and best wishes,James
Dear all,
As I mentioned before, some of my older albums are currently unavailable to stream/download digitally. These will soon be available again and in some cases reissued on vinyl via a new label.
The albums are:
Celeste, Lost Prayers & Motionless Dances, Sunshrine, The Cloud of Unknowing and Litany Of Echoes
However, unfortuntely some of the original artwork is missing.
If you have any of these albums on CD or LP in good condition and can scan the covers at a minimum of 1400 x 1400 at 300 DPI, I would be immensely grateful if you could send the artwork files to me at shoryob✧✧✧@hotm✧✧✧.c✧✧
Many thanks and best wishes,
James
― Dinsdale, Saturday, 21 January 2017 09:09 (seven years ago) link
original post with the actual e-mail address: http://jamesblackshaw.tumblr.com/post/156101738083/your-help-needed
― Dinsdale, Saturday, 21 January 2017 09:10 (seven years ago) link
It's ugly to contemplate, but he's not well, is he?
― Sunn O))) Brother Where Art Thou? (Chinaski), Saturday, 21 January 2017 11:33 (seven years ago) link
He posted this on Tumblr a couple weeks ago:
End of hiatusIt’s been a while. After three years of not performing live and nearly five years since my last solo album, I feel a new energy and desire to record again and return to the stage. I never meant to be particularly dramatic about announcing my hiatus from music. I never knew if I’d feel this way again, but I’m genuinely happy I do.I hope to have some news regarding new recordings shortly.In the meantime, if you’d like to book me to play a show, in any town or city in any country, please contact me directly at: shoryobuni AT hotmail DOT comI’m also selling some guitars to help and finance the new album. And pay bills. You know how it goes.Much love and hope to see you soon,James
It’s been a while. After three years of not performing live and nearly five years since my last solo album, I feel a new energy and desire to record again and return to the stage. I never meant to be particularly dramatic about announcing my hiatus from music. I never knew if I’d feel this way again, but I’m genuinely happy I do.
I hope to have some news regarding new recordings shortly.
In the meantime, if you’d like to book me to play a show, in any town or city in any country, please contact me directly at: shoryobuni AT hotmail DOT com
I’m also selling some guitars to help and finance the new album. And pay bills. You know how it goes.
Much love and hope to see you soon,
https://jamesblackshaw.tumblr.com/post/186607395763/end-of-hiatus#notes
― Dinsdale, Monday, 12 August 2019 17:41 (four years ago) link
ok, this is great news
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 12 August 2019 17:44 (four years ago) link
nice, that is good to hear ...
― tylerw, Monday, 12 August 2019 17:49 (four years ago) link
So glad to hear he's okay, new music is just a bonus really
― Br. Des Shadows (NickB), Monday, 12 August 2019 20:39 (four years ago) link
Wasn't he run down by the lack of money/record sales? I'm glad to have him back, his music is beautiful.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 12 August 2019 20:46 (four years ago) link
yeah, good news all round
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Monday, 12 August 2019 20:48 (four years ago) link
https://jamesblackshaw.bandcamp.com/album/new-album-2023
sounds like he's had a tough few years
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 15 June 2023 16:59 (ten months ago) link
yeah, wow. I wonder how viable a career doing. what he does actually is even in the best of times.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 15 June 2023 17:09 (ten months ago) link
Dammit---I know I once wrote a show preview that started out,
James Blackshaw started out in punk rock, but soon hit the harder stuff. Harder to get right, that is.
James Blackshaw, Fantomas: Le Faux Magistrat: new soundtrack 4 classic antihero, performed live by JB & fellow multi-instrumentalists, iron in the flow.
― dow, Friday, 16 June 2023 02:51 (ten months ago) link
I just listened to Cloud of Unknowing again a few months ago and was wondering what happened to him. Really like that new track he shared.
― kmhydex, Sunday, 18 June 2023 05:12 (ten months ago) link