Kanye to put out GLOW IN THE DARK TOUR book (...!)

[HunterGather]

from pitchfork:


Real talk: Kanye West's 2008 Glow in the Dark tour was the sort of pop spectacle we don't get to see nearly often enough anymore. It was a conceptually rigorous, utterly batshit concert-as-narrative that found Kanye ignoring the crowd and instead talking to a fake spaceship computer with Esthero's voice. The special effects were nuts, the stage design looked incredibly expensive, and the rearranged songs found room for kettle drums on every track. No other rap star in history would conceive of an arena tour in which he was the only guy visible onstage for a full two hours, and Kanye absolutely pulled it off.
This thing was closer to Disney World's Star Tours ride than it was to, say, Jay-Z's Hard Knock Life tour. Actually, it was probably closer to some old-school art-rock eyeball-destroyer like Bowie's Glass Spiders tour than it was to either of those. Also Rihanna's opening set ruled. I loved it. And now Kanye's turning it into a book.

The way E! Online describes it, the forthcoming Glow in the Dark tome will be a sort of deluxe coffee table thing with photos and conceptual sketches and set lists. The book will also include a CD of the symphonic interlude-music from the show and an interview with Spike Jonze (co-director of the "Flashing Lights" video). Rizzoli New York is set to publish the book in October.

A book of pictures from the tour is kinda cool.
What would be cooler is a DVD of the show! And/or a live CD.

What exactly is this "symphonic interlude-music" stuff.
It's been a while since I saw the show, but I don't remember much interlude music, or at least not enough to put on a CD.

[NiceArthur32]

well the guy needs to make money somehow...

seeing as how his last album was fucking terrible...


jus saying...

[Mr. Dylanja]

I BET THE BOOK WILL BE IN ALL CAPS!

[NiceArthur32]

and i bet the book will care about black people...

[shakermaker113]

he's following the footsteps of daft punk's conspicuous lack of dvd.


I BET THE BOOK WILL BE IN ALL CAPS!


and i bet the book will care about black people...

rofl.

[Alchemy]

I hope our generation is represented well in this book, seeing as how Kanye is our voice.

[BlackSwan]

he's following the footsteps of daft punk's conspicuous lack of dvd.


Oh, he is releasing a DVD, but it is going to be about Kanye's process writing the book. There will most likely be some Reading Rainbow-style sections and the bonus material will consist of bloopers from his "only available in Asia" bi porno.

[shakermaker113]

Oh, he is releasing a DVD, but it is going to be about Kanye's process writing the book. There will most likely be some Reading Rainbow-style sections and the bonus material will consist of bloopers from his "only available in Asia" bi porno.

FUCK YEAH!

[Aurgasm]

kanye is a joke.

[Aurgasm]

I hope our generation is represented well in this book, seeing as how Kanye is our voice.

Kanye is the voice of your generation in El FUCKING Paso?

you've lost it man

[rideincircles]

Hopefully they add some pics from Bonnaroo last year
http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/5809/img4750dp1.jpg

[Alchemy]

Kanye is the voice of your generation in El FUCKING Paso?

you've lost it man

Kanye is the voice of all our generation. When he speaks, he speaks for me, he speaks for you... he speaks for us. He speaks for them. Embrace him. Cherish him. Wear him on your shirt, and show your appreciation for him. Kiss him, as he hangs in the posters on our walls--the walls of youth.

[shakermaker113]

Kanye is the voice of all our generation. When he speaks, he speaks for me, he speaks for you... he speaks for us. He speaks for them. Embrace him. Cherish him. Wear him on your shirt, and show your appreciation for him. Kiss him, as he hangs in the posters on our walls--the walls of youth.

SO OUR GENERATION SPEAKS LIKE THIS?

[signmeup]

NO IT SPEAKS LIKE THISS!!!!!! YOU FORGOT EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!!!

[PassiveTheory]

Kanye is the voice of all our generation. When he speaks, he speaks for me, he speaks for you... he speaks for us. He speaks for them. Embrace him. Cherish him. Wear him on your shirt, and show your appreciation for him. Kiss him, as he hangs in the posters on our walls--the walls of youth.

Sig worthy.

[Aurgasm]

Sig worthy.

straitjacket worthy

[stephen22]

after seeing Daft Punk, The Flaming Lips UFO Show, TOOL, and NIN's 2008 tour......I feel like Kanye's Glow in the Dark show sucked. Over Hyped. Over rated. Just like Kanye.

[Rockstarboy37]

I bet the book is an egotistical prick just like Kanye. It probably sucks too. Just like Kanye.

[boarderwoozel3]

I was unaware that he was completely alone on stage... I'm trying to think of a snarky ego joke but that pretty much speaks for itself...

[stephen22]

Justice's big glowing cross was better than Kanye's shit.

[HunterGather]

Was I at like a special show or something in Tampa?
The whole show was amazing (setting aside Kanye, the person. And setting aside the one hot mess at Bonnaroo).

I loved that he was the only person on stage.
A sort of welcome change from rappers and their fucking hype men.
Not that i'm hating on hypemen or anything, but i hate when rappers perform and they are just shouting and sound like shit and let the hype men cover for them half the time.

I know that at some shows, Kanyes band was on the stage but covered by a wall of sorts to the side, and some shows they were nestled in the orchestra section below the stage.

[Alchemy]

Was I at like a special show or something in Tampa?
The whole show was amazing (setting aside Kanye, the person. And setting aside the one hot mess at Bonnaroo).

I loved that he was the only person on stage.
A sort of welcome change from rappers and their fucking hype men.
Not that i'm hating on hypemen or anything, but i hate when rappers perform and they are just shouting and sound like shit and let the hype men cover for them half the time.

I know that at some shows, Kanyes band was on the stage but covered by a wall of sorts to the side, and some shows they were nestled in the orchestra section below the stage.

My father and his father were hypemen. I'm studying to be a hypeman at school. I take great offense to this.

[sbessiso]

I was unaware that he was completely alone on stage... I'm trying to think of a snarky ego joke but that pretty much speaks for itself...

You couldnt even begin to imagine how utterly ridiculous Bonnaroo was. I still have trouble believing what I saw that morning

[betao]

This book will be a 70 page account of how Kanye has changed the world for the better.

[shakermaker113]

he's actually going to reveal that he was responsible for getting obama elected.

[BlackSwan]

Justice's big glowing cross was better than Kanye's shit.

That's going a little too far.

[CalmerThanYou]

Every page has perforated edges so you can wipe your ass with the pages after you shit yourself for paying real money for the book

[HunterGather]

You couldnt even begin to imagine how utterly ridiculous Bonnaroo was. I still have trouble believing what I saw that morning

as in the show was great even though sun was coming out?
or the crowd booing n shit?

[sbessiso]

Hunter, it was the stupidest, dumbest, lamest, most ridiculous thing I've ever witnessed with my own two eyes. I was embarrassed for Kanye, and it was never once awesome. Remember, Im a Kanye fan (I mean I was THERE, right?) and I was most excited for his set next to raconteurs. The way he was talking to that stupid ass screen, the paper mache space rocks, the empty stage. Truly awful

[Blinken]

My father and his father were hypemen. I'm studying to be a hypeman at school. I take great offense to this.

Well i hat to tell you this, but you all wasted your lives. Unless you somehow land a reality TV show filled with skanks.

[HunterGather]

The stage wasn't empty.
It was supposed to look like a barren planet n stuff. he was pretty much on a slant the whole show. Stage looked awesome. I had orchestra seats, as opposed to the possible large distance you may have had (i dunno).

the spaceship thing was a little cheesy, but eh.
the only thing that truley was unnecessary was the puppet/mannequin thingy that came down on strings.

[sbessiso]

We didnt get any cool stuff man. It was a BARE BONES production, and I was very close to the stage. I'm 99.99% sure we were missing a lot of stuff from the usual "glow in the dark tour" shows. Also, pretty fucking stupid throwing tempers and tantrums to have your glow in the dark tour on the mainstage and not ending up performing UNTIL THE SUN COMES UP

Please Hunter, I need you to believe me when I say this was the biggest most epic failure ive EVER seen.

[HunterGather]

Fine. I understand :)

But i need YOU to believe that the show that I saw in Tampa was somethin' kinda special.
Didn't start late, didn't complain, vocals sounded great, no technical problems, great crowd, great stage setup, great visuals, great lighting.

I even almost risked missing NIN at Lolla to see Kanye again (fortunantly i didn't and lucky me, cause he used the stripped down stage setup for that show...which is fine and lovely, but i kinda fell in love with the original stage....ranting I am.)

[sbessiso]

I believe it, I really do. Thats why I was so excited to see it at Bonnaroo!! It sucks I never got to see that tour in its prime. But oh well, right?

[HunterGather]

The book comes out tomorrow.
It comes with a cd of 5 tracks. He threw some instrumentals on there from the tour. I wish he would have put on there more, but eh.

Its got the instrumentals for
-Hey Mama
-Jesus walks
-Touch The Sky
-I Wonder/Good Morning/Heard 'Em Say mix
-and a "kanye digital girl verse"

Linky
http://www.zshare.net/download/670354526e4ae0f9/

The Good Morning part was one of my fav parts of the show, but i also would have liked the instrumentals of Flashing Lights and Can't Tell Me Nothing from this tour.

[sbessiso]

seeing this thread bumped made me vomit a little in my mouth

[HunterGather]

lolz, much like the preceding posts, i'm just gonna say i don't know what you experienced, but i saw an awesome show in Tampa :)

[suprefan]

seeing this thread bumped made me vomit a little in my mouth

It was 4 am, you were dead tired and just wanting the night to end. Yeah, I am sure you really had a clear head for that performance.

[gaypalmsprings]

http://cm1.theinsider.com/media/0/51/11/kanye-glow-tour-flyer.0.0.0x0.424x500.jpeg

[HunterGather]

Supre knows

[PJandBompton]

I saw this tour twice...in SD in April near the beginning of the tour and in AZ, right before Bonnaroo...I was 10th row in SD and back of the seats for AZ and AZ was 10x better...everything including Lupes' set were just way better...this was one of the best productions i've seen sorry.

As far as these instrumentals...there is no way these were used on the tour...they were thrown together last minute. very simplistic and nowhere close to as epic as the real live versions played...

[HunterGather]

The mix of I Wonder/Good Morning/Heard 'Em Say were definatly used on the show.
But I think they tracks were just mixed together, becuase even though the actual songs were meshed together in the show, i'm sure it was longer than what is on the CD.

I think its just weird to listen to it on computer speakers/headphones rather than with vocals and a huge sound system.

A DVD of this show needs to come out!

[PJandBompton]

The mix of I Wonder/Good Morning/Heard 'Em Say were definatly used on the show.
But I think they tracks were just mixed together, becuase even though the actual songs were meshed together in the show, i'm sure it was longer than what is on the CD.

I think its just weird to listen to it on computer speakers/headphones rather than with vocals and a huge sound system.

A DVD of this show needs to come out!

truth

[KooKoo Banana Funtime]

this book is going to be greater than the Bible

[Aurgasm]

lost faith in all of you

[Mr. Dylanja]

Good rock show > This show > good rap show

Edit: It might not be fair, but seeing the above flyer beforehand I thought it was going to be waaaaay cooler than it actually was. I wanted some MIA mainstage intro type stuff. Some Busta Rhymes- Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See type stuff. Still a good show nonetheless.

On that note, NERD and Busta @ Coachella 2010.

[PJandBompton]

Good rock show > This show > good rap show

Edit: It might not be fair, but seeing the above flyer beforehand I thought it was going to be waaaaay cooler than it actually was. I wanted some MIA mainstage intro type stuff. Some Busta Rhymes- Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See type stuff. Still a good show nonetheless.

On that note, NERD and Busta @ Coachella 2010.

Honestly i was expecting it to be way better than it was but decided to just enjoy it for what it was rather than be letdown...like you said...GITD>>>>>and hip-hop show you will see.

[HunterGather]

I wish Busta Rhymes would have a show similar to this. It would have been awesome back when his album titles were referring to the world ending and stuff.

[sbessiso]

Edit: It might not be fair, but seeing the above flyer beforehand I thought it was going to be waaaaay cooler than it actually was.

this. not some fake rocks and a cheap ass screen that kanye talks to

[HunterGather]

In one of the book’s most fascinating moments, West takes an honest look at his delayed and lambasted performance at Bonnaroo in 2008. A two-page photograph of five port-o-potties with “Fuck Kanye” graffiti-ed on them opens up into a four-page, text-only collection of headlines featuring every major publications’ headlines regarding Kanye’s much-criticized performance (including our very own.) “That was definitely Kanye’s idea. He’s Kanye,” Elderkin says. “He’s a very honest guy, as you can tell.”

[sbessiso]

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[shakermaker113]

hehehe. kanye doesn't like white people.

[HunterGather]

Here's a promo video for the book with some concert footage
http://vimeo.com/7323746

[shakermaker113]

a promo video for a book? with concert footage that you won't be getting with the book?

[ficklecycle]

Didn't they hand out a book at these shows? I think it's under my bed.

[HunterGather]

I know right? Should have just made a DVD of the show...

And no...
your thinking of that book of Kanye-isms that was handed out at the show...

this is a book with pictures from the tour.