During the month of May, rumors began swirling about the upcoming release by Beck. Was Danger Mouse the producer, and does it feature Cat Power? Would it be released by Universal a'la The Raconteurs latest effort? Would it be given a name prior to it hitting the streets? Is Beck Hansen really his name? (Okay... maybe not that last one.)
Last week, listeners got their first taste of the enigmatic album, when Beck & Co. announced the first single, "Chemtrails," is available for streaming here, and the promise that more info on the release will be coming in the near future.
Stay tuned, folks. We'll bring you the latest on this mystery as it unfolds, and in the meantime, try to catch Beck at one of the (many) dates below.
Beckapalooza:
June
25 - Norway @ Hove Festival
27 - Berlin, Germany @ Columbiahalle
28 - St. Gallen, Switzerland @ St. Gallen Festival
30 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Melkweg
4 - London, England @ Hyde Park (O2 Wireless Festival)
6 - Werchter, Belgium @ Rock Werchter Festival
7 - Paris, France @ Olympia
9 - Madrid, Spain @ La Riviera
August
22 - San Francisco, Calif. @ Golden Gate Park (Outside Lands Festival)
30 - Seattle, Wash. @ Bumbershoot Festival
September
20 - Los Angeles, Calif @ Hollywood Bowl
27 - Austin, Texas @ Zilker Park (Austin City Limits Festival)
Related links:
Beck on MySpace
Beck.com
YouTube: Beck - "Loser"
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Thanks to Beck for this great new song and bring up the chemtrail issue.
Chemtrails contain:
YOU ARE BREATHING ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE, NANO-PARTICULATES OF ALUMINUM AND BARIUM AND CATIONIC POLYMER FIBERS WITH UNIDENTIFIED BIOACTIVE MATERIAL. "Biologic components have been reported in airborne samples that include: modified molds, desiccated red blood cells and exotic strains of bacteria." Welcome to the brave new world of toxic barium skies, weather control, mind control and population control through the use of chemtrails modulated with electromagnetic frequencies generated by HAARP. Our health is under attack as evidenced by the skyrocketing rates of chemtrail induced lung cancer, asthma and pulmonary/respiratory problems. Our natural environment and planetary weather systems are under attack resulting in freak lightening strikes, bizarre weather, 20% less sunlight reaching the Earth' surface, the alarming, nearly complete collapse in certain areas of the west coast marine ecosystem and the creation of some of the largest tornadoes and hurricanes on record. Our skies are increasingly hazed over with fake barium/ aluminum particulate, ethylene dibromide chemtrail clouds. Whether in the atmosphere or in the Ocean this added particulate matter is a hazard to the health of every living thing on this planet. My health and the health of my family has already been drastically affected. There is a main-stream media blackout on this subject so the only way to get the word out is by word of mouth.