i really think it comes down to interacting with us much more than a usual band does, and balancing the danger that comes with that. for at least a decade now we;ve seen what happens when actors and musicians remove the veil and let people see things in real time or unfiltered by publicists. in our case we've been fairly fortunate (despite my reservations) whereas people like moby come off as the facebook friend you never wanted and makes 3 "causes" requests a week.
as fans we are finally getting that direct connection to what we love, but it's new territory for both parties, and it's a bit more volatile than it seems. we see sketches that the artist(s) may or may not take off with, but we'd come to see them as something special or even essential, and it quickly gets taken out of the hands of those creating it all.
i dont know how to negotiate that. its weird. its exciting but it can be frustrating in the 'boy who cried wolf' way, then it swings back into feeling rather bad for being this entitled, then swings back to the reality of all the things that'll never be. -1's point about unknown STITI tracks was perfect. how would it all play out if we were allowed to look in then?
this is all just a roundabout way of asking what happened to the book of white, btw
