>...to put out BOTH of them...the Dark stuff AND the Light
>stuff...they are both the truth.
>
>JUST the light withOUT the dark will leave something to be
>desired...it will be a half empty expression...it won't tell
>the WHOLE honest story. And you know (and I assume he still
>knows) that HONESTY in the music is the KEY to the classic
>shit. Honesty in the music is what makes it resonate and get
>INto the listener and STAY there. Yeah, honesty aint always
>pretty, sometimes it's gritty, sometimes it's ugly...but
>sometimes you NEED that 'gritty ugliness' to appreciate and
>fully understand the journey to the 'pretty and sweet'
>stuff...and thats just the way it is if you want to make some
>REAL shit and don't want to contribute to the abundance of
>soulless stuff that's out there wasting the airwaves and
>lowering the expectations of a zilion mindless listeners...
>
>so ask him...CONVINCE him to put em BOTH out...convince him to
>be honest with the true music fans and share with them WHOLE
>unfiltered musical journey he's been going through since
>Voodoo...the grit, the grime, the shimmy, the shine...its ALL
>part of the story...
>
>anything less would be selling out...