This has to be mentioned, even if it turns out to be
way off base...
1) My first point carries no weight, beyond minor
curiousity value: That dream I had about a scraped-
together free quicky album release, I forgot to say that it
was to compensate fans for something or other. Exactly
what wasn't clear in the dream.
2) Okay, now to the important stuff: As has been
mentioned, there have been reports that the 5-show run
in Buenos Aires will not happen because of their currency
crisis. Also, Mexican newspaper reports cited on IORR
have stated that the two Mexico City shows will not
happen either. And as you may know, the expected
participation of the Stones at Rock in Rio was never
announced and seems dead.
3) This probably means that the South American tour
en
total will not happen. If so, then nothing more may
happen in 2014/2015, in terms of Stones shows.
4) Why? Because South America was the heart of this
final push. 700,000 fans expected. The 200,000 downunder
were going to be just a warm-up for South America, with
the half-dozen rumored 2015 American and British dates a
big final piggy-backed cash-in on the other end. Without
South America, it just may not make much sense to rev
up the machine just to entertain a few kangaroos, koalas,
and kiwis.
5) Aside from the business angle, there are a few odd
facts that also deserve mention: The New York Post
reported two days ago that (paraphrasing from memory) "Mick
Jagger will unveil his documentary on
James Brown later this month. The film with never-
before-seen footage was made with the cooperation of
Brown’s estate, and screens for VIPs in New York, Oct 20,
before debuting on HBO a week later." No, the story
did not say that Mick would be there, but it would be
ususual for him not to be. On the other hand, if he was
there, he would of course not be in Australia rehearsing.
I would have given this story near-zero importance had
not someone asked about it on IORR and immediately had
their question get "disappeared", as if it had never
been asked.
6) I always thought "50 and Counting" could have an
unintended alternative meaning, that is "T minus 50 and
counting", that is, a countdown. So it is an odd
coincidence that there have now been exactly 51 shows
since 2012 (the 51st show in this scenario being the
"zero" in the countdown).
7) Lastly (and I think most importantly) I want to talk
about something strange hidden within the nearly-artless
logo for "14 On Fire". Notice if you will the diagonal part
of the "4" and how it gruesomely pierces the tongue logo.
The diagonal goes in behind the upper lip and emerges
in front of the lower lip. It is a spike right through
the head. The tongue is impaled. This is a weird detail
that could not be unintentional. It would have been so
easy to have the same logo without the impaling. And
then when you combine this with the implied background
flames, you then have the tongue logo being not just
crucified, but also burned at the stake. You must know
by now that Jagger does not do stuff like this by
accident.
8 ) So are we now seeing the crash of the Stones playing
out more or less as it was signaled in "Doom and Gloom"
and in the "14 On Fire" logo? With a free album to
cushion the pain?
How the hell would I know?