@PIAPTK & Soild Gold Recordings Unveil Vinyl-only Re-issue of @moneymark's 2001 Album changeiscoming (Twitter AMA-style Q&A)

"Soild Gold #11 - Money Mark! The keys man behind the music of some of the biggest hits for the Beastie Boys (Paul's Boutique, Licensed to Ill, Check Your Head,) Beck (he played the intro to "Where It's At,") and lots of other artists, is slumming it with Soild Gold. changeiscoming is an instrumental record that features a ton of collaborators, including Sean Lennon, Los Lobos, etc. has been out-of-print for years, and is a fan favorite. You will almost definitely recognize some of the tunes, as most of them have been featured on TV shows, commercials, movies, etc.; a really chill dinner party vibe.

All in our patented "Soild Gold-style" paste-on covers with hand-stamped labels on Translucent Gold Vinyl and 12x18" cardstock poster. 50 copies of the special "Coins & Bills" Splatter vinyl—Trans. Gold mixed with Silver & Green, which gives it a crazy wavy look!—will be randomly inserted into orders. As always, Soild Gold is ANALOG-ONLY... DOES NOT include downloads. You can, also, join the "Test Pressing Guessing Game" by adding some extra change onto your "Pay-What-You-Want" [pre-order/order]. For example, if you pay $22.38 and Mark chose the number "38" for this release, you win a FREE Test Pressing, along with your order."

- PIAPTK & Soild Gold Recordings (@piaptk)

001. @SharpCheddar856: Is it true you first met @beastieboys when Mario C. asked you to fix a wooden gate at the entrance of the property where the band were staying while recording Paul's Boutique? 🛠

@moneymark: It was called The G-Spot [because] of a giant letter "G" on the gate. One of The Boys had accidentally crashed into it. While I was there fixing it, Horowitz pulls up and invites me to a party. That's my initial interaction with them. Later, I built the studio, G-son [Studios]... * Oops, "Horovitz"—The Dust Brothers shared the house, too. In the closet, there was crazy wardrobe and they "borrowed" some for the "Hey Ladies" video. I started making record shelves for the crew and I was a set carpenter on The Hollywood Center Studio's lot.

002. @SharpCheddar856: What initially made you decide to join forces with @PIAPTK & Soild Gold Records for this special limited edition vinyl-only re-issue of your 2001 Emperor Norton/Modular Recordings album, changeiscoming (or Change Is Coming?)

@moneymark: I made a post on [Instagram] on Jan. 9th. I currently own my entire catalog. I met @PIAPTK when I did a show for a Joseph Gordon-Levitt/HITRECORD party at Sundance. Mike Dixon's portable lathe set-up was impressive. Basically, I can do whatever I want with my songs/albums.


003. @SharpCheddar856: How much involvement did you have in the creation of @PIAPTK's Soild Gold #11 "Faux Bootleg" hand-assembled sleeves, "Soild Gold-style" paste-on covers, Translucent Gold vinyl, "Coins & Bills" splatter vinyl, 12x18 cardstock poster, etc. for changeiscoming?

@moneymark: I wasn't too involved. I supplied the files and the photo. @PIAPTK sent me a test copy to approve. That's it. It's a small 250 [record] run, so y'all should get one [before] it sells out! Do some research: I played this entire album on 9/11 a few blocks from [The World Trade Center].

004. @SharpCheddar856: In addition to the inclusion of collaborators @seanonolennon, @LosLobosBand, Mario "C." Caldato, Jr. Alfredo Ortiz, Jose "Crunchy" Espinoza, and more, how would you say changeiscoming differs from the rest of your solo discography?

@moneymark: It's the only time I recorded core tracks live with a band. In [San Francisco] at an Allen Sides studio and Sean's Upstate facility. The sick video for "Information Contraband" was Hello Logan's debut into the music video-making biz. They became Video Rockstars from it.


005. @SharpCheddar856: What would you say are some of your fondest/wildest memories (you're able to share!) from the making-of changeiscoming? And why do you think it's still important for people to hear this album now? Thanks again for agreeing to do this impromptu AMA-style Q&A, @moneymark!

@moneymark: There's no "crazy stories;" nothing subversive. The Mission in [San Francisco] was still a real place and some of the O.G. coffee shops and bookstores were still rockin'. TOAST was the name of the studio. Craig Silvey went on to win a GRAMMY for Arcade Fire. We did 'shrooms/pot... The album prophesied The [World Trade Center] Attack. Read the titles of the songs an look at the artwork. We all got stuck in Manhattan and suffered a little P.T.S.D. We "escaped" two weeks later on a ferry ride to New Jersey, where our tour bus was. The drive to LA was looong!

006. *BONUS* QUESTION?!!!??! - @SharpCheddar856: This one? There's a few different cuts uploaded to @youtubemusic... but this seems to be Hello Logan's original version of "Information Contraband."

@moneymark: This is it! I "star" in it and my character smokes some mad chemical substance and puts me into The Twilight Zone, where I end up 2-D. My favorite [part was] getting slapped in the face. This was 100% green-screened. The only video made for this album.