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BC: Right.  The man over here at the computer is uh, his name is [[w:Vasily Kafanov|Vasily Kafanov]].  He’s uh, he uh, he’s a crazy Russian man, my friend, and uh, he designed all the artwork on our new album and so....  He did it for - he did it for free, which was the best part and uh, no, I’m just kidding, but um, he’s worked with one of the MTV designers to come up with this kind of futuristic interactive video.  There’s all sorts of weird chapters in there, I don’t even know what it means.
BC: Right.  The man over here at the computer is uh, his name is [[w:Vasily Kafanov|Vasily Kafanov]].  He’s uh, he uh, he’s a crazy Russian man, my friend, and uh, he designed all the artwork on our new album and so....  He did it for - he did it for free, which was the best part and uh, no, I’m just kidding, but um, he’s worked with one of the MTV designers to come up with this kind of futuristic interactive video.  There’s all sorts of weird chapters in there, I don’t even know what it means.
Daly: And what is it about Vasily’s artwork in particular that you were sort of bringing into your music and what is it about that you like?
Daly: And what is it about Vasily’s artwork in particular that you were sort of bringing into your music and what is it about that you like?
BC: Well, I talked with Vasily from the beginning about trying to do what we would call all-chemical artwork, which is kind of innately symbolic and try to tell the story of the album.  Initially he was saying, you know, “What do you want me to draw?  What do you want me to paint?” and I just said, “Here’s what I want you to feel and then you just make the paintings from that,” so that’s - everything that’s in the album came from Vasily.
BC: Well, I talked with Vasily from the beginning about trying to do what we would call [[w:Alchemy|alchemical]] artwork, which is kind of innately symbolic and try to tell the story of the album.  Initially he was saying, you know, “What do you want me to draw?  What do you want me to paint?” and I just said, “Here’s what I want you to feel and then you just make the paintings from that,” so that’s - everything that’s in the album came from Vasily.
Daly: Very cool, and you guys, again, go to MTV dot com and check that thing out ‘cause it’s rad.  Let’s go back over to Dave right now and see where we are.  Dave, I wanna know what the Pumpkins are gonna be performing next.
Daly: Very cool, and you guys, again, go to MTV dot com and check that thing out ‘cause it’s rad.  Let’s go back over to Dave right now and see where we are.  Dave, I wanna know what the Pumpkins are gonna be performing next.
Holmes: ''I'' wanna know what the Pumpkins are gonna be performing next...
Holmes: ''I'' wanna know what the Pumpkins are gonna be performing next...