The Vault #10 Thread (pre-announcement discussion)

[Kali Durga]

Interesting that he chose Ralph Ellison's novel rather than H.G. Wells'. You'd think Wells' might've come up first in an image search, seeing as how it's the more well-known.

Maybe he's trying to say something about society....or the association with jazz and free form development. And the Ralph Ellison book comes up first in a general search.

I didn't try a search, so it's interesting that that's the result. And yeah, since this is Jack one would assume that the choice possibly means something specific.

[Stl_ben]

Interesting that he chose Ralph Ellison's novel rather than H.G. Wells'. You'd think Wells' might've come up first in an image search, seeing as how it's the more well-known.

Maybe he's trying to say something about society....or the association with jazz and free form development. And the Ralph Ellison book comes up first in a general search.

I didn't try a search, so it's interesting that that's the result. And yeah, since this is Jack one would assume that the choice possibly means something specific.

Well TMR hasn' t really hasn't had a very large selection of non-Caucasion Musicians...so if you aren't White you are invisible to TMR?

*edit* by the way I mean no hard feelings to TMR just trying to read something into this clue???

[Kali Durga]

Interesting that he chose Ralph Ellison's novel rather than H.G. Wells'. You'd think Wells' might've come up first in an image search, seeing as how it's the more well-known.

Maybe he's trying to say something about society....or the association with jazz and free form development. And the Ralph Ellison book comes up first in a general search.

I didn't try a search, so it's interesting that that's the result. And yeah, since this is Jack one would assume that the choice possibly means something specific.

Well TMR hasn' t really hasn't had a very large selection of non-Caucasion Musicians...so if you aren't White you are invisible to TMR?

Yes, but didn't Jack once dream of being a black man in the 40s?

[dylnfan]

Yes, but didn't Jack once dream of being a black man in the 40s?

Shit, who hasn't!

[Aquamarine]

Perhaps we should be hopeful about the fact that at the end of the book, the invisible man is planning to emerge from his hole . . .

(Though I don't honestly see what that could have to do with package #10.)

[rsimms3]

Perhaps we should be hopeful about the fact that at the end of the book, the invisible man is planning to emerge from his hole . . .

(Though I don't honestly see what that could have to do with package #10.)

Hmmmm, solo Jack material? All people talk about is when are the White Stripes getting back together or when is Jack going to do something solo....the Stripes are done so....blow our minds, button our lips.

[love_islander]

Interesting that he chose Ralph Ellison's novel rather than H.G. Wells'. You'd think Wells' might've come up first in an image search, seeing as how it's the more well-known.

This image was the second image when doing a google image search for Invisible Man Book

They are VERY different stories, HG Wells is a fantasy classic, Ellisons is a social commentart on African Americans.

The DW's Invisible Man definitely has nothing to do with HG Wells' novel

[orangeshoeskid]

Maybe it's just a book he's reading. It'l like Oprah's book club, but Jack's..

[Aquamarine]

I could definitely go for Jack's Book Club, I bet there'd be an amazing variety of selections, not to mention a fascinating glimpse inside his mind.

However--somehow I doubt it.

[Moller72]

Maybe it has nothing to do with the release.

[redsox401]

Im guessing a JW green series of him narrating the book

[I Ate The Walrus]

Im guessing a JW green series of him narrating the book

That is what I thought at first...

I can not work this one out.

[rival]

Perhaps we should be hopeful about the fact that at the end of the book, the invisible man is planning to emerge from his hole . . .

I just read through this thread from top to tail and I think this could be the most plausible. Solo stuff would rock.

[woodisgood]

As much as I'd love to hear a JW solo album, I just don't see him releasing something so potentially popular as a Vault exclusive. Hmm, I guess it could be the 7", but his comment seemed to indicate something to make us all gobsmacked, and that to me means more than a 7".

[Aquamarine]

As long as we're not all gobsmacked because package #10 turns out to be the invisible package, like order #33333. Nah, he'd never do that to us . . .