Time Changes Everything (September 2002)

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The Official John Squire website launched in a very secretive manner, with a shot of a Pollocked skull and the words 'Sub Rosa' flashing on your screen. Squire is undoubtedly influenced by the artist, Georgia O'Keeffe (1887 - 1986). O'Keeffe is best known for her large paintings of desert flowers and scenery, in which single blossoms or objects such as a cow's skull are presented in close-up views. This is 'Cow's Skull with Calico Roses' (1931), oil on canvas:

‘Sub Rosa’ is latin for "under the rose" (note how the cow's skull above is 'under the rose') and stands for 'secrecy'. Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland may have provided inspiration for the launch of Squire's site. ‘Sub Rosa’ refers to a code of secrecy, the ancient act of people gathering under a ceiling made of stone roses to discuss and share important information. Click here to visit the Rosa Templum site (from which the piece below originates):

"It would appear the enigmatic Rosa Templum (Temple of the Rose) possesses a hidden significance which might indeed be described as being sub rosa, i.e. concealed under the Rose."

Interestingly, there is a place in Scotland called Elphinstone (perhaps relevant to the Stone Roses song Elephant Stone), a few miles from Rosslyn.

This is John Squire speaking about the skull on the cover of 'Time Changes Everything':

"I found this on a walk - it had been picked clean by a scavenger. It was bleached white. I thought it could do with a lick of paint. I used it for the cover of my first solo album - I wanted to make that connection with the Stone Roses - celebrate and bury them at the same time." (John Squire speaking to The Guardian, May 2004).

1. Joe Louis
2. I Miss You
3. Shine A Little Light
4. Time Changes Everything
5. Welcome To The Valley
6. 15 Days
7. Transatlantic Near Death Experience
8. All I Really Want
9. Strange Feeling
10. Sophia

Format:
Released July 2002:
Joe Louis / Time Changes Everything / 15 Days (North Country Records, 3 Track Sampler CD)

Released September 2002:
Time Changes Everything (North Country Records, NCCDP001, CD Promo)

Released 16th September 2002:
Time Changes Everything (North Country Records, NCCD001, CD)
Time Changes Everything (North Country Records, NCCDS001, Limited Edition CD, 5,000 pressed)
Time Changes Everything (North Country Records, NCLP001, LP)

Released 2002:
Time Changes Everything (North Country Records / Toy's Factory, TFCK-87303, Japanese CD)
Time Changes Everything (North Country Records / Toy's Factory, TFCK-87303, Japanese cassette promo)

UK chart details: #17

Artwork details:
The Time Changes Everything artwork is from 'Animal Skull' (animal skull, household gloss, 2002).

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