Downloading it now... Will let you know when I get to listen to it later on today..

Pick any "So" of ANY song on chinese democracy. Mix it as a fade in. There's your Zo and that's exactly what's on the track, by the way.

The "Di" is cutting any "the" and "is", pasting them together, mixing and putting a strong fade out on the is. They took this part out of Catcher, by the way. Also, you're really think that Axl would sing a single word changing tone by syllable? Take the "the" and "is" or even a "this" from Catcher. mix them together and you'll even notice the tones differ, like they do on this track.

The "ac" out of Zodiac was the most dissicult part to find and I'm not quite sure where it came from, if from the "back" of Madagascar or from another song.

I really don't have the time to look into the piano, but sounds to me as something inverted and sped up.

And yes, your desire for new music *IS* clouding your judgment. This is a complete different beast from Blood In the Water which, by the way, I know people tried and were able to, reverting some syllables out of some songs, spell "Blood In the Water' using the mixes we had. Only the melodies sounded off, which kinda proves that the vocal track for that particular song is somewhere somehow.

I have a feeling that the reunion efforts that surfaced in 2007/early 2008 were coming right from Axl's camp as it was known by them, at that time, that Finck was gone for good.

That, to me, was the final breath of air on Chinese Democracy and the Guns N' Roses reincarnation. If there's a moment in time where we can say that Axl lost his passion and then turned GNR into a cash machine / nostalgia act, to me that moment is 2007 with Finck quitting and 2008 leading up to the release of the album.

I'd say it's something along those lines too. By sabotaging the release and speeding up things, Axl would have to hurry up finding a good management firm to release the album, therefore the Azzoff involvement. Also, it could lower sales and collaborate to the reunion plans Azzoff always had. It would literally pressure Axl to deliver the album as soon as possible (rumours have it that by January 2007 the album was handled to the record company and negotiations, headed by Azzoff begun, including the best buy deal).

Seems like the missing pieces of the puzzle are jumping in front of us...