THE SILVER THREAD
We all have a story to tell.

March 28, 2007

estonian indie band kago produces song for sparrow hall soundtrack

Filed under: Uncategorized — Sparrow @ 12:22 pm

I came across the music of Kago while traveling through the Baltics last spring. They were on an indie compilation I bought from a thrift store in Tallinn. The music is dark and angelic – and the track they produced for Two Blue Wolves elegantly captures the color and spirit of the story.

The song was produced by Lauri Sommer, the musical mastermind behind Kago, at his grandfather’s farmhouse in the south of Estonia. What I love most about the track is the far off quality of the melody. The recording evokes a sense of distance in a way I haven’t heard before.

March 27, 2007

Sparrow Hall: Where Your Bennington Experience Can Take You

Filed under: Uncategorized — Sparrow @ 1:41 pm

Sparrow Hall, Mohammed Naseehu Ali & David Anthony - Bennington College Panel Discussion
Sparrow Hall, Mohammed Naseehu Ali & David Anthony on life after Bennington.

Here I am gesturing wildly, pen in hand, while speaking to students at Bennington College. I have no idea what I was talking about, but I look very convincing. That’s my friend Mohammed Naseehu Ali to my left, author of The Prophet of Zongo Street, and my friend David Anthony to my right, founder of Metropolis DVD (which has authored every amazing DVD known to man – from the Beastie Boys to Moby). If you want to see something truly amazing, rent the Slipknot DVD that his team produced called Disasterpieces. There’s a drummer who actually rides his drum set and at one point the DJ surfs off into the crowd, never to return.

March 26, 2007

harmonies for the haunted

Filed under: Uncategorized — Sparrow @ 4:16 pm

shawn christensen - stellastarr - backstage at bowery
I was shooting the music video for “Stranger In the Strangest Land” at The Culture Project and had to miss the stellastarr secret show at Luna Lounge – recently resurrected in Brooklyn. Now if only they’d repoen Baby Jupiter. I think the last show I saw there was when The Strokes opened for stella. Hmm… how long ago was that?

I shot this one of Shawn on Lawrence’s camera backstage at the Bowery show.

March 24, 2007

sparrow hall site & two blue wolves – launch date set

Filed under: Uncategorized — Sparrow @ 3:07 pm

The launch date for the publication of Two Blue Wolves has been set for September 10 2007. Sparrowhall.com is currently in development. We have a terrific team that’s working on this and I’m very excited.

Artists are continuing to sign on to produce songs for the soundtrack as well as other media for the September launch.

The story will be published as a downloadable bundle and will include the following:

Story
Audio Book
Original Soundtrack
Music Video
Exclusive Performance
Original Art
Digital Poster

Stay tuned to preview upcoming content as it’s added.

March 23, 2007

i live among the creatures of the night

Filed under: Uncategorized — Sparrow @ 7:00 pm

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From my set at the Trash! party – Rififi NYC.

Bizarre Love Triangle / New Order
Star Guitar / The Chemical Brothers
One More Time / Daft Punk
Tarzan Boy / Baltimora
Self Control / Laura Branigan
Let Me Go / Heaven 17
Strangelove / Depeche Mode
Need You Tonight / INXS
I Can’t Wait / Nu Shooz
Headhunter v.1 / Front 242
Glass Dance / The Faint
Moaner / Underworld
Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? (ATB Remix) / Moby
Halcyon & On & On / Orbital

lyrics – missing you again

Filed under: Uncategorized — Sparrow @ 6:19 pm

Alex Parker in studio - Dirty Hands, London

“Missing You Again”
lyrics by Alex Parker
© 2007

Life goes on, never back again

I used to drink and dial, sometimes I was strange,
Tried to make you laugh, I guess those were the days

Pictures in a box, memories are fading
Like needles into skin
I’m missing you again.

Just like wolves in the museum

You were so eloquent when you spoke in French
filter less cigarettes, red wine and sex.
You and I in France Bain Douche where we danced
Now I’m sitting here with a gun in my hand and I’m…

Missing you again x4

You said my heart was broke a long, long time ago
Like needles into skin, I’m missing you again

Photo:
Alex Parker, taken at Dirty Hands Productions in London where he serves as a producer and music consultant for his father, writer & filmmaker Alan Parker.

Letters from the Road – Kansas City

Filed under: Uncategorized — Sparrow @ 12:45 am

Sparrow Hall / Kansas City / photo by Alvin Ho Young

You could see the city from a long way off. It rose out of the cornfields like a hill of mirrors.

browsing a teenage wasteland

Filed under: Uncategorized — Sparrow @ 12:26 am

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Nathan’s mother invited us for an early dinner at the house in Richmond, a beautiful suburb outside of London. I shot this one of Nathan proudly sporting the bottle of wine we’d picked up in town. That night, his mother told the story of how she’d bumped into Pete Townshend at the antique shop. “Hello, Pete.” “Hello, Annie.” I loved the idea of this rock god puttering around the little porcelain displays.

March 22, 2007

on set – stranger in the strangest land

Filed under: Uncategorized — Sparrow @ 10:13 pm

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We shot Wythe in the meatpacking district. Ganesvoort, Jane Street. Big thanks to The Viceroy for letting us shoot guerilla style at the table. And for sending over that second basket of muffins.

stranger in the strangest land – video shoot

Filed under: Uncategorized — Sparrow @ 9:58 pm

stranger in the strangest land video - sam

Still taken from “Stranger In the Strangest Land,” featuring Sam Tyndall (pictured) and Wythe Marschall.

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