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It’s confession time. I had to call Charlotte [Gainsbourg] this morning and tell her I met someone else. It was sad and we cried together, and she even sang me this song she wrote for me in her whispery girl-child voice, but I told her it just wasn’t working out. I need someone who knows [...]
10 Best Albums of 2007
Charlotte Gainsbourg wins for sexiest whisper in this year’s 10 Best Albums. “The Songs That We Sing” From The album 5:55 #1 Graduation / Kanye West An ego gets naked. This album is a bold lesson in blind confidence and the insecurity that drives it. I sometimes wonder if this was all just a happy [...]
Do they know they’re being filmed?
As I was getting into the Christmas spirit this morning, this song popped into my head… “Do They Know It’s Christmas Time?” Band Aid There are many things I love about this video. I get the distinct feeling that no one got the memo about the session being filmed. I think this is most evident [...]
A Circlesquare Christmas
Jeremy Shaw, the Canadian electro artist known as Circlesquare is another one of the artists we’re planning to work with on an upcoming project. Jeremy had shown interest in producing a track for Two Blue Wolves, but our schedules didn’t line up. I received an email from him a couple days ago, and he sent [...]
A Moveable Roast: Best Coffee/Writing Spots in NY
I was out at one of my favorite cafes this past Sunday, Irving Farm, and thought it was about time I did a top ten best coffee/writing spots in New York (State). A big shout out to Irving Farm for making the list, not once but twice, for their two locations in the city and [...]
The Kiss-Off / “Knots”
Here’s an extra dose of hotness from the set last week. “Knots” is one of the tracks we’re considering for the next project, You Looked Good on the Dancefloor & Other Stories.
The Kiss-Off / “Laying Dead”
Sam Tyndall from The Kiss-Off teamed up with hip hop MC Wythe Marschall to create the song “Stranger in the Strangest Land” for the Two Blue Wolves Soundtrack, and now we’re talking to Sam and the band about featuring a track for our next project, You Looked Good on the Dancefloor & Other Stories. This [...]
Song / Extraordinary
Here’s a song I wrote that David’s working with. I must have been in an especially good mood that day. Extraordinary Lyrics by Sparrow Hall You’re so very Extraordinary What’s a boy supposed to do? You’re so very Extraordinary Nothing in the world like you There are things that you give And things that you [...]
There are Too Many People at this Party (an excerpt)
Here’s an excerpt from one of the stories that’ll be featured in the upcoming collection You Looked Good on the Dancefloor & Other Stories. This is the kind of apartment you’re supposed to want. The kind that once served as a paper mill, or a football factory, or an assembly line for any number of [...]
What’s your color?
Color has always played an important role in my writing. Whether it’s the color of a character’s coat, or the resounding hue of an atmosphere or mood, color has the unique power to provoke our emotions in an instant. So it was interesting to come across the new site by Pantone – the people who [...]
Heavy Rotation – December
Send/Receive / Big Bang TV Any Way You Choose To Give It / The Black Ghosts Kelly / Van She The Killing Jar / Siouxsie & the Banshees The Worst Taste In Music / The Radio Dept Rubber Band / David Bowie The Gloaming (Softly Open Our Mouths In The Cold) / Radiohead Banged and [...]
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