So..... its December...and i'm almost done. i went through a lot of trouble with the packaging ideas. lots were formed and tried but fell through. i've got it now though. i don't have a scanner to show you the final version, but i'll do that when i go see my folks in a few days. its basically an updated and coloured version of that policecar/kite ( Read more... )

i've gone through a lot of cover art ideas over the course of making this album, none seemed to really work. there was this photograph of trees in foggy light, but that was too easy.. and then there was this multiple exposure construction that megan made, of a monster-like creature flying in a strange sky. still didn't seem to fit. but recently i ( Read more... )

The Curfew Bell

01 - Mesmer
02 - Doubt And The Flying Machine
03 - For the Hopskotch Kids of Duncan St.
04 - Strike Anywhere Matches
05 - Ambien
06 - What Ghost Is This?
07 - Minus Numbers
08 - Sleep Comes Asking
09 - Snow Globe Movie Theatre
10 - Yesterday Was Slow
11 - Sweet Dreams Huck Finn
12 - Shelf Life

Saw The Books last night and it was a pretty wonderful and funny show. If they come to your town, go see them! Basically the setup was the two guys, one playing guitar and occasionally singing and the other playing some mean cello. There was electronics for percussion, odd little found sounds and voice samples mixed in and synched up seamlessly ( Read more... )

since i've recently got a job i decided to treat myself to purchasing an album, something i haven't done for a while. i picked up howe gelb's (of giant sand) sno' angel like you" an album he recorded with the help of a gospel choir. its kinda stripped down and the voices of the choir are really alive and brought forward, contrasting nicely with ( Read more... )

late sunday evening my friend aaron picked me up and we drove to the abandoned schoolhouse to listen to my new album in his car. he's been working on mastering it for the last month, maticulously clearing up all the errors (why are you using the low-pass filter so much?) and making it more dynamic and resonant (don't be afraid to pan! etc.) i'm ( Read more... )