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Joby Talbot

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About Me

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/29/2006
Band Website: jobytalbot.com
Band Members: Joby Talbot, piano; Everton Nelson, violin; Chris Worsey, cello; Rob Farrer, vibes.
Influences: Stravinsky, Reich, Adams, Sibelius, Brian Elias, Shostakovitch, Marvin Gaye, Ravel, Pink Floyd, Mahler, Mozart, Nigel Godrich, The Divine Comedy, Air, Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, Lalo Schifrin, Mychael Danna, Brian Eno, The White Stripes, Curtis Mayfield, Tortoise, Vaughan-Williams, Bartok, Fourtet, Mark Mothersbaugh, Alexandre Desplat, Pulp, Orbital, Elbow, Bernard Hermann, Philip Glass, Simon Bainbridge, James Brown, Serge Gainsbourg, Deru, Stereolab, Roxy Music, Swell, Thomas Newman, Michael Nyman, Roy Budd, Arvo Part, Bang On A Can, Louis Andriessen, The Meters...
Sounds Like: "utterly devoid of music" (The Daily Telegraph)
Record Label: various
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

seismology

Today I was in an earthquake. I'm not sure what all the fuss is about - I found it quite soothing. No falling masonry or gas explosions, just a funny little vibration in the floor  a bit like a quic...
Posted by Joby Talbot on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 11:51:00 PST

people/insects

With some astonishment I realise that I now have one thousand new friends on Myspace! I was never this popular at school. I'm also flavour of the month with the Jurassic sized mosquitos that have come...
Posted by Joby Talbot on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:09:00 PST

LAX

God I've been ill. My advise: if you order houmus & it turns up having the taste and consistency of grouting, think twice before you eat it. And if you're about to board an eleven hour long-haul fligh...
Posted by Joby Talbot on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 06:35:00 PST

glamour and yet more glamour

Today I am in a new country - new to me anyway... Hungary. What's not to like about this place - great food, great wine, lovely people, and nightingales singing outside my hotel window. Hungary is the...
Posted by Joby Talbot on Mon, 14 May 2007 04:17:00 PST

being in three places at the same time

Anyone got any tips on being in more than one place at the same time? On 28th May I have to be in Cardiff, Singapore, & Los Angeles. I'm thinking it's a bit short notice for cloning...maybe there's so...
Posted by Joby Talbot on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 05:10:00 PST

Writing thousands of things at once

Anyone got any sanity retention tips? My eyelid has gone into spasm & I've developed an alarming tremble in my left hand. Do you think maybe I'm working too hard? I bought some fruit juice yesterday b...
Posted by Joby Talbot on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:02:00 PST

Cheese Bunnies

Maurice's film pitches to date: 'Explosion I-IV' (they get progressively scarier apparently & there are giant skeletons in the first one!), 'Tigerman', 'Silly Beans', &, hot off the press, 'Cheese Bun...
Posted by Joby Talbot on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:33:00 PST

munch munch dribble dribble

What's wrong with me?! Why am I always hungry?! Was going to tell you all about the new string quartet I finished last night but think I'll go and make some toast instead. Claire's mother has made som...
Posted by Joby Talbot on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 04:03:00 PST

the first fly of summer

oh wonderful - it's still only february & all my little flying friends have already woken up. did i tell you about my flying friends? there's about 6 bazillion of them living in the composting bin tha...
Posted by Joby Talbot on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 06:33:00 PST

red toothpaste

woo. what a month. seems like those timpani did the trick - son of rambow went down an absolute storm at sundance & we had the craziest whirlwind week in the mountains. couldn't have gone better reall...
Posted by Joby Talbot on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:31:00 PST