Notes on how N.O.R.E. & Blah Blah roll (stomp) |
So this is one that's been up here before but now it's finished as much as I can. It's yet another track where both singers & rappers have told me they wanted to sing or spit over it. But nothing ever...
Posted by Synapse Trap on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:57:00 PST |
Dr. Demento likes teddy bears with headphones! |
Just a quick thank you to Dr. Demento for playing Sienna & me's 'Best of Friends' song this past Sunday night. I listened to the demented one back when I was kid and loved him & the music he play so m...
Posted by Synapse Trap on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:56:00 PST |
Notes on Bearclaw in the Bathroom |
A few months ago I was going thru an extreme 'Old timey' music phase in where among other blues and country artists, I was listening to a lot of Django Reinhardt. So like I do with all things I love,...
Posted by Synapse Trap on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:18:00 PST |
Notes on Sarah |
Sarah Ishee was my mom's mom whom liked many of her generation, endured much but was still full of sweetness. Not dealt the best hand in life, she made due with what she had and exercised more compas...
Posted by Synapse Trap on Mon, 19 May 2008 03:33:00 PST |
Notes on Long Night |
(To hear the song, click here!)John Caldwell of JMC/Obtuse Music/Funk for You Face, Natasha Borzilova formerly of Bering Strait and their little one Alina (not of any musical project just yet, but giv...
Posted by Synapse Trap on Sun, 04 May 2008 09:09:00 PST |
Notes on Pretty Yarn |
When it comes to bad things and events, I can talk about all the good that came out of it till all your plastic plants whither. When it comes to purely good things and events, I tend to not talk abou...
Posted by Synapse Trap on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:34:00 PST |
Notes on All by and by |
I have these ideas for albums in my head that I SLOWLY chip away at from time to time (an ambient one called ’Pillow Quiet’, a piano one called ’Soft Hammers’ for example) and ...
Posted by Synapse Trap on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:13:00 PST |
Notes on Best of friends |
It happens a lot, especially during election years, where I’m hanging with folks somewhere and someone will proclaim with venom, "Republicans are f@kin’ evil, man". Or "The hand of Satan h...
Posted by Synapse Trap on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:44:00 PST |
Notes on the Lay yer burdens down video |
When Jeremy Adams of Pearl Snap Films first floated the idea of doing a video for ’Lay yer burdens down’, I was honored but since I hadn’t seen anything he’d worked on at that ...
Posted by Synapse Trap on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:06:00 PST |
Notes on Firestone (Have a happy happy time) |
When I had my record shop, I always kept a good eye on all the vinyl that we wheeled and dealed with, in hopes that we'd somehow get one the holy grails of early recorded music. Something like a Robe...
Posted by Synapse Trap on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 11:26:00 PST |
