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4/11/09: Please note that I do not log in here very often these days. Best way to contact me is via e-mail. (Please visit www.sillypillows.com for that info. [No band announcements, please.]) Thanks! --JonathanYou may notice that there is now a Snocap store on this page. The tracks for sale therein are from our Silly Image Pillowhead album, which is sort of a "best of" our home recordings from 1986-1993. The tunes in the Standalone player, by contrast, are recent recordings--not even released yet! So take your pick--the Silly Pillows of today or the Silly Pillows of yesteryear. Something for everyone!***Caws-Elwitt living-room pop is back! Jonathan and Hilary . . . early practitioners of DIY tweepunk, lo-fi layer-cake arrangements, boy-girl vocals, and, yes, retro eyeglasses . . . well, would you believe they're in their forties now? But their music still has the same youthful exuberance as when they began -- and even many of the same chords.Hilary and Jonathan have been together as a couple since 1983. As a musical entity, they were the original Silly Pillows, a lo-fi indiepop band that made home recordings beginning in 1986. In late 1992, Hilary decided to stop participating in the music. During the next 8 years, Jonathan's Silly Pillows expanded, spruced up, recorded, gigged, and finally disbanded. In fall of 2005, Hilary became interested in singing once again, and the Original Silly Pillows were re-born!***Visit the Silly Pillows website .

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Member Since: 03/12/2005
Band Website: http://www.sillypillows.com
Band Members: Jonathan (songwriter, vocals, instruments); Hilary (vocals)
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Record Label: Unknown Indie
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Free downloads: all 6 tunes up top!

All six tracks in the MySpace player up top are now downloadable for free. Enjoy!
Posted by on Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:27:00 GMT

Download "I Smile at Women"

Yep, that track can now be downloaded for free!
Posted by on Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:22:00 GMT

New compilation out!

Click the pretty picture for details:
Posted by on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:58:00 GMT

New tracks up!

We’ve added two new tracks to our profile: "Come in the Evening" is a brand-new Hilary & Jonathan version of a song previously recorded by Jonathan alone. "Fab Remix" is a dancefloor-quirky ...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:25:00 GMT

And . . . Silly Piano Pillows at IPO Nov. 11!

We've just found out that Silly Piano Pillows (Jonathan Caws-Elwitt, vocalist; and Charlie Zayleskie, keyboardist) will be playing at Baggot Inn in NYC at 4:00 pm THIS SUNDAY, Nov. 11, as part of the ...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:29:00 GMT

Silly Piano Pillows at PopFest New England--Nov. 10th!

SILLY PIANO PILLOWS [Jonathan Caws-Elwitt and Charlie Zayleskie] will be appearing at POPFEST! NEW ENGLAND, at 9pm on Sat. Nov. 10, 2007! Click the banner below for complete schedule, ticket inf...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 11:59:00 GMT

Silly Pillows at last.fm

Those of you who use last.fm might be interested to know that we've put a bunch of Silly Pillows and Jonathan Caws-Elwitt stuff up there--including some free downloads. So if you want to download, hea...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 12:27:00 GMT

A smile and a download

For a limited time, our song "I Smile at Women" can be downloaded for free from our Standalone Player. Now's your chance to take this song with you everywhere, to accompany you as you smile at w...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:50:00 GMT

I Would Write A Thousand Words

Volume 2 in The Beautiful Music's Television Personalities tribute series is out! http://www.thebeautifulmusic.com/ Among the tracks is my version of "Geoffrey Ingram." I'm so excited to be a pa...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 15:41:00 GMT

Gold Soundz w/ Silly Pillows Jonathan

I'll be making my first live pop-music appearance in many years, in Philadelphia on January 26th! That evening at Tritone (15th and South Sts.), DJ "Gold Soundz" Neal (formerly of the Snow Fairies) wi...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 03:13:00 GMT