December 27th 2011
The year's almost over! Good God! And I haven't given an update in four months! Oh dear! Well, time enough now. Good year. Working on almost a full album's worth of new material, which should be released in the next month or so, which is exciting. Did a fun reading with Seth Lind of This American Life, as well as Chuck Klosterman, who is indeed just as funny in person as in his books. I plan to play many more New York shows in the upcoming year, and though I always promise to make more videos, uh…I promise again! Anyhoo, all good things approacheth. Stay hydrated.
August 7th 2011
It's so hot! As some of my friends know, I recently moved to Brooklyn. I found an amazing loft space in Bushwick (don't bring that East Williamsburg nonsense in here), and though it is still art gallery empty at this point, I will soon be filling it with all manner of things, such as a baby grand piano, a drum kit (which I might even learn to play), and other goodies. As soon as that process is finished, I hope to get very very serious about making videos. The next one will be done entirely with paper. No, I'm not kidding.
June 1st 2011
Hello June! I am now living in New York City again, which is crazy. Right now, I'm in a Trump Building, looking out at the river. It's beautiful. The view, that is, not the building, which looks exactly as you would imagine Donald Trump would want a building to look. I don't mind the doorman, but I wish these Eastern European women in my apartment's obligatory *Party Room* would stop insisting I owe them alimony. Anyway, I have a new song/video out, about Jesus, which you can watch here. It should also be in the video player to the left. I'm also experimenting with a new music website called Bandcamp, because they have a sweet deal for artists. Sorry CDBaby, but I may be moving on (actually, I'll probably keep using both, because Bandcamp doesn't send to iTunes...but you don't need to know these things). See my page there, here. Otherwise, I have a new collaborative video coming out soon, and I'll reupdate when that's ready. Also, for what it's worth, I had a story called *Good Old Olivia* published a few months ago in an amazing lit mag called Zyzzyva. You can get back issues at their website, if you want to read it. It's about the future, and also sitcoms.
January 5th 2011
Hey all! It is now the new year. Last year was absolutely incredible. I began recording again with the brilliant Giulio Carmassi. My video "Whisper" was shortlisted for the Guggenheim/YouTube Play exhibition. I played live in the center of the Guggenheim with OK Go and Megan Washington. Amazing. This year should be equally great. I'm starting it off by recording a couple songs at Tiny Telephone, the recording studio owned by the awesome (and awesomely nice) John Vanderslice. Those'll be posted soon. Also, two new songs with Giulio are coming on towards completion as well. Sometime soon, there may be a full album's worth down there, and then I'll have to find someone to help me distribute it. Any ideas?
October 22nd 2010
What an unbelievable couple of days it's been. I ended up playing a song at the YouTube Play event at the Guggenheim Museum. It was me onstage singing John Lennon's Mind Games in the center of the Guggenheim rotunda. Michael Showalter introduced me, and Ok Go closed out the show. Incredible. Here's the link to the video clip of my song: here. I'll also add it to the player. Thanks to all those who made it possible, as well as Giulio Carmassi, Hana (something), and Michal Shein for playing onstage with me. Woo!
October 19th 2010
So much news in the last month! I should have updated sooner. First of all, the YouTube Play experience has led to so many great opportunities. First, Tallie and I were asked to make a how-to video about for Hewlett Packard. They hooked us up with an awesome computer to show how others could recreate our sweet shadow-puppetry work (copyright 2009, Talliewag Productions…just kidding). Here's the link to that video: . Then, we got to do a Q & A with HP. This was a professional video shot by a big old film crew (cinematographer, sound guys, light guys). The video will be shown at the Guggenheim event this Thursday, at an HP kiosk, and elsewhere on the web. I'll link to it when it's public. Finally, in spite of Tallie and my video failing to make it to the final round of the YouTube Play Exhibition, I was just invited to the event itself. Excitement! Hopefully there will be some video of that to be posted at some point. Also, I posted a new cover song/video on YouTube, Joanna Newsom's Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie, which you can access in the player to the right. Finally, a new song with magical orchestrations by Giulio Carmassi is live for playing and buying down in the music player: Misanthrope. It's delicious. Woo!
September 20th 2010
Great news! Whisper, The video I made with Tallie Maughan (and many others!), coupled with a song of mine (mixed and mastered and made wonderful by Giulio Carmassi), was just shortlisted for the inaugural YouTube Play contest! This contest is a joint venture between YouTube and the Guggenheim Musem. 23,000 videos were entered, and of these, 125 were chosen for the shortlist. Of those 125, up to 20 will be chosen to be part of an actual show at the Guggenheim Museum! They'll be chosen by a panel of judges including Laurie Anderson, Animal Collective, and Darren Aronovsky. Sweet! Please go check out the video here. It's organized alphabetically, and my video is under my famous account name: snovision. Also, make sure you check out some of the other videos. There's some unbelievable work there!
August 25th 2010
Thanks to my friends over at YouTube for featuring Whisper on the music page! Check out the music page here, though be warned that it may only last a few days. Other news about the song may be forthcoming, but no hints here. Keep checking back here. It will be very exciting.
July 28th 2010
Hey All! I just released a new song, Whisper, which also has an amazing video (see that big giant video over there?). The song can be purchased here or in the fairy box below for 99 cents (what a deal!). The video was made with the help of a million wonderful unpaid people: Tallie Maughan, Jen Sipila, Stephanie Wallach, Bob Dedea, David Ferris, Kelly Sigl, Cheryl Bachman, Joel Koglin, Jake Wallach, Giulio Carmassi, and a few other lovely people whose names I may have forgotten, but not their dedication, passion, or lissome figures. For now, thanks to all of you. Please share the video with all of your friends, be they real, or of the Facebook variety. Viva la musica!
June 10th 2010
Welcome to my new redesigned website. Ryan Bolin made it. Thanks Ryan. If you wanna watch a video, click the play button on that big video over there on the left (And if you didn't already know that, you must be, like, a million years old. Or else maybe not yet one year old. In which case you may need a nap.). If you wanna listen to some music, click the music player under the video. If you wanna buy some music, bless you. I have about eight buttons on here that'll let you do that. Pick one. If you wanna read some of my writing, click on the blog button. But I have to warn you, some of it is written using words.
