So perhaps it has been a little quiet in Mollywould, but let me assure you my neglecting this blog is in no way indicitive of a diminished rate of productivity, and if anything, should be a sign of the opposite! I will explain more in the near future (promise!).  For now, I want to share a video that my dear friend Jessica Collins made for Softspot. 

I recently had the pleasure of sharing a late brunch with Jessica in Silverlake during a weekend trip to Los Angeles. We have been apart since Valentine’s Day of 2009, and before that, a duration of two years, where we parted last at the steps of the haunted house we shared together in Savannah, Georgia.  I was lucky enough to live with Jessica back then, and even more privileged to maintain a genuine and special friendship between letters and small gifts sent in the mail, always wrapped in string and tissue and never with an absence of tiny and heartfelt treasures.  The day I moved from Savannah to California, I found a journal resting on my bed and tied with a red ribbon, clearly a gift from Jessica. I filled this journal with tales from my earliest days at LaChapelle, and though later switching to a web based journal, will always keep this small book and an intimate record of details otherwise forgotten, to her credit.

Jessica is thoughtful and genuine and has no difficulty captivating an audience or intriguing a listener for hours. She is petite and precious, wears flowers in her hair, has a secret passion for black metal and an equal affection for kittens. She captures beautiful sounds all around her with a small black tape recorder, produces lovely recordings of songs mailed to friends on cassette tapes,(her project is called BERU) and clearly makes it her full time occupation to discover new and wonderful ways in which to excel as an artist.  All I want is everything favorable to come to this beautiful, wonderful, and truly deserving girl.

This video marks Jessica’s video debut, and (shhh!) in January we are planning to work on one together!

Also speaking of the new year, Softspot is working on a new album and although I cannot say anything more, I can say it would be wise to keep a very close ear out for what they are preparing.

Whew. I’m back!