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!
I grew up in very large house, with dark wood floors, jewel toned upholstery, and grandfather clocks. I will never forget the sound the hanging bells made as I ran through the foyer, across an Oriental rug, to the bottom of the staircase; regardless of my efforts to quiet my steps, the clock always chimed a daunting hello and its woodwork, capped with two ornate horns of wood, produced the unmistakeable apparition of a devils crown.
Children innately form superstitions and fears, petrified of monsters in the closet and under the bed and “boogie men” hiding in depths of any darkness. No mother would wish it upon herself or her child to instill such ideas, yet somehow, we all successfully devise the same superstitions and not-so-fantastic fantasies to slow the tick of the hands at night.
Enter Are You Afraid of the Dark, Unsolved Mysteries, even Scooby Doo- television shows which serve to confirm early suspicions, refute reassurance from mothers, and inspire new consternation, all within a thirty minute time slot.
I stayed up past my bedtime for the duration of the program, but well into the night in its wake. I thought of the cases described in Unsolved Mysteries - described with such validity, so strong in their evidence, but lacking restitution.
Open cases, unfinished business, daydreams, nightmares, apparitions, superstitions, fear, fire, danger, desire, questions, qualms, love, lust, liasons, mysteries never to be solved but always pondered in our young and trusting minds.
Unsolved Mysteries - the once solo project of Jon Lynn and now accompanied by Colin Alexander and Bryan Keller, is a band that boldly sites the name of our epic and nostalgic program, and honors it well. High energy, capricious, light but heavy, whimsical and yet dark- like the cases which kept us awake long after the credits, Unsolved Mysteries plays over and over again in our heads and seems to appear everywhere we turn. Looming like the monster under the bed, watching like the spaceship up above, appearing on the scene like orbs in a family photograph.
Last weekend we filmed a music video for their song You Only Live Once.
Starring long time best friend Jon Lynn, with California dream second camera Kevin Phillips, 2010 favorite partner in crime director Ryan Dickie, and boundless contribution from our talented friends, we spent the weekend shooting the video throughout some of our favorite spots in Brooklyn. It is amazing to work together with this group. We have come a long way, guys… .
Check out Unsolved Mysteries here:
and watch for the video soon!
So good.
Covert Cameo
Fame
Friends
Fellows
So many posts in the queue. Soon I swear!
xo
I have recently become acquainted with the amazing Mike Anderson. (<—— CLICK THIS LINK I’M SERIOUS!)
Below is a video shoot I wardrobe and makeup styled yesterday, (with the wonderful Ryan Dickie as DP!).
I’ll post the finished product soon, but that is all I am going to say for now. Otherwise, where is the suspense?
So far, I am loving 2010!
