When she graduated last year, Martha gave me a mix CD without a track list. For some people, this would be considered a form of psychological abuse as opposed to a kind gesture. For others, like me, it’s a pleasant excuse for wasting an hour playing on Google. Investigating “Me and My 424” (one of my favorite songs on what turned out to be a great road trip mix, with the likes of Iron and Wine and Nick Drake) led me to John Vanderslice and about a dozen MP3s, half of which are provided for you below. The marriage of his macabre narratives and nasal vocal whine is infinitely better than the description sounds — trust me. Also, if you’ve got the time, check out Tiny Telephone, his SF recording studio. Thanks, Martha!
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Also, if you check out his website he gives a lot of technical details into how he recorded almost all of his tunes. Awesome.
JV has a new disc coming this summer!!
http://sixeyes.blogspot.com/2005/03/john-vanderslice-pixel-revolt.html
YES!
songs aren’t working, I only get like 100kb sized files! sounds interesting though..
John Vanderslice is my REAL father!
I guess they wouldn’t let him run…