Looking Elsewhere Looking Elsewhere: November 11, 2013 This week, Looking Closer sends a Hi 5 to the Face out to Fast Company, NPR, Todd Fadel, Ridley Scott, Christianity Today, Sam Phillips, Matt Zoller Seitz, James Rocchi, Mike D'Angelo, John Sayles, and more!
Looking Elsewhere Looking Elsewhere: September 5, 2013 A Hi 5 to the Face to... Legendary rock-and-roll recording artist Sam Phillips: For sending this fantastic, one-of-a-kind, handmade LP cover of her wildly inventive, high-spirited new album Push Any Button. You can order your own copy here, including these very limited edition covers made by Sam's own
On Songs & Albums A Coen Brothers Concert and a Line-Up of Must-Play New Releases: Are You Listening? If I ask "What's on your iPod?", what comes to mind? I doubt that you'll say "The Coen Brothers." But that might be the case, come December. You do have the music from O Brother, Where Art Thou? on your iPod, don&
On Books & Writing I Love Luci... and Levertov This year, IMAGE presented the tenth annual Denise Levertov award to someone who is more than an inspiration to me.
Fan Dance Overstreet's Favorite Albums: 2001 (10 years later) Listening to music is, for me, a treasure hunt. The whole journey is worthwhile, with highs and lows, unforgettable discoveries and a whole lot of unremarkable scenery. What I love most is an album that just keeps opening up, like a house full of secret doors, so that ten years
On Songs & Albums 2012 Will Bring a Pretty Time Bomb A nostalgic sort of dream of being a pop star in the ‘60s and early ‘70s. It’s a sweet kind of album and I don’t know where it came from. I don’t know what compelled me to make it. It’s probably a bad idea, but everytime
On Songs & Albums A Good Week for Sam Phillips Sam Phillips'ss Long Play experiment was one of the most rewarding experiences of 2010 for me. Phillips provided so much creative, inspiring music that I hardly had time to learn the lyrics of one album before another one arrived. The music she recorded in 2010 is still surprising
Interviews My Conversation with Sam Phillips: An IMAGE Interview For a limited time, my interview with Sam Phillips from IMAGE's 20th Anniversary Issue is available online. That should whet your appetite for Phillips's upcoming visit to Seattle to accept the Denise Levertov award, where she will perform a short set of songs, and then answer
On Songs & Albums Two new albums by Sufjan Stevens, and one by Sam Phillips Sam Phillips just tweeted this news for subscribers to her Long Play music club: Long Play EP #5, "Days of the One Night Stands", will be released tomorrow, August 27th exclusively to Long Play... http://fb.me/GpGPjaLF I love that title. It'll be a good
Magic for Everybody Magic for Everybody! When I discovered the character called Auralia - that mischievous, compulsively creative young girl who weaves together all of the colors she can find in the dark forest - I was reminded of many friends and inspirations who live lives of constant imaginative endeavor. One of those artists was Sam
