Lights shine through the darkness like stars, leading up a tree that once was believed to be sacred because it could live through the winter, to one larger star at the top. A family that usually watches TV every night now sits around this tree, in a room they rarely go into, reminiscing while flipping [...]
Archive for December, 2011
The Tradition Of Christmas
Posted in Uncategorized on December 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Charles Elmore Myers- Chapter 1
Posted in Uncategorized on December 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Charles Elmore Myers, my grandfather, is a natural storyteller. He is the type of person that will make friends with anyone, and given enough time, share his life story with great detail. So I decided to point a camera at him and give you the opportunity to virtually share a room with one of the [...]
Old Soul
Posted in Uncategorized on December 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I hope people play my new album, when we finally put it out, like I have been playing L’Orange’s new project Old Soul. Every song on this instrumental tape samples Billie Holiday, one of LO’s biggest influences. The more I get to know him the more I see that influence. “I hate straight singing. I [...]
The Transition
Posted in Uncategorized on December 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Life is different now. It’s not better, it’s not worse, it’s just different. Things here in Chapel Hill are comfortable. My neighborhood is quiet, my bed is soft, and my friends still have the same numbers. My cat still can’t hear and my car still makes noises it shouldn’t. Nothing changed, and yet everything has. [...]