Another addition to the ongoing “No Oddjob” series, “Colonial Watts”: Colonial Watts by Ben Varian
Clark’s Art. Clart.
This is some art made by resident artist Clark Hawkes. More to come.
Jake Tobin – “Shark Bait”
So I staid up super late chattin’ to my new friend, fellow artist, musician, and generally rad dude, Kemeys Goethe. Among other things, he drums for Young Adult and other folks around town. We were just sitting on the couch … Continue reading
Spirit Tramp – “Illuminati EP”
Spirit Cat and Total Bummer’s JT Bringardner has released a sweet and savory collection of solo songs under his pseudonym Spirit Tramp, and with it floats a delightfully bubbling flute section, light Graceland integrity, and a few well-earned, downbeating breakdowns. … Continue reading
Teenage Floridian Blues
I walked out to the pond behind the house and everything looked positively Floridian, but what is Florida besides a dangling green toe? I could describe it better if I had a map, but … Continue reading
Jake Tobin – ‘Solitaire’
I haven’t touched beat making in a while. But Ben’s got me interested again. It feels like playing solitaire. Also, check out Weather Report’s Black Market, if you haven’t. Not only is it ripe with delicious little snippets of production … Continue reading
Colors Playlist
Colors Mix Colors by Ben Varian on Grooveshark Brown Rice – Don Cherry Black and Brown Blues – Silver Jews Black Satin – Miles Davis Blackout – David Bowie Black Out – Pavement Big Black Car – Big Star Blue … Continue reading
Bust of a Lonely White Rapper
Not the Amenhotep the pillow He muttered ‘my entire life is a joke,’ The slugs came down from the racket in the ceiling, they spelled out the names of lovers as they fell in a choreographed fashion arranged like sullen … Continue reading
Ben Varian – “No Oddjob”
“No Oddjob” is an ongoing series of oddities, experiments and C-sides. I record songs, sound experiments and other scraps of music all the time, and most of them don’t make it onto any kind of actual release. This is where … Continue reading
Cory Driscoll Interview on Young Adults – ‘Aporia’
Aporia by Young Adult A few months ago, right before the release of his most recent record Aporia, Ben and I had a sit down with Young Adult’s Cory Driscoll, a native Jacksonvillian, and at the time, transplant in Tallahassee. … Continue reading
Corrective Lenses – “Praise for the Folly of Fruit Flies”
A new track I wrote about neglecting your house.
Kevin Mahoney’s Slough Louris EP
2011 SloughLourisEP by sloughlouris
Corrective Lenses’s Corrective Lenses
I wrote this immediately after the last Fruit Flesh release in search of something more organic and alive sounding. It’s probably about 80% analog, a big step away from what I was doing before. I finished it in March of … Continue reading
Wingsuit’s Kids’ Poetry
Credits Jake Tobin- saxophone on “Tuki Hoy” Malee Bringardner (MoonLasso)- vocals on “Gotta Get Up” Joshua Dent- cello on “Gotta Get Up” cover art- Erika Maria Recorded throughout June and July 2011 Kids’ Poetry by Wingsuit
Wingsuit’s A Few Thousand Days
Credits Clark Hawkes- drum kit Walter Hawkins- bass Malee Bringardner- vocals on “Tower Above The Sea” and “Soul Rebel” Soul Rebel- Bob Marley Recorded in December 2010 A Few Thousand Days by Wingsuit
Fruit Flesh’s Corrective Lenses
Written and recorded over the course of one week, released 16 November 2011, that first overcast week of fall in Tallahassee, when you still sweat even though you have to wear a sweater, and when the sun does find its … Continue reading
Fruit Flesh’s Guilt Exchange
Recorded by Jacob Lee Tobin over the Summer of 2011. I wrote this one semi-homeless, living in a warehouse on the south side of Tallahassee, spending my days sitting outside of Ben’s house and sweating. I didn’t have a job … Continue reading
Ben Varian’s Potassium
Released 15 February 2012 I decided to group together the EPs I’ve released along with some new songs to make one cohesive album. Admittedly this is headphone music, USB microphone, soft-focus music. The music asks you to listen to it … Continue reading
The Fruits of Hysteria; Purchase Whole Program Today
Retired heretics repeat in seas of tape hiss their gutted pumpkin agendas, the fruit guts staining their hands, a public act of violence a stadium full of audience, dancing to breathe thrashing in the name of chickens, arms plucked and … Continue reading
Xander Robin and Taylor Cohan
Figured we’d go ahead and introduce you to our friends and collaborators in film, Xander Robin and Taylor Cohan. Both recent graduates of the FSU film school and both riding some net waves right now. I had the pleasure of … Continue reading
Stagnant Water
Shows // Releases (and stuff)