Frame By Frame

We have five more songs for you from the archives. This set starts off with a song recorded a decade ago: "Trial". It was written on New Year's Day 2000 and recorded soon after in Kelby's home studio. This was a deviation from the alternative rock arrangements of the classic Only Anything years. You may notice I was more discriminating in my choice of notes, letting some open space through at times and then coming in with very deliberate interplay between the bass, guitar and piano. There is just one guitar track and it is the nylon string acoustic, an instrument which around this time became the backbone of my arrangements. All of these five songs feature the nylon string guitar as the primary instrument. These songs have a more acoustic feel than the previous collections but you will hear some electric on "How Can I Last" and some steel string acoustic doubling with the nylon on David. Also listen for the harmonica and the more subtle soprano recorder. I'll let the rest of these songs speak for themselves, I believe they tell a little story. Here is Frame by Frame:

Download the whole EP here: Frame By Frame (right-click, save as)


Special Announcement!
I have been busy with non-musical things but I find myself with some extra time for the next month so I have plans to finish two new recordings that I had previously started and I have two more songs I would like to record if time permits. So in the coming months you can expect one more EP release from my archives and then some brand new tunes. Have a super holiday.

Jon T.

Short note from Jon Stone: Of the three EPs that we have posted thus far, this one has some of my very favorite songs on it. In fact, I think "Circus" might be my favorite song of Jon's that he has written in the last 10 years. It was so fun to play it during the Lancaster days. Enjoy folks!

Drowning In Possibilities: the second EP from Jonathan Thwaits

Welcome to the second EP release of the archived demo recordings of Jonathan Thwaits. Our goal is to pull out these recordings that were previously unavailable and give them out so you can enjoy them and help us pick the favorites. You can listen to them, download them and vote for your favorites all on this page. In case you missed the first release, don't worry, just scroll down to the previous post. EP#1 is still available.

Here is what Jonathan himself has to say about the songs:

This collection holds a mixture of quasi-pop songs, sounds that might have come out of commercial radio but which were then colored with flavors of latin jazz, movie soundtracks and quirky grooves. They reside in a genre on the outskirts of more easily categorizable music and while this may make the songs less accessible to the world at large, I contend that it makes them more interesting, memorable and meaningful. Here's the breakdown:

Feels Like Heaven - Most likely influenced by Stevie Wonder, in fact I would really love to hear Stevie sing this song, I'll have my people contact his people. written and recorded in 2003.

She's Really Something - A love song from my imaginary second honeymoon in Brazil. written and recorded in 2003.

Sapphire Eyes - The result of a request from Marisa that I write a song based on the short story "The Happy Prince" by Oscar Wilde. Written around 2000, recorded to cassette tape a year or two later.

Walk Softly - A romanticized ballad of the days when I woke up at 2:30 am to go to work trying not to wake the family. written around 2004, recorded with the help of Kelby Thwaits in Dec 2007.

I'll Stay With You - Lullaby inspired by bedtime for my two boys. Some of the vocal tracks were actually recorded in our apartment after my family went to sleep. Written and recorded in 2003.

The name of this collection--"Drowning In Possibilities" reflects my struggle with finding my niche. Perhaps I am too diverse for my own good, leading to an overall lack of focus. But I do write songs that I can get excited about and I believe that is most important, and it's what I will continue to do.

Enjoy the collection--in fact, DOWNLOAD Drowning in Possibilities and add it to your collection. As always, comments are greatly appreciated and don't forget to VOTE! Poll is in the top right corner of the blog.

More to come in a month or so.

J.T.

Jonathan Thwaits EP #1 : American Idle

This is it! "American Idle" is the first of five JT EPs that we will be releasing over the next few months. I am so excited.

Frequently, music critics hail the efforts of extremely talented, overlooked artists as "greatest unknowns" and if ever there was such an artist, Jon Thwaits certainly is he. Jon and I have been playing music together for over 15 years and during that time, I've watched (and marveled) as he has developed as a songwriter. His music has a depth and range to it that you'll notice immediately in this first collection, but even more poignantly as we release each EP. Jon loves to rock, and you'll hear that here too--but his songwriting is tight and his stories have a remarkable color and intimacy. Most of all, these EPs establish Jon as a professional of his craft.

As you can probably tell, I am Jon's biggest fan. The first time we met, he had a guitar in his hand and our friendship has played out over the years around that instrument. It is now my pleasure to curate these EPs and to do what I can to share them with a larger audience. I know that you'll enjoy them as much as I do and hope that you'll share them with your friends.

Our aim is to, first and foremost, get these songs out so that you can enjoy them. However, we have a second agenda in mind and we need your help with it. We will be releasing a total of 25 songs over the next several months--one EP a month--and we'd like to get your opinion on your favorite songs. Once we have an idea of the 10 (or so) best/favorite songs, we hope to collect them (and possibly rerecord them) for an official album release--one that we can sell on iTunes and maybe even market to some indie labels.

To the right of the screen you'll notice a poll of songs on this EP release. Please listen to the songs and then vote on your two favorite songs (the poll will let you vote for more than two, but control yourselves, people). Then (and this is an important part) tell your friends! The songs are free and the poll is fun! It's just a tiny bit like American Idol. The poll will be available for about 30 days or until the next EP is released.

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you American Idle by Jonathan Thwaits (right click, save link as).

(Each song has some additional information about its original recording date/purpose embedded in it as meta-data. When you have them in your iTunes, right click and select "more info" if you want to check that out.)

Only Anything in the Fall

Hey everybody,

We are all back in super-busy mode here at the beginning of the Fall semester. It seems that our lives continue to adhere to the school-time tradition and while my OA brothers will all someday escape its grasps, I'm afraid I am here for good.

Jon T. and I have been looking forward to the Fall, though, and have a very exciting announcement to make.

In a few days, we will begin releasing the complete back-catalog of Jon T's solo work. We are putting them into small, bite-sized EPs and I think you're really going to enjoy them. What's more, we are working on a special (and secret!) interactive feature to these EPs. All will be revealed soon.

In the meantime, please enjoy my own EP of songs written this last year. I just submitted them for consideration for a local gig. Keep in mind that the recordings are demos and far from perfect. But at least you can hear some stuff that I've been working on--and this time put the songs on your iPod and stuff.

Right click and "save link as" Jon Stone's Recital EP

the rest of the John-stash pictures are up.

Just sayin.

Some new old (and very treasured) pictures

While I didn't get quite as much done over the summer as I would have like in the archive this summer, I was able to delve into the treasure trove that was John Heidenreich's stash of pictures. I have been busy tonight slicing up the scans that we made in New Hampshire at the beginning of August and have posted the first batch here:

John's Stash

The rest will follow during the weekend sometime, so be sure to check back.

(JT, we can feed them into the chronology once folks have had a chance to see them)

-JS

Wasatch Front (lyrics)

Left my desert hometown when I was just a child
spent some time on the San Fran line
yeah I spent some time out in the wild
Flew out to Wyoming, singing home, home on the range
High mountain plains, yellow grass and sage
shouldn't have felt so strange

Arizona marriage and some Arizona kids
Under an old saguaro is where my wife's heart lives
Still spent every summer--and I guess we always will--
Out here in the shadow of the everlasting hills

Along the Wasatch Front, everything is easy
On the Wasatch Front I'm home

Walking down the canyon to the valley of my birth
I've never seen the grass so green
anywhere else on earth
Standing at the graveside now of David Ray and Bee
Grandpa was a thinker
Grandma taught me to sing

On the Wasatch Front, everything is easy
Along the Wasatch Front I'm home

Pappa used to say, "Cache valley is the most beautiful place in the world"
I'd agree, it's a sight
But seeing my dad with my two little boys
and my mom with my sweet little girl
It's like I said-- Everything's alright

Along the Wasatch Front, everything is easy
on the Wasatch Front, I'm home.

Summer songs

Summer is fading. Tomorrow I'll be traveling back to Illinois with my family and Wednesday I'll be back at work. But today I sit on the couch at my parents' house in American Fork trying to relish it.

I think Jon and I did pretty well on our summer challenge. Jon may not be done, but we have, right now, four songs each. Enough for a short album's worth of material--and EIGHT more than we might have had without a challenge.

This last song from me was written over the last 10 days here in Utah. The melody started one morning in the shower and I filled in words whenever I could--sitting at church, in the car on the way North, whenever...

The song, for me, is a sweet one. I haven't lived in the same town as my parents for 12 years, but whenever I'm in their home, I can't help but feel home. This is a song for them.

Wasatch Front from Only Anything on Vimeo.

Here's a YouTube link as well for those of you who have trouble with Vimeo: Wasatch Front

Amusing toddler cinematography

Here is the post as promised, but it's not what I thought it would be. Listen for "that's Sally's dress" and "what's going on?" as she puts her fingers over the lens.

Speak Your Mind from Only Anything on Vimeo.

It's hard to keep promises. I may have to adjust the goal to 10/2.

I haven't dissappeared totally

At the beginning of the summer I promised regular updates and even though most of you are probably not thinking too much about my lack of submissions I will give a brief update. It has been difficult to fit music into my busy summer schedule, but I'm not backing out. I have some great ideas going around in my head and a few partially recorded songs so don't give up on me. This weekend you will see some proof. Somehow I will present to you 7 more songs before the first day of Fall. I just figured out that although email and facebook are justifiably blocked at work, good old blogger is not! My lunch break is over now but check back by Monday for new songs!

imaginary break-ups

A few months back I tried to write an album in 30 days. It didn't happen, of course, but I did get several song ideas that have ended up working for summer.

Funny thing is, they are all wintery songs, and they're all about fading, troubled relationships. And though they are simple, 3 and 4 chord songs--I'm proud of them. I think the melodies are pretty strong, but mostly I'm proud of the stretch outside my own experience.

I'm a happily married man. But these songs--"My Last Mistake" "Old Psychosis," and "Don't Ask" (see below) are about people breaking up--or at least people who have encountered significant love-challenges. Tina and I are a normal couple--we have the occasional disagreement and even less occasional argument. I tried to take some of the feelings of those circumstances and put an exponent on them. The results were kind of sad songs (though "Old Psychosis" is actually more cynical and therefore kinda funny) about the prospect of going it alone.

When you listen to the song in this post and "My Last Mistake" of a few weeks ago try to think of the coldest February day you can summon up. You're in an empty house or a lonely cafe and you've just lost the love of your life.

Don't Ask from Only Anything on Vimeo.

For those of you with Vimeo problems, the video can be viewed on YouTube here.

I recorded this one in ONE take. Despite the few chord errors and words flubs, I decided to leave it. Tempo is also something that is in the air here--I tried to speed it up a bit, but maybe the tempo's a little too fast (I didn't want it to be a 6 minute song though). What do you think?

I should also say that when I first imagined these tunes, I was listening to a lot of Bon Iver.

Where all the stories go

Why do we love movies and books? because sometimes our lives are so boring or messed up or depressing that we need an easy temporary escape. That's the whole idea of this song, I was particularly thinking about books though. Most of my songs and most popular music aside from jazz has a straight eighth note pulse. There are many exceptions though, one that sticks out in my mind is "Lonely Place" by Goldfinger. It has that swung feel, some call it a shuffle. This song has that rhythm, I think it brings out the carefree feeling I'm going for. The recording is pretty loose, partly because I recorded it quickly and partly because my skills on the drums are not very precise. On all the tracks I used either the first or second take and I'm pretty happy with the end result. I have to be because summer is moving fast and with very limited recording time, I've got to make it productive.
Enjoy:
Stories
click to go.

Weezer Medley: July 1997

Here it is--do you see you in the audience?

Weezer Medley from Only Anything on Vimeo.

OA Summer Song Series 09: Stone's "Old Psychosis"

Old Psychosis from Only Anything on Vimeo.

Here's my second summer tune. I've followed JT's lead here by posting it as a video and not an audio recording. The video option makes it a relatively quick process (though you have to make it through the whole song without messing up--which I don't quite do here--and it was at least a 6th take.)

This song was, like "My Last Mistake" started back in February as part of the RPM challenge. But whereas "Mistake" was pretty much done then, all I had on this one was the traditional blues chords and the first verse "Is there a gamma ray in your nightstand..."

This isn't the first bluesy flavored song I've written--I have another one that will for now only live on in our minds called "the letter" that we recorded back at the Thanksgiving "pie tunes" jam. My hard drive crashed in December and I lost the song which is tragic not because it was an incredible song--it wasn't. What makes me sad about it was that we had all kinds of guest players on it. Brothers-in-law Chad Adams and Trevor Thompson played guitar (that Chad can wail out a blues solo!) and Dave Bertoglio played a mean harmonica on it. :( Sad that it's gone, but we'll have to redo it sometime.

Anyway, hope you like this one, it's got some mistakes and some lyric issues to work out (though I'm ok with the fact that the title is "psychosis" and the actual lyric is "psychoses"-plural). Favorite part? Well that would have to be:

"all you wanna do is play me. betray me. cliché me, delay me, gamma ray me"

The Making of Pleasantly Surprised pt2

So, while you don't get much of us making music in this clip, the activities captured therein were no less important to the album-making process. I for one can't get enough of teenage Mat, floppy Joe, hopelessly nerdy JonStone and ever-focused (on his Chilito) JT.

Here's the blurb from the Vimeo video description:

Later on December 19, 1994 when the boys take a break from the rock and drive around town listening to tunes, illegally taping the inside of a Taco Bell, and hanging around a drainage tunnel. All the while, they discuss the "process," make inside jokes and Cure allusions, and enjoy a lovely December day in Tucson outside of the Sauna.

The Making of Pleasantly Surprised pt2 from Only Anything on Vimeo.

The Making of Pleasantly Surprised

I'm very excited about what follows. In my archive exploration, I came across some amazing footage of the band as we recorded our first album in December, 1994.

I love this footage because it, as most good documentaries do, catches us doing what we loved to do: hanging out and making music--and doing it in our natural habitat. Gone is the posturing for an audience and, as you'll see more in later parts, the performances are intimate and really quite good. There's a lot of teenage noodling with the camera too, which is kind of fun. Another huge plus is the screen-time increase for our best bud and drummer (and brother!) Joe, as well as cameo appearances from Steve and Andy Hunt and Mindy (Hatch) Richins.

The Making of Pleasantly Surprised pt. 1 from Only Anything on Vimeo.

I am still planning on putting out that Weezer medley I promised, but also look for the next parts of what may be the best video footage we have--The Making of Pleasantly Surprised: a documentary in several parts.

Happy Birthday, Jon! You're all growed up!

Dobro video blog #1 & 2

Howdy Folks,

I'm really loving Jon's first two songs, aren't you? You can tell a good songwriter when they can tell you a story in their songs--Jon does this better than just about anybody. Way to go, man.

I've also been thinking a bit about songwriting, but I have also been spending a lot of time trying to get to know a different style of playing--a style that will, evenutually, require the purchase of some new equipment. I thought it might be fun to start video blogging about my adventures in teaching myself how to play the resophonic guitar, more commonly referred to as the Dobro.

Without further introduction, I give you the first two "posts." (you may need to turn your volume up a bit, my laptop mic isn't that great)

Salty Dog




Wabash Cannonball

Polygraph

I got a somewhat uncommon instrument last year; it's called a melodica. Hohner makes it and it's very similar to an accordion without buttons (so it's like the an accordion playing melody only without bass and chords). But you blow into it which gives it some similarity to a harmonica. When playing the melocida I came across a little tune in D minor; that melodica tune is heard here as the guitar intro. It inspired the whole song. I played around with it for a while and decided I would use it as the music for a song about an event from my life: my employer accusing me of theft. The song unfolded quickly, I think it took less than two weeks. It never really happens to me that a song just comes to me all at once. I'm jealous and skeptical of songwriters who claim that.

Usually I will come up with a melody first, then a chord progression or bassline and then lyrics. Lyric writing is usually a drawn out process, with gaps sometimes that last years between one first verse and the next. I think writing melody first is a good way for me because if you have a strong melody then it is a sure bet that you have a song, you just have to work out the rest of the details. A strong enough melody always seems to eventually inspire a lyric and arrangement that is good. To contrast that, I would say that sometimes it's possible to have a good sounding chord progression but it won't guarantee that I will ever come up with a complete song that I'm happy with from it. In this case I lucked out; I had an instrumental part first and then I started looking for that solid melody that would let me know that I had a song and I wasn't just noodling around anymore.

At the end of the song I wrote an intense guitar progression and it just happened that I felt that a spoken type part would end it out well. Maybe I was a little misleading last time stating that it had a "rap". As I listen to it now I think that rap is not the first word that would come to mind to describe it but it's closer to rap than I've ever been in my songs. Overall I think the sonic mood of the song matches the lyric, or in other words, the feel of the notes and rhythms fits the meaning of the lyric. I think that's important. Here's Polygraph:

Polygraph from Only Anything on Vimeo.

Next time: Daily grind bringing you down? Forget the cares of life and go "Where All the Stories Go".

The first from J.T. "Need"

I can truly tell you that it is a very exciting time here in the land of Only Anything. You can expect a lot of activity here. To get the ball rolling on my end I have made a video of an acoustic performance of a song called Need. This is a song written years ago but never recorded because I was trying to plan the right arrangement and ran out of time. It got shelved for a while along with a few other tunes. I pulled it out a few days ago and realized that it works well with just a simple acoustic arrangement. So here is #1 from me.

Need from Only Anything on Vimeo.

"A song first conceived in 2003. I've always been impressed that I could actually write a song like this. When I listen to it I marvel that I came up with it. It's about humans (and me in particular) being so reliant on others. I propose that one of my greatest needs is to be needed."

Over the last semester I made a series of acoustic videos mostly of cover songs. You may have seen them on facebook but if you missed them you can go to my YouTube page for all of those: http://www.youtube.com/thwaits

Now to look ahead,
I'm thinking the next song I submit will be Polygraph, which describes an experience from my life where I was obliged to endure an interrogation and polygraph test; not a fun time. It is an accurate retelling without embellishment, which is not always the case in my writing. It also features a non-pitched vocal segment at the end....ummm, OK, it's a rap. This is a first for me. Now you know what you have to look forward to.

"Gotta box full of your toys!"

I am in the process of putting together a little medley/montage of the 5 =w= songs we played at our "last" show back in 1997.

Here is the first of the five.

My Name Is Jonas (Weezer medly intro) from Only Anything on Vimeo.

I'll also post some of the other highlights of that show as soon as I have them ready.

(Oh! also pop over to the Lancaster site--see link to your right--for some videos from our show at the Tempe Borders in 2006!)

Every Good Bandit Lives by the Code

Into the summer we go with a new, but not unfamiliar purpose. I have accepted a challenge to produce ten new song demos before summer's end. Apparently, we can't get anything done without a deadline and furthermore, the suggestion to work isn't taken seriously unless it comes in the form of a dare. We are boys after all, we cheat, we lie, we steal, we accept dares and we seek danger. All of these things done in the most honorable of ways mind you, for we are not without virtue; every good bandit lives by the code.

To complete the ten I will take a few existing songs that have never been recorded and pass them off as new (you will never know the difference). I will sing of personal experience mixed with autobiography from a fabricated reality. We must perpetuate the mystery. Valid submissions will be in a form publishable on the internet, i.e. video or mp3. And I will remind you that the end of summer doesn't officially come till we are through the better part of September. It is attainable.

I will make a noble effort to post regular updates here, making songs available as I finish them and giving insight into the songwriting process as it unfolds. Jon Stone, the author of this challenge has likewise accepted it and it is expected of him to adhere to the code and make a matching noble effort.
The imaginary band has been revived yet again.

J. Thwaits

Summer 09 = MUSIC from the OA crew!

Howdy OAers! It's been several months since the last post. We've all been super busy with life. In the last year, I was accepted into my department's PhD program, Jon is pulling in scholarship after scholarship at ASU's engineering program, two of us labor in law school, and one of us made a major employment change.

If you are a member of the Imaginary Band Collective and are reading this, time to rev back into action. We got a TON of great photos in our last surge, but some of you are still sitting on your hands and haven't yet explored the dusty caverns of your basement. If you've done your photo duty, we now need short stories to go along with them and other non-pictured classic OA moments.

For all the rest of you, it's time to get some more content on. Here's what's on deck for summer 09:

Final show '97: Tribute to Weezer. We played several tunes by the =w= at that last show before I flew off to SF. I'm gonna work on getting the videos up for you.

Spacecapers: We have yet to get a digital copy of our second album up and downloadable. I think it represents the band at our best. Great songs, great theme, great cohesive composition. Watch for that.

Jon Thwaits solo work: Jon is an incredibly productive songwriter and has written a ton of songs in between actual band projects (which, over the years, has amounted to way more than actual band project time). I have two CDs full of these tunes and will make them available here in little chunks. We'll eventually get a new site up for him where these songs can go and live forever.

New Songs!!! We have stuff that we worked on last Thanksgiving during the Pie Tunes jams that haven't yet seen the light of day. I'm working on getting a few more of them up--
Additionally, I'm posting one new song I wrote last February when it was cold cold cold RIGHT NOW. It is a first attempt to map the feelings of a season and the story of another into a song of my own. I hope you like it. It's called "My Last Mistake". (right-click/save link as to download or just listen below)

In addition, Jon and I have issued a challenge to one another for the summer: write 10 new songs by the time that school starts in fall!!! We'll demo these songs for you as they surface. I'm really excited about this.

We've all but given up the dream of being famous musicians. But we just can't stop loving music and the song writing process. More and more, I find myself wanting to be better--in fact, I've practiced the guitar more in the last two weeks than I have in a long time. In addition to being a place to collect our musical memories and the friendships that surrounded them, this site will continue to be a place to share that love and our development as musicians and music lovers.

Enjoy!
My Last Mistake

Three Candles, Richins house, December 1995

Three Candles from Only Anything on Vimeo.

The awesomeness of this footage is marred by a few tragedies. First, it is one of only a few songs actually salvaged from the tape that this was on. Much of it was recorded over by an unsuspecting parent trying to capture hours of captivating backyard explorations by his then one-year-old (my sister).

The second is that the videographer of this particular clip was (and I don't remember who it was), um, creative. Lots of fast ins and outs which, added to the weird visual distortion that occurred sometime during my processing the video for online viewing, makes actually watching it a bit challenging.

But there are some really great things about this show that I am glad we captured. First, Mat is rocking it out! Second, check out those work suits! Third, said videographer got some really great shots of Joe also rocking it out. And finally, see if you can spot the Psychedeli-deck! (Oh, and my glasses are pretty cool too).

(Oh, and Mike Corcoran, if you're out there, you totally make a cameo on this.)

Blueprints

Blueprints from Only Anything on Vimeo.

This is a less-known OA tune--but I think we really rock it out here. I love that John's on lead vocals and I love that we are all singing back-up. If you wait till the end, you'll see some rump shakin' action.

This kicks!

Leland 1996

Leland from Only Anything on Vimeo.

preface to the *real* video archive

We're on our way folks. Here is India Ink from the 1996 show at John's house. Much much more to come.


India Ink from Only Anything on Vimeo.

End-of-the-break news

It's been a busy break for OA alumni. Though there hasn't been a ton of content posted here, that doesn't mean we haven't been busy in our laboratories working (or, as the case may be, actually working).

A few changes that you should be aware of are here on the Only Anything home site: We are working on getting everything in its right place and have created two additional sister sites for other work not directly related to OA, (but not unrelated, either). In the right menu, under Family Sites, you can find links to new Lancaster and New Moves pages. These will remain subordinate in emphasis to the main page content/project, but will be updated from time to time. Go ahead and subscribe to them so you don't miss out on stories or other content.

We are also talking about the best way to publish Jon T.'s prolific catalog of solo tunes. We figured out that he has at least two albums of music that he has recorded over the course of the last 10 years or so and at least 10 more songs that need just a bit more work and then could be recorded as well. Of the three new sites, this is the one that I am most interested in. Jon has some really great music that only a few of us have had the opportunity to listen to. That is all about to change.

Also, the three videos I have posted in the last few days (see below) document a bit more of what we did over Thanksgiving. Jon and I are working hard to have at least two actual songs completed and available for you very soon. We're very excited about these "Pie Tunes" and can't wait for you to hear them. I just posted some pictures from this weekend as well--check 'em!

Finally, as I mentioned in the "Breaking News" post below, during my vacation to my parents' house, I discovered nearly four hours of old Only Anything footage. It will be my goal in the next semester (sorry, you non-academics--I think in terms of semesters), to get highlights from this material (which includes live shows, "making-of" footage, and other hooliganisms) here and to archive the material in its entirety on our Vimeo site.

Oh, and if you got here by way of the Facebook group--thanks!

Jon demos some new song ideas

"Tell Me What To Do," "It's All Over Now," & "Tribute to Iha" (which is a tribute to this old SP tune which was a tribute to this dude. A tribute of a tribute of a tribute!)


Jon demos some new song ideas from Only Anything on Vimeo.

Interview II, Space Capers

Interview II, Space Capers from Only Anything on Vimeo.


There's a bonus at the end!

video blog: Pleasantly Surprised

This is the first in a short series of interviews/video blogs Jon and I put together during the Thanksgiving jam.

Here, Jon discusses some of the inspiration behind the songs from Pleasantly Surprised, released in 1995, including insight into the songs Six Inches and Snowman Ring (and others). Enjoy!


Interview with Jon Thwaits about Pleasantly Surprised. from Only Anything on Vimeo.