Matthew Wayne Selznick's Blog
December 25, 2009
December 23, 2009
December 8, 2009
It's here! My musical collaboration with author J.C. Hutchins, "Anyman: The John Smith E.P." is now available in its official compact disc and MP3 digital download editions.
The conceit behind "Anyman: The John Smith E.P." was that each song was "written and performed" by John Smith, a character in J.C. Hutchins' novel "7th Son: Descent." J.C. provided me with song titles and some potential concepts, and I wrote five songs from there. With each one, I tried to get into...
December 1, 2009
Cocteau Twins former vocalist Elizabeth Fraser's <a>first interview since the band broke up in 1998 was published a few days ago at the Guardian UK. I learned that she and guitarist Robin Guthrie had been lovers throughout the band's history, and that they had a daughter together, and that dealing with spending time with Guthrie again kept Fraser from participating in a planned reunion of the band in 2005. I learned that she had a creative and… something more..? relationship with Jeff...
November 25, 2009
November 23, 2009
Chris Bowsman was kind enough to include me in a series of e-mail interviews he's been posting on his website. I liked answering these questions — it's not the usual run of podcasting / writing stuff. In the interview, I reveal a piece of my past I'm not sure I've ever talked about in public, even obliquely as I do there.
Please check out Chris Bowsman's interview with me, and be sure to give Chris some comment love while you're there!
November 18, 2009
November 16, 2009
Is it possible to feel a sense of yearning for a world that doesn't exist anywhere but in your own imagination? Does it make sense that I get a feeling… a pulling in my chest… when I see the coastlines of its central continent? Am I crazy to feel like I've been away too long from a place to which I can never actually travel?
Well, you can call me crazy. Just don't call me late for dinner. (Cue cymbals.)
That world, there, goes by a few names. The magn call it the Shaper's World, except...
November 2, 2009
Today, in the third episode of J.C. Hutchins' Beta Clone Army Update podcast (where he talks about promotion and progress of his "7th Son" series of novels, including "7th Son: Descent"), I was outed. I am John Smith, the journeyman folk-rock singer who, it just so happens, is also one of seven human clones.
Almost a year ago, author J.C. Hutchins came to me with the idea to create a mini-album of songs presented with the conceit that they were written, performed and recorded by John Smith, ...
