Many moons ago, Kate Simko was talking to me about "a girl you will meet one day who totally is your sister." I think we might have even called her on the phone right then and there. A bit of time passed, and then one day I did in fact meet her, and Ms Simko couldn't have been more spot on in her assessment. The girl is the curator of this long ove…

Merry Christmas, Snowprayers listeners!! Sorry it's been so long since the last edition. Things have been rather crazy, but hopefully I will get on a regular track to help keep you company this winter. For edition 20 of the series, I welcome Miss Heidi Higginbottom back for another absolutely wonderful collection of snowytime songs to fill your hea…

Anyone close to me knows that 2010 might have been the hardest year I have ever had. So many important things seemed to fall apart right before my eyes. There will be 2 editions from me addressing the 2 hardest issues: the passing of my father, and the breakup between me and Snowprayers alumni Ms Heidi Higginbottom. Edition #019 deals with the latt…

This week marks the return of our first guest contributor to Snowprayers: my good friend (wether he wants to admit it or not) Mr Todd L Burns. Todd was asked to give another one so soon mostly because I have a feeling he *really* enjoyed doing his first one. In the short months following it's release, he proceeded to do a couple other mixes and tit…

If you have ever been to any one of the Bunker parties in New York, chances are the creator of this edition captured your likeness in a picture and put it up on the internet for all the world to see. If not, than you should probably visit the Bunker more often… but that's for another time. :) Anyway, Seze and I met about 6 years ago, and let's just…

Part of the fun of doing this project is meeting people who have enjoyed listening to it as much as I have doing it (though, obviously it can be a little bit of a strain in the free time dept). Katherine is a perfect example of this. When I first launched the podcast, she was one of the first listeners singing the praises of it all over the interne…

Ladies & gentlemen, we are back! We're gonna kick off the season with some of the editions I didn't get around to publishing before the hiatus. First up is a DAMN fine mix from a buddy of mine in San Francisco who goes by the name Robert Mozaic. He's a singer and songwriter who got sidetracked by 808's and dark warehouses... which we all know those…

Rob Theakston and I met many, many years ago in Detroit, though I honestly don't recall the when or how. But I'll bet almost anything that HE does, and it probably involved an extended conversation about music of a widely varied nature, fine whiskey, and The West Wing. He has always been a full-throated supporter of his friends, whether it's of the…

After a month off, we return! I've been sitting on this one for a while now, and given the weather here in Berlin right now, it fits perfectly! This sunny weather edition is brought by way of Brax Moody & Vamparela of the Local Suicide collective. I met the 2 of them one morning at Snowprayers alumni Philipp & Mea's place. We talked for hours about…

This week's guest is the one and only Miss Heidi Higginbottom. She's lived many places, but I will forever associate her with Boulder, CO even though she currently resides in Paris. Heidi is probably the closest person to the project (other than me) because she is definitely the person I am closest to in my life. We met a few years back when she wa…

Those in Montreal know a thing or 2 about winter and the snow that comes with it. They also know a thing or 2 about our guest this week, Patti Schmidt. If you don't know, from 1995 to 2006, Patti hosted a show on CBC radio called "Brave New Waves", which I would listen to religiously when I was living in Detroit thanks to a Windsor relay station th…

You Detroiters might know this weeks contributor to the project. In the 90's, Thom Kikot was one of the DJs on 89x radio out of Windsor. We met basically by me calling up one Sunday afternoon and requesting he play some John Zorn related stuff. To this, Thom just kinda laughed and said "I wish"! He then proceeded to tell me the sad truth about how …

In 1995, I was completely emerged in the Detroit rave scene. I wasn't always super social, as talking with people was never really in the cards for the evening. But, after the music was off there would be some milling about and at that point, I would meet a few people. Garrett McGrath was one of those people for me. I think we met by me commenting …

Philipp Hofmann & Mea Liedl are two of my favorite people in Berlin. Always such fun loving people with tremendous spirit. When I started the series, they definitely took interest right away. And since I know how much they listen to all forms of music, it only made sense to have them set me up with a mix of theirs. And, it's quite a ride, if I do s…

Plain and simple, Ejival is the man. I first met him during Communikey festival in Boulder, CO in April of last year. He was playing the opening reception for the festival, and everyone had nothing but rock solid things to say about his DJing, as well as his personality. Didn’t take long til we were introduced, and we hit it off famously. We starte…

Snowprayers edition #006 was compiled by myself and has a specific theme running through it. Well, I guess all of them do, but this one is a tad different than the others. It’s a new year, and a time for new beginnings, So, what better way to welcome these new beginnings in than by compiling this one with nothing but opening tracks from some of my …

I was thinking that these editions don't always have to be quite so soft, so edition #005 is a bit different than previous editions. #005 definitely focuses more on the shoegazer and lo-fi indie rock sounds that I have always loved so much. We've gotten quite a bit of snow this Christmas weekend here in Berlin, so I guess it fits into a blizzard st…

Edition #004 was done by a very old and dear friend named Jaime Lutzo. I first met her in Detroit about 15 years ago and in that time, she has always been one of the most creative people I know. Through her photography, as well as her video projects, she consistently has great things going on around her (you can check out more of her stuff at http:…

Snowprayers edition #003 marks my first guest edition. This one comes by way of Resident Advisor's Todd Burns. I've known Todd for a few years now and while we do talk about dance music from time to time, we also talk about "the other stuff" too. When I originally decided that I was going to finally launch this series (after months and months of ta…

Snowprayers edition #002 was done again by myself on a quiet Friday night. The date actually marked a day I had been dreading, but ultimately wasn't a big deal for me. When it started snowing as hard as it did, I knew I had to put the edition together. This one is a bit more "folk" heavy than most editions will be, I think. It was just the mood I w…

The first in what I hope will be a long running weekly series. Originally conceived as edition #000, this was meant to be an accurate representation of what the series is ultimately about. Slightly a bit more obvious than future editions, but a collection of great songs nonetheless. Some of my favorites of all time, as a matter of fact. I also rele…