The multimedia Songs About Time is an ongoing project from the Rentals, the revolving-door band founded 15 years ago by then Weezer bassist Matt Sharp. Songs About Time finds Sharp and Co. collaborating with a cast of about 50 filmmakers, designers, producers, editors and artists. They began this year-long experiment January 1 and have since made a new black-and-white film every week, not to mention documenting the process with a daily photo diary and recording three mini-albums. (All of this content can be found on the band’s website.) As if Sharp wasn’t busy enough, he is also guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read his introduction.
Sharp: Learning another language with an audio book by Michel Thomas is like learning another language with your grandfather. At least that’s what I like about him. He will occasionally veer off the track, go on a rambling tangent and give you a little history lesson here or there or start talking about Doris Day. But whatever it is about the way he teaches puts me at absolute ease. Thomas served in the French Resistance and was a decorated war veteran before he came to Los Angeles to teach Day how to sing “Que Sera, Sera.”
