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Mussles on bottle drifted ashore from ocean

The Secret Life of Vappz

January 21, 2014 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Sunrise, Tulum, Mexico Have you seen The Secret Life of Walter Mitty? I recommend it. I believe it was written for me and a handful of my friends: travel, photography and music are the films three great strengths. My secret life is not-so-secret to those of you who follow Snapshots. I have been very fortunate with travel opportunities, which is reflected in my photography. What is more of a secret is what I manage to get up to between snapping […]

Categories: Alternative, Folk, Indie, Rock, singer-songwriter, Soundtrack, Swedish • Tags: blog, explore, folk, indie, jose gonzales, music, photography, Rock, singer-songwriter, soundtrack, Swedish, the Secret Life of Walter Mitty, travel

The Whole Wide World is Whistling

January 14, 2014 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Kingscote Pier, Kangaroo Island, South Australia One of the absolute greatest weeks of this fabulous past year was the time I spent on Kangaroo Island with my friend Matt. Our days were jam-packed with adventure and our stupid, incredibly nerdy, humour. I took this photo within our first hour of arriving. We drove straight to the pier at sunset, walked right up to some pelicans, took a few pics, spotted a stingray, had beers with this fisherman and played with […]

Categories: Alternative, Electropop, Funk, Indie, Pop, Swedish • Tags: art, Australia, happy, indie, Kangaroo Island, music, photography, pop, Swedish music, travel

Top Drops 2013

January 7, 2014 by snapshotsandneedledrops

As promised in last week’s Top Shots 2013, I have painstakingly culled my precious music selections from the past year and whittled down a top ten list for 2013’s Needle Drops. It was no simple task. I hummed and hawed, listened and relistened, made lists and reversed them and eventually came up with the following. Am I obsessive? Probably. Did I put too much time into this? Most likely. Am I happy with the results? Yes… I think so… Yeah…………. […]

Categories: 80s, Acoustic, Alternative, art rock, Australian, British, Canadian, Cover, Dance, Dreamwave, Electronic, Electropop, Experimental, Folk, Indie, Kiwi, Lists, Playlists, Pop, Rock, singer-songwriter, Soul, Synthpop • Tags: alternative, Australian, best of, Canadian, indie, Kiwi, music, music lovers, photography, top ten

Top Shots 2013

December 30, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

It’s that time of year again guys and gals, a time to be inundated with the years best this, that and the other. For the second year in a row, Snapshots and Needle Drops is jumping onto this short nostalgia train to countdown our favourite Shots and Drops from 2013. Today the Shots. This year we asked followers of our Facebook page to vote on their favourite pics from the past twelve months. I found the results somewhat surprising. I […]

Categories: Lists • Tags: Australia, best, Canada, countdown, photography, photos, pics, top ten, topten, travel

Carry Me Home… to my Australian Christmas

December 23, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Now excuse me for getting sentimental with you all, but Christmas is a time for family. Whether with your own homegrown kin, or some hand-selected, family-like creatures of your own choosing, it’s always wise to have fellows around to be merry and to save you from eating all the cake. As regular followers know, the past three months have lead my passive wanderlusting-self away from my norm to work on a farm in South Australia. A scenic break and a […]

Categories: Alternative, Canadian, Christmas, Indie, Pop, Rock, singer-songwriter, Soul • Tags: alternative, art, Australia, Austrlian Christmas, Canada, Christmas, family, Hey Rosetta, holidays, indie, music, photography, pop, Rock

Time to Steal Away

December 16, 2013 by ebembo

Park Slope, Brooklyn Road trips and music go hand in hand. Before I leave on a trip, I get my hands on some new music, in the hopes that at least one of the albums will become the soundtrack for my travels. Certain albums have left lasting impressions – every time I hear them, I’m brought back to the moment when I first discovered them. Cake’s Fashion Nugget will always be inextricably linked with a family vacation to rural Pennsylvania. […]

Categories: Blues, Country, Folk, R&B, Soul • Tags: Appalachian, bluegrass, Blues, Country, folk, gospel, R&B, soul

A little thunder’s good

December 9, 2013 by ebembo

In movies and TV shows, there is a trope that, if properly executed, can be utterly charming, and if poorly handled, can be the most grating thing in the world, and that is the oft-used character of the Wise Beyond Her Years Child. In the movie 500 Days of Summer, Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s character seeks life advice from his kid sister, played by a pre-teen Chloë Grace Moretz, as she waxes philosophical from the sidelines of her soccer game. At first, […]

Categories: Canadian, Folk, Indie, Rock, singer-songwriter • Tags: Canada, Canadian music, indie, indie folk, Indie Rock, Montreal, singer-songwriter

Slow Blow

December 4, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Sydney reflections Sorry guys and gals, Snapshots and Needle Drops has been taking a brief and unintentional hiatus. Fortunately, I’ve been taking loads of Snapshots-worthy pics and Emily is on deck waiting to publish another stellar post next week. The photo above was taken the night I ran Sydney’s City2Surf. To read about my amazing time in that that epic race, click here. Wolf Alice is a relatively new north-London band who released their debut EP this past October. This song […]

Categories: Alternative, art rock, British, Dreamwave, Experimental, Indie, Post-Punk, Unreleased • Tags: album release, alternative, art rock, British, dreamwave, experimental, indie, music, photography, Sydney, travel

Let Your Mind Wander & Your Heart Soar

November 4, 2013 by ebembo

The Guggenheim Museum, New York City (My thanks to Vappz for giving me the opportunity to write another guest blog.) Many months ago, I was overwhelmed with school assignments and exams. Despite needing to spend every waking moment writing, researching, and studying, I kept finding myself staring off into space, daydreaming. The reason behind these lost moments? I had gone to a concert and exchanged Meaningful Eye Contact (TM) with a bassist. I knew it was silly to keep thinking […]

Categories: Acoustic, Canadian, Folk, Indie, Jazz, Pop, Strings • Tags: Acoustic, Canadian, Groenland, indie, indie folk, indie pop, jazz, Montreal, orchestral, strings

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