Trap Door Sun: Interviews with Interesting People

Brooklyn Rider

Sat, 02 Oct 2010 07:33:17 GMT

If you ever thought classical music was boring, then you probably weren’t listening to the right people perform it. The music of Brooklyn Rider is anything but boring. In fact, it is a fantastical...

The Elegant Gliding

Sat, 03 Apr 2010 10:25:27 GMT

It’s hard to find a picture of Mary Osborne where she’s not smiling ear to ear. Maybe it’s because she just got done with a great surf session or maybe it’s because she’s living her dreams. Probably,...

Sweetest In The Morning

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:23:29 GMT

Honey dripped melodies mixed with some honest Tennessee rumpus. This is the music of Jill Andrews. For years Jill’s tunes made waves in the music industry in the form of the alt-country band the...

The Ethereal Plane

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:46:51 GMT

After Tara Hogan agreed to do an interview for Trap Door Sun we scheduled a short "meet-n-greet" call. Two hours later we were fast friends. The conversation didn't linger on the surface. Things...

Hobo Clown

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:23:20 GMT

The paintings of Allison Schulnik are beautiful and odd and emotive. Thick layers of oil giving way to brilliant creatures—creatures like a familiar nother-person. Someone, or something, from a...

Switchfoot

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:19:09 GMT

When we hear music we are hearing the culmination of a process. Sometimes that process is fraught with pain or pleasure or both ... all at once. So we get to enjoy songs that represent years of...

Goat Yelling Like A Man

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:38:36 GMT

At 21 he was nominated for the Short Film Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival for Billy’s Balloon. At 23 his short film, Rejected, was nominated for an Academy Award. At 24 Filmmaker Magazine...

charity: water

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:06:31 GMT

Some people have had enough. Enough self-aggrandizement, enough waste. Instead of defining their lives by how much cash they can blow in a weekend living large, people are beginning to find that true...

The Endless Sky

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:49:52 GMT

Well, it’s been a year since Trap Door Sun took flight. Over the past year we’ve had the pleasure of interviewing some unique people from all walks of life. So we’d like to offer up a tasty interview...

Joyously Uncool

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:20:55 GMT

Doing what you love for a living is difficult enough. Doing what you love and being good at it is another thing altogether. For Mo Willems, he has both down. Pat. As a kid Mo looked at the Sunday...

The Remote Excursions of a Ninja Photographer

Sat, 16 May 2009 12:12:02 GMT

In our quest to find the most interesting people doing out of the ordinary type things we came across Ben Ditto. Some people will go to any length to do what they love. This kind of living is so rare...

Mediating The Inexplicable

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:00:03 GMT

Stephen King once wrote, “Poetry is better than ever. ... there are also many brilliant practitioners of the art out there.” Poet Major Jackson is just that, a brilliant practitioner. We stole some...

Riding Through The Silent Forest

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:02:21 GMT

Most people look at successful athletes and marvel at their ability. When we, the viewers, are separated from their feats by the two-dimensional media forms—magazine, television, Internet—it is...

How To Build A Stickfort

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:39:25 GMT

When you see an old car door in the middle of the woods you usually murmur something about the environment or wonder how far away the redneck village is. Not Adam Haynes. He sees a story behind the...

Remaining Curious

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:59:04 GMT

Online video is everywhere. It’s quick and choppy and seldom compelling. YouTube has flattened the standards for video and film, making the “everyman” a veritable Spielberg. Pardon the hyperbole but...

The Daily Monster

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:08:30 GMT

Growing up, monsters got a bad rap. They were always hiding under the bed, or behind the shower curtain, or around the corner. Just waiting there, to scare the bliggity-criggity out of you. Stefan...

Great Lake Swimmers

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:50:17 GMT

“Is gravity the same for you … like unison falling into harmony?” If it is then you have much in common with Great Lake Swimmers front man Tony Dekker. Our introduction to Tony’s interview is one of...

Waffles, Beer, and Music

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 08:14:20 GMT

Sex sells. And, in the music/film industry, most people are buying. Except at Paste magazine where co-founder and editor-in-chief Josh Jackson has decided to sell something a little different. As it...

The Rock-afire Explosion

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:59:29 GMT

If you grew up in the 80s, it was a magical time which introduced us to fashions like leg warmers, TV shows like the Golden Girls and, entertainment like Showbiz Pizza Place. For those of you who...

Stray Shopping Carts

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 07:06:30 GMT

You probably see stray shopping carts everywhere. The backs of parking lots, bus stops, even the occasional one on the side of the road. But, have you ever been curious as to how the carts got from...