Trap Door Sun: Interviews with Interesting People

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...

Obsessive Consumption

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:32:35 GMT

What did you buy today? A pack of gum, a gallon of milk, a magazine? Where did it originate? How did it get on the shelf? These are the questions that artist Kate Bingaman-Burt asks herself on a...

Picking Blackberries

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:44:47 GMT

We’re pleased to have Ken Coleman, broadcaster and writer of Life is Sport, provide Trap Door Sun with a great interview of Ernie Johnson. Ernie is an Emmy award winning sportscaster, adoptive...

The Pensive Look of the Two-Headed Man Bird

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 08:02:57 GMT

The philosophy of Ashley Goldberg is simple: whatever you enjoy doing at age five is what you will be happiest doing your entire life. And, for this Seattle based artist this philosophy has taken...

The Jazz King - Improvising Hope

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:01:42 GMT

Famed jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie once called Bill Strickland “one hell of a musician.” And although Strickland doesn’t play an instrument, this doesn’t make the statement any less true. Through...

Fun-Hogging-Tube-Junkies

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:30:23 GMT

Chris Malloy is a surf ambassador for Patagonia. What’s a surf ambassador? Good question—click here for a better answer than we can give. Chris and his brothers Malloy are known all over the planet...

Music To Your Eyes

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 11:54:35 GMT

The music industry is changing. Some of the change is good (resurgence in vinyl). Some is considered bad (New Kids on the Block are touring this summer). One change that most can agree with is the...

Sole Desire

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:04:03 GMT

Are you a fan of The Amazing Race? If so then you may have heard of Blake Myscoskie a few years ago as he came within seconds of winning it all. Those four seconds were the difference between a...

Never Lose That Beat

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:47:06 GMT

For 7 years Joe Bonomo worked on a biography of his favorite band, the Fleshtones. He followed them around the country living like they live, sleeping in low-rent hotels and drinking cheap beer. This...

The Lingbot Light Composer

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:05:03 GMT

Sterling Lorence is an adventure sport photographer who is passionate about mountain bikes and the North Shore. His work goes beyond the typical eye-candy you may expect from the world of adventure...