Author Archives: Geoffrey Cox

Ball of Wax 52 Songs: Weird Hill – “Left in the Sun”

SCENE: Chicago in the mid-’90s, three indie rockers sit huddled around a Tascam Porta One 4 track (the one with batteries and strap pegs). Their band, Number One Cup, is recording a repetitive cowbell rhythm track, which they will then … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 51 Songs: Mark Schlipper – “1000 Seconds in the Chapel”

Mark Schlipper (familiar to Ball of Wax followers for his significantly louder work in The Luna Moth, Perish the Island, and more), contributes a song here as his eponymous, droneful self. Beautiful and obscure(d), the evocatively titled “1000 Seconds in … Continue reading

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