In the video, Elijah Wood talks about his music label, pizza, and basically makes me swoon. I've admired him ever since I first saw the Lord of the Rings extended DVD special features (I can't get enough of these behind-the-scene goodies. I'm sure I've rewatched them 2 or 3 times).
I looked up Simian Records (which if you google is more often called Elijah Wood's Music Label rather than its real name), and found this interview of Wood by The Independent. He explains his motivation for setting up a new label in the following manner:
"I didn't start a record company out of need. Certainly it's not the smartest thing to do financially. The idea for a label came out of a pure place. I've been a huge music fan for a long time. In part I started it due to a certain amount of frustration of being a fan of certain bands and realizing that those bands weren't as well known as I felt that they should be. I thought it would be interesting to start a small independent label to make a small contribution to the world of music. I just want to facilitate the bands that I'm working with – just to serve them as best I can. It's not about my ego."
Woods also spoke of 9, the Tim Burton-directed movie. I never saw it, but Elijah's name on the listing sways me towards seeing it in the future. Here's the trailer:
I think they characters are Burton-ized versions of the Little Big Planet sack people.
| How cute! |
At the end of the video, Wood revealed a list of things he wants to do--watch movies, read books, etc. These are all the same things that I love to do! Elijah, if you ever read this, we should accomplish our to-do lists together. ;)
