223: Jimmy LaValle (The Album Leaf, Tristeza, The Locust, Film Composer, etc.)

The Trap Set with Joe Wong

Joe Wong

Joewong, Drums, Comedy, Performing Arts, Arts, Drummers

4.8 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2019

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Joe met this week's guest--Jimmy LaValle--on tour over twenty years ago. A lot has happened in the intervening time, and Jimmy catches Joe up on: the genesis and evolution of The Album Leaf; becoming a film composer; and raising a family. This conversation was a reminder of the magic that is felt on early tours and how that feeling is still within reach if we can learn from experience but also maintain some semblance of childlike wonder. In any case, it's always fun to see old friends.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Those early days of touring from me are some of the best memories of my life.
0:16.5	This is Joe Wong. Welcome to the Trap Set. I want to play something for you.
0:23.6	...you know. You're hearing never far by the album leaf, the musical moniker of my guest multi-instrumentalist Jimmy LaBalle.
0:57.0	Jimmy came of age in the arty and subversive San Diego rock scene of the 90s, playing with bands such as Swing Kids, The Locust, and Tristeza.
1:07.0	He founded the album leaf in 1998, and over the course of six albums and several EPs, he's created a vast Sonic Universe.
1:17.6	Aside from his work with bands, Jimmy is also a film composer. His latest score, Synchronic, premiered earlier this month at Toronto International Film Festival to rave reviews.
1:30.4	Jimmy and I met on tour over 20 years ago, and it was great to reconnect with him.
1:35.6	I spoke to him in downtown Los Angeles.
1:39.3	And now my conversation with Jimmy LaValle.
1:57.2	Thank you. my conversation with Jimmy LaValle. It's good to see you, man.
1:58.6	I know.
1:58.8	It's been forever.
1:59.6	I was thinking you're probably one of the few people that's ever been on this show that I've known since I was a teenager.
2:06.3	How old are you when we met?
2:07.9	Like 17.
2:09.1	Wow.
2:09.6	How old are you now?
2:11.0	39.
2:13.0	Wow.
2:14.1	That I was 18.
2:16.0	Yeah.
2:16.9	That's crazy. Well, we met in 98 I think on tour yeah and you were playing
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