Thursday, September 20, 2007

On the Surface Simplicity

My favorite Bjork song...most of the time. Anyone know if she played this song in Atlanta?
While I'm on Bjork here's a totally weird but awesome song and video from Bjork's Medulla-Triumph of the Heart.

Ahhh, I can't stop.

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

I Feel It All

I'm in love with Feist's The Reminder. Of course I've heard all the catchy songs on commericals and what not, but not until an hour ago had I actually listened to the entire album. Her voice is stunning.

Tara Donovan


Tara Donovan

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

L'ho Fatto per il Bene di Tutti Noi.

I've been studying Fellini (and 8 1/2 in particular) for almost two weeks now and I'm obsessed...and inspired. Marcello Mastroianni isn't too hard on the eyes either. I think I'm going to have to drive down the street and rent La Dolce Vita. Yeah, I'm going right now.

"The truth is: I do not know... I seek... I have not yet found. Only with this in mind can I feel alive and look at you without shame."

So What

Miles to go before I sleep.

Spinal Tap


It never dawned on me to check this site before, but I'm glad it finally did...

The Criterion Collection

Sunday, September 16, 2007

LOST



I watch LOST episodes online every once in a while and just realized that they have posted a few more from season 3! Yay!

LOST online

And while I'm on LOST, here's an old promo by David LaChapelle. I'm not a huge LaChapelle fan, but it's still pretty interesting. Enjoy.

HOTEL

This could quite possibly be the weirdest thing I've ever seen in my life. It's worth checking out though.

As one user so eliquently commented, "...someone must have had a little too much of the ol crack pipe."

HOTEL

Friday, September 14, 2007

Dear Edie,


"No, no, this is the revolutionary costume. I never wear this in East Hampton." -E.B.B.

I haven't seen the movie...yet, but I saw an interview with Christine Ebersol, who is playing the part of Edie Bouvier (yes, related to Jackie O) Beale on Broadway and as soon as they started discussing the background, I started researching!
Edie reminds me of a woman who lived down the street from me when I was a child. Emily Gaskin and I thought she was a witch. She kept her shoes, which had large, gold buckles in a long line on the porch. In the backyard, she had this dead tree that she hung white, plastic milk jugs on and I swear there was a large black cauldron underneath. Anyway this documentary strikes a cord of fascination I've missed for a long time now...maybe ever since then.
I've included a clip below. Normally I hate clips with contemporary music overlapping but this is just too perfect.

Wanna learn more? Grey Gardens
Here's a clip of Christine Ebersol's performance:

Sze Tsung Leong


Sze Tsung Leong

Thursday, September 13, 2007

No Code

Recently I've spent most of my time trying to figure out how the f*@% a gerund works in Italian and reading books on existentialism. It can be a hard thing to grasp at times so I spent the afternoon researching. Immediately I stumbled upon a website created by a teacher which offered lessons on how to understand "Marching to the Beat of a Different Drum" through poetry, including band lyrics. First on the list was Pearl Jam's "Who You Are." I've always loved this song. No Code is an amazing album and nine times out of ten when someone criticises Pearl Jam I ask if they've ever listened to No Code; nine times out of ten they haven't. Anyway here are the lyrics:

Come to send
Not condescend
Transcendental consequence
Is to transcend, where we are
Who are we? Who we are

Trampled moss on your souls
Changes all, you're a part
Seen it all, not at all
Can't defend, fuck the man

Take me for a ride, Before we leave
Avalanche
Falling Fast
Guidin' winds
Happenstance
Off the track, in the mud
That's the moss, in the aforementioned verse

Just a little time, Before we leave

Stop light plays its part
So I would say you've got a heart
What's your part? Who you are
You are who, who you are


Ahh, Eddie's voice is amazing in this song. Please take a listen if you haven't already.
So the teacher poses the question: "How do you 'transcend where we are?' Was there any advice?"
Very interesting stuff.

Here's a link to the website.

Bird on a Wire

Damn this is one concert I did NOT want to miss! Ah well. I'll just have to watch videos such as this one and pretend. Have fun you lucky bastards who have tickets.


Quote Unquote

"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." -R. W. Emerson