CHRISTINA PERRI: arms
This song has been in my head for the past week and I’ve just been singing the wrong words over and over, to the right melody at least. It’s been playing on my Bon Iver Pandora station and when it came on today, (like 5 minutes ago) I made sure to get the name and...
TAKE SHELTER AND THE WAVES WILL WASH IT ALL AWAY
TAKE SHELTER comes out September 30th/11, directed by Jeff Nichols, it’s the story of a man who “questions what’s real and what’s only in the mind.” Sounds a lot like what I question on a frickin’ daily basis. More from Daily Candy–“Haunted by premonitions of an apocalyptic storm worse than The Nothing coming to town,...
RUFUS ON THE KEYS.
I wish that when you had your charicature drawn back at Astroworld that it looked more like this. A superb drawing by ELLIE F-P for GQ of Rufus Wainwright. If I’m lucky, that means he’s on the cover of the next issue. This was saved in my drafts from June, oops!
LOOK AT ME NOW X KARMIN.
So, rap isn’t my biggest cup of tea, but I can’t deny that this girl’s got skill – and I love this video. Even my rap-lovin’ husband was super impressed. Looking forward to checking out more of Karmin’s videos. One of the most shared videos this month is a YouTube performance by the band Karmin. The duo’s...
FUTUREBIRDS
Last week’s Time featured an article about the Civil War, and how over the years historians & politicians have downplayed the one cause of most devastating battle in our history: slavery. Let me know if you want to borrow it, or read it online. Anyhow, I’ve had the late 19th century on my mind a...
ARCADE FIRE: THE WILDERNESS DOWNTOWN
The Wilderness Downtown is an interactive film set against Arcade Fire’s “We Used to Wait” where you’re first prompted to enter the address of your childhood home, then sit back and watch as magic happens. It’s really neat. Do it.
ALEXANDER ALEXANDER
I have several trusted sources for finding new music. The three I depend on have inspired an abundance of musical knowledge, first there’s John Aielli’s Eklektikos on KUT 90.5 (M-F from 9am-12pm central time / I listen online since we’re totally out of signal range). Second is long-loved TsuruRadio–I’ve read his blog since college because...
RAILROAD REVIVAL TOUR
TWO of my VERY FAVORITE BANDS : EDWARD SHARPE and the MAGNETIC ZEROS and MUMFORD & SONS as well as OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW* are coming to these here parts by train, on a journey called the RAILROAD REVIVAL TOUR. Traveling exclusively in vintage rail cars, the three bands will journey across the American Southwest...
STEREO WONDERLAND.
DANG, Quipsologies is a daily treat, often making me weak in the knees. Look what is featured today:via QUIPSOLOGIES « a collection of IN STEREO RECORD HEADERS. FUCK YES.
SINCE78.
Brian Gossett is man of many mixes (like I’ve said before, I’m a sucker for alliteration). I regularly check SINCE78 out and while sometime the selections aren’t right for me, I’ve found too many favorites thanks to him. Right now I’m listening to Backwood Burial which is streaming and available for download on his site....
$5 ALBUMS.
Every couple weeks I get an email from Amazon with 100 featured mp3 albums in many categories for FIVE DOLLARS. The whole album for five dollars. Like a garage sale. Here are my current faves on the list – go check them out and buy some now! Then sign up for their newsletters so you’re in the...
Automne/Hiver 10.6.10
It was students who solved the mystery.“The pigeons are being fed for the first time in their lives,” they observed. “They’re overeating, which causes them to have trouble flying, and when they fall from great heights, sometimes the fall breaks their necks.” I am going to blog every day for the rest of October. Because it’s...
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