jwz - after so many years, I hear another mixtape

134 to be precise.

• Chvrches - "Lies" : Quite poppy, but synthy enough that it might be quite interesting. Through jwz, no less. Wait, let me change the subject

Wooden Shjips - misc

Found through the Quietus. Repetitive long rockscapes, the Doors but with electric guitars, and I think this might be interesting.

Czars - misc

Because of Grant's latest album, listening to the Czars again. Love their melancholy, classical style (classical isn't the right word. Neither is it old fashioned.) There is something of the weeping surf guitar hidden in their sound.

Good examples:

• "Black Is The Colour" (Sorry I Made You Cry)
• "Where The Boys Are" (Sorry I Made You Cry) - weeping guitar style

John Grant - "Pale Green Ghosts" (2013)

• Sensitive New Age Guy - very 80's synthy, not very interesting
• You Don't Have To - classic John Grant verbal vitriol. Love it.

Ghost World (2001)

With Scarlet Johannson, Thora Birch and Steve Buscemi.

Two teenagers wonder what to do with their life after highschool. Thora Birch gets into a strange friendship with loner Buscemi.

Slow start, though still fine for me, until it picks up, story wise. Some gems of moments. Some amazing songs, like 'Devil got my woman' by Skip James, though while listening to it an evening later, it seemed quite a different song. Must listen to more of his stuff.

Also pretty amazing: "Miranda" and "Venezuela" by Lionel Belasco. Not for every moment, jazzy 1920's music, but melancholy in a swinging way.

Wonderful film. Personally, the ending is symbolic; for Birch there is only one way out.