Ween - "Spiral Miningitis (Got Me Down)" (Chocolate and Cheese)

Ween weirdness with scary girl's voice.

Oh thank God for weirdness.

Bucketlist

Many people said I *had* to watch this.

It's okay. It's funny, and nice, and does everything you expect from such a film and such actors.

But give me "As Good As It Gets" any time.

Cabin In The Woods

Loved it. In hindsight, since I knew about the scifi/mystical side, I wasn't too surprised, and it might have worked even slightly better without knowing anything about it. Still, quite enjoyable.

Good pace!

Morphine - "Whisper" (Best Of..)

Though I didn't realize it straight away, a typical Morphine sound. Low and dark, the belly allies of the music city.

The Tiny - "Second Time Around" (Close Enough)

girly, evocative, curious.

Sinéad O'Connor - "Queen of Denmark"

Yup, cover. From her 2012 album "How About I Be Me (And You Be You)?"

Pretty good.

John Cheever - "The Swimmer"

Incredible story of a man "swimming the county", by hopping from swimming pool to swimming pool.

A story that makes you close the book afterwards and just think about it. A story that leaves you with more questions than answers, a beautiful inbalance that you mentally try to fix by adding explanations in your mind, but the scale is too sensitive and you never get it right.

T.C. Boyle - misc short stories

• "Balto" - a daughter must appear in court to testify whether she or her father was driving. Wonderful soft suspense.

Sky Ferreira - "Red Lips"

co-written by Shirley Manson, and there's a familiar sound.
Raw video.

Shirley Manson misc

• "In the snow" - a demo from 2009 and pretty beautiful. slow.
• "Lighten Up" - another demo, doesn't do that much for me.
• "Pretty Horses" - contemplative, darker, good. Organ!
• "Samson & Delilah" - featured in the Sarah Connor Chronicles, not bad
• She was in the band "Angelfish" before joining Garbage
• reads "Forgiveness and Exile, Pt.3" on Chris Connelly's album "Forgiveness and Exile (2008)"
• vocals on Serj Tankian on "The Hunger" (Amnesty International Version) from his rock musical "Prometheus Bound". Pretty cool. 

Charlie Rose interviewing Garbage

On youtube, wonderful interview of Charlie Rose interviewing Garbage.

Chris Ware

writer, cartoonist, considered by many to be a genius.

Must look into this.

Stephen Fry Kinetic Typography - on language

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7E-aoXLZGY

Wonderful.

Giant Robot Test Drive!

too happy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVhr8FrtmOo

Muse - "2nd Law"

• "Madness" : ugh. damn. horrible. hated to admit I realized who it was.
• "The 2nd Law: Isolated System" : instrumental, slow buildup
• "The 2nd Law: Unsustainable" : eh, Skrillex?? With orchestra?! Okay.
• "Save Me" : instrumental. So-so. Bit boring.
• "Big Freeze" : same same.
• "Animals" : same same
• "Follow Me" : Skrillex-y again
• "Panic Station" : instrumental rock
• "Supremacy" : James Bond influence

Operation Chariot

Operation Chariot (1958)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Chariot

Project Chariot was a 1958 US Atomic Energy Commission proposal to construct an artificial harbor at Cape Thompson on the North Slope of the U.S. state of Alaska by burying and detonating a string of nuclear devices.


crazyweird.

Daniele Luppi & Danger Mouse - "Rome"

with Norah Jones and Jack White.

"American producer Danger Mouse and the Italian film composer Daniele Luppi released in 2011 a spaghetti western-inspired album titled Rome with vocals by Jack White and Norah Jones. It was recorded during sporadic sessions over a five-year period at Rome’s Forum Studios and was inspired by the film soundtrack work of Ennio Morricone. The instrumentation was done mainly by musicians who played on the original Ennio Morricone scores."

It's already amazing!

The instrumental parts are indeed very Morricone-ish. Love "The Rose with the Broken Neck" with Jack White on vocals. Less interested in Norah Jones' "Black"

Procrastinators

Sander en Lernert

procrastinators, melting chocolate rabbit, 't Schaap

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=ARFjRbpIKkk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy2169jWJ6k

http://www.sanderplug.com/index.php?/projects/the-procrastinators/

Jorge Luis Borges - "You Learn"

After a while you learn the subtle difference
Between holding a hand and chaining a soul,

And you learn that love doesn’t mean leaning
And company doesn’t mean security.

And you begin to learn that kisses aren’t contracts
And presents aren’t promises,

And you begin to accept your defeats
With your head up and your eyes open
With the grace of a woman, not the grief of a child,

And you learn to build all your roads on today
Because tomorrow’s ground is too uncertain for plans
And futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight.

After a while you learn…
That even sunshine burns if you get too much.

So you plant your garden and decorate your own soul,
Instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.

And you learn that you really can endure…

That you really are strong

And you really do have worth…

And you learn and learn…

With every good-bye you learn.

Melanie - "Look what they've done to my song, ma!"

I keep "discovering" this song over the years. Heart breaking.