War/Dance, 2007. Dir. Sean FINE, Andrea NIX FINE. THINKFilm.


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My dear woquinoncoin mailed me a package full of goodies from Taiwan (in addition to the wonderful stuff from Lexue), and one of the funnest bits was an EP from a Taiwanese band called The Countrymen [阮對庄腳來] - it's really wonderful and I'm just in love. It came in lovely packaging (you can see it here, including the making of!) - a wee, CD-sized burlap sack ( Read more... )

I clicked on my last.fm homepage accidentally, and here's what popped up for 'what your friends are listening to' (that's my feed of music in the drop down menu to the right):


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My god, I love Chopin.

One of my favorite scenes out of any movie is in Impromptu (about him & George Sand - really a great movie), is where Judy Davis-as-George is laying under a piano while Hugh Grant-playing-Chopin is playing - she's stretched out underneath it, blissful look on her face. I think I had that same dreamy look on my face tonight ( Read more... )