the decemberists: aaaah!
my beloved decemberists came to town last night. i was ever-so-slightly hyper, thanks to the extreme caffiene i had yesterday afternoon, and poor peripateticdoll had to endure my hyperactivity whilst waiting for the music-for-america folks. (i'd be buzzed anyway at the prospect of being ten feet away from the scrummy colin meloy, but the coffee and soda i'd had
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Ditto.
"here i dreamt i was an architect", which made me swoon outright.
Oooh that sounds heavenly.
i did, however, yell out for "the song is you" whenever colin asked for requests. this made him beam. i felt a little tickly after that (ladies, do you read me?).
::faints::
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Forgive me, but I hope that's not Colin on the cover of The Believer on the left central panel with the Afro?
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the last time i saw the decemberists (back in october), i had a long-ish talk with colin about the genius filmmaker guy maddin (from whose film archangel the decemberists sampled the dialouge in "youth and beauty brigade"). there was a tiny part of me that wondered if he remembered that. though i'm probably flattering myself...i'm not that memorable, i hope. :)
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the last time i saw the decemberists (back in october), i had a long-ish talk with colin about the genius filmmaker guy maddin (from whose film archangel the decemberists sampled the dialouge in "youth and beauty brigade"). there was a tiny part of me that wondered if he remembered that. though i'm probably flattering myself...i'm not that memorable, i hope. :)
Man, you are so lucky!!!!!!! He probably does remember you, particularly if the conversation was about something both of you guys were really into that not many other are into.
This Guy Maddin sounds interesting...I know he has that Ice Nymph film that sounds interesting.
As for Colin, I don't know what I'd talk to him about if I met him. I'd like clam up and expose myself for the drooling teenybopper that I am. I'd be like too embarassed. :\
You sound really knowledgeable about film. I'm just a dilettante...what would you recommend a novice such as moi delving into?
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of course you should see the classics, like citizen kane and sunrise. anything directed by murnau is worth your time.
experimental film goddess maya deren made some incredible short subjects.
OH! of course! powell and pressburger were these two british filmmakers in the 1940s-1960s who directed a series of wonderful features. normally i tell people to start with the red shoes, but as a fan of the decemberists you might appreciate the life and death of colonel blimp, their utterly incredible war movie. see everything they make. :)
oh, and for the love of god, woman, do not start with twilight of the ice nymphs. it's not very good. archangel and dracula: pages from a virgin's diary, on the other hand, are manna from heaven.
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The CBC pics are up now, though I'm going to attempt to replace them with better .jpg quality ones soon.
http://e.1asphost.com/tawnygypsygirl/
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sweet. if only i was on my personal computer. {dainty cough}
the powell/pressburger stuff has had good distribution -- if your local purveyor of recorded entertainment carries criterion titles, they should have some of that. you should at least be able to find the red shoes and black narcissus. the other stuff is indie and has sporadic distribution...but if you're ever in boston we can have a movie night at my place. :)
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