Shirley Manson has revealed that her solo-record has been deemed too "noir" to be released by her label, Warner Bros. Records. I have started a petition today to propose to Warner Bros. Records. And I need your help. Just go here and sign it, that's all it takes, and PLEASE HELP ME PASS THIS ALONG ( Read more... )

To understand Robert Bresson's Mouchette is to know what utter despair feels like. Though not as metaphysical as Au Hasard Balthazar, Bresson has a gift with his filmmaking in that he has the ability to say so little verbally through his characters and make an unfumbling grab for your neck to tell you that this is the world, this is life ( Read more... )

Lately, I've been forcing myself to write daily. I remember in high school, Mrs. Holt made us have a mandatory 10 minute journal time because even if we felt we had nothing to say, we would force ourselves to write something, and for me, that usually, though not always, inspired me to write things which at first glance were trite and trivial about ( Read more... )

21. Half the Perfect World, Madeleine Peyroux
20. Comfort of Strangers, Beth Orton
19. The Duper Sessions, Sondre Lerche and The Faces Down Quartet
18. Without Feathers, The Stills
17. Bande a Parte, Nouvelle Vague
16. The Peel Sessions, PJ Harvey
15. The Life Pursuit, Belle and Sebastian
14. Dreamt For Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain, ( Read more... )

Most likely its because I'm not at home with my family, but it really, really doesn't feel like Christmas. I mean, my streets are all done up, I go into the city a lot these days and I see it, I feel it, but it doesn't feel like Christmas to me ( Read more... )

Oh years end! Introspection is in the air. Anderson Cooper once said that people, he believed, are ultimately optimistic by nature. He cited how we all watch the ball drop and how we all make plans to make next year better than the last. I agree. I feel like I've been dragged through the mud lately but I think we all survive and come out of it ( Read more... )

I have been hungover since Thanksgiving Day. Its already December 3rd ( Read more... )

New York has been good to me this week ( Read more... )

I am so incredibly bored. I don't know how this is possible ( Read more... )

Its been a while ( Read more... )