Saturday, March 17, 2012
S p E c I a L
Song of The Week is back with something truly special, 'Powa,' pronounced 'power,' feautring the blues-y vocal, spine-tingling melody line and left-field ambiance of tUnE-yArDs, the music project of Merrill Garbus (pictured left).
And then there's the video for 'Gangsta,' a black-and-white cinematic urban pastiche:
Finally, here's our Song of the Week, 'Powa,' live at the Bowery Ballroom:
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Thursday, March 08, 2012
More Cheery Than Eerie
Hey all! This is an easy one to post, even overworked and (again) sick, because we know so little about the artist, Phèdre..
The clip is very memorable and avant-garde: 'an amalgam of strange imagery-- odd floral arrangements, empty lobster husks, headdresses, ultra-goopy goo poured all over faces and bodies-- filtered through a warped-VHS sheen,' again in the words of Pitchfork.
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Sunday, March 04, 2012
Delightful and Not Idiotic
My Saturday night 'date' with JP was a Bhatti, a lovely Indian restaurant (where we ran into - and dined with - Sunil & Fernando!), followed by rental of a terrific forgotten classic, the 1939 film 'Idiot's Delight,' based on the Pulitzer-winning stage play by Robert Sherwood.
Watch an excerpt, for want of a trailer:
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Saturday, March 03, 2012
March Forward!
Spring is coming, daylight savings time in one week! But way down south, it's summer that's ending...
Águas de Março É pau, é pedra, É um caco de vidro, É peroba do campo, É madeira de vento, É o vento ventando, É a chuva chovendo, É o pé, é o chão, É uma ave no céu, É o fundo do poço, É um estrepe, é um prego, É um peixe, é um gesto, É a lenha, é o dia, É o projeto da casa, É um passo, é uma ponte, São as águas de março É uma cobra, é um pau, É um passo, é uma ponte, São as águas de março | Waters of March A stick, a stone, It's a sliver of glass, The oak when it blooms, The wood of the wind, It's the wind blowing free, And the river bank talks The foot, the ground, A fish, a flash, The bed of the well, A spear, a spike, A truckload of bricks A mile, a must, The plan of the house, Afloat, adrift, And the riverbank talks A stick, a stone, A snake, a stick, A point, a grain, A pin, a needle, A pass in the mountains, And the riverbank talks A stick, a stone, A sliver of glass, And the riverbank talks |
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Friday, March 02, 2012
Embarrassed For Him
I never knew that the great Orson Welles was reduced to hawking wine on TV commericals. I do remember the jingle: 'we sell no wine before its time... Enjoy these 80 seconds of outtakes...
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Thursday, March 01, 2012
Home Cooked Meals
Tough week, but at least JP's been making me lovely, simple, healthy dinners: chicken, fish, lean pork loin, lots of veggies. What a gem he is! Below, in contrast, is something I ate in a restaurant in March 2010..
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