i love this..

love their outfits, love their voices, love this song. love it. please file under "simultaneously hilarious & amazing"

slow show, valerie

my two absolute favorite songs right now: on repeat like crazy.

the national: slow show

Standing at the punch table swallowing punch
can’t pay attention to the sound of anyone
a little more stupid, a little more scared
every minute more unprepared

I made a mistake in my life today
everything I love gets lost in drawers
I want to start over, I want to be winning
way out of sync from the beginning

I wanna hurry home to you
put on a slow, dumb show for you
and crack you up
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
god I’m very, very frightening
I’ll overdo it

mark ronson feat amy winehouse - valerie - this video is amazingly fun.


Well sometimes I go out by myself and I look across the water
And I think of all the things, what you're doing and in my head I paint a picture

'Cos since I've come on home, well my body's been a mess
And I've missed your ginger hair and the way you like to dress
Won't you come on over, stop making a fool out of me
Why won't you come on over Valerie, Valerie?

Did you have to go to jail, put your house on up for sale, did you get a good lawyer?
I hope you didn't catch a tan, I hope you find the right man who'll fix it for you
Are you shopping anywhere, changed the colour of your hair, are you busy?
And did you have to pay the fine you was dodgin all the time are you still dizzy?

for karrie.

i love you. i promise you a mixtape soon - number one song after number one song.

bitches aint shit

this is also pretty friggin amazing.

post break

johnny & june carter cash: darlin' companion - live in denmark!
"darlin' companion, come on & give me understandin' and let me be your champion: a hand to hold your pretty hand in."
calla: defenses down
"i set you on a pedestal, there for me to praise & adore you. destined to fall from grace with god, happens when you leave your defenses down."
nick cave: there she goes, my beautiful world - pretty great live version at brixton academy.
"nabokov wrote on index cards at a lectem, in his socks, st john of the cross did his best stuff imprisoned in a box...well, me, i'm lying here with nothing in my ears."
eluvium: radio ballet - you can hear a bit of the song here - but here is ballet mechanique - a film by fernand leger which has nothing to do with the song other than they remind me of each other. one of my favorites.
dandy warhols: get off
"yeah maybe i fought once i thought i was sane, but all i wanna do is get off and feel it for a minute like the real thing baby, i guess i already forgot."
elvis presley: heartbreak hotel - oh god. so good. it hurts.
"and although its always crowded, you still can find some room, where broken hearted lovers do cry away their gloom"
ok fine - here's another elvis video. i cant get enough of elvis videos.
air: once upon a time.
neko case: runnin out of fools
"everyone in town's got your number, everybody's got you pegged right, is that why you got in touch with me? oh, guess you must be runnin' out of fools."