Quintessential Albums :: Until the End of the World Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Various Artists)
Friday Five :: Songs about cars and driving
I can still remember the first time I drove my first car, not the test drive, or the around the block try out, but that first night when I really drove it somewhere.
My Top 20 Bands :: #MusicListography
List Your Top Twenty Favorite Bands Listen to my list on Spotify here courtesy of Music Listography : Your Life In (Play)Lists Awhile ago I used to do a feature here inspired by a book my best friend gave to me, Music Listography, and I thought it was about the right time to bring it …
1992 :: The year in music :: Throwback Thursday
The Best Songs of 1992 by willtopsmusictv 1992 :: The Year In Music Throwback Thursday There are many years I could christen "the year when everything changed", and in significant ways that would be true, that said, 1992 was the year where everything changed -- in big ways -- for me. In 1992 I became a parent, …
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My Top 300 Movies :: 181-185
181. The Way Way Back I love the unexpected joy of discovering a movie you know nothing about ahead of time and having it be one of those movies that you just get, and that just gets you, and it soon becomes one of your all-time favorites. This has so many things I love in it: …
My Top 300 Movies :: 86-90
86. Author! Author! Unconventional families and flawed characters who ever strive to do something memorable, favorite elements in a favorite movie of mine. Also, a story about a writer, which is always top on my list, as well. An underrated film with a great performance by Al Pacino. Trailer 87. Sabrina The story line is now a …
Maybelline eyes and girl-as-boy moves :: VOTD
E-Bow the Letter :: R.E.M. and Patti Smith Directed by Jem Cohen E-Bow the Letter is the first single from R.E.M.'s tenth studio album New Adventures in Hi-Fi. It was released in August 1996 just weeks before the album's release. During the same month, R.E.M. signed its then record-breaking five-album contract with Warner Bros. Records. …
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That’s what keeps me :: songs and poetry
Keep Art Alive :: "Farewell" :: Art by Christian Schlo Pistachio (by me) Monterey Avenue, five and dime, she would hide lipstick cases, pretty pink pearl, in the deep pockets, of hand-me-down jackets, three older brothers, calling names, always growing. There's a girl in here, you know, under the long sleeves, and grass stain knees. …
Some of them, they surprise :: video of the day
E-Bow the Letter :: R.E.M. and Patti Smith "I wore it like a badge of teenage film stars, hash bars, cherry mash and tinfoil tiaras; dreaming of Maria Callas, whoever she is. This fame thing, I don't get it. I wrap my hand in plastic to try to look through it, Maybelline eyes and girl-as-boy …
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You don’t really love that guy you make it with, now do you? :: song of the day
From the start I possessed dual superpowers: invisibility and storytelling. You think a child cannot be born into this world with such nonsense as powers? Perhaps. Maybe this is the way I viewed things through my own complex kaleidoscope lens; or perhaps my very own version of survival. But, these were the things that screamed …
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