so, this is random.

May 6

aa bondy (with the felice brothers) at the bottletree cafe in birmingham, al.

i’m sorry, i can’t stop myself from posting about other alabamians—especially those from b’ham. i’m really into his folky solo album. (and yes, i am barely old enough to remember verbena. barely.)

AND if this weren’t enough of a walk down memory lane already…check out mr. bondy being interviewed last summer by my lovely friend and neighbor, jonny santos. worlds collide, people.

Of course, it’s personal and absolutely legitimate, but it worries me because it begs the question, “Did you not know that a filmmaker has to be able to ask questions, rather than come up with answers? Are you so used to the formulas by now that that’s all you can take? Is your diet so sated with one kind of nutrition that you become intolerant to any other?”

-tilda swinton on the critical reception of “the limits of control”

ifc.com just put up a great interview with tilda swinton. she discusses her role as a “titular bar floozy, a barely in control alcoholic who bullshits her way through every selfish, reckless moment of her day” in erick zonca’s new film, “julia.” she also talks a bit about the new jarmusch film “the limits of control,” which she stars in.

it’s an interesting read, whether you are a fan of swinton or not (although, why would you not be?)

despite last night’s rainy dreariness, one of my roommates and i decided to take a long, rambling walk in the drizzle and ended up at the loney, dear show at MHoW.

i’ve always liked loney, dear but i’ve never been a die hard fan. luckily, the music is perfect for a rainy night and Emil Svanängen charmed us with his stage banter.

most amusing moment of the night:

“i heard someone ask for ‘carrying a stone’ earlier and i didn’t have the heart to tell them that i’d already played it…”

May 4

yaelgreenberg:

Whisk And Ladle new Food Network show is ON!!!

i love these guys. they are all amazingly talented people, you should check it out.

(also, worth noting—they are responsible for teaching me how to cook/bake. a monumental accomplishment, no doubt. i’ve come a long way from my cereal-for-dinner days)

Apr 30

take some time and look through neil krug’s polaroids collection (some are from the upcoming pulp book).

of course, the hippie in me loves these.

(via yewknee)

Apr 28

my friend megan sends me the best emails. she is one of those fantastic people who write exactly as they speak, so you can actually visualize her saying the text (complete with facial expressions).

i told her this morning that, due to a co-worker’s connection, i might have the opportunity to meet a slightly controversial someone that i admire (and find attractive). she responded with:

well of course i dont share your enthusiasm (although it’s so obvious that you would love him….he’s exactly your type)…but…i’m excited for the possibility of you getting to meet him. he seems sort of dangerous. is your coworker dangerous?

ah megan, you are the best.

badminton:

yoonar:funeralface: pie0verflow:via

Apr 23

badminton:

breeapperley:(via reeraw)

video for dm stith’s “pity dance”

some albums sneak up on you. you listen to them once or twice and you like it, but it’s nothing that immediately changes your life. then, one day you find the songs are constantly on repeat in your head and you realize that you’ve been listening to the album everyday for weeks on end. this is the point when you have to admit that you are, indeed, obsessed.

dm stith’s heavy ghost is like that. (for me, at least)

check out the daytrotter sessions too. oh, and he has a blog—if you are into that sort of thing.

Apr 15

“someone wrote me recently and said, ‘We wanna use your songs in our movie, and we’ve already got this artist, this artist, this artist, this artist.’ And I was thinking, ‘Well that makes for like, no integrity to your movie. All these different voices combined with the actors’, writer’s, director’s and DP’s voices. That sounds like the worst place to be. That sounds like a music festival.’ [Laughs.]”

-the onion a.v. club has an amazing will oldham interview up right now, discussing music, music in movies, touring and calling wes anderson “a cancer.” mr. oldham, you are always number one in my book (not that you give a shit)