tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82587845578265451672023-11-15T13:45:10.216-05:00twee thingsdying all day in thousands of little ways, dancing alone and drinking a lotUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258784557826545167.post-62543279309175168402010-11-18T13:06:00.004-05:002010-11-18T13:17:02.154-05:00Thursday Twee<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mychinchilla/2641398010/" title="The Ramones arrive to save the day by Twee!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3102/2641398010_7430dae770_o.jpg" width="720" height="368" alt="The Ramones arrive to save the day" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">The Ramones</span><br /><br />Underneath those leather jackets, behind the raw tireless sound and in-your-face attitude, beyond "Punk", lies some of the best pop music that has ever graced this sad and beautiful world.<br /><br />Well kids, there's an indiepop tribute!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mychinchilla/5187198055/" title="OW001_front by Twee!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4147/5187198055_7e731b7bcb_o.jpg" width="400" height="396" alt="OW001_front" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><em>No More of Your Fairy Stories - An indiepop loveletter to the Ramones</em> (various artists) from <a title="Precordial Catch Records" href="http://precordialcatchrecs.wordpress.com">Precordial Catch Records</a><br /><br />Friday on <a href="http://www.cjlo.com/onair/twee-time">Twee Time</a>, I will be playing selected tracks from this sold-out compilation. For now, how about a little taste of what's to come?<br /><br /><strong>Today's track</strong> <em><a href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/lzdyq1">Don't Go</a></em> by The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (composed by Joey Ramone)<br /><br />Thanks to Taylor for the heads up!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258784557826545167.post-23288662493114012692010-11-17T09:00:00.004-05:002010-11-18T13:16:25.141-05:00Wednesday TweeThis is the first installment of the Daily Twee, wherein I post little twee things for your viewing, reading, and listening pleasure... every day of the week! Expect music, video, links, quotes, show and CD reviews, listings, news, "tweevia" (trivia), and images of cute kittens and Blythe dolls.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Today's quote</span> is from my friend Sam:<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">You know you're an old washed up indie pop scenester when you listen to some new band and it sounds like Aislers Set or Talulah Gosh to you but all the reviews compare it to Best Coast and Vivian Girls.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Today's video</span> <span style="font-style:italic;">You're Kidding Aren't You</span> by the Field Mice. From the 10" mini album Snowball (Sarah 402), released in 1989.<br /><object width="480" height="385"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/owHyd2Bj0jo?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0xcc2550&color2=0xe87a9f" /><br /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><br /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="385" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/owHyd2Bj0jo?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0xcc2550&color2=0xe87a9f" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed><br /></object><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Today's track</span> <a href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/mn9rrh"><span style="font-style:italic;">Dream Baby Dream</span></a> by Black Tambourine. From the compilation Black Tambourine (Slumberland), released in 2010, which has their complete recordings and six new songs.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Today's Tweevia</span> Dream Baby Dream is a cover, originally recorded by the protopunk band Suicide.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258784557826545167.post-44438686501011791792010-11-15T21:00:00.001-05:002010-11-15T21:00:47.689-05:00Monday Twee<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/16478572" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/16478572">Seapony - Dreaming</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user4376171">Anabel Navarro</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258784557826545167.post-52865570693464788142010-11-14T17:16:00.001-05:002010-11-14T17:22:08.911-05:00Sunday Twee<object width="640" height="505"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gIx-LYJgcTQ?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0xcc2550&color2=0xe87a9f"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gIx-LYJgcTQ?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0xcc2550&color2=0xe87a9f" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="505"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258784557826545167.post-47588791561741970632010-10-09T23:52:00.002-04:002010-10-09T23:54:50.869-04:00Morning, well... it was for me<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mychinchilla/5066114084/" title="I look exactly like my Mom by Twee!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4127/5066114084_2e3e7a9faa_b.jpg" width="800" height="533" alt="I look exactly like my Mom" border="0" /></a><br>I look exactly like my Mom<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mychinchilla/5066113574/" title="Fantastic Bed Head by Twee!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4084/5066113574_426e2aab30_b.jpg" width="800" height="533" alt="Fantastic Bed Head" border="0" /></a><br>Fantastic bed head!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mychinchilla/5065502005/" title="Grrrl by Twee!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4092/5065502005_6b46a63ebb_b.jpg" width="800" height="533" border="0" alt="Grrrl" /></a><br>Grrr...lUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258784557826545167.post-50045734162731794892010-08-10T13:24:00.004-04:002010-08-10T13:37:18.897-04:00Wherein I post about the one<a href="http://www.flickr.com/"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4120/4863073575_b7cfc4c537_b.jpg" width="800" height="533" alt="Meow" border="0" /></a><br /><br />My kitty MooMoo was sick at the veterinarian on and off for the last two weeks. He is 16 years old, so his kidneys have an insufficiency. Now he is eating a special low-protein diet.<br /><br />I can't stress how important is it to take your cat to the vet if they show signs of lethargy, or become constipated, or have diarrhea (that symptom can be a sign that they are constipated).<br /><br />It was so scary. Signs of his illness became apparent, and I whisked him away to the veterinarian, a year to the exact day <a href="http://tweegirl.blogspot.com/2009/07/i-love-grendel.html">Grendel</a> died.<br /><br />The Moo is still here, and I am so glad we're together again! <br /><br /><object style="background-image:url(http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/8Sa8RL1z1qQ/hqdefault.jpg)" width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8Sa8RL1z1qQ&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8Sa8RL1z1qQ&hl=en_US&fs=1" width="425" height="344" allowScriptAccess="never" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object><br /><br />His follow-up appointment is at the end of this month.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258784557826545167.post-61643624232430887752010-08-03T22:28:00.003-04:002010-08-03T22:33:33.584-04:00Wherein I post about what I'm up to tonight<span style="font-weight:bold;">Listening</span>: The Yardbirds and Elvis Presley. I feel like listening to Rock and Roll these days.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Watching</span>: Daria. Just the other day I was wondering why the series never dealt with the topic of Daria having sex, only to discover that I had two episodes missing from my collection. In "My Night at Daria's", Daria and Tom innocently fall asleep, and Tom gets caught by Jake as he tries to sneak out at 4:00AM. A misunderstanding on Quinn's part begins a rumour that Daria and Tom are having sex. Some stuff happens, and Daria remains a virgin.<br /> <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Reading</span>: The spines of all the books on my book shelf that I bought and have yet to read because I'm lazy.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Wearing</span>: Frizzy hair, white tank, cut-off jean shorts, and (as always) red lipstick traces.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Wanting</span>: A damn <span style="font-style:italic;">Snapple</span>. I bought one with the last 2$ I had to my name, then I dropped it as I tried to unlock my door, which was stuck due to the humidity. This depressed me. The Snapple was peach iced tea, and I was really looking forward to it.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258784557826545167.post-61952710986263575722010-07-28T10:25:00.003-04:002010-07-28T10:33:32.910-04:00Wherein I post North East West SouthThe Twee Time podcast on <a href="http://tweetime.podomatic.com">podomatic</a> is on hiatus until I can justify the paid account. Money is tight right now, and with those September birthdays looming, I need to save my pennies for family celebration.<br /><br />The good news is, you can listen to Twee Time live on <a href="http://www.cjlo.com">CJLO</a> 1690AM every Friday starting at 8 P.M.<br /><br />It has been forever since my beloved 5D Mark the Second has been used. I really need to fix that.<br /><br />For now:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mychinchilla/4781206548/" title="DPP_0003 by Twee!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4094/4781206548_266d3d6f0e_b.jpg" width="800" height="533" alt="Mu" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><object style="background-image:url(http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/Piiv_4dcwBM/hqdefault.jpg)" width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Piiv_4dcwBM&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Piiv_4dcwBM&hl=en_US&fs=1" width="425" height="344" allowScriptAccess="never" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258784557826545167.post-55402437652233912462010-06-08T21:27:00.000-04:002010-06-08T21:28:58.472-04:00Set<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mychinchilla/4683961970/" title="Sunset by Twee!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4020/4683961970_12e0055195_b.jpg" width="800" height="533" alt="Sunset" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258784557826545167.post-72779813586344644752010-06-07T21:05:00.000-04:002010-06-07T21:06:18.360-04:00Wherein I post a captive flower<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mychinchilla/4680782834/" title="Flower (obviously) by Twee!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4045/4680782834_ed3f078f7e_b.jpg" width="800" height="533" alt="Flower (obviously)" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258784557826545167.post-22034017416953365332010-06-06T17:48:00.000-04:002010-06-06T17:49:14.124-04:00Jam Session<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mychinchilla/4676509572/" title="Jam session! by Twee!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4029/4676509572_af02de38f2_b.jpg" width="800" height="533" alt="Jam session!" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258784557826545167.post-40028900289463949362010-06-05T00:41:00.001-04:002010-06-05T00:41:50.040-04:00Wherein I post about a wishMaybe if I see a rainbow tomorrow, things will get better.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258784557826545167.post-15207590827603274192010-05-29T17:55:00.005-04:002010-05-29T18:01:45.153-04:00wherein I post pictures of myself at age 36<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mychinchilla/4650541043/" title="Narcissism by Twee!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4070/4650541043_f26577012e_b.jpg" width="800" height="533" alt="Narcissism" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mychinchilla/4650540645/" title="Narcissism by Twee!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4048/4650540645_15f18dee93_b.jpg" width="800" height="533" alt="Narcissism" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mychinchilla/4650540913/" title="Narcissism by Twee!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4072/4650540913_36cb068441_b.jpg" width="800" height="533" alt="Narcissism" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258784557826545167.post-23934042904073901262010-05-08T11:10:00.002-04:002010-05-08T11:13:08.234-04:00Wherein I post about Spring<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mychinchilla/4568869428/" title="Spring flowers by Twee!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3648/4568869428_3987bf13b1_o.jpg" width="800" height="533" alt="Spring flowers" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mychinchilla/4568870272/" title="Spring flowers by Twee!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3365/4568870272_7170a8fc84_o.jpg" width="800" height="533" alt="Spring flowers" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mychinchilla/4568233689/" title="Spring flowers by Twee!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3368/4568233689_62e6b1a407_o.jpg" width="800" height="533" alt="Spring flowers" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The flowers survived a late-April snow storm <3Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258784557826545167.post-37831856435610260282010-04-19T03:40:00.002-04:002010-04-19T03:51:18.916-04:00Wherein I post about the rich getting richer<a href="http://www.flickr.com/"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4057/4534224966_6ab11ba3d7_o.jpg" width="570" height="410" alt="Karl Lagerfeld for Coca-Cola" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">What's great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest. You can be watching TV and see Coca Cola, and you know that the President drinks Coca Cola, Liz Taylor drinks Coca Cola, and just think, you can drink Coca Cola, too. A coke is a coke and no amount of money can get you a better coke than the one the bum on the corner is drinking. All the cokes are the same and all the cokes are good. Liz Taylor knows it, the President knows it, the bum knows it, and you know it. </span>--Andy Warhol<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nitrolicious.com/blog/2010/04/02/karl-lagerfeld-x-coca-coca-light-limited-edition-box-set/">Sauce</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258784557826545167.post-70169353587109285302010-04-13T00:33:00.003-04:002010-04-13T00:38:46.913-04:00Wherein I post some recent photographs<a href="http://www.flickr.com/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2151/4512131070_ab0392606f_o.jpg" width="800" height="566" alt="Hi, how are you" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2419/4513191664_8442691ee5_o.jpg" width="800" height="533" alt="Claudia and Bunny" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2724/4490858215_be89ba09b4_o.jpg" width="800" height="533" alt="Moo" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258784557826545167.post-2146422645972463142010-03-29T02:52:00.013-04:002010-03-29T03:27:11.670-04:00Bored to hear your heart still breaksThis time last year I started a new relationship. <br /><br />It was over in less than two months.<br /><br />Part of me understands that after time passes, it is not the person but what they represented that you still love. The feelings you had when you were with them. The hormones. The happiness you feel. Apparently, those are the things you love after it's over.<br /><br />Right now I just don't feel like that is true. I know that I love him. I miss him terribly. I cry every day, and my heart breaks more intensely as the present becomes the past, and the future feels lonely.<br /><br />Last year was hard for me. I found him. I lost him. My cat died. It's still hard. I love them both. Grendel lives in my heart, but the guy! He left a huge empty space in my aorta.<br /><br />I remember every day we were together. What I wore. What we did. The whole time we were only apart one day when he took a trip to Quebec City.<br /><br />I will list the reasons why I know that I love him, and not just some abstract idea.<br /><br />The things I can tell you:<br /><br />We met after the St. Paddy's parade through a friend and went bowling.<br />We bonded over a mutual hatred for one particular person we both knew.<br />Our first attempt to get together was cock-blocked by his roommate.<br />We went for drinks on a Thursday. Him, me, his two friends from Switzerland.<br />That Saturday we went to a show.<br />I saw him checking me out, and I knew.<br /><br /><br />Our first dance was to the song "Young Folks" by Peter, Bjorn, and John.<br />The song had been following me around for a while. I was glad to find someone to relate it to.<br /><br />I got to live that song for a month and a half.<br /><br /><br />He is smart, intelligent, honest and kind.<br />He always held my hand as we walked along the street, or watched a movie.<br />He dried my tears when I cried during the Kite Runner. I always cry when I watch a sad movie.<br />We cuddled as we slept. I woke up in his arms every day.<br />Our relationship was private and intimate. And I felt like my soul connected to a person.<br /><br /><br />He wasn't devoted to the things I'm devoted to: Twee, cats, and all things cute.<br />But he was interested in learning about them.<br />He read all about Twee and listened to the music with me.<br />Not once did he insult my music or my people.<br />He raps in Swiss German and is in a fab Swiss hip hop band.<br />I prefer old-school rap, but it's cool.<br /><br /><br />His best friend has the same name and is such an amazing person.<br />I wanted his friend to be my brother.<br /><br />I never really cared for how he dressed, but I did find it endearing.<br />Giant baseball caps, over-sized shirts, and big pants.<br />He didn't care for the way I dressed either. It was good.<br /><br /><br />He has weak wrists.<br />His teeth are busted.<br /><br /><br />He was constantly talking and telling stories. He never repeated the same story twice.<br />He always told the truth, no matter how painful, or how much trouble it would get him in to.<br /><br />He would joke about marrying me to get his Canadian citizenship. <br />Sometimes that made me uncomfortable.<br /><br />It was strange: we gave our potential children their first names "Dale and Eris"; he combined our last names with a hyphen.<br /><br />He has a blank banner below his tattoo of ancient warriors. He told me that's where his children's names will be inked.<br /><br />For the first time I thought about maybe becoming a mother, and I imagined Dale and Eris on his arm.<br />I imagined what they would look like.<br />Just like him, but with blue eyes and blonde hair.<br />I didn't say my thoughts out loud. It's weird even writing about it now.<br /><br />On his bedroom wall were photos of his family, and I loved them. I don't know why.<br />I would look at the photos when he was off doing other things, or studying.<br />For the first time in my life I became attached deep in my heart to complete strangers.<br /><br />His sister is so beautiful, and she understands the dolls and the toys.<br />She makes little videos of her stuffed animal Rooli, and updates her facebook page with photos and videos.<br /><br />Is it weird that I want to introduce them to Claudia? (<a href="http://tweegirl.blogspot.com/2010/03/claudia-bunny.html">see previous post</a>)<br /><br />His brother likes MSTRKRFT, drives an old car, and is now well-known in St. Gallen.<br />I spoke to his mom on the telephone once, and she said she hoped I would visit that summer. <br />She thanked me for keeping him company.<br />I remember her voice, and it sounded like a female version of his.<br />He resembles his mother most.<br />He told me his dad works very hard. His dad has white hair and likes dogs.<br />His hair is turning grey too. So is mine, but I dye it.<br /><br /><br />He said he felt like himself when we were together.<br />That I made him feel as if he could be.<br />He told me none of his old girlfriends would ever dance the night away to MSTRKRAFT like I did.<br /><br />I don't know exactly why he ended it.<br /><br />I was willing to change and become the person I always wanted to be.<br />The change was starting.<br />I didn't want to change for him, I wanted to change for <u>me</u>.<br />I wanted to be different. Not who I was then, and not who am now.<br /><br />Not where I am now.<br />I would leave this place and see the world with him.<br /><br />When we broke up, I had to be just as honest, so I told him how I felt about him.<br />He told me he felt the same way, and that all the feelings he said he had for me are true.<br /><br />The only difference is, my feelings equal love, and his do not.<br />He said his heart was cold inside.<br /><br />I never told him that I truly loved him, except on the day he broke up with me.<br /><br />Oh wait, it came out once by accident the first time we knocked boots.<br />I wanted to say "your eyes" but my voice said "you".<br />That damn Freudian Slip.<br /><br />I think he got scared because things moved way too fast.<br />What he didn't know was... I was scared too.<br /><br />I had much more changing to do than he did.<br />It's not easy to let go and just change.<br />And, as it turns out, I was the one who had everything to lose.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258784557826545167.post-7012681946299730902010-03-28T03:16:00.001-04:002010-03-28T03:19:26.131-04:00Claudia & Bunny<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mychinchilla/4466625860/" title="Clau-Clau and Bunny by Twee!, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4033/4466625860_7cc489e08c_o.jpg" width="800" height="533" alt="Clau-Clau and Bunny" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">True love forever</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258784557826545167.post-36980552330674436342010-02-06T14:28:00.001-05:002010-02-06T14:28:54.808-05:00View from my balcony<a href="http://www.flickr.com/"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4020/4334717103_83de1af381_o.jpg" width="800" height="534" alt="Ice" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2524/4334716949_7bfc8d83b9_o.jpg" width="800" height="534" alt="Ice" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4008/4334716777_fc78ef25c2_o.jpg" width="534" height="800" alt="Ice" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2688/4335459410_05315da30a_o.jpg" width="534" height="800" alt="Ice" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2744/4334716427_94e7a5e575_o.jpg" width="534" height="800" alt="Ice" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258784557826545167.post-59626819148822231942010-01-01T17:15:00.000-05:002010-01-01T17:16:21.718-05:00Some things<a href="http://www.flickr.com/"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4026/4235144626_56cf394c85.jpg" width="500" height="357" alt="Tangerine, Tangerine" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4060/4234370159_8d7d879651.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="Stay warm <3" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258784557826545167.post-3128931220055119922009-12-17T01:02:00.007-05:002009-12-17T01:48:00.313-05:00On repeat<span style="font-weight:bold;">The Watercolor Paintings</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2493/4191480255_481ba34ae9.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="wcp" /></a><br /><br />Sister and Brother duo Rebecca and Josh "Hoshwa" Redman, lo-fi and twee :)<br /><br />I first discovered them when I bought the <span style="font-style:italic;">With the Light On</span> 7" off of the <a href="http://www.yaylabel.com">Yay! label</a>. <br /><br />They recently released the CD <span style="font-style:italic;">Open Your Mouth</span> (2009):<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2668/4192242114_cd5c3d4cdc_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="wcp1" /></a><br /><br />You can pick up all their releases at <a href="http://www.lostsoundtapes.com/distro.php">Lost Sound Tapes</a>.<br /><br />Check out their <a href="http://www.myspace.com/watercolorpaintings">myspace page</a> for info!<br /><br />Here's a little youtube to make you happy:<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Hin6C6NjDQ4&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0xcc2550&color2=0xe87a9f"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Hin6C6NjDQ4&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0xcc2550&color2=0xe87a9f" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258784557826545167.post-52002450812434356972009-12-15T00:04:00.005-05:002009-12-15T00:35:02.809-05:00Wherein I give you my half-assed end-of-decade listTen years.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Albums Year 2000</span><br /><br />Belle & Sebastian - Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant<br />Elliott Smith - Figure 8<br />Yo la Tengo - Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out<br />The Parcels - Have a Go with the Parcels<br />The White Stripes - De Stijl<br />Stereolab - The First of the Microbe Hunters<br />Billy Bragg and Wilco - Mermaid Avenue Vol. II<br />Boyracer - Boyfuckingracer<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Albums Year 2001</span><br /><br />The Lucksmiths - Why That Doesn't Surprise Me<br />Pixies - Complete 'B' Sides<br />The White Stripes - White Blood Cells<br />Regina Spektor - 11:11<br />The Strokes - Is This It<br />The Moldy Peaches - The Moldy Peaches<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Albums Year 2002</span><br /><br />Tullycraft - Beat Surf Fun (the album with the fabulous "Twee")<br />All Girl Summer Fun Band - All Girl Summer Fun Band<br />Sonic Youth - Murray Street<br />Regina Spektor - Songs<br />Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot<br />The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots<br />Tom Waits - Alice<br />Tom Waits - Blood Money<br />Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights<br />Neko Case - Blacklisted<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Albums Year 2003</span><br /><br />Fishboy - Zipbangboom<br />All Girl Summer Fun Band - 2<br />Lederhosen Lucil - Tales From the Pantry<br />The Darkness - Permission to Land<br />The White Stripes - Elephant<br />The Raveonettes - Chain Gang of Love<br />Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress<br />Liz Phair - Liz Phair<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Albums Year 2004</span><br /><br />Bearsuit - Cat Spectacular!<br />PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her<br />The Magnetic Fields - i<br />Courtney Love - America's Sweetheart (can't help but love that crazy bitch)<br />Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse<br />The Futureheads - The Futureheads<br />Regina Spektor - Soviet Kitsch<br />Tom Waits - Real Gone<br />Elliott Smith - From a Basement on the Hill<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Albums Year 2005</span><br /><br />Bearsuit - Team Ping Pong<br />Tullycraft - Disenchanted Hearts Unite<br />Boyracer - A Punch Up the Bracket<br />Bloc Party - Silent Alarm<br />Black Mountain - Black Mountain<br />...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Worlds Apart<br />The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan<br />The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Albums Year 2006</span><br /><br />The Nymphets - Pro-Fucking-Motional<br />Math and Physics Club - Math and Physics Club<br />The Snow Fairies - Voila<br />Pants Yell! - Recent Drama<br />The Manhattan Love Suicides - Manhattan Love Suicides<br />Loveninjas - Secret of the Loveninjas<br />Friendly Rich & The Lollipop People - The Friendly Rich Show<br />The Life Pursuit - Belle & Sebastian<br />The Besties - Singer<br />Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood<br />Tom Waits - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards<br />Peter Bjorn and John - Writer's Block<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Albums Year 2007</span><br /><br />Tullycraft - Every Scene Needs a Center<br />The Wedding Present - The Complete Peel Sessions 1986–2004<br />The Flying Club Cup - Beirut<br />Fishboy - Albatross: How We Failed to Save the Lone Star State with the Power of Rock and Roll<br />Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity<br />Julie Doiron - Woke Myself Up<br />Dinosaur Jr - Beyond<br />Elliott Smith - New Moon<br />Wilco - Sky Blue Sky<br />The White Stripes - Icky Thump<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Albums Year 2008</span><br /><br />The Lucksmiths - First Frost<br />The Magnetic Fields - Distortion<br />Stephen Malkmus - Real Emotional Trash<br />Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes<br />Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust<br />All Girl Summer Fun Band - Looking Into it<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Albums Year 2009</span><br /><br />Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Pains of Being Pure At Heart (my pick for "album of the year")<br />Yo la Tengo - Popular Songs<br />Sonic Youth - The Eternal<br />Tom Waits - Glitter and Doom Live<br />Dinosaur Jr - Farm<br />Neko Case - Middle Cyclone<br />Karen O and the Kids - Where the Wild Things Are<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Stuff to Note</span><br /><br />- 2009 marked the 20-year anniversary of the album "Sittin' Pretty" by the Pastels<br />- The only band that truly excited me in the last decade: The White Stripes<br />- This made me want to kill myself: Anywhere I Lay My Head - Scarlett Johansson (2008)<br />- Awesome band name wasted on a shitty band: The Used (formed in 2001)<br />- I will always love you: PR, TM (aka "Stupid Kid")<br />- You will always be missed: Joey Ramone, Dee Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Joe Strummer, Johnny Cash, Grant McLennan, Elliott Smith, Mary Hansen, Mana "China" Nishiura, Bea Arthur (right on, Maude), Bettie Page, Patrick Swayze, there are more but it makes me sad to think about who diedUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258784557826545167.post-40954438002639329132009-10-07T22:37:00.004-04:002009-10-07T22:43:13.726-04:00Wherein I talk about leopards and old ladiesNot much is new. I had a birthday. I got an amazing vintage leopard coat on etsy that fits like a dream. I'm well on my way to becoming an eccentric old spinster. Having a boyfriend was really putting a dent in that persona, so thanks again for ending that relationship for me, Universe. 'preciate it.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3658/3915863629_dd7971d4f8.jpg" width="313" height="500" alt="Leopard coat" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I've been looking for a leopard coat for years. Even bought a couple. One was just a bit too "hooker" and the other was a bit too "cute". This one is >just< right. Perfect in fact! It makes me hip and modern in my 30's, keeps me stylish and sophisticated in my 40's and 50's, and will bring me straight through into retirement as the stylish deranged old cat lady I am destined to become. Then I will be buried in it when I am dead at 98.3 years old—longevity runs in my family, and that is the average age of my grand parents at their deaths.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3536/3916646900_1903a8de69.jpg" width="353" height="500" alt="Leopard coat" border="0" /></a><br /><br />People stare at me on the metro.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258784557826545167.post-43809467088124592162009-09-15T00:18:00.001-04:002009-09-15T00:23:22.985-04:00wherein I talk about fur (part 1)In this first installment of <i>weird things I've found on etsy by searching vintage items for the word "fur"</i>, I bring you FAKE TAXIDERMY FOR CATS<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3525/3922159470_2af6a43f8a.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Faux Taxidermy for cats" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2590/3921375275_140dfbee2d.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Faux Taxidermy for cats" border="0" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2424/3921375643_73d0a0113e.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="Faux Taxidermy for cats" border="0" /></a><br /><br />It's handcrafted!<br /><br />Seller: FurburgerUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258784557826545167.post-81361633422757666422009-08-26T01:09:00.001-04:002009-08-26T01:11:45.073-04:00a sign <3<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xNXTh4A4uS0&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0xcc2550&color2=0xe87a9f"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xNXTh4A4uS0&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0xcc2550&color2=0xe87a9f" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0