1. Cat Power slouch, relaxed fashion, heartfelt emotion.
2. Bosco on Carthart. Hello boys! Shouts out to my boy crew running deep in Chinatown.
3. St. Basil’s, Moscow. One of my favorite places in this world.
4. A Single Man. The movie was so rich I wanted to go shopping after. I’m committed to reading the book version now. I only cried three times during the film.
Dearest Husband for a week,
You came for ten days and my house has not been the same. Come back soon and bring me more treats. With you I ate well, came home to a clean house, took a tech upgrade, had a personal photographer, watched random late night youtube and, well, you introduced me to some real good music. I mean, I guess that’s what happens when you are a music journalist for Spin. I am still listening to Lee Feilds, Peter Watson, and Kitty, Daisy, & Lewis. Thank you for your services.
xo,
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Lyrics to Family Tree :
Under my love
Wake up to your window
The day calls in billows
It’s echoing moonlight on to the blue nightmare of your heart
In cosy red rainbow
It’s shaking off halos
And the memory of our sacred so and so’s
Oh take my hand sweet
Complete your release and bury your feet
And married we’ll be
Alone in receiving ours is a feeling not that they would see
They don’t know that we could be
That way your cradle escaped the sea
And your raven haired Mama cought told you so’s
Were laying in the shadow of your family tree
Your haunted heart and me
Brought down by an old idea whose time has come
And in the shadow of the gallows of your family tree
There’s a hundred hearts soar free
Pumping blood to the roots of evil to keep it young
Ah me all mine
Is it safe to say that we’ve waited patiently
Call me on time
And recall the tune that has place us gracefully
All into line
There’s the garden grave and a place they’ve saved for you
I’ll fall by your side
Though your silver haired Mama throws told you so’s
Were laying in the shadow of your family tree
Your haunted heart and me
Brought down by an old idea whose time has come
And in the shadow of the gallows of your family tree
There’s a hundred hearts soar free
Pumping blood to the roots of evil to keep it young
And now we’ll gather in the shadow of your family tree
In haunted harmony
Brought down by an old idea whose time has come
And in the shadow of the valley of your family tree
There’s a hundred hearts soar free
Pumping blood to the roots of evil to keep us young
I have been obsessed with the images of the styles from Velour’s Fall 09 line. Nothing like a confident and lax sailor to add to my table.
It’s snowing in the city today! I had a wonderful evening last night with friends and loved ones.
dresses along the lines of lumberjack, Oliver Twist, and Sherlock Holmes…
My partner in creative works, Luke Abiol sent me this postcard the other evening…
there is a poem here.
a conversation between color and black and white.
a hug.
a handful.
My friends love me they do, they do! Marin-based, Perry Shimon sent me this little photo note and I post it here since it’s near and dear.
He says it’s from “up in point reyes at this beautiful inn last weekend.”
I had been waiting to post about Pedro Almodovar’s newest film Broken Embraces or Los Abrazos Rotos. The Spanish version seems to sum up the totality and romantic danger of the film’s storyline. After reading New York Magazine’s review as well as a slew of others, I decided to ignore what everyone else said about the film. This included friend’s accounts.
As a writer, I tend to follow the story in terms of symbolism within the whole movie. There are key moments that were so valuable to the film’s depth: the lover’s (Penelope Cruz and Lluis Homar) hide away location in the far-away Islas Canarias as a symbol of death and finality. Love left barren. The colorful drama within the set designs and how they alluded to what was going on with the emotion of the characters. The idea of persona and layered personalities with the change of names, wigs, and with the unfolding personal histories. In true Almodovar style, he leaves his audience grabbing for lush sexuality in the sheer beauty of Cruz but holds rich profound messages of the human spirit and desire for passion and recognition within the layered father and son characters of the film. Hence Almodovar’s Deseo productions in every film he makes…
