Television...

My mother and father loved music. My whole family did. It has come down to me to share the memories of their songs with you and our songs. Today I'm in the punk rock mindset of not getting too into technicalities of things, but just allowing the music to be and it usually creates something so lasting that it's impression can be left upon us for many years.

Not really my song of choice, but my band of choice. my song of choice would have been "Guiding Light" but "Marquee Moon" is good also.

My movie for today would be Velvet Goldmine. Very punk, very glitter.

Keep not your roses...

One of my favorite poems was from a book my sister allowed me to read by Nancy A. Collins. It had a poem before one of the chapters that has stuck with me ever since. "Keep not your roses for my cold,dead brow, the way is lonley, let me feel them now." I don't know who the poem is by if it even has one exclusive author. But I am in this mindset. Let me feel your love now, don't hold it from me and wait untill it is much to late for goodbyes.

My first paragraph kind of already explained this song. It's The Smithereens "Cut Flowers". One of my favorite songs on this album.


My movie choice is High Fidelity. It is about changing oneself through learning about the past, then freeing oneself.

Drunk Blogging!

Ok... so I'm a little buzzed, it is the weekend after all. What is the weekend without a little wild turkey? Lol. Well my friends, I tell you it is nothing. Especially without good company. And what is good company without good music and films? I am thinking of a lot of them as I write. I shall share.

This is Tegan and Sara "Walking with a Ghost" the first time I heard it was on wfpk radio louisville. But My ex Liked it a lot and for some re3ason it was the only song that would play on her playlist for me. It holds a lot of weight with me. I think it means that the person that broke your heart has to say they are sorry so that you can move on. And it happened for me in a way. My first Girlfriend finally told me she was sorry. It helped me realize a lot of things about myself and what exactly she took from me, and helped me move on to the next phase of my life.

My movie pick for today is Hellbound Hellraiser 2 Because it just means a lot to me I don't know why exactly.

My second pick for a song has to be "Stripped" by Shiny Toy Guns, it is a remake of a Depeche Mode song, but really well done in my opinion. I like the duel aspects of the male and feminine roles. It gives it a new outlook. When she says the first lines I want to go into the trees with her and lay in the grass! Anyhow, I love this song, how it says "Let me see you stripped down to the bone- let me hear you make decisions without your television..." I just love it!

My second movie pick is The Runaways. Need I say more. Ok. Joan Jett. Cherie Currie.Women in rock. Women who rock. Other than Heart though, I do love Heart too don't get me wrong. 

My 3rd song is Patti Smith "Because The Night" simply because the night really does belong to lovers. <3 I love Patti.

My Last song choice is Till Tuesday "Voices Carry" I just love the damn song. It reminds me of having to be quiet all the damn time.

Till next time, I love you. Have a wonderful time being a human being. :) 





 

My first time! Like an emerging surgeon!

Hi, My name is Anne, and as my blog title suggests this is my first blog post. I want to introduce you into my world of cinematography and knowledge of music. Basically, films and music. :)  I will tell you the stories of how the films and music touched my life, what was going on at that time in my life, and how it relates to me now. If you can relate to the stories, I'd like you to comment and tell me your own stories.

My current favorite movie is the guitar, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0942891/, where the character in the movie learns she has a terminal illness and yet she finds the will to do what she has always dreamed of doing and this heals her in a lot of ways... I mean think about it, when you are facing yourself that way, you must do what you always dreamed of doing. Your dreams are so important. It is a very moving, very touching story and I have been in this mindset lately, to stop controlling my life and just let the forces that be, truly be. I see so many people frustrated in traffic, frustrated with their computers, just frustrated... somehow things will work out, I know that life is very tough, very hard on us all, but we just need to find a little bit of compassion...

My favorite song at the moment is Lana Del Rey "Video Games" Where she is singing about being a bad girl and liking the simplistic things in life. I like this idea. Not only that but her voice sounds like a sultry angel if that makes any sense. I guess it does for this number. I know she is not talking about playing video games as we know them. It's not that hard to figure out, but the beauty of the instrumentals mixed with her smokey vocals makes this my number one right at this time. I just feel it. The lyrics are really simple and yet have an undertone of complexity that are wonderful to me. That's how a woman is. A real woman.

My second film I have been contemplating on lately is Fight Club. Who has not loved this film? But everyone needs an opposition. After many years of being in love with this film, I realized it is very against women. I find it kind kind of one of its downfalls, but I still like the concepts. The naivety of Edward Norton's Character against Brad Pitt. He duped himself. I like that but Brad Pitt had faith in his weaker counterpart. Sort of. Marla Singer? She was such a strange character but she really owned her character, and that is what made the film really tolerable for me.

My second pick for music? The Joy Formidable. They would have been my first, but Lana just blew my mind. But TJF are clever and amazing. I really think they have a bright future ahead of them! The buzz is getting bigger about them and they just have a great sound. "Whirring" is my vid pic. The video blew me away, the song blew me away, her voice blew me away. I'm just blown. :) With the surreal cats all over the house they were inspecting and the bedtime story dreaminess of the guitars that escalated into a face melting bellow, it was just almost enough to make me cry tears of Joy Formidable. :)

Now you know a little about my likes and tastes, hope you enjoy all forthcoming posts!