That’s amazing. That she preserves the harmony and the spirit of the piece while playing it on guitar is so impressive (it was written for piano).
Video
Horsegirl – Switch Over
They make it feel like the 90s again. Horsegirl is like the best of Stereolab and thatdog combined.
REMMI – Minimum Wage
It’s too bad Remmi never got more popular. This is musically interesting, fun, funny and incisive.
Nothing Compares Live
I’d never seen that before. What an amazing performance. All live, no backing track, no echo on the mic, singing parts most people wouldn’t attempt even if they managed it in the studio once.
And damn, Prince could write a song. I just wish they’d used a mic better suited to her big voice. That one is crap.
Pachelbellisimo
That’s a hell of an arrangement. I like the rock-like attack in the middle, and how she varies the tempo a lot. Helps it work better on piano which is obviously more limited than the typical passel of instruments that canon usually finds itself performed on.
In a lot of it she’s playing the piano like you would a harpsichord and the piece works all the better for it.
(And yes, she’s doing all of that deliberately.)
Graceful
Wow, they tear it up! They’re all so great musically.
Grace’s (the band leader and warrior princess-haired lead guitarist) style reminds me a lot of Samantha Fish, but more formal. That’s not a bad thing at all. There’s just a little classical influence there, like Eddie Van Halen had, but in a different genre. She’s amazing. Glad I found her.
That’s a really cool old Gibson SG Grace has. Must’ve cost a pretty penny. I think those usually sell in good condition for around $20K.
Melenas – K2
Esta banda estรก buenรญsima. ยกMerecen mucho mรกs hype!
Lawrence – Do
Someone has been listening to a lot of Stevie Wonder! Super fun.
If you’re gonna steal, steal from the very best. Love this one.
Joaquina – quise quererte
Un par de canciones de Joaquina me gustan un montรณn. Este video tambiรฉn estรก bien chido.
BAD BAD BIRD – Tu vas te faire mal
Je dirais qu’elle est une sacrรฉe bonne piaf.
Ruby Gill – The Flood
Intelligent weirdos are very much my jam, so I really like this.
RENEE!
Me encanta su mรบsica. Estรก chido escucharla hablar.
Tine
I loved Constantine and might watch it again one day (I rarely re-watch anything). It’s such a beautifully-shot film. And not surprisingly, at least part of the reason it looks so gorgeous is because it was shot on those unmatched Panavision Panaflex Platinum cameras with Panavision Primo lenses.
The video hints at it, but I think the reason the movie flopped is it does not hold your hand. It kicks you into the world and lets you sink or swim. Most sink because they want their thinking done for them. And Constantine is just not that kind of film.
Cast
Great analysis of that scene. Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood is such an excellent film and that scene is perfect. One of my favorites of any film made in the last decade. I missed on first watch that it is James Dean in the mural in the background when the girls are dumpster diving.
The thing about a Tarantino film (and really most films to a somewhat lesser extent) is that nothing is accidental.
Cannoneering
I sent my friend in the UK this video because I said part of the song reminded me of her.
Mostly this part:
I comะต in like a cannonball
I’ve been that way my whole life
For romantic partners I’m far more compatible with quiet introverts but for friends I definitely lean more to the extroverted “loud girl” side. Not sure why. My UK friend said people often have trouble dealing with her because she’s always full on. And she is. But she’s so completely herself and so very funny. She’s one of the few people who has made me laugh so hard I had trouble breathing by saying something hilarious and unexpected.
She liked the song and said she’d listened to it “dozens of times so far.”