I love Baby Queen so much. Some of the things in the song people have said to me in those exact words.
I revel in being a buzzkill these days, though.
Video
Mercy
What a voice.
MUNA – I Know a Place
Great song and also another great, asymmetrical haircut. Katie’s (the lead singer’s) first outfit is cute too — works so much better than I would’ve thought if someone just described it to me. There are a few shots that you can see the back of Katie’s head and the cut is even more epic when you can witness the whole deal.
Go Dig My Grave
This was probably the best song released in 2023.
Does nothing it should, and yet everything is just right. Talent beyond talent to do something like that.
Hannaime
These days, I’m a tough customer when it comes to making me laugh. I can’t believe I missed this back in 2020, but it is hilarious:
If you don’t like zany wordplay and Geocities-ish design, you won’t like that. But I love both so it works for me.
Scenedom
Such a lovely, real film. I like how it shows without telling that Sandie is disassociating from all the being used and abused, and that the scene brackets that with the puerile, platitudinous insincerities from men who do not at all care about her as a person.
And because I’ve watched the behind-the-scenes footage, I know at 2:13 when Sandie looks down and starts to move a little awkwardly, it’s because she (rather, the actor Anya Taylor-Joy) has been told not to run into the ornate horizontal ring-light that she’s standing in the middle of. This works in the context of the film as Sandie’s mental state is deteriorating — but it’s also fun having that deeper knowledge of the constraints the actual actor is working under to make the scene.
It’s just such a good film. Love all the color — very unlike most modern films. Highly recommended.
LÁ LÁ
Wow, she’s great; she’s like the Argentinean Remi Wolf.
Descartes a Kant
I like this band’s whole weird retrofuturistic aesthetic. Their other videos are similar and also good.
Ways
Here’s what I wish had gotten popular rather than terrible tattoos — really weird haircuts:
Bizarre cuts have the advantage of impermanence, can do some quite creative things and don’t destroy the lines of the body. Anyway, she’s in this video if you want to see more of her cut and a bit of the back of her head:
I have no idea what the hell is going on in that vid but it’s hard to go wrong with a bunch of Druid/Goth chicks conducting arcane rituals in the woods. I surely cannot find a single thing to complain about there.
Vio Con Dios
This is good, though I think all of Vivaldi sounds better on acoustic violin. And I say that as someone who loves electric violins. However, those are cool damn violins and cello. They are awesome.
Count My Sins
Wow that’s really good. Has just enough death metal stuff going on to make it interesting but not enough to ruin the song with pointless oddball roaring.
Runnin’ Down a Dream
This is probably First to Eleven’s best cover and depending on my mood, my favorite Tom Petty song.
One of the few songs with a really great outro. Better than the intro IMO. (And I never realized Audra had a lot of freckles till I watched this vid.) Damn good cover.
1995
She aptly uses Windows 95 as a metaphor for the optimism toward the future we all felt back then. Great song. The Win 95 reference is particularly appropriate given that the interface and base design was in fact a huge leap forward for usability and functionality, as opposed to what we experience now — where all is regression, drastically-reduced functionality, algorithmic oppression and data-thievin’ on a massive scale.
Regarding the video itself, I’d say “Lady, Those Eyes” about covers it. As I’ve said many a time before, I like my TVs dumb and my women smart.
Cariño – Aún me acuerdo de todo
Fun song and cool vid.
Sparkly Ibanez
First I’ve ever seen this band. She’s a really great guitarist. And love her sparkly Ibanez.