Now watching, listening...

Watching a lot of Bergman lately. Still in the middle of this one:

Scenes from a Marriage: never been married but it's still an interesting subject to explore, for anyone that has been a long/lasting relationship. Of course, this one is a sham as many can be, as it lacks love. Some pretty heavy stuff; not for the squeamish.



Also watching: ATHF, new Beavis and Butthead, other Bergman.

M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming: this guy always has some fantastic tunes. The first single is so good. Haven't listened to the whole album yet, but I'm working on it.



Also listening: Destroyer, Girls, Cut Copy, Kurt Vile, Grouper, Gang Gang Dance.

Finally came up with an idea for this blog-thing here. Now listening, now reading, now watching, etc posts. I'll start off with a now listening because I've been going through a number of '11 releases. First off:

Kate Bush - 50 Words for Snow: A little disappointed with this one at this point but it may still grow on me. There aren't really any drop-dead gorgeous melodies, which is kind of sad. But at the same time Kate is developing as an artist, which is good for her at least. I hope she can put out more releases at a quicker pace now that she has her own record label.



David Lynch - Crazy Clown Time: Nice little album that reminds me of Residents at points. A number of quiet, dark songs with Lynch's nasally vocals on top. Pleasantly surprised with this.



Others: Listening to my own best-of album called "Val" coming out sometime on kikapu netlabel. New Tom Waits is decent. St. Vincent's new album has some really good tracks and some blah. etc

we all have small to large character flaws. it's just that your stupidity corrupts you of ever knowing that; this is why we argue; this is why we war.

at first you just want a friend. then you get a little older and you just want a girl.
but your shitty friends continually bring you down and insult any of your attempts at happiness.
in some cases, they even fuck up your chances with the girl you really want.

next, you realize women aren't as wonderful as you once thought they were, that they too are human and even if you somehow someway had some sort of relationship with one, all your problems would still be there, and perhaps even more considering how fucked up she may be too. so you end up hating women too.

so now you just want to be alone. but the world has beaten you and degraded you so much that you now also hate yourself. and you realize you just want to be dead; but that's not an option. so you laugh, because it feels better than crying. and you laugh at everything and never give them any satisfaction of a reaction besides laughter. and because you laugh people think you are an imbecile and find you boring and you're alone again. and finally, you realize you just want to be alone, because out of all the things and people you hate, you can still at least put up with yourself.

most of the time.

something

http://www.something.com/

still my favorite site after all these years.