The Sound #1

That's how we like
We like what we like
That's what we like
We love which is you
We got an eye
An eye for what's romance
We've got our eyes
Our eyes straight on you
You watch us dance
We dance till we're dying
We dance to free ourselves from the room
We love the sound
The sound is what found us
The sound is the blood between me and you

Photo of Carrie Brownstein/Wild Flag performing at Rock Shop, Brooklyn by Jessica Amaya

Lyrics from "Romance" by Wild Flag

Great Journals of the 21st Century

I still love journals. Mine gets neglected terribly and these days it's all words and no pictures. But it's still handled with love.

Through an illustrator friend I stumbled on the work of Portuguese illustrator/designer/DIY chick Rita Gomes. I'm not sure if this is exactly a journal, given it's solely dedicated to Sleater Kinney but, I'm gonna say it is and put it in as my current entrant in Great Journals of the 21st Century. More to come.

all the above images by wastedrita

Teenage Kicks, right?

Songs that should be films #3

More imagined films from sublime songs with lyrics, energy, intimacy, fucked-upness, atmosphere or all of the above, worthy of 90 minutes of our time in the dark.

"Lua" - Bright Eyes
"When I'm Gone, Will You" - Last Days of April
"Black Sheep Boy" - Okkervil River
"Modern Girl" - Sleater Kinney
"Moss Mountain Town" - The Album Leaf
"The Man Who Played God" Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse & Nina Persson
"Darkside" - Kev Carmody
"The Coast is Always Changing" - Maxïmo Park
"For The Damaged" - Blonde Redhead
"Við Erum Með Landakort Af Píanóinu" - Múm
"Plausible Deniability" - The Hal Al Shedad

Mix Tape '99

I saw that MYC are reforming to do a gig at the Arts House in Melbourne this week... reminded me of the old zine mix tapes. Here is another one...