For Stars Will Rise Again

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.

— Anatole France


There is a stark contrast between my mood tonight and my mood from last Sunday.

It may sound a little off to you, but i find a sort of distorted comfort in melancholy. I'm not sure whether it's because it brings back bitter-sweet nostalgia for my angsty youth, or whether it's because it helps remind me that I'm alive. I see things differently when in this state and I don't think I would have appreciated For Stars Will Rise Again quite as much if my world wasn't a little dark right now.

For Stars Will Rise Again is a gorgeous site of pictures and quotes that have helped to lift my heavy mood.

These songs generally help me too:


MP3: Green Grass of Tunnel - Múm
MP3: Postcards From Italy - Beirut
MP3: Leaf House - Animal Collective
MP3: Like Castanets - Bishop Allen
MP3: Walkabout - Atlas Sound
MP3: Nothing Ever Happened - Deerhunter

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You! Me! Dancing!

Beer, sleep, dancing, dressing up; IT'S THE WEEKEND MOFO'S!!!

Is it just me or has this working week gone disturbingly fast?

Here's a list of weekendalicious songs for you to put on your dancing shoes to.

See you tonight, highly attractive people.


MP3: Glamorous- Fergie
MP3: We Share Our Mothers Health - The Knife
MP3: Ramalama - Roisin Murphy
MP3: No Sex For Ben - The Rapture
MP3: You! Me! Dancing! - Los Campesinos

All is Love

I thought I would be upfront with you all; most, if not all of this post has been pilfered from other blogs. Not the text, that is all my own genius, but everything else. Not that my posts are any other way usually, come to think of it.

Where the Wild Things Are - I am so excited for this film. I get a little emotional every time I see the trailer (pathetic). Which I am sure you have all seen by now, but just in case you haven't ~



Maurice Sendak's original book has been adapted for the screen by Spike Jonze and co-written by Dave Eggers (!). To add to the indie hipster wet dream that this film is, Karen O has done the soundtrack with a bevy of musical babes. Karen O and the Kids includes, YYYs Nick Zinner and Brian Chase, Dead Weather/Raconteurs members Dean Fertita and Jack Lawrence, Liars' Aaron Hemphill, the Bird and the Bee's Greg Kurstin, Services' Tristan Bechet, and Gris Gris's Oscar Michel, as well as a children's choir.

Unfortunately I don't have a downloadable version of the first single, "All is Love" but you can listen to it here. Tell me what you think!


Also read this which I found here.

Dreaming is free

Have I ever told you guys how much I love Blondie? No? Well, let me amend that now. I love, love, love Blondie and more specifically Debbie Harry. LOVE. She is everything I am not, but secretly want to be.




The only times I have ever considered going blond are when I look at photos of Debbie Harry. Amazing, considering her hair often looked shocking in the 80s, but that is her awesome power.


I hadn’t listened to any Blondie for a while, but my love was rekindled, strangely enough, by these images from a magazine editorial inspired by Debbie Harry. Enjoy, along with a few of my favourite Blondie songs.

Thigh high boots are becoming more and more desirable to me. Uh oh.

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MP3:Blondie - Dreaming
MP3: Blondie - One Way or Another
MP3:Blondie - Hanging On the Telephone
MP3:Blondie - Sunday Girl

These Are My Twisted Words

Image by Todd via You Could a Drawed Pictures

'These are my twisted words.
When I feel you still walking,
I know I should not look down,
But I’m so sick of just talking.

I just can’t handle it.'

MP3: These Are My Twisted Words - Radiohead

Sunday, Lovely Sunday

Ah, Sunday. Not usually my favourite day of the week, but today was really just lovely. I feel refreshed, organised and ready to start a new delightful week.

Here are some of the highlights of my day and a playlist of merry songs to accompany my cheery mood;















MP3: Sunday, Lovely Sunday - Edson

MP3: AC in Hcmc - Most Valuable Players

MP3: Lloyd, I'm Ready to be Heartbroken - Camera Obscura

MP3: Deli - Delorean




Today's lowlight; I went for a run, my legs failed and I unceremoniously fell to the ground taking off a great deal of hand skin. Boo. Check out my midget legs in this picture though, amazing right?




And finally, even though I've had a most spectacular day, this lovely Sunday I am still most grateful for my adorable friends.

Have a good week dearest readers.

xoxo

69 Love Drawings

Thanks to some hardcore face-stalking (thanks Tara), I fell head over heels in love with How Fucking Romantic, an AMAZING blog that illustrates the wonderful Magnetic Fields album, 69 Love Songs. IT'S JUST SO GREAT! My favourite song illustration is 'Absolutely Cuckoo'.

Happy Saturday lovely people.