It’s been a long time since I made a proper playlist—one that wasn’t just a random collection of songs to accompany a morning run or a commute to the grocery store. A proper playlist takes effort, and it plays out like a conversation unfolding across different decades between friends. This one is for fall, again….
A decade is not a clean break. It bleeds and carries forward the unresolved. When I turned 30, I thought I had a grip on who I was. When I turned 40, I realized I had only been guessing, for the most part. In between, there were songs, many, many songs. Some were anthems I…
A new playlist was pieced together during this season of isolation and change. I went on a two-hour walk the other night, and not a soul was to be found. If one were to close one’s eyes, one might hear the sound a seed makes when breaking through the topsoil—vibrating silence. 1. Ella Megalast Burls…
Kicking his mother until she let go his soulHas given him a healthy appetite: clearly, her roleIn the New Order must beTo supply and deliver his raw materials free;Should there be any shortage,She will be held responsible; she also promisesTo show him all such attentions as befit his age.Having dictated peace, With one fist clenched…
10 Shortlisted Albums In no particular order. Vampire Weekend // Modern Vampires of the City Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx // We’re New Here Goldfrapp // Tales of Us Real Estate // Days Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti // Before Today Sleigh Bells // Treats Grouper // A I A: Alien Observer Jessie Ware // Devotion…
9 SHORTLISTED FILMS(In No Particular Order) The Big Short(Adam McKay, USA – 2015) Roma(Alfonso Cuaron, Mexico – 2018) Certified Copy(Abbas Kiarostami, France/Belgium – 2010) The Skin I Live In(Pedro Almodóvar, Spain – 2011) The Town(Ben Affleck, USA – 2010) Locke(Steven Knight, UK – 2013) Blade Runner 2049(Denis Villeneuve, USA – 2018) Parasite(Bong Joon Ho, South…
Top 100 songs from the last decade. 10 years in the making.
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Three pieces of writing I read in the last week that stood out in one way or another. Two poems and one letter. WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZARTRome, April 14, 1770 (A letter from 14-year-old Mozart.) I AM thankful to say that my stupid pen and I are all right, so we send a thousand kisses to…
I love this time of year—when Cannes is in full swing, and a slate of new films are competing for the coveted Palme d’Or! There are many promising films this year to keep your eye out for (just to name a few):
120 Beats per Minute (France) dir. Robin Campillo
The Beguiled (USA) dir. Sofia Coppola
Happy End (France, Germany, Austria) dir. Michael Haneke
Redoubtable (France) dir. Michel Hazanavicius
L’amant double (France) dir. Francois Ozon
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (UK, Ireland) dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
We can’t take our eyes of this Post-Impressionist/Pointillism piece by French painter, Paul Signac.