January 2012
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December 2011
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WatchHere’s NPR’s coverage of Bright Eyes live at SXSW Festival 2011.
I drooled.
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Music Review: 'LIFTED, or the Story is in the...
As a 17-year-old female fan of indie rock and Woody Allen movies, I’m required by the laws of cultural stereotypes to be two things: romantic and angsty. Both of these traits, so adamantly engrained in my psyche and musical taste, led to me the works of musical phenom and poetic genius Conor Oberst under the alias Bright Eyes— songs that were catalysts for the entire indie genre back...
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Breaking Blogger News!
This year, dearest Santa Claus has deemed me worthy of tickets to SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2012. Expect a full report of my three-day adventure come January via gratuitous pictures of me dressed demurely in all black trying to look important next to Harvey Weinstein and slipping on Utah ice in my haste to get Joseph Gordan-Levitt’s autograph.
Here are some films that I simply can’t wait...
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Bon Iver Does Back-Pain Infomercial...?
Apparently Justin Vernon, king of acoustic indie, has an infomercial floating around the internet about how much back pain sucks and working out rocks. Surprisingly, I’m not posting this to rant about how this is another outrageous instance of underground artists ‘selling out’ to ‘the man’ or any such overstated hogwash; rather, I find the whole thing just kinda...
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Movie Review: 'Martha Marcy May Marlene' (2011) by...
Hey there, Delilahs. Please excuse my absence. I’ve been rapidly plotting my future via college applications, final exams, blood, sweat, tears, and caffeine, and unfortunately as a result I have let my dearest blog wither away in my absence in the dark abyss of the internet like a long-forgotten Neopet. With that aside, let’s get crackin’ in the normal swing of things; that is,...
November 2011
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Movie Review: 'Capitalism: A Love Story' (2009) by...
Disclaimer: Bear with me, I’m about to get political on your tumblr asses.
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock in a corner somewhere over the last three years, you’re aware of the economic crash that occurred in the fall of 2008 and the nationwide recession that followed. Since then, everyone has been pointing fingers at different political parties, figures of authority,...
October 2011
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Movie Review: 'Annie Hall' (1977) by Woody Allen
This is going to be one hell of an opening line, but I’ve realized lately that I have a fetish for skinny, bespectacled Jewish men with views on life that are equal parts witty and cynical. I’m a big fan of the likes of Ira Glass of NPR and actor Jason Schwartzmen. My boyfriend, Micah, fits the description ever so perfectly, from his large Jewish family of 10 to his sparkling...
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Long Live the Movie Poster →
God bless the New York Times for reawakening my obsession for minimalist movie posters. Hello, Mondo Posters:
-C.F.
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Just Incredible..
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BANDS THAT I HATE.
I love to complain.
That’s why I started a blog where I can pick at the nitty-gritty details of things, be it that lackluster cinematography in your favorite movie or the ungodly croak in the voice of your favorite singer. Due to this unbecoming yet ever-present trait and the fact that shuffling my iPod has led to more frustration than satisfaction lately, here is my list of the top ten...
September 2011
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People Review: Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook
Here is my short rant about what should be the decline of the Facebook Empire but in actuality is really just a blip in the world’s most successful social networking tool’s constant upward climb.
Zuckerberg, oh innovative Lord and savior to the socially starved and Internet-obsessed, I do believe your constant changes and additions to our Bible of Banal Babble are creating an uproar...
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Spread the word of my wordiness, y’all.
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Movie Review: 'Amélie' (2001) by Jean-Pierre...
As any slightly sentimental teenage girl, I’m in love with the French way of life. The enchantingly eloquent language, the crowded streets of Paris, the posh haircuts, and the smell of stinky cheese (though that last addition might just be a personal preference.) Beyond all the charm and allure of the world’s most aesthetically pleasing country lies an entire universe of intelligent,...
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Music Review: 'By Your Hand' (Single) by Los...
I have a perpetually burning passion roaring in my heart for Los Campesinos!, the undiscovered gem of post-rock Brit-pop meets tongue-in-cheek quirk. They’re so hipster it hurts, but there’s something behind those self-deprecating whines that’s so blatantly self-aware that you have to grant them credit for feeling exponentially more than the average modern indie band does.
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August 2011
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Arrested Development Movie? (Clicky click) →
I don’t watch much TV.
However, after endless suggestions from like-minded, culturally aware comrades, I found myself soon absorbed by Arrested Development, a cult favorite starring Jason Bateman and a pre-pubescent Michael Cera. Known for its infamously dry wit and documentary-style technique (and this was before that method was popularized by The Office, mind you,) the show, though...
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MUSIC REVIEW: 'Weathervanes' by Freelance Whales
I like Freelance Whales for the same reason I like bands like Los Campesinos!, Voluntary Butler Scheme, and Dananananaykroyd (real band, look ‘em up:) they’ve got the ‘adorable indie’ factor.
They know how to utilize banjos, bells, and a myriad of other unorthodox instruments, but without coming across as a group of kindergarteners let loose in Guitar Center.
One of...
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Music Review: Death Cab for Cutie in Concert
While Death Cab for Cutie may be a very important, very influential band in the genre of modern alternative rock, it seems as though upon the release of their new album, Codes and Keys, and their subsequent national tour, the band of mop-topped mopers seems to be losing their touch.
Don’t get me wrong. I’m a flannel-wearing, mop-topped, mopey alternative music drone, and I think...
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Movie Review: 'Another Earth' (2011)
Brit Marling is one of those young women that you just want to shake until all her talent falls out and you can steal some for yourself.
Georgetown graduate, valedictorian.
She turned down a promising career in economics (which she graduated in 2005 with a degree in) in order to high-tail it down to pretty little LA. in order to try her pretty little hand at acting/ collaborating on film...
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Music Review: 'Torches' (2011) by Foster the...
There’s a new, tiny niche opening up in the very tangled, very intricate web that is modern indie music.
It’s somewhere between Vampire Weekend and Justice, with tasteful synths and shockingly non-ironic piano riffs, with vocals that are soaring without being whiny or disingenuous and guitar that’s perfectly on the edge of fuzzy and sexy. Foster the People nestled their new...
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Movie Review: 'The Royal Tenenbaums' (2001)/ A...
The Royal Tenenbaums perfectly encapsulates the quintessential quirk that is Wes Anderson’s directorial ingenious.
A story about an estranged and highly dysfunctional family uniting under the false pretense of their father’s death, the film tastefully tip-toes around the over-done, cliché plot-line of family drama that it seems to so dangerously imitate and instead forges its own...
somethingaboutyoursmile asked: By calling yourself a hipster, you automatically made it impossible to be a hipster. The first rule to hipsterism is denying that you are, in fact, one(:
But then you have to question what you mean by hipster, the connotations versus denotation, the style versus the attitude,- and here I am ranting at 6AM (Nighttime to my mind, and it's incredibly surreal to see the sunrise at night by...
But then you have to question what you mean by hipster, the connotations versus denotation, the style versus the attitude,- and here I am ranting at 6AM (Nighttime to my mind, and it's incredibly surreal to see the sunrise at night by...
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People Review: Lady Gaga on Amy Winehouse
For those of you who haven’t had access to the internet for the past few weeks, Amy Winehouse died recently.
I had an ‘oh, that’s sad’ kind of moment when I heard the news, quickly followed by an ‘oh wait, I barely knew even just one of her songs and made fun of her drug use and hairstyle choice just everybody else’ moment.
One could easily draw a parallel...
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“I hate that people rely more on showing off their boobs than their brain-power...”
– friday night thoughts.
SCREENPLAY FOR KILL BILL 3?? (click meh) →
I’m in shock.
Partially because this is fantastic news for Tarentino fans, and partially because, according to the article, dear Quentin seems to ‘tweet’ like a 13-year-old girl.
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Music Review: 'Simple Math' (2011) by Manchester...
Manchester Orchestra, being the moderately underground modern alternative band that they are, have a certain following.
Their first album, I’m Like a Virgin Losing a Child (2006,) resulted in swarms of teary-eyed, ‘misunderstood’ youths that croon along to heart-wrenching lyrics like “Well, don’t stop calling/ You’re the reason I love losing sleep.”...
Movie Review: 'Grindhouse" (2007)
I’ll admit it; I’m a huge Tarentino fan-girl.
I’ve seen (and worshiped) everything from Pulp Fiction to the Kill Bill volumes to Four Rooms and back again.
My unabashed respect of and salivation at the thought of his sheer awesomeness led me to set aside a night dedicated to Grindhouse, the infamously gory, over-the-top cinematic duet he so thrillingly composed with long-time collaborator...