probably the 4-5 of us are pretty similar, this is why we are friends. therefore, the items, theories, places, people etc. listed presently probably already have your support. if they do not, or if--bafflingly--someone else is reading this blog, and you (whoever you are) are on this fine day looking for something new on which you might place your theoretical seal of approval, i offer the following as suggestions:
1) alison krauss and gillian welch. they sound like honey. they make you yearn for the southern life you never knew. they trick you into thinking you have every reason to yearn for this life. you change your middle name to lou or may (copycats) and sip whiskey on the front porch, wondering if it's time to start picking up that old banjo again.
2) the science of sleep. i stayed up really late last night watching clips on youtube, and consequently have been exhausted all day. but its worth it. especially the horse bit, which isn't even on youtube it's so great. watch it with someone you think you're falling in love with. or alone. or high.
3) diego luna and gael garcia bernal. kind of like alison krauss and gillian welch except not at all, minus the fact that they are also two people. bernal gets double exposure in this list as he is also in the science of sleep. so you could kill two(ish) birds with one stone and just watch that movie. and then watch another movie with both of them in it. except not with someone you think you're falling in love with because you might not love them as much after seeing these guys. that said, be careful with the science of sleep too. make sure you're really in love with whoever you're watching it with, or be okay with falling out of love with them in case you fall in love with someone in the movie instead.
4) huck finn-like childhoods. dirt, whittling, bullfrogs, rafts. i think i grew up more comfortable with these things than with social situations involving other young humans. so maybe my support is biased. oh well.
5) "on my way"- ben kweller. heard for the first time in cassie's car on one of those awful-wonderful nights last summer when everything felt shitty and therefore hopeful. whichever you're feeling, it's a good song.
6) farmers markets. does this really need to be on a list like this? really. really.
7) daniel johnston. underdog of my heart. he is sad and crackly and old and young. as his website says, hundreds of songs, dozens of fans. i like the song mind movies.
8) giving spontaneously. not stuff like cars or uncomfortable gifts like exercise balls or haircuts. but i think gifts become obligatory when they should really just be because you care about someone and they are in your mind.
9) orchards. no matter when you go they're this demanding shoutout to the validity of growth. i know its elementary but it baffles me every time that trees and bushes and vines make fruit and continue to do so year after year- the weather turns warm and the fruit just grows. and they're so quiet about it. the plants just sit there, making fruit. i think i could stand in an orchard forever maybe.
10) robert hass. his poems remind me of a line from an ani difranco song: one minute there was road beneath us, and the next just sky. you don't really notice the moment the lines pick you up like an undertow until the end when you realize you're swept up in them. you've gotten somewhere- you don't know where or how, but you don't really want to turn back. check out privilege of being and meditation at lagunitas.
11) annie's bunny grahams. esp. cinnamon. but also they come in chocolate and cheddar and wheat and i think saltine, which is strange but whatever.
12) la strada. arguably the most accessible fellini film- your circus pipe dreams may die a little, and the ratio of giulietta masina's words to facial expressions might make you reconsider your stance on mimes, but anthony quinn's sexiness will not diminish.
13) looking inside other people's windows at night. nosiness is nothing to be ashamed of. other people are fascinating. why not glance at their lives?
14) rope yoga. discovery of the week. the first yoga class i didn't spend the whole time half-assing everything and wondering what kind of coffee drink i'd get afterwards.
15) baths. might go take one right now. wait no it's too late- but still. it's actually pretty nice to sit in hot water of your own filth, as one boy once said. but really, it is.
2) the science of sleep. i stayed up really late last night watching clips on youtube, and consequently have been exhausted all day. but its worth it. especially the horse bit, which isn't even on youtube it's so great. watch it with someone you think you're falling in love with. or alone. or high.
3) diego luna and gael garcia bernal. kind of like alison krauss and gillian welch except not at all, minus the fact that they are also two people. bernal gets double exposure in this list as he is also in the science of sleep. so you could kill two(ish) birds with one stone and just watch that movie. and then watch another movie with both of them in it. except not with someone you think you're falling in love with because you might not love them as much after seeing these guys. that said, be careful with the science of sleep too. make sure you're really in love with whoever you're watching it with, or be okay with falling out of love with them in case you fall in love with someone in the movie instead.
4) huck finn-like childhoods. dirt, whittling, bullfrogs, rafts. i think i grew up more comfortable with these things than with social situations involving other young humans. so maybe my support is biased. oh well.
5) "on my way"- ben kweller. heard for the first time in cassie's car on one of those awful-wonderful nights last summer when everything felt shitty and therefore hopeful. whichever you're feeling, it's a good song.
6) farmers markets. does this really need to be on a list like this? really. really.
7) daniel johnston. underdog of my heart. he is sad and crackly and old and young. as his website says, hundreds of songs, dozens of fans. i like the song mind movies.
8) giving spontaneously. not stuff like cars or uncomfortable gifts like exercise balls or haircuts. but i think gifts become obligatory when they should really just be because you care about someone and they are in your mind.
9) orchards. no matter when you go they're this demanding shoutout to the validity of growth. i know its elementary but it baffles me every time that trees and bushes and vines make fruit and continue to do so year after year- the weather turns warm and the fruit just grows. and they're so quiet about it. the plants just sit there, making fruit. i think i could stand in an orchard forever maybe.
10) robert hass. his poems remind me of a line from an ani difranco song: one minute there was road beneath us, and the next just sky. you don't really notice the moment the lines pick you up like an undertow until the end when you realize you're swept up in them. you've gotten somewhere- you don't know where or how, but you don't really want to turn back. check out privilege of being and meditation at lagunitas.
11) annie's bunny grahams. esp. cinnamon. but also they come in chocolate and cheddar and wheat and i think saltine, which is strange but whatever.
12) la strada. arguably the most accessible fellini film- your circus pipe dreams may die a little, and the ratio of giulietta masina's words to facial expressions might make you reconsider your stance on mimes, but anthony quinn's sexiness will not diminish.
13) looking inside other people's windows at night. nosiness is nothing to be ashamed of. other people are fascinating. why not glance at their lives?
14) rope yoga. discovery of the week. the first yoga class i didn't spend the whole time half-assing everything and wondering what kind of coffee drink i'd get afterwards.
15) baths. might go take one right now. wait no it's too late- but still. it's actually pretty nice to sit in hot water of your own filth, as one boy once said. but really, it is.
what a wonderful drive. this is a delight, not useless-- i will surely be looking into a few of these. also, 8 is wonderful and true and you do that
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