kissing in the blue dark

mural on paramount studios building, hollywood, los angeles - summer 2007

rock me - sister rosetta tharpe

jesus doesn't want me for a sunbeam (demo) - nirvana

about her - malcolm mcclaren

a change is gonna come - sam cooke

video games - lana del ray

don't cry - guns n' roses

windmills of your mind - dusty springfield

what goes around.../...comes around - justin timberlake

perfidia - glenn miller

quizas, quizas, quizas - nat king cole

i put a spell on you - nina simone

in the wee small hours of the morning - frank sinatra

moon and moon - bat for lashes

i'll be your mirror - velvet underground

say it ain't so -weezer

something better - marianne faithful

bleecker street - simon & garfunkel

horchata - vampire weekend

those were the days of roses (martha) - lee hazelwood

current playlist, autumn 2012

jellyfish blue

happy magic water cube, beijing water cube water park formerly known as beijing national aquatics centre built for the 2008 beijing olympics

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2012/apr/06/big-picture-happy-magic-water-park#

interior of carnaby street monki store, london - the magical sea of scallops

http://www.monki.com/About#jFilterForm=Country%3D%26pageSizeControl%3D12%26City%3D%26pageControl%3D1

outfit inspired by the happy magic water cube:

Carmen cardigan - Monki

Skinny jeans - Uniqlo

Grey Mountain Lake booties - Clarks

new chapter

new house
new chapter

true. blood.

So another series of True Blood ends on Channel 4 and I fret will they show the next? Or will it go to Sky or some other subscription based channel... I hear that BBC4 have lost the rights to Mad Men and that will be moving to Sky next season, and I'm very upset about this!

At the end of season 1 I wasn't sure about the ending of the final episode, that introduced the new directions that season 2 would follow, but I was proved wrong as season 2 was great. The lives of everyone in Bon Temps became even more tangled together and as the plot slowly developed and the pace increased the mysticism of the Deep South became darker and stranger until its climax in the season 2 finale which was quite wonderfully bizarre. One of the main themes of True Blood that I've really enjoyed is its development from a programme about vampires to one that includes a wider group of other super-natural beings: psychics, shapeshifters, even a maenad. And I look forward to see how it's going to develop in season 3, particuarly the role of this character:

Who I'm not convinced by yet, but I do really like the opulent styling of her and her environment...

bass, baker and bogart

My favourite parts of Chico and Rita

The car chase scene that was like an Edward Hopper painting on crack

The dream sequence featuring Josephine Baker and Humphrey Bogart, reminiscent of 1950s illustrations and the movie title sequences of Saul Bass.

The scenes where the talking stopped, the action slowed down and the viewer could just sit and revel in the amazing music...

dancing skellingtons and piano playing cats

Ignoring all the controversy surrounding this lady, the styling and production of this was great. I love it when a show as mainstream as the X Factor does something slightly off the wall. Although it doesn't top Lady Gaga dressed as a cat playing the piano whilst on the toilet from last year... Genius.

desert island discs

I'm really enjoying the BBC4 season on the 'Great American Songbook' at the moment. Leslie Caron's costumes, Gershwin's sondtrack and the ridiculous dance scene through the works of famous painters at the end of An American in Paris have so far been a highlight. Last night there were two great documentaries on, one on Ella Fitzgerald and the other Nina Simone - two of my favourite singers. If I was stuck on a desert island their records would be at the top of my list to take. Ella and Louis is possibly my favourite album ever. Every song is perfect, the choice of songs is seamless and the cover is classic. I bought it on vinyl from a little second-hand record shop about eleven years ago I think? And have since had to buy it on CD for fear of wearing it out...