Holiday Mixes.... from 2012

Since I apparently never got around to posting them last year:

I made these mixes up about Thanksgiving, so I’m sure I’m about to find a whole bunch of wonderful things at the end of the year or rediscover ones that got lost in the shuffle (Meg Myers? Fiona’s Hot Knife? Sky Ferreira’s Everything is Embarrassing? WHO KNOWS.) Anyways - they’ll have to go on next years’.

Disc 1

1. Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra – Do It with a Rockstar. Aaaaahhhhh. Love. The whole album, Theatre is Evil, is wonderfully 80s/early 90s influenced and has a number of really great tracks. (I actually don’t love the video they came up with for that one, so try out The Killing Type or Want It Back (NSFW). Or listen to Melody Dean or Massachusetts Avenue.)
2. Garbage – Control. My favorite track off the new album. Which Rolling Stone listed in their top 50 albums of the year thusly; “We had no idea how much we'd missed Shirley Manson and her digital-grunge mates until they suddenly zoomed back into our lives. The first Garbage album since 2005 has everything that made us fall in love with them years ago: Manson vamps, sneers and tosses out sexily standoffish lyrics and big, gut-punch choruses, while the band works itself up to a frenzy of shimmering electronics and sleek, metronomic beats. But it wouldn't be a Garbage album without drummer-producer Butch Vig running all of it through waves of majestic distortion.” (And here is I Hate Love live. Shirley is 46. 46.)
3. Lana Del Rey – Off to the Races. I know I put Video Games on for last year, but I’ve actually listened to this one more. I love the way the rhythm is so off-kilter and I think this track is the epitome of her whole 60s-Lolita-gangster-Nancy-Sinatra shtick. (Also, Christopher Glazek’s piece on her in artforum, focusing on the National Anthem and Ride videos, is a great read.)  
4. Gotye – Easy Way Out.
5. Kaiser Chiefs – Kinda Girl You Are. They played this one when I saw them back in the spring and it stayed stuck in my head for days.
6. Emeli Sande - Next To Me. I’m still a little sad she didn’t sing this one at the Olympics.
7. The Raveonettes – She Owns the Streets.
8. Elbow – Grounds for Divorce (thanks, Chris!).
9. Muse – Madness. Ah. Muse does their own version of dubstep. Kinda. Sorta. Really, though, it reminds me mostly of Resistance or Bliss. Because big, sweepy love songs is what they do best.
10. Ladyhawke – Black White & Blue. The drums, guitar, and bass are all her on this one.
11. 2:54 – Scarlet.
12. Band of Skulls – Sweet Sour.
13. The Presets – Ghosts. Probably my new favorite band discovery. Thanks to my hairdresser.
14. Florence + the Machine – No Light, No Light. Okay, anyone who likes her probably already HAS this one, but… I really, really love it and none of the other tracks was going to cut it. Plus I love the choirboys in the vid.
15. Dum Dum Girls –There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (Smiths cover). I was working on my “Valerie” mix earlier this year, which is all cover songs, and I discovered a few new (to me) ones that I quite like. There are a couple more coming up on the next disc.
16. Bloc Party – Ion Square.
17. Norah Jones – Miriam. The best murder ballad since… Heavy In Your Arms? The Rake’s Song?
18. Bat for Lashes – Laura.
19. Garbage – You Look So Fine [Fun Lovin’ Criminals Remix].

Disc 2

1. Deadmau5 – Aural Psynapse. I have no idea if this is an older song (because I don’t follow him), but it popped up as a part of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo viral blog last winter and promptly got stuck in my head.
2. The Raveonettes – Beat City.
3. Tune-yards – My Country. Pretty sure I put Gangsta on last year’s mix, but this one is great, too, and the video stars kids from a couple SF charities. (They are so cute!)
4. Die Antwoord – I Fink U Freeky. Yeah, yeah - I know. I know. And yet…. I really like the Roger Ballen music video.
5. Jay-Z, Kanye West & Frank Ocean – No Church in the Wild. Again, I figure probably everyone already has this one. Yes? No?
6. Watsky – Show Goes On (Lupe Fiasco Mini-Mix). So Watsky is a rapper/poet from San Francisco. He’s probably best known for another short video he did called ‘pale kid raps fast’. His “Man of Constant Sorrow” is worth checking out.
7. Azealia Banks – 212. It’s from last year, but… I keep listening to it.
8. Icona Pop – I Love It. Easily my song of the summer. Coincidentally, written by Charli xcx, who is coming up.
9. The Magnetic Fields – Andrew in Drag. As Neil Gaiman said, “This is my favourite thing. I came really close to typing that in capital letters and adding a SQUEE at the end. Best song. Best video. Best everything. Just watch it. Unless you are scared of nipples. DO NOT WATCH THIS IF YOU ARE SCARED OF NIPPLES. (This is because there are nipples in it.)”
10. Divine Fits – Would That Not Be Nice.
11. Charli xcx – You’re the One. I’ve heard her sound called darkwave, indietronica, and goth pop. Whatever. This is a fab song.
12. Marina & the Diamonds – The State of Dreaming.
13. Austra – Lose It. Another one from last year. I really loved this part of a review; “Katie belts out “Ohs” in higher and higher octaves until several dogs start crying.”
14. The Aislers Set – Mission Bells. This is an older one that popped up on a “best songs about SF mix.”
15. Belle & Sebastian – Piazza, New York Catcher. Ditto.
16. Ryan Adams – Wonderwall (Oasis cover). The others from the “Valerie” mix.
17. Carrie Manolakos – Creep (Radiohead cover).
18. Amanda Palmer – In My Mind (ft. Brian Viglione).

The Outside Lands Disc

Of a fantastic concert-going year, Outside Lands was the highlight for me. It was wonderfabulous. So I thought I’d put together a disc of songs performed at the fest. Enjoy!

1. Ennio Morricone – The Ecstasy of Gold. This scene, from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, was the intro to Metallica’s set, which made me really happy.
2. Jack White – Freedom at 21. I love this song soooooooooooooo much. (I also love that Hype Williams did a Jack White video. Sixteen Saltines is also excellent.)
3. Beck – Black Tambourine.
4. Two Gallants – My Love Won’t Wait. (Las Cruces Jail and Nothing to You are also worth checking out)
5. Metallica – Fuel.
6. The Kills – Baby Says.
7. Franz Ferdinand – Dark of the Matinee. I thought I’d put on something a little less well known than Take Me Out or No You Girls.
8. Fitz and the Tantrums – L.O.V.
9. fun. – Carry On. I was waiting for Franz Ferdinand to come on and caught their set. Surprisingly good live. Although the tweens around me did not know the words to You Can’t Always Get What You Want, which is just wrong. (Figuring everyone has We Are Young and Some Nights?)
10. Foo Fighters – Walk. I adore this song. Really – I adore this whole album. It was produced by Butch Vig, they recorded in Dave Grohl’s garage, it is SO. GOOD. Anyways, it didn’t work to put this song last, but I really think it is one of the best rock songs ever and you should turn it up really, really loud and scream along. (Here is a live version)
11. White Denim – Street Joy. White Denim was one of the best sets I saw. Maybe it was because it was the first set I saw and I was amped up, or maybe they are just fantastic live. If they play near you, you should go and find out.
12. Animal Kingdom – Tin Man. This one was funny – I know this band from their song Mephistopheles, which seems to be an outlier in their catalogue. But it turns out they do have a few other songs I enjoy – just all a bit mellower.
13. Dispatch – The General. I love Dispatch so much. I shouldn’t. They are too hippy-crunchy-granola-jam-band. But they are just so great. (Other great songs to check out: Mission, Two Coins… Really, you should probably just go listen to all of their album Bang Bang.)
14. Alabama Shakes – Heartbreaker.
15. Regina Spektor – On The Radio.
16. Geographer – Kites.
17. Explosions in the Sky – The Birth and Death of the Day. I have not seen Friday Night Lights Yet, but apparently these guys scored the series?
18. Dirty Dozen Brass Band – When the Saints Go Marching In. Yay! New Orleans Brass Band! Goodnight everybody!

My most important movies from...

I loved this concept from The Cold Open Podcast: What was your favorite movie from each 5th year of your life. I'm a little unclear on the concept - does it have to be something that was released in that year? Or can your favorite movie at age 5 be the Wizard of Oz? For this, I'm going to go with favorite, most memorable or otherwise influential film for me that came out in that particular year.

Age 5 (1988): Who Framed Roger Rabbit came out that year, but I'm pretty sure I didn't see that until later. However, The Land Before Time also came out that year and it was one of my three favorite films growing up. (The other two were Robin Hood, which just had its 40th anniversary - ooh-de-lally, and the Secret of NIMH.)

Tree Stars for Life, y'all.

Age 10 (1993): Okay - Jurassic Park was a big one for me. My parents made me read the book before I could see it in theaters, which is hilarious because they are the first to admit that books are always scarier. But I did, I loved every moment of seeing it on the big screen, and I went on to devour the rest of Michael Crichton's oeuvre.

This might be my favorite piece of fan art ever.

However, I think it has to be Nightmare Before Christmas. I loved that movie so much. I still do. (One of the best gifts I ever received was a box with Lock, Shock and Barrel in it and no other explanation. I still have them.)

And now I have Danny Elfman's score stuck in my head...

Age 15 (1997): Okay. I may have seen Titanic more than once. I blame the tin whistle in the soundtrack.

It had NOTHING to do with baby face here.

This was about a year before I started to get really, really into movies. But L.A. Confidential came out that year and I loved that. I remember going on a school trip to the movies to see it and being absolutely blown away.

Hiya, handsome.

But I would have to say that my favorite movie for that year was The Fifth Element. My father taught me to love crazy Gary Oldman early (I saw the Professional at about 10 or 11). I loved that Ian Holm was in it. And I still giggle everytime I think of Multipass.

LEELOO DALLAS MUL-TI-PASS

Age 20 (2003): Oooh, fun year. And by this point I was really into film. I'm going to cheat and say Angels in America. It was an HBO film, but that is my favorite play, and I think Mike Nichol's adaptation is wonderful. It makes me feel better about people.

"This is my favorite place in New York City"

(Also great that year? Return of the King, the Triplets of Belleville, 28 Days Later, Finding Nemo, the Magdalene Sisters, Whale Rider, Young Adam, Monster, and Japanese Story. And for fun: the first Pirates of the Caribbean and X2.)

Age 25 (2008): Other recommendations from that year: Slumdog Millionaire, Milk, Frost/Nixon, Let the Right One In, Waltz with Bashir, Snow Angels, and Cloverfield. Let the Right One In - SO GOOD.

Third runner up: In Bruges. I adore Martin McDonagh. I think he is the most brilliant playwright around. His first film is hilarious, dark and whip-smart.

Hee.

Really, really close runner-up: The Escapist. A GREAT performance by Brian Cox. And I love the rest of the cast. It's a taught thriller, nearly entirely shot in Kilmainham gaol. 

Yeah, I'd watch this group read the phone book. Escaping from prison is just a bonus.

In the end, I think I have to go with The Fall here. I love beautiful films, and this film is just so lush, and so gorgeous, and so expansive, it is one of my all-time favorites. I just adore it.

Shot in 28 countries. 28.

Age 30! This year! Hmm, I'm quite behind on a few things I've been meaning to see (Upstream Color, Mud, Short Term 12, the Hunt, Something in the Air, Blancanieves, Fill the Void, Lore, In a World, A Hijacking, Fruitvale Station, Byzantium, Europa Report, Ain't Them Bodies Saints - which I swear to god did not get an SF release, I'm seeing 12 Years a Slave this Week... (OH MY GOD I AM SO BEHIND AND I'M NOT EVER GOING TO CATCH UP BEFORE THE OSCARS) Not to mention there are bunch that have yet to release that I am excited for - Inside Llewyn Davis, American Hustle, Wolf of Wall Street...

This one is probably the hardest, as we are in its midst. It's easy to say Land Before Time stuck with me, because I can still recite chunks of that film two and a half decades later. 

So. I have seen some entertaining and wonderful things so far. These are all delightful and worth your time: the Kings of Summer, Much Ado About Nothing, Prince Avalanche, the Last Step, the East, Side Effects, This is the End, the World's End, Iron Man 3 (it's no Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, but it was the best of the tent-poles this year), and Rush. Gravity gets a special mention for being very wonderful, beautifully shot, and I'd be happy if it won a lot of awards this year.

I think so far the ones that have lodged in my brain are these: Spring Breakers, Leviathan, the Act of Killing, and Stoker. Schizophrenic, to say the least. We'll see where I land come January.

Hmmm...

A trashy, biting social commentary on the American Dream...

...an experimental documentary on a fishing boat...

...a surreal and terrifying exploration of human atrocities...

...and a psycho-sexual coming-of-age film. It's been a weird year.

Violence and Anti-heroes on TV

My brother wrote a post on violent tv. [Go read it. I'll wait.]

I disagree. And I disagreed to the length that it wouldn't fit in the comment box.

Tori

Found on Tumblr...

Lord, 100 top songs! Love love love.

Ah, Jesus. I'm not sure I could pick just 5. Hmmm..... Spark, Sugar, Bliss, Playboy Mommy, She's Your Cocaine. But, but! Concertina! Space Dog (live)! Girl! Bouncing Off Clouds! Cloud on my Tongue! Rattlesnakes! Raspberry Swirl! Hey Jupiter! Suede! Precious Things! Little Earthquakes! Mr. Zebra! Caught a Light Sneeze! TOO HARD.

Can I pick one per album instead?
American Doll Posse - Teenage Hustling
The Bee Sides - Siren
Beekeeper - Martha's Foolish Ginger
Boys for Pele - Talula



Choirgirl - Spark



Little Earthquakes - Tear in Your Hand
The Live Bootlegs - Total Eclipse of the Heart
Scarlet's Walk - Amber Waves
Strange Little Girls - Strange Little Girl



Tales of a Librarian - Snow Cherries from France
To Venus - Bliss



And Back - Sugar
Under the Pink - Cornflake Girl (I actually listen to the alternate audio version on Librarian and the live version on To Venus and Back more....) So maybe Past the Mission instead?

Bonus Welcome to Sunny Florida footage of Father Lucifer:



I was actually at the BofA pavilion for that bootleg performance. It was her last night of being 41. Happy 50th, lady.

Emmy thoughts

Belatedly (it has been a very, very long week), here are my Emmy reactions:

The Good
HALF THE DIRECTING NODS ARE WOMEN (Michelle MacLaren!)
AHS got the most nominations for the second year in a row (Jessica Lange! Again! Some more!)
Breaking Bad! Bryan Cranston! Aaron Paul! Jonathan Banks!
House of Cards! Kevin Spacey! Robin Wright! David Fincher!
Mandy Patinkin and Rupert Friend were bright spots in an otherwise middling season of Homeland! (Aside from David Estes dying.)
Nathan Lane, Carrie Preston, and Michael J. Fox on The Good Wife! (I would've preferred Dylan Baker over Fox, but whatevs.)
Diana Rigg on GOT! (Overall, I thought the season started a little weak, and probably Lena Headey or someone else should've been up over Emilia. But whatever. It ended strong.)
Rural Juror for best song!
Anna Chlumsky, Mayim Bialik, Merrit Weaver and Tony Hale are all up.
Jane Campion's Top of the Lake!
Mad Men was shut out for writing. Mwahahaha....

The Bad
No Julianna Margulies (I'm kinda okay with that because from all accounts, Laura Dern was really deserving)
However, Emilia Clarke and Morena Baccarin? Really? Look, I want dragons, too...
No Justified. No Timothy Olyphant.
No Parks and Rec.
From what I've heard, no Monica Potter for Parenthood.
No Tatiana Maslany.
No Ben Whishaw for The Hour.
New Girl shutout (what?? Even Once Upon a Time got makeup and costuming nods.)
What does Alec Baldwin have on the academy? Thank god this is the last time he can be up.
No Corey Stoll. Boooooo.
I didn't care for Vera Farmiga's take on Norma in Bates Motel. But I like her. So...
Ugh. Downton. Enough already.
Enough with Modern Family already. Jesus. Have you people seen any other shows? Hint: they're better.
No Jennifer Carpenter for Dexter. She was SO GOOD last year.

The Ugly
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Best party scenes in movies

So I finally got around to seeing Gatsby, which I thought was surprisingly good. Leo was really perfect in it. Unfortunately, Tobey Maguire tends to set my teeth on edge, so his being the lead worked less well for me. Also, the audio dubbing was TERRIBLE. But the party scenes were awesome. And, let's be honest, Baz Luhrmann knows how to shoot a party:

So I thought I'd come up a few other movie party scenes of note:

General - Fellowship of the Ring, Boogie Nights, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (I can't find the clip I want, but here's another party), Dirty Dancing, Empire Records, Spring Breakers (probably NSFW), Velvet Goldmine. The best go to: Almost Famous and Rocky Horror.

School Parties - Clueless (best clip I could find), Sixteen Candles, Can't Hardly Wait, 10 Things I Hate About You, Rules of Attraction, Kaboom (can't find a clip), Romy & Michelle's High School Reunion. And the winner is:

Animal House. Obviously. 

Halloween parties - Trick 'r Treat (NSFW), Legally Blonde, Scream

Dance/Bar/Club scenes - Night at the Roxbury, Black Swan, Babel, and then Queer as Folk gets an honorable mention, because goddamn. Was there a theme party too extravagant for Babylon? There was not. (I'd hope it would be self-evident but that link is probably NSFW.)
Best one:

Groove

Masquerades - Phantom of the Opera, Sweeney Todd, the Man in the Iron Mask, Casanova (no clip), The Dark Knight Rises, Snow White

Labyrinth

Balls/aristocratic shindigs - Ah yes. The best part of any Jane Austen type period piece. Napoleon (a good chunk of the third quarter is a party), Marie Antoinette, Shakespeare in Love, A Royal Affair, Young Victoria, Emma, Pride and Prejudice, Becoming Jane, really the entire Jane Austen cannon, Elizabeth, Romeo and Juliet (ignore the dubbed ballet music), Anna Karenina, The Duchess (music only), and getting back into the swing of Gatsby:

Bright Young Things

New Years - 200 Cigarettes, When Harry Met Sally, Sunset Boulevard (wait... make that worst party. Same for the Gold Rush.) An American in Paris wins (non-embeddable)


And we won't get into dinner parties, as that usually goes in a whole other direction.

What am I missing? Party Monster? 24 Hour Party People? Mean Girls? Wedding reception scenes?

Best films of the oughts on Netflix

Indiewire has a list of 57 of the best films of the 00s available on Netflix (mostly). Here's the list, bolded where it overlaps with my top 100 of the oughts.

1. In the Mood for Love (Ranked #2 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Ranked #5 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)
3. Brokeback Mountain (Ranked #14 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)
4. Punch-Drunk Love (Ranked #19 on Indiewire's Decade Survey) (really?)
5. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Ranked #21 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)
6. Grizzly Man (Ranked #25 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)
7. Lost in Translation (Ranked #26 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)
8. Memento (Ranked #32 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)
9. Time Out (Ranked #34 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)
10. Y Tu Mama Tambien (Ranked #34 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)
11. The Best of Youth (Ranked #35 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)
12. Morvern Callar (Ranked #36 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)
13. Code Unknown (Ranked #39 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)
14. United 93 (Ranked #40 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)
15. Iraq in Fragments (Ranked #42 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)
16. Oldboy (Ranked #43 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)
17. The Piano Teacher (Ranked #43 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)

18. Gosford Park (Ranked #44 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)

19. Irreversible (Ranked #44 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)

20. Let the Right One In (Ranked #44 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)

21. Nobody Knows (Ranked #45 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)

22. Happy-Go-Lucky (Ranked #48 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)

23. C.R.A.Z.Y. (Ranked #49 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)

24. Far From Heaven (Ranked #49 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)

25. Secret Sunshine (Ranked #50 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)

26. Afterschool (Ranked #50 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)

27. Jellyfish (Ranked #50 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)

28. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (Ranked #50 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)

29. Together (Ranked #50 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)

30. Primer (Ranked #52 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)

31. The Host (Ranked #52 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)

32. The Taste of Others (Ranked #52 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)

33. Bloody Sunday (Ranked #53 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)

34. Sexy Beast (Ranked #53 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)

35. The Pianist (Ranked #53 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)

36. Bright Leaves (Ranked #54 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)

37. Dahmer (Ranked #54 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)

38. Paranoid Park (Ranked #54 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)

39. Bamako (Ranked #55 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)

40. Che (Ranked #55 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)

41. Exiled (Ranked #55 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)

42. Man on Wire (Ranked #55 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)

43. Snow Falling on Cedars (Ranked #55 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)

44. The Hours (Ranked #55 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)

45. Traffic (Ranked #55 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)

46. Everlasting Moments (Ranked #56 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)

47. Liverpool (Ranked #56 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)

48. Oh! Soo-jung (aka Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors) (Ranked #56 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)

49. 21 Grams (Ranked #57 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)

50. Bully (Ranked #57 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)

51. Red Lights (Ranked #57 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)

52. The Edge of Heaven (Ranked #57 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)

53. Bowling for Columbine (Ranked #58 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)

54. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (Ranked #58 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)

55. Gomorrah (Ranked #58 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)

56. Keane (Ranked #58 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)

57. Red Cliff (Ranked #58 on Indiewire's Decade Survey)

 

Ghost Dog, Dahmer, Paranoid Park, the Pianist, Sexy Beast,  Bloody Sunday, the Host, Primer, Afterschool, the Best of Youth, Oldboy, 4 months..., and In the Mood for Love have all been high on my list of "to see." Maybe this'll kick my butt in gear and I'll finally get to them. 

(21 grams? Gomorrah? Snow Falling on Cedars? I heard such mixed reviews for those. Also... surely not *that* Red Lights.... And the *other* Bully?)