Sunday, February 20, 2011

my kind of man

also, very fulfilling Sunday procrastination

brain waves

Saw her speak on Saturday...the whole room was drooling. It was awesome.

more more more more more:

Thursday, February 17, 2011

tune in, bumblebee

sprung spring, spring sprung! I know it because my shoes are muddy and I have a headcold. There's like four or five days out of the year that have that particular tense and tactile season-turning-magic, and this was one of them.
I adore these songs- they're all growers- and its featuring arthur russell, the king of all growers. the last song is dedicated to my dear craze-y nat-thing-ger who is a young lady about to go on a grandventure (and introduced me to the venerable q lazzarus).
I'm revving up to put together a super-deluxe mix next time in honor of it being number eleven and all. The theme is (duh) adventure and improvisation. So I propose: dive into your own collections and find me delicious tidbits that fall under that grand umbrella, send them via carrier pigeon (levin.elana@gmail.com) and this way we can put one together, together. But for now, fill your earbuds with these 11:

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

my kind of man



Shuffle brought jeffrey lewis back to me last night after a long hiatus. Since then I'm pretty sure I've watched nearly every youtube (on which he is very prolific) video and come to appreciate his particularly film-able charm. I'm addicted to something about the way he talks about insane things matter-of-factly.
I found the best live videos of him and made them into a jeffrey lewis mini-mix. I missed this one but it's great (watch 'till the end, its funny and awkward) and from fairly recently:



CATCH JEFFREY LEWIS

ffffriends

this was fished out and shared by my dear buddy claire turner who has begun her own very nice-looking weblog of her own: CARDBOARD NOTEBOOK. This classic little slice of purrfect sounds like my childhood (ignore the hokey text):

reality bites



amazing early moment from the venerable jeffrey lewis.

(so many) future husband

BEIRUT _ CHEAP MAGIC INSIDE from Vincent Moon / Petites Planetes on Vimeo.



vincent moon does the very familiar LA BLOGOTHEQUE take-away show videos. here's one particular infectious hour.




tobias putrih is from slovenia and creates sculpture/architectural pieces based on his obsession with the movie theater.