Scrubs

I love this show. But this clip, I have never seen. I LOVE Men Without Hats!!! This clip had me laughing the whole way through. Enjoy!

Next To The Last Song

I just had to go and watch it again. And when I did, I took a page from Selma's book...I couldn't finish the movie. Selma (the main character in Dancer In The Dark) hates the end of musicals. She would leave the theater after the next to the last song so that she would miss the ending. After pretty well dehydrating myself two nights in a row, I decided to spare myself the very end this time. I stopped it half a verse before the end of the last song.

I don't know if many of you have heard Bjork sing, but sometimes the words aren't completely clear. I didn't know what all the words to this song were, so I looked them up. For all the tears I cried reading the words to the song, I may as well have watched the very end anyway. Man, this is an emotional film.

Fitting way to spend Mother's Day.

Next To The Last Song

Dear Gene, of course you are here
And now it's nothing to fear
Oooh, I should have known
Oooh, I was never alone

This isn't the last song
There is no violin
The choir is so quiet
And no one takes a spin
This is the next to last song
And that's all, all

Remember what I have said
Remember, wrap up the bread
Do this, do that, make your bed

This isn't the last song
There is no violin
The choir is quiet
And no one takes a spin
This is the next to last song

And that's all ...

Dancer In The Dark

Dancer In The Dark is absolutely my favorite movie, and is where I got the title for my blog. I have to be in a certain mood to watch it, though. If I haven't mentioned this before, I'm a cryer. There are a few movies that make me cry every time I watch them. This one, however, is different. I spend the last half hour of the movie bawling, sobbing, grieving for this young mother in an impossible situation. Every single time I watch it.



This independent film has an exceptional cast. I'm trying to come up with more to say about this amazing film, but having just watched it (and still pretty teary), I think I'd better just link you to the wikipedia article. The link at the top of this post will take you to the netflix page where you can watch the film online if you have a netflix subscription.

Rasputina

I just discovered a new Rasputina song (ok, it's probably far from new, but still), and I thought I'd share it with you all. And maybe one or two others while I'm at it. ;-)





Rasputina's cover of Led Zepplin's Rock and Roll

Live Music

I LOVE live music so much. Where I grew up, we didn't have many concerts easily accessible, so the only live music I got was hometown bands and neighbors who play a little guitar and sing too loud when they're partying and drunk. I still prefer that type of completely un-polished live music over typical concerts. But in recent years, I have finally had the opportunity to see some real concerts, and they have each been an experience to remember.

I've seen Gaia Consort live three times.

The first time was at the Faerie Festival in 2006, and then I saw them again at the Faerie Festival in 2007.

I don't have any pics of the last time I saw them, which was at a grange hall in front of a small audience. (FYI, they give away their music...every single song of theirs is available to download for free from the link above.)

I also got to see Kan'nal at the Faerie Festival. Granted, I haven't seen much live music, but I don't think anyone could top these guys for their live shows. I'm at a loss for words to describe what it's like listening to them play...there just ARE no words.

Last October, I went to see Apocalyptica with my friend Nancy and her boys.

And last night, I went to see Judgment Day. I was so excited to see these guys were coming to Oregon, but man, this was BAAAAAAD timing. I didn't think I'd be able to go, but Shannon gave me a late birthday present of $20...and you know what folks? I figured I'd better MAKE that $20 stretch into enough for tickets (it didn't, but the extra $16 was worth it...I didn't want to go by myself).

(Oh, and these guys have made their first album available for free download, too. If you can't find it on their site, linked above, let me know and I'll hunt down the blog post for ya.)

Paloma Faith