Tuesday Afternoon

  

       

   

Go Go Go

     

   

The Hardest Geometry Problem In The World

 

Mark Mothersbaugh, Sleepover (2009)

 
 

Mark Mothersbaugh, Devo Rope (2009)

 
 

Mark Mothersbaugh, Fingerbot  & The Boy (2009)

 
   

Of Mark Mothersbaugh's The Hardest Geometry Problem 

in the World, The Believer says:  'this captivating passage 

is arguably the most beloved piece of original film music 

to hit the world in the last decade (or three).'

    

I say: 'Baroque 'n' Roll' :)

    

Where Do I Begin?

 

     

A Coral Room

   

           

      

       

     

 

       

       

    

 

   

      

     

       

 

        

           

Guessing Game

 

  

Doing It For The Kids

    

 

Rookie is an online 'zine with monthly-themed content that's updated three times a day, five days a week. Though aimed at teenage girls, it might well betray the juvenile tendencies of this twenty-something girl to admit that I think it's rather brilliant. It features kooky illustrations, themed playlists, craftsy projects, how-tos and articles, all of which are presented with a wry smidge of insight and a commendable dollop of common sense.  
rookiemag.com
    

Isn't It Nice?

  

    

Drive My Car

       

 From Don't Touch The Watch:

A review of the excellent Drive (2011)

         

   

Recalling the genesis of the film, Danish director Nicholas Winding Refn spoke about his first disastrous meeting with actor Ryan Gosling, who, at the time was interested in having him direct the still gestating movie Drive, based on the book by James Sallis. Just prior to the meeting, Refn had taken ill with a fever. In the hope of alleviating the symptoms, he ingested a sizeable quantity of pain medication, leaving him - in his own words - ‘high as a kite’.

             

With his condition worsening, Refn was forced to abandon the meeting and asked Gosling to drive him back to his hotel. Here was a foreigner in a vast, strange city being driven through the black night of L.A., by a movie star, with the car radio as the only sound deflecting the silence between them. There, in that moment, a hazy half-idea suddenly sprung into Refn’s drug-addled mind, one he quickly shared with Gosling: ‘We could make a movie about a man who drives around at night listening to pop music, it being his only emotional release’. Gosling’s response to this eureka moment was one befitting the character he would soon play: ‘Cool, I’m in.’
   

  

The movie that eventually birthed from that night of fevered intoxication offers a rare return to the cerebral automotive escapism of such ‘70s classics as Two Lane Blacktop, Vanishing Point and most notably The Driver, starring Ryan O’Neal. Refn combines these free-roaring, existential road movies with the glossy feel of '80s crime movies and the synth-pop-cool of Miami Vice.  

Whither Must I Wander?

   

     

  Feet getting mightily itchy

         

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Compulsive listening for the week: Azealia Banks.

Long may she remain foul-mouthed and irreverent,

undiluted by the pedestrian ways of music execs.

  

Love Story

 

 

Have been attempting, for teaching purposes, 

to source popular pieces that begin with a 

minor 6th. These two made the shortlist:

 

  

      

You've Come A Long Way, Baby

 

  

Flowers In Your Hair

  

  

 

  

In The Waiting Line

   

   

Keep The Streets Empty For Me

  

    

Patience

  

A lesson in patience, of a rainy Tuesday afternoon.