Wishful Thinking

damonalbarn: The Now Now premiere, live in Tokyo.

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 00:20:56 +0200

damonalbarn:

The Now Now premiere, live in Tokyo.

beeple: BLOOD MOON

Wed, 20 Jun 2018 21:58:12 +0200

beeple:

BLOOD MOON

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Wed, 20 Jun 2018 21:56:58 +0200

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Sat, 16 Jun 2018 21:57:36 +0200

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Thu, 14 Jun 2018 21:17:24 +0200

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Thu, 14 Jun 2018 20:52:19 +0200

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Sat, 09 Jun 2018 19:20:03 +0200

oneweekoneband: aseaofsongs: I am 18, and I am walking along a...

Thu, 07 Jun 2018 18:00:29 +0200

oneweekoneband:

aseaofsongs:

I am 18, and I am walking along a sidewalk to the house of a boy I have a giant, messy, uncontrollable crush on.

My iPod is playing Tegan and Sara’s “Back in Your Head” on repeat, as it has for the two solid months since that album came out. The propulsive energy of the song and the slightly staccato delivery of the lines (built—a wall—of books—between us in our bed) plays out in my pounding heart, sweaty armpits, the imperfectly applied eyeliner I fussed over.

Over a decade later, I can see that I didn’t really like the boy, at least not in the sense that I desired that I as a separate being wanted to be near him. I wanted to be the boy, I wanted to inhabit, not make out. I thought he was cute, sure, but more importantly for me, then, I wanted to move easily through the world like he did, to talk confidently about my passions like him, to lean casually against walls and counters at parties like him.

I was drawn over and over to men who seemed to be confident in the way I wanted to be, as though through proximity I could absorb their way of being in the world. Instead, I was always (am still) someone who “built a wall of books” in her bed, who “jerk[ed] away from holding hands with you,” who stood very straight clutching a bottle of beer at the party until it nearly sliped from my sweaty teenage (adult) hand.

I still want, as in the song, to be “back in your head,” but not at all like the song claims. I didn’t (don’t) want it because I want him (you) to think of me. I want to be in the head, for someone to finally teach me to move slowly and easily and confidently through the air. I want to not be walking too quickly along a sidewalk while Tegan and Sara sing that they will “run run run,” to want less but I still don’t. I still move too sharply. And I still love this song for making that part of myself more visible.

– @kashampersand

Signs of life on our sister site @aseaofsongs! Check out this new essay on Tegan & Sara and share the music that’s moving you right now, if you like.

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Thu, 31 May 2018 20:34:01 +0200

mienar:summer’s here

Tue, 29 May 2018 23:55:41 +0200

mienar:

summer’s here

Coming up: Dave Matthews Band

Mon, 21 May 2018 19:30:14 +0200

oneweekoneband:

Did you miss us!? Apologies for the semi-intentional hiatus, but worry not; we’re still around – even if on a slightly more irregular schedule. We’re slowly filling up the weekly slots again, so please do get in touch if you’d like to contribute!

To kick things off again, we’ll be talking about Dave Matthews Band this week.

Your host for the week is Patrick Hosken. Patrick is the music editor at MTV News and has also written for Stereogum and Billboard. He’s on Twitter @patrickhosken, where he mostly talks about R.E.M. and nu-metal.

See you in just a moment.

– @hndrk

OWOB’s back!

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Mon, 21 May 2018 19:20:14 +0200

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Mon, 21 May 2018 17:40:14 +0200

Beach House, “Space Song”The best Beach House song.Tender is the...

Sun, 20 May 2018 23:17:42 +0200

Beach House, “Space Song”

The best Beach House song.

Tender is the night
For a broken heart
Who will dry your eyes
When it falls apart
What makes this fragile world go round?
Were you ever lost?
Was she ever found?

movieposteroftheday: Japanese poster for STOLEN KISSES...

Sun, 20 May 2018 22:25:43 +0200

movieposteroftheday:

Japanese poster for STOLEN KISSES (François Truffaut, France, 1968)
Designer: unknown
Poster source: Eat Brie
50 years old this summer!

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Thu, 17 May 2018 17:50:13 +0200

I Don’t Know How to Waste Time on the Internet Anymore

Tue, 15 May 2018 19:02:50 +0200

I Don’t Know How to Waste Time on the Internet Anymore:

Feels appropriate to post this on Tumblr too.

Lykke Li, “Utopia”Quite the music video.

Mon, 14 May 2018 19:53:54 +0200

Lykke Li, “Utopia”

Quite the music video.

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Mon, 14 May 2018 19:33:59 +0200

Blur, “Blue Jeans”Don’t give up on me yetDon’t think...

Thu, 10 May 2018 18:36:25 +0200

Blur, “Blue Jeans”

Don’t give up on me yet
Don’t think I’m walking out of this
She don’t mind
Whatever I say, whatever I say
I don’t really want to change a thing
I want to stay this way forever
If you don’t mind