t'es plus dans le coup papa

ashleigh, lindsey and i watched the french film 8 women last night. i LOVE catherine deneuve. you could imagine our surprise when the film turned out to be somewhat of a play/musical (the trailer doesn't elude to this fact) but none of us minded, of course. the first song had the youngest daughter singing about her papa but i couldn't help but think she looked like an adorable and tomboyish version of our girl samsam... yes?

micachu

all i've wanted to listen to this week

an ode to chris nielsen

my good friend chris getting arrested at the G20 protest in pittsburgh


my good friend chris in a mormon ad


is it bad if i'm more impressed by his activism?

homogenic

ok. so i mustered the strength this past week to finally fork up $40 to buy the limited edition vinyl of bjork's homogenic (i got #458!). since i'm currently unemployed and living off the money i made over the summer, i'm trying to be careful of what i buy and as many of you know, this past week i went to bellingham, washington to see if i could see myself moving there (which i'll blog about in a few days when i find the cord to transfer fotos) and i was really really good about not spending money.

on the protective plastic covering of the record, there's an enormous sticker explaining "using the most advanced technology in vinyl manufacturing - direct metal mastering. the groove is cut directly in copper metal, transient response is greatly improved. DMM yields better detail resolution and a lower noise ratio. remastered direct from the original master tapes and pressed on heavy 200g vinyl audiophile discs. limited edition and numbered in the most lavish vinyl format available."

Back when it was released, Rolling Stone gave the album four stars out of five, calling it "one of the boldest – and most exciting – albums of the year". The NME gave the album a nine out of ten rating, noting the record as "probably her most weird, it is also her best....It is here...that Bjork has delivered her most emotional and highly-charged record, as well as a stinging triumph for the spirit of adventure." Ryan Schrieber of Pitchfork Media gave Homogenic a 9.9 out of 10 rating, claiming the album was "absolutely brilliant". In 2007, Slant Magazine gave the highest possible rating of five out of five stars, describing the album as "gorgeous and evocative" and praising it as one of the best albums of the 1990s.

you can imagine my excitement to listen to one of my most favoritest albums EVER on vinyl and in such high quality... yes it's expensive but dammit, it's beautiful.
Bjork - Joga

crazy teeth

last week ashleigh, sara and i ventured up provo canyon to visit kirk and eva at their print shop in midway as i wanted to buy one of their picture frame mats for ashley mae and carl's wedding. it was fun hanging out at the shop reminiscing about the good ole days and catching up with what we've all been up to more recently. one of the highlights came from ashleigh picking up a toy accordion and singing "jesus walks" by kanye west. what followed is a freakish turn of events as i picked up a kazoo, sara grabbed a tambourine, eva used a roll of tape and kirk begrudgingly pulled out a snare drum to create a cover band we appropriately named CRAZY TEETH and recorded a horrid version of "poker face" with forced diva vocals from ashleigh. if the recording ever leaks its way on to the cyber world, we may just have to take it on the road.

ADAM!

it's adam's 26th birthday today! we spent the summer together as roommates and pretty much became best friends. he was always there for me (whether he liked it or not since we shared a room) and i'm glad i was able to get to know him more than i ever did in provo.

labor day

this is what happens when you get a group of not very athletic friends to play a game of soccer.


we never ended up playing a proper game.