YES

FUCK BUTTONS TOMORROW

IT'LL BE MY THIRD TIME

I HOPE THEY'LL BE ANYTHING BUT GENTLE

OMG

I'm Here

Finally got around to seeing Spike Jonze's latest short film 'I'm Here', a half-hour masterpiece about love and robots in L.A., based on Shel Silverstein's (of whom the main character is named after) 'The Giving Tree'.

Sheldon is a robot who lives an uneventful life in a society where robots and humans coexisting is commonplace. He works at a library, takes the bus, sits in his sparsely furnished apartment, recharges, then does it all over again the next day. Then by a chance meeting he comes in contact with Francesca, a robot who dreams, drives, listens to music, and collects tissue paper to mold into a family of rats.  As you can guess Sheldon fall head-over robot heels in love and in no time Francesca shows him everything he's been missing out on.

As the movie progressed, not unlike the tree in the book, Francesca begins to lose herself. And I mean literally. First she loses her left arm in the audience of a concert hall, then later she loses her right leg in some unknown accident, and even later on she loses much, much more. But for every limb and ligament detached from her body Sheldon offers up his in return. 

It's such a raw, heartfelt, heart-breaking film that deserves to be seen and appreciated. I'd urge everyone who reads this to give it a try.

I'm Here official site

Accompanying the movie is quite the soundtrack. With Sleigh Bells 'A/B Machines' and 'Crown On The Ground' blasting on car stereos, Girls' 'Hellhole Ratrace' appropriately playing at a party, and faux-band The Lost Trees accompanied by Aska Matsumiya and the movie's obvious theme song 'There Are Many of Us' which is used frequently and to great effect.

A few movie trailers

I love love Catherine Keener.

And a new Michel Gondry film that will break my heart.

Listen/Learn/Love

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Sisterworld

Growing all the way and back

A while ago I got to see my most favourite band in the world (Fuck Buttons, duh) and opening for them was Growing, a band I was not so familiar with though I have heard a few tracks here and there.

Anyways, I got ahold of 'All The Way', a six track bundle of froggy blurps, bubbles, and invisible beats. I swear I've never been so motivated to dance by something without an actual beat (no drums, yo) and I just cannot contain myself.

It's glitchy and repetitive and everything I could ever ask for in noisey/drone/electric album. I'm surprised to find that the bulk of their other work is alot more moody and lengthy and drone, which is fantastic don't get me wrong, it's total aces, but please, Growing, more of this!