It's a Thursday

And I like Common.
Who doesn't?

These are a few of my favourites:

The People:



The Light:


Be:


Anndd... I love this one with Lily Allen
Drivin' Me Wild:

Lily's pretty babe

Thanks amigos
Liv

The Illest Villain

Three nights.

Werd

Mary Anne Hobbs

I wish my voice sounded like Mary Anne Hobbs. Sensual. She had ridiculous taste.

Mala - Eyez
Rip off Mary Anne Hobbs


She's a queen.

I love this: Gaslamp Killer for Mary Anne Hobbs at Sonar.
That crowd would have lost the plot.

Killaaahhhh

Love love
Liv

PS. This song at the end of Gaslamp's clip. Woah, yeah.

Dillaaaaaaa

Tuesday

It's a Tuesday. Here's an old favourite, from back in 1993.



I wasn't listening to hip hop when I was three, but if I was, I'm sure I would've been listening to this track.

Thanks, Tribe.

Liv

2010

Gilles Peterson did a radio show end of December celebrating the best tracks of 2010. I am going to pick some of my favourites from his list.
Legend.

Mount Kimbie - Blight Night Errand


Bonobo & Andreya Triana — Eyesdown (Floating Points Remix)


Ramadanman — Glut


Erykah Badu — Window Seat


Gonjasufi — Ancestors


Baths — Lovely Bloodflow


Good one, Gilles
Liv

Monday

I cannot stop listening to Koreless, it's great beats. This 19 year old hailing from Glasgow is set to become extreeeeeeeemeeeee. I love it. Such great music at such a young age.

Koreless - 4D


Monday's are better when it's cloudy.

Not studying,
Liv

Things I Have Learnt from Sex and the City

As an old Sex and the City fan, the more I watch of it as I get older; the more I realise what a retarded TV show it is.
So, as a result, I have compiled a list of things I learnt from this show:

1. Men are better when rich. If the man you are with is not rich, he is more than likely not worth having around. With the exception of Steve, of course. But, then again, us ladies did have to push aside that absolutely filthy apartment and the fact that he DIDN'T own a designer suit to learn to accept him.

2. Men who are jerks, and who treat you really badly over a prolonged period of time are definitely worth waiting for.

3. Regularly maxing out your credit card to buy $400 shoes is not only acceptable, but also expected.

4. Being a slut is not just normal, but a way of life.

5. It's okay to sit in coffee shops and loudly discuss sex regardless of who is around.

6. Babies and children totally suck, and should immediately make you feel uncomfortable.

7. Women who marry and have children young are ridiculous, and definitely not the path you want to take.

8. Having your own job is awesome - but having a man with money is heaps better.

9. Pretentious cocktails are the only way to go.

10. If in a middle-eastern country, you should definitely not respect their culture, and also, all middle eastern women wear designer steeze under their traditional outfits.

11. All married women pity those women are still single.

12. Talking about yourself for hours on end is tolerable.

13. If you have an awesome boyfriend who treats you really well, you should have an affair with your asshole ex. Everything turns out in the long run.

Nick Thune

This guy is hilarious. I saw him in Melbourne last year. I had never heard of him, but I thought it was hilarious. Nick Thune and his guitar.





Seriously, watch them if you have time.

Haa haaaaaaaaaaaa
Liv

Not quite as funny as this though:

Beauty

Is this man

Soundtrack

Sick songs off sick soundtracks
Not that I'm bored, or anything.

Badly Drawn Boy - Something to Talk About
Film: About a Boy (Yeah, Nicholas Holt!)
"Single Parents alone together, single parents alone together, all for one and one for all!"

The Shins - Caring is Creepy
Film: Garden State
"You gotta hear this one song, it'll change your life, I swear."

A Tribe Called Quest - Oh My God!
Film: Kids
"You look like the prom queen."

Soooooooo fucking many to choose from from Human Traffic. Here's a selection
The weekend has landed. All that exists now is clubs, drugs, pubs and parties. I've got 48 hours off from the world, man. I'm gonna blow steam out my head like a screaming kettle, I'm gonna talk cod shit to strangers all night, I'm gonna lose the plot on the dancefloor. The free radicals inside me are freakin', man! Tonight I'm Jip Travolta, I'm Peter Popper, I'm going to never-never land with my chosen family, man. We're gonna get more spaced out than Neil Armstrong ever did, anything could happen tonight, you know? This could be the best night of my life. I've got 73 quid in my back burner - I'm gonna wax the lot, man! The Milky Bars are on me! Yeah!

Indeep - Last Night a DJ Saved my Life


Armand Van Helden - Flowerz


Fatboy Slim - Build it Up! Tear it Down!

Underworld - Born Slippy
Film: Trainspotting
"We would have injected vitamin C if only they had made it illegal!"

The Rapture - Out of the Races and Onto the Track
(my personal favourite Rapture track)
Film: Rules of Attraction
"You really think I'm skinny - Wait, anorexic skinny or bulimic skinny?"

Fatboy Slim - Song for Shelter
Film: Bully
"No no, he just gets high a lot, he's just as normal as you and me."

Faithless - Woozy
Film: The Beach
"Richard, this is just the kind of pretentious bullshit that Americans always say to French girls so they can sleep with them."

The Chemical Brothers - Where Do I begin?
Film: Vanilla Sky
"This is a revolution of the mind."

The Velvet Underground - Oh! Sweet Nuthin'
Film: High Fidelity
"I knew there was a reason I wore a skirt today."

This song takes me to new places

There's plenty more

Liv
At home sick on a Saturday night


Girl next door

Japanese Horror

Japanese horror flick at its finest. The brutal and captivating BATTLE ROYALE

Watch teenage kids with a vengeance.

Cover Version

Killllllllllllllllllllllller cover

Johnny Cash - Hurt
Original NiN

This makes no sense

“I love the Beastie Boys — that’s probably why ‘TiK ToK’ happened,” Ke$ha said.


How this:



Sounds ANYTHING like this:




Only proves that bitch is delusional
"I’m talking about - everybody getting crunk, crunk
Boys trying to touch my junk, junk
Gonna smack him if he getting too drunk, drunk"

Burial

Burial's New EP gets dropped this week.

This is NYC from it



Sounds pretty promising.

Happy Saturdays off.
Liv

Angel in the Snow

One of my favourite Elliott Smith songs of all time, it was released in 2008 on the album New Moon; a compilation of his unreleased tracks.

Gorgeous:


He is the closest you can get to flawless acoustic music.

Love always,
Liv

Maps

I have a big thing for Karen O. This acoustic version of Maps is still one of my ultimate favourite acoustic versions.



Yeah Yeah Yeah
Liv

Too Much

Awesome for one image

Coffee and Cigarettes

"It's motherfuckin' Bill Murray"

GZA, RZA and Bill Murray - Coffee and Cigarettes - The funniest videos are a click away

Midnight in Paris

Woody Allen's latest flick is set to premier in May at Cannes. It's got a ripping cast; the ever beautiful ladies Rachel McAdams and Marion Cotillard. Owen Wilson and Adrien Brody (a personal favourite) and the wonderful Kathy Bates. Described as a "Comedy/Romance", knowing Allen's filmography, this will not be the standard RomCom.

Cannes is such an exciting time of the year.

Promo poster:

Liv

"World Wide is my favourite time of the week...

...That was from Alex Intas, in sunny Brisbane, Australia". Giles Peterson.

Thanks for these guys, Tas. Werd!

The Step Kids - La La.



Love from my kitchen.
Liv.

HB JIMBALAND

HB to the most annoying guy in the world YIMMY

Liv

Nostalgia

Old tracks that have still never lost their credibility with me.

PS So many crappy home made vids to accompany these amazing tracks.

Sigur Ros - Staralfur:

Xiu Xiu - I Luv the Valley, Oh!

CocoRosie - By Your Side

Nirvana - You Know You're Right

Joy Division - Transmission

Elliott Smith - Tomorrow Tomorrow

Modest Mouse - Dark Centre of the Universe


And finally....

Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe


Werrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrddddddddddddddd

Goodnight kidz

This is your biggest fan
Liv

Jamie XX aaaggggaaaaiiiiinnnnn

He is seriously carving shit UP at the moment!

This is from the same Gil Scott Heron remix album that he released upon the world. He is really dweeby looking, but that does not deter from him being absolutely phenomenal recently. He is making my ipod go bonkerzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Here is "I'll Take Care of U"

Ripppin'

LivLonger



And the man himself, Mr Jamie XX (not birth name)

Enjoy'en

Enjoy the small amount of summer that we have - it was pretty crap, riddled by horrible weather. And I spent most of mine in negative temps in Europe - not that I am complaining about that factor.

This song is cute, and likable, at least... I think so.



Caaa-uutttee

Happy Birthday Kate Weatho and Beccy C!

Good day to be born

Liv'in Large

A Beautiful Team

Burial and Four Tet made a break through team when they created this track. This is magic.

Sorry Jimmy, "OLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLD"


Four Tet and Burial - Moth:

Mount Kimbie

Was an unbelievably sick show. So amazing.

Yay Mimbles Mountain Mintie Madness Kimbles Kimbie!

My Weakness

is probably my favourite track ever of Moby's. I saw him live a couple of years ago, and he was phenomenal. He is so intelligent with his music. His music reminds me of my father, who has loved him for a lot of years - it makes me feel so incredibly happy and content when I listen to it, which is how I feel when I listen do my dear old Dad's voice. Richard Hall (aka Moby), is a genius. I know it's an unoriginal choice, but Play was just the most flawless and perfect album. It resonates true mastery when understanding music. So many amazing tracks combine to make the perfect album, which is so important to listen to in it's entirety. 12 years after its release in 1999, the album is still modern and a favourite. This is saying something about the sound that he has created.

Love these songs,


Huge love from my couch,
Liv.



Another great track off the same album Play
Everloving


Not included on Play, but this song Flower totally rocks ha ha!!



Here's Moby looking uncharacteristically TUFF!

"None of my family like Elvis"

This song is absolutely incredible..


All my love in the world goes to James Larcombe aka Jimmy aka Jimbaland aka bipolar aka boss aka SIR aka freak aka bruv aka master of the world



Banger

Liv

Ahhhh

Take it down a notch.

Blissful

I can't find a good quality live youtube clip of this song live that isn't a television recording. If you buy their DVD, they have amazing live clips of them on it, but Jonsi's voice is remarkable. This is probably my favourite Sigur Ros track; Untitled One (aka Vaka.)

Ahhh emotional overload. Not good for listening to on a lonely Saturday night indoors, but still... Simply stunning music.

Shinichi Maruyama

A Japanese artist who takes particular interest in water.
This video is the gnarliest thing I've seen in a long time. Beautiful.



Amazing.

My Two Faves

In one single image:

Bill Murray and Sofia Coppola.

Skillz that kill.

Saturday Night

Spent in with my friends

A.J.: What's with you? Yesterday you were normal and today you're like the Chinese guy from the Karate Kid. What's with you today?
Lucas: What's with today today?

"Well Sinead O'Rebellion".

Love this one.

Liv

Happiness

Is when I listen to this song.



I love it.

Just in case

You ever thought to yourself, "What's my favourite Rolling Stones track?"

I have mine.

Undisputed.

Gimme Shelter.



I don't know why. But this song is just so siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick!

Lovingly,
Liv
(Still Beatles over Stones)

Remember?

How big this track was?
It is still bloody amazing




Yep.

Taking a journey back.

Liv

Chilled Beatz

Sneaker Pimps - Six Underground


I used to have a big thing for this track, many moons ago. My mum has always been a big fan of Ibiza and Cafe Del Mar compliations - and I distinctly remember this song on it. I thought it was so amazing at the time, and I still do, actually. Sneaker Pimps are pretty sweet when in the mood for some chilled beatz.

This song also featured on one of the albums - although I think it's a bit cheesy now, I still think it's such a nice track.

Pepe Deluxe - Lying Peacefully



This song is extremely old, now. But it's still pretty amazing. It's by an artist by the name Bent - and the song is called Sing Me. I don't really understand it, but I like it's sound




Anything Nightmares on Wax does is so insanely chilled out, their album Smoker's Delight is just incredible!
This one's called Night's Interlude


And probably the most chilled of all of them
Naomi - Astonsilicon


Wow....



Way to chilled out now.

Liv

Lost in Translation

My Bill Murray fetish continues to spur, as I crap on about yet another classic film Lost in Translation. The stunning slow-paced film shows the break down of a young marriage, and old marriage, and perhaps the strangest 'coming-of-age' films ever, Coppola's direction made for fascinating and beautiful shots, representing the Japanese culture in all of their unattainable glory! So many good things can be said about this film; Scarlett Johanssons' insanely perfect features, Bill Murray's ever present cynicism on camera - it does seem like he was perhaps acting out a life extremely closely mirrored to his!, and I have always had a soft spot for Giovanni Ribisi... he is awesome.
And the soundtrack for it was borderline flawless.

Thanks, Sofia. You're the greatest.

Air - Alone in Kyoto:

Peaches - Fuck the Pain Away

The Chemical Brothers - The State We're In

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

From Graceville,
with all my love in the world.

Riot Grrrrrllllllll

Kathleen Hanna - one of the originals and the best

Former front-woman of Bikini Kill and now Le Tigre. She is awesome, and a mega babe

Amazing scream on this one.

The original pioneer of girl screamo. I love it.
She dated Kurt Cobain for a while, and one time she wrote on his wall "Kurt smells like teen spirit." And then a song was written by the man himself..........

She wrote for some zines too. All in all, she is on the same level as Kim Deal in coolness.

Ha ha.



Kathleen Hanna forever.

Sundays

... are not necessarily the funnest of days.
Hopefully these songs can get you through.


This song is just so amazing
Joy Division - Atmosphere


The reigning queen of everything
Erykah Badu - Honey


And this... the most beautiful song, perhaps ever
The Cinematic Orchestra feat. Patrick Watson - To Build a Home


Sundays aren't always good, but these songs are.


Sending out positive vibes 4eVa

Stomacher

I really love this song, and this video. His voice kind of sounds like Thom Yorke - but not as good haha.

I really love this video - I think time-lapse videos have a habit of looking a bit wanky if they are over done, but this is just so blissful. Although, it does give me itchy feet, and makes me want to traveling again. I suppose this is the effect that they wanted.

Bliss...





Sincerely,
Liv

Original Pirate Material

Turn the Page is in my opinion The Streets best. I don't know why. I mean, Weak Become Heroes is absolutely incredible - but this song is a little underrated. I have never been able to see Mike Skinner live, which pains a bit, because I think he is totally incredible. I listen to The Streets all teh time, on a recent trip to London, all I wanted to do was walk around with massive headphones on, white-rapping my way around Brick Lane, but I didn't because I didn't want to embarrass Nic. I was pretty excited the other day when I realised that in Has It Come to This he mentions Mile End, we're Nic is currently residing - I was like "WOWWWEE Graceville never gets a mention in any sweet tracks."

This image credit is to Jared - siiiick image of Mike. I watched an interview with him the other day - I don't know what planet he is on, but I want to join him. He looks a lot cleaner these days then his previous years, but I think his years of getting mashed up have really effected him, he is pretty vague and docile - but also reallll sexy. Yeahhhhh

Here's some favourites of mine:

Has It Come To This:


Turn the Page:

Weak Become Heroes


All my love from Graceville to Mile End.

This is Liv.