There is a scene in the movie Amélie that I like a lot – it’s one of my favorite movie scenes ever, I think. It’s that part where she is baking in her lovely, candy-colored kitchen and she imagines him in her flat. She cries over her batter and watches her cat walk through her [...]
May 29, 2009
Way too often I find myself forgetting about the little things in life that are just beautiful. Yes, I admit it – I am (turning into) a girl. And as such, I really enjoy thinking that maybe, just maybe, I shouldn’t feel guilty for being who I am and for enjoying the gorgeous moments that life [...]
May 28, 2009
Maximilian Hecker was already in Vienna two months ago for a radio session at RadioKulturHaus. We got there too late though – so no chance, we didn’t get let in. He came on stage wearing a mask; when it came off, I admittedly liked his new bearded look. It gave off this seventies aura. I’ve always [...]
May 28, 2009
Opening of the Exhibition Self-Portraits and Tastes of Africa by Claire Morgan, a South African photographer. Tonight at 7:30PM, at the Vincent & Nell Showroom. There will be a guest performance by Johanna & Daniel Jazz & Blues Duo, and a live photo-shoot with models. Come round, it will be good.
May 28, 2009
So a summer that starts like this is a little worrying. It’s the heat that does it – I find hot months really depressing, somehow. Maybe because I am always waiting for the rain that never comes. Anyway, this song has been on repeat for the past few days. It’s so fragile and simple, but the [...]
May 26, 2009
Piccolo Grande Amore by Claudio Baglioni is, besides being a milestone in italian pop music history, also a song I grew up with (actually, a while back I made a digital-mixtape about inherited music!). For as long as I can remember, it’s been there – just like Acqua Azzurra Acqua Chiara by Lucio Battisti or [...]
May 24, 2009
You know when you listen to the radio in the morning, half asleep, and there’s always some person who calls the station and wins something, and you think, “Gosh that’s never going to happen to me..?” Yeah, that’s me. My friend A, on the other hand, is always winning stuff. But the last two times [...]
May 22, 2009
I read an interview with Regina Spektor a few days ago. It was a recent one, so obviously there was a lot of talk about her new album Far (coming out June 23rd I think). The interviewer referred to the album as being upbeat and went on to ask what made Regina so happy. A tiny [...]
May 21, 2009
When I lived in Norway, there was a weird girl at my Academy. Let’s call her C. If C had been a high school student, she’d have been the stereotype of the studious, focused girl who almost never spoke and had little to no friends. She was picky about a lot of things and, when [...]
May 19, 2009
Dinosaur Jr. have a free track up for download on their website. It’s taken from their new album set to release in June of this year. And, shuusshh. I haven’t quite formed my opinion on it yet. It’s very Dinosaur Jr. I suppose, that’s all. Nightmare of You (as highly advertised on their website, myspace, and [...]
My name has five letters in it, and comes up in some Bright Eyes songs. I am (apparently) an artist, with too much time on her hands. Well, enough to blog (almost) daily. I am 1/4 (the smallest one, actually) of Lazy Acre Records; I also write & photograph for a local magazine based in Englaaand and make used to draw musically-inspired comics for a canadian mag (RIP Inscribed). Sometimes I can be quite cute. I used to still have a crush on Marty McFly; I like baking, overusing semi-colons, the smell of the sea, and thunderstorms.
I tend to be quite the busy bee, but if you make VERY sexy music and want me to listen and enjoy and possibly even (!!) write about it, shoot me a mail, baby. music(at)alicetragedy(dot)org
May 31, 2009