When I was a child, I somehow learned to read really early and would read anything I could put my hands on. I can’t remember what the first ‘long’ book I ever read was (I was fond of Roald Dahl actually), but the Spot books by Eric Hill were some of my favorites as a [...]
August 9, 2010
Today’s video has nothing to do with music or art, but it’s super good and interesting and funny (who thought physicists could be funny?); if you’re into geeky stuff, watch this. If you aren’t into geeky stuff, you’re probably into accents. Brian Cox has a lovely one.
August 8, 2010
I have every friday off, which makes me even more happy to jump into the (3-day!) weekend head first; last week friday, I headed to Li’s brand new flat to draw on her walls something nice for two little angels.. I felt so privileged; you see, kids aren’t usually allowed to draw on walls, and [...]
August 8, 2010
You know those books you have on your reading list FOREVER, and somehow you just never managed to buy (or even really take the time to find) a copy? And then when you finally do, and you start reading, and you love it, you think, “ah. so THIS is what I’ve been missing out on [...]
August 7, 2010
The first book that comes to mind is Girlfriend in a Coma, by Douglas Coupland. It’s a sci-fi novel, which I have only read once, but already attracted me (out of all of his writings) with its wonderful, Smiths-inspired title. Up until recently I was quite wary of sci-fi; naively, I believed that science fiction [...]
August 7, 2010
It rained today; and two days ago, the night was full of a thunderstorm. There is something beautiful about inner peace when the world outside is crashing. My days have been wonderful lately, and I am listening to this song on repeat. I keep wondering if love is something that should make you feel safe, [...]
August 7, 2010
Remember how much I adore the Saddest Landscape? Yeah, well, the boys are offering a free track from their upcoming album (which I have already pre-ordered, the thought of getting vinyl in the mail makes me bounce off walls.) – go get it.
August 6, 2010
In high school, because I had been dreaming about becoming a writer or a poet as a child, I took up the highest mother tongue English level we had – literature-based only and very little creative writing needed. I never regretted it, but we did have to study a LOT of texts. One of them [...]
August 5, 2010
I like sad books. Oh, crying to pages and pages of desperate and heartbreaking, loud and dramatic lives of characters I really feel like I’d get along with if they were real. A book I can read again and again (among others) is Lisa’s Adem, by Karel Glastra Van Loon. It’s so intense and pure [...]
August 4, 2010
Right now, all I can think of really is Ian McEwan’s On Chesil Beach (in fact, I’ve already written shortly about it here). Not so much because I hate it, but mostly because as much as I strive for individual taste when choosing books, after hearing SO MUCH about this author, and him winning prizes [...]
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
August 9, 2010