My vacation to mordor

Sorry everyone, I'm embarking on an epic journey in to watching the entire Lord Of The Rings trilogy. However I also watched The Science of Sleep today. Starring one of my favorite female singers, Charlotte Gainsbourg. I won't be posting about Serge or Charlotte though, but a track from the soundtrack, "Contances" by Dick Annegarn. It is a great little French diddy. I can't listen to it out loud so I can't write much about it (the buddies want to be able to hear about this epic journey to Mordor. However I'll write a little bit about it tomorrow night.

"Contances" by Dick Annegarn from The Science Of Sleep OST

-S

Runs in the family

I took a class called American Literature and Nature this year which focused on American writers who took on the topic of the "Great Outdoors," writers like Henry David Thoreau and William Faulkner.

However that is not what this post is about, it's about a field trip that we took to a mountain in our area (mid-winter mind you) and we also stopped at a little cafe/bookstore/record shop for lunch. While there I talked to my teacher about music (turns out we have a pretty similar taste...she's going to see Pavement in September, I'm exceedingly jealous). One of the musicians we talked about was Serge Gainsbourg (he's great in his own right, listen to "Bonnie and Clyde" with Brigette Bardot). The conversation turned to his daughter Charlotte and her new album IRM produced by Beck (whom I love anyway, Odelay was phenomenal). I ended up just downloading the whole album as soon as I got home and stumbled upon "Heaven Can Wait" a duet she did with Beck.

Led by a punchy piano/drum part the combo of their voices is really what I've been looking for recently (after going on a VU bender and falling in love with Mo Tucker's vocals paired with Lou Reed on "I'm Sticking With You"). Without further adieu, enjoy...

"Heaven Can Wait" — Charlotte Gainsbourg and Beck from IRM (2009)

— S