(Explaining Mulholland Drive to my toddler) you know how sometimes bad things happen to you? And then when you go to remember then you re-encode the memories with a perverse fondness,,, and you do this so many times the trauma starts to feel idyllic
Twin Peaks is absolutely about abuse against women, American decline, the noir tradition’s relationship to both… but I think ppl miss that Lynch intuitively believes in the spiritual cosmology he creates, it just happens to be an insanely eccentric one to be told at such scale.
I don't avoid being judgemental out of kindness or virtue, but out of a desire for accuracy, out of not wanting to miss out on something that my own vision could block me from witnessing
Saw Nick Cave in Paris recently at the Accor Arena and I was really struck by that song Joy where he sings “We’ve all had too much sorrow, now it the time for joy.” I was thinking to myself, yeah that’s about right.
The massive Bob Dylan/Band 1974 box set is out today! I broke down every show, every disc (all 27 of 'em), to guide you through this beast.
https://t.co/xwBM0fyVCQ
Hey, I wrote about the massive 27-disc box set documenting Bob Dylan's 1974 tour with The Band, because not writing about it would be professional malpractice. https://t.co/5RLm7eaWpz
On her second night in Dublin, Patti Smith covered Lana Del Rey's 'Summertime Sadness' again. This is a full video where she explains the context of why the song has meaning for her. She got quite choked up at the end. It was so powerful, & she has been such an inspiration to me.