"Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music."
-Angela Monet
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
“ Now, women forget all those things they
don’t want to remember, and remember everything they don’t want to forget. The
dream is the truth. Then they act and do things accordingly."
-Their Eyes Were Watching God, by zora neale Hurston
Self Promotion
My Evelyn Evelyn post is here along with all the hardwork and hours I logged into helping create the new BYT All City website. Enjoy.
Romeo + Juliet
Just the other day I caught Baz Luhrmann's (I love him) Romeo + Juliet (I own the DVD but for some reason it's always more exciting to catch things on TV). Absolutely brilliant. I love it. The following post is dedicated to all things Romeo + Juliet.
"These violent delights have violent ends . . ."
"Give me my Romeo; and, when he shall die,
Take him and cut him out in little stars,
And he will make the face of heaven so fine
That all the world will be in love with night
And pay no worship to the garish sun."
"How silver-sweet sound lovers' tongues by night,
Like softest music to attending ears!"
"Death lies on her like an untimely frost
Upon the sweetest flower of all the field."
"But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,
Who is already sick and pale with grief
That thou, her maid, art far more fair than she. . . .
The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars
As daylight doth a lamp; her eye in heaven
Would through the airy region stream so bright
That birds would sing and think it were not night."
The new and improved BYT website is playing hard to get - until then watch this video a million times.
byt ALL CITY - LAUNCH from BYT Media on Vimeo.
byt ALL CITY - LAUNCH from BYT Media on Vimeo.
Gin Wigmore
Also saw in concert at 930 club, absolutely love her haunting voice. Here is my favourite.
Sxip Shirey
Went to the Evelyn Evelyn concert Thursday night with Sxip Shirey opening. Absolutely amazing, took concerts back to performance art. And of course, now Shirey's album is on repeat in mi carro. "Clothes of my man" is my absolute favourite. Listen.
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“ A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion , butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone , comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, co-operate, act alone, solve equations, analyse a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialisation is for insects."
-Robert Anson Heinlein
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The stars - Sophie Madeleine"I’ve had dreams of you, but I need more than fiction in its purest form. And I’m willing to try...The stars won't shine until you're mine"
Hup Hup Holland!
Hope you are all watching the World Cup, and more specifically watching The Netherlands kick butt. Morning's game was 2-0 for the Dutch! (Not going to lie, though my heart is with Netherlands, I still love Poulsen and was rooting for him too and then he got Netherlands a goal and I knew he was still loyal to the Dutch. Hey, World Cup is only every 4 years, old habits die hard) Robin van Persie is back from his injury, Kuyt did well, I should feel more love towards him but his name bothers me (minus one letter and it is a very bad Dutch word), and who is this Ibrahim Afellay? KHOT!
Netherlands vs. Japan bright and early on the 19th!
Netherlands vs. Japan bright and early on the 19th!
Because I could not stop for Death
Because I could not stop for Death --
He kindly stopped for me --
The Carriage held but just Ourselves --
And Immortality
- Emily Dickinson
Waxing Nostalgic
I was making a mix the other day to match my new internship and overall ecstasy and I realised that I was putting a lot of classics on (classics to me, I'm a youngin). Because for bloggers sharing is caring, here's a list of the best classics around, let me know if I forgot anything.
1. "Jolene" Dolly Parton (Have I told you lately how much I'm IN LOVE with Dolly Parton?)
2. "I Think We're Alone Now" Tommy James and the Shondells (just put this song on around me, you'll get a show, favourite to dance embarrassingly to)
3. "Bye Bye Baby" Bay City Rollers (my brother hates me for loving this song but I can't help it, after seeing this video I kinda hate myself too)
4. "Human Nature" Michael Jackson (if you know me at all you know that I believe this to be the greatest Michael Jackson song ever created. And sorry 30+ audience, this song is a classic to me)
5. "Obla Di Obla Da" the Beatles (not my favourite Beatles song but quite frankly the happiest, and that's why I love it)
6. "Bennie and the Jets" Elton John (this video has lyrics, you can finally figure out what he's saying)
7. "Circus of Sour" Donovan (this is my favourite song of all time. My daddy used to sing it to me when I was just a kid, I still know all the words.)
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