Save me

Marais treated me like a proper destitute princess today. I got my whole outfit for only 7 euro, excluding my boots from Topshop. Though many perceive the get-up as complete shit, I'm pretty excited! I feel as if my Grammy (mum's mum) is smiling in her grave in Salinas right now and saying "Atta girl Mei Mei". A tattoo dedicated to her next? Mum don't read my blog.

Obscura

Camera Obscura played at La Maroquinerie on Rue Boyer tonight. They did a lovely job, except for the song where she forgot the lyrics. Somehow her Scottish charm made it all the more endearing. So that happened all tonight. The neighborhood is super sketchy, but the bars and life there are heavenly!

Musements

And I have been dropped into just one of those days- a first in Paris. Time for musing and a kick in the arse to get me going again.
Firstly, I love this song. Pearl Harbour- Luv Goon. It makes me a bit homesick.

Pearl Harbor - Luv Goon from U-P-G-R-A-Y-E-D-D on Vimeo.

No for some visions. Vision me visions!

Ghetto Bri TON

Yesterday I got the chance to see Fish Tank after class. It's a must see if you enjoy heavy films. Some parts are certainly predictable, but the cinematography, camera movement, and screenplay itself are all magical. Katie Jarvis did a wonderful job playing Mia Williams, a bitter, fatherless, welfare white girl in Essex, England. The movie is her first acting experience and she is quite similar to the role she plays. She got scouted by a casting agent at a railway station while she was arguing with some boyfriend. And last May she had her first child (Katie Jarvis is 18 years old). So I love everything about this film and Cannes did too.

Please mind the Youtube, it does not live up to the actual movie bar none. The best trailor is here.

Here's some stuff from Cannes...

Let them eat cake.

Paris. See you in 4 months- stay lefty San Francisco!

Summer Boner Jams

So I have failed to mention the new Panda Bear/Atlas Sound split released on July 17. Called "Walkabout", it is the song of the summer and all summers to come. Atta' boys!

Jazz Spazz Swing