Thursday, August 13, 2009

advice.

"In this life, just find something you really love doing. Then, simply learn to do it better than anyone else, and you won't have anything to worry about."

-Chet Baker




POSTED FROM NEW YORK, NY AT 11:43 PM

Friday, August 07, 2009

Fun times at All Points West

Some visuals...w/ Coldplay, from APW last weekend...smelly mud, but amazing.

-Alex





POSTED FROM BROOKLYN, NY AT 8:10 PM

Saturday, August 01, 2009

Films (noir et les autres)

While writing and working on the new songs, I've been also watching a ton of old films that I had always heard and read about, but never had a chance to see. In recent weeks, I've watched "Amarcord" and "8 1/2" by Fellini, "Last Tango In Paris," as well as "Breathless" and "Band of Outsiders" by Godard. One of my favorite films of all time that is in my own DVD collection: "Jules et Jim" by Fançois Truffaut. There is something amazingly true and honest about these films. Admittedly, Fellini can be pretty odd and unrealistically dream-like at times, but the language and the writing has just hit me certain ways because it reminds of me of how some musicians phrase their lyrics-- a good song, lyrically speaking, phrases lines in a way that isn't out-right obvious in its meaning, but can be understood if thought about only for a few more seconds (does that make any sense??). I hope so. Here's a clip from "Band of Outsiders" ("Bande à Part" en Français).





-Alex


POSTED FROM BROOKLYN, NEW YORK AT 2:07 PM