Between Jazz Fest and Arts Fest lies a very boring and unfortunately workless month for me. Thank God for the internet and pop culture. What would I be without you?

Boring...

...and a little less cool?

Guy Love 2.0

 

What is better than seeing the cast of Wish I Was Here in the same room as you as you watch the movie? Oh IDK, seeing that bromance endures between Zach Braff and Donald Faison? It's practically perfect that the both of them came out singing "Guy Love" in Austin's Paramount Theater proving that their guy love is life long. <3

 

 

Sometimes All You Need is

Sharon van Etten and an Omnicord

 

 

 

"Are We There" has been out for two weeks and while it has a fuller and somewhat louder/cheaper sound than "Tramp," it continues to humble and evolve all that is Ms. van Etten. So when Sharon wanders around Refinery29's office with an omnicord to result in this performance, you better fucking listen! And I did, melted while all the while staring at this strange and magical instrument that is the omnicord. I'm in love but when am I not?

 

Madison's "In the Bright Light" EP

IS OUT, OUT OUT!

 

And it's magical! And danceable! And Madison sounds even sexier and

 mysterious than ever before!

 









  Magic in the Moonlight Trailer  

 

We all knew that Emma Stone was collaborating with the infamous Mr. Woody Allen for awhile now; but we officially have visual proof of this! "Magic in the Moonlight" proves to be some kind of experiment between fact versus faith, cynicism versus love, Emma Stone in over a million fantastically designed 30's style outfits, Emma Stone kissing Colin Firth for every girl in our generation and Emma Stone looking like a Katharine Hepburn incarnation! Experiment fulfilled; now can July 25th get here any faster?

 

 

It's Still a Hard Day's Night

50 Years Later...

 

 

Some of my earliest memories involve getting The Beatles's first movie from the movie store (remember those?) and watching it on constant repeat. My brother would memorize visually and audial every move Ringo Starr made on the drums and I was somehow enthralled in the songs that were not the headliners like "Can't Buy Me Love" and the title track. Well, this strange little movie has a Criterion reincarnation come June 24th including 4K digital restoration and dozens of documentaries and features that would make the unofficial film historian in me do happy dance laps around my apartment.

 

Let's not just stop there, the first Beatles flick is also coming to theaters in July! I'm seriously not kidding. Des Moines or Chicago, I am coming for you! I have to! I mean it! Seriously! *pouts* I'm not, am I?

 

 

You know it's officially spring when new music comes popping up faster than the leaves sprouting in Iowa during Spring-Winter, Winterish-Spring? In other words, fast. Very.

Donkeyboy's Crazy is the Coolest, Like Ever

It's seriously hard to believe that just a week ago "Crazy Something Normal" was released. And since then, the new Donkeyboy feel-good has been dominating the ITunes charts including a Late Night stint AND a music video that involves demonic spray cans and the boys looking wonderfully bad ass. 

Jena Malone Makes Art

**Warning, there's nudity**

Jena Malone channels something like classical art in The Shoe's video for "Dead Rabbit Hopes" and I don't think anyone is complaining unless you have an issue with yourself when you take your clothes off. She is stunning with nothing but flowers decorating her perfect and  -- dare I say -- perfect body you would almost think the video distracts from how lovely her voice is. But it doesn't, or at least to me versus the perverted male species. This is art and it is stunning.



Sharon van Etten "Taking Chances" on a Tarot Reading

This is includes all of my favorite things: close ups on Sharon's lovely face, mysticism, tarot cards, nail polish (albeit chipped) and a strangely profound message in between the lines. Despite the fact I saw the ending from a mile away, I absolutely adored getting lost in this video.

Lindsey Sterling Consorts with Mer-Creatures Now...

There are some musicians whose music just encompasses your spiritual beliefs; my list includes Julianna Barwick and especially the way Lindsey Sterling sets up her music videos. And her latest "Beyond the Veil," the "hip-hop violinist" evokes something between The Little Mermaid and Lord of the Rings as her violin gets stolen by a magical child-creature who can breathe underwater. This is just breathtakingly beautiful! Mission Creek, can we get her next year? Stirling's album "Shatter Me" comes out May 2nd.