I'll see you in another life, when we are both cats

I was surprised to find out Vanilla Sky got such poor reviews. I'm a big Cameron Crowe fan and I think it's a great movie.

I like the dream/nightmare feel and all the art, cultural, and music references.

Posters of French New Wave films feature prominently in David's apartment, including this one from my favorite Truffault film:

Also, Tom Cruise. That pleasure delayer.

42 words by David Bowie

David Bowie was asked to describe his new album The Next Day in 42 words. Here they are:

Effigies
Indulgences
Anarchist
Violence
Chthonic
Intimidation
Vampyric
Pantheon
Succubus
Hostage
Transference
Identity
Mauer
Interface
Flitting
Isolation
Revenge
Osmosis
Crusade
Tyrant
Domination
Indifference
Miasma
Pressgang
Displaced
Flight
Resettlement
Funereal
Glide
Trace
Balkan
Burial
Reverse
Manipulate
Origin
Text
Traitor
Urban
Comeuppance
Tragic
Nerve
Mystification

I admit I had to look up a few of them (chthonic), but it's an amazing list. Rick Moody does an exhaustive analysis for The Rumpus:

http://therumpus.net/2013/04/swinging-modern-sounds-44-and-another-day/

Free Fallin'

I just saw Jerry Maguire and am now incredibly in love with Tom Cruise. Especially this scene:

He sings a bit better in Rock of Ages.

The stars are out tonight

I'm so happy Bowie's back!

 

You can listen to his new album, The Next Day for free on iTunes. I really like it; it has a bit of the glam rock feel of Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane.

why d'ya do it?

I haven't seen some of these Marianne Faithfull images before.

 

 

 

 This one is by Robert Mapplethorpe, the photographer of Patti Smith fame.

Poetry

"but as God said,
crossing his legs,
I see where I have made plenty of poets
but not so very much
poetry."
- Charles Bukowski

 

cold english blood runs hot

I understand why it's tasteless for Marsha Hunt to sell Mick Jagger's old love letters. I also realize that this post is feeding into hackneyed tabloid reporting.

That being said, I love reading about this kind of stuff. Also, I think this line from one Mick Jagger billet-doux is absolutely beautiful:

"If I sailed with you around the world, all my sails would be unfurled."

If I wrote like that in my personal notes, I don't think I'd mind them going public. And anyway, if Mick didn't want anyone to see the letters, why couldn't he just buy them himself?

In other news, I wished I looked this good in a dress:

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