But I felt Supernatural was egging a bit on the fan service this week. Yes, we’re all nerds and if we’re lucky, we will, indeed be drunk at some point at Comicon. And yes that has been us in the lift, at least once (or…everytime) at some point in our lives. But it felt a bit over the top. You want to satisfy the vast majority (i think) of the fans?
Castiel. In a recurring, less totally batshit role.
For less than a third of the original price :D yayness.
Castiel/Misha (unsure as to which; had Misha’s features and Castiel’s expression) was a Russian prince (Tsarevich), in military finery, with grey wings against a snowy background. Just walking towards me, like Matthew Macfadyen in that last scene of Pride and Prejudice.
…then I woke up by Lord F returning from lunch, slapping upside the head. Fair enough, I suppose, I was sleeping in a library and people were trying to learn.
Damnit brain. Why can’t you serve up this stuff when I have the time to fic it properly?!
Mountain Goats - No Children.
Yay :D. not normally a fan of this singing style but there’s something true and honest about it, and I love the background guitar/piano combo. Cheerful and fatalistic :D.
Goodlife - One republic
I love the organ background to this, alongside the broken-beat type rhythm. Gospelly and edgy all at once and the music video makes me happy.
Welcome home, son Radical Face
YES :D I couldn’t tell you what ad this is from but I do recognise it. So warm. Made me want to be back in Glastonbury wearing stupid socks and flowers and embarassing you by dancing. A lot.
One day like this, elbow
I like this guy’s voice, and the melody and the spirit - the violin combo is v close to being cheesy. but still - the last thing I liked form the was ‘grounds for divorce’, so I think I prefer their edgier stuff, but this again would be perfect for a summer soundtrack.
Alkemisti - Parrisin Kevat
YES RANDOM ACCORDIAN MUSIC! It’s french but I shall forgive you. As you can tell me from my playlist I’m well into random european music so this is awesome. Fiesty and romantic with a mindblowing tuber drop at forty seconds. couldn’t ask for more. This does my absolute favoruite thing in music - combine genres and I’m well down with that shit, even without knowing what’s going on. Totally brill.
Chris Rea - Let’s Dance
YES trumpets and horns and country music and a brilliantly retro music video. A bit aggressively happy for this particular time in my life, but if you ignore his face this is very pallatable.
Samson - Regina Spektor
A touch of the ‘Hallelujah’ vibe going here, which I totally dig. Lovely melody again, exactly the sort of thing I would try and sing and really fucking embarass myself trying on to adapt for guitar and fail miserably. A bit too dark for this time in my life as well… :P
Two headed boy - Neutral Milk hotel
Got distracted listening to this by a youtube commenter who asked if he thought one of the members looked like Anne Frank. But yes, one voice and a guitar. I like the aggressive edge, strident - I find that uplifting, but that’s me. Another massive thumbs up. I’ll admit I was disturbed by the name. Definiely want to find the guitar tab for this.
Sweet home alabama - LS
Hells to the yeah. This brings back memories both good - Josh Lucas (actor in that film) - and bad, in that it’s the first thing i learnt to play on the guitar and just reminds me of heinous disgusting frustration. But dayum I want to pack this revision shit in so hard, find a classic american car and blow this joint.
This was an awesome idea. Awesome recs.
1) Song for Sienna - Brian Crain
2) Wake Up Little Susie - Everly Brothers
3) All The Sand In All The Sea - DeVotchka
4) American Wedding - Gogol Bordello
5) In the Air ft. Angela McCluskey - Morgan Page
6) Keep The Streets Empty For Me - Fever Ray
7) Another Travelin’ Song - Bright Eyes
8) Long, Long Way From Home - Foreigner
9) Record Collector - Lissie
10) What A Wonderful World - Joey Ramone
1. No Children - Mountain Goats
2. Good Life - OneRepublic
3. Welcome Home, Son - Radical Face (I don’t care if it was used in an advert, it reminds me of Ueli Steck and mountains)
4. One Day Like This - Elbow
5. Stupid Girl - Garbage
6. Alkemisti - Pariisin Kevat
7. Let’s Dance - Chris Rea
8. Samson - Regina Spektor
9. Two Headed Boy - Neutral Milk Hotel
10. Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
TONIGHT is a Supernatural!Friday?
*frantically re-arranges plans for revision induced self maiming*
is actually a really cute song - have just played it three or so times on the guitar and it’s really happy making and fuzzy…and then I remember Sam, Lucifer and some truly offensive crackers and it becomes slightly unnerving.
And has been sent a message privately by ask :) I’m going to design loads more and put them up for a giveaway again/maybe sell them for itty bitty prices if there’s any interest. Proceeds to Random Acts…..?
The STUFF going down in the boatrace right now. Nearly decapitated a human being - that would have been a fucking trophy. Violent sport this, not all lycra and bollinger!
- Still sleep deprived beyond description.
- Sitting with rowing homies, watching from the comfort of student sitting room rather than freezing it out on miserable damp bank. Supporting Oxford - Davidson was our prez two years ago.
- Mutiny on the Bounty?!
- No significantly less drama.
- Jess: 3 x Olympic silver medallists? Try harder babe.
- THE MOST ARYAN MAN IN BRITAIN IS NOW ON SCREEN.
- DORNEY!!!! Too windy to be an airfield. Let’s put a rowing lake there.
- Low tide lol.
- Town buoy? It’s the fucking black buoy. So called cos it’s death. DEATH. And, also, it’s blaaack.
- Why are you wearing a bow tie?
- Yes. More alcohol. More hilarious lifejackets.
- YES. GO ALEX GO. He also has fucking cliffs in his hands. Seriously.
- Yes. That is a fucking good reason not to lose (cos then you will have wasted the last six years of your life.)
- Bus at 4:30 in the morning the river? yuss.
- Davson vs THE WOLF MAN
(we’re both in Finals Hell, it should be mentioned)
Best Fwiend: Well cheers Becca for introducing me to Supernatural. Didn’t do any work today, just lay in bed and watched half of the first season eating biscuits.
We’re soul mates.
Unrelatedly, I just got up at 5AM for a photography call time of 9AM, on the opposite side of the country.
Still, this does mean that my car is about to become the Metallicar.
And after downing Pro Plus and a lot of Diet Coke, I will look like this:
And be doing a fuckload of this:
Come at me bro.
But I’m about to inflict hugely massive bloody violence on the over-excited bored tweens on the table next to me, screwing with my hipster-at-a-coffee-store vibe.
Am at home in the West Country (which I was going to abbreviate until I saw it said ‘WC’ and that’s a whole lot too accurate for my taste) and omg am going back to civilisation. The internet is such an enormous FAIL, the EFFORTS I have gone to download the latest Supernatural.
Well, bummed a ride with my mother to town to sit in a coffee shop and leech off their wifi while eating a very pleasant warm sandwich.
But still. Effort.
