Je t'aime... Moi non plus!

It's not often I get excited about and advert, but perfume ads are a wholly different matter. I'm a massive fan of the old Miss Dior Cherie advert, with the dream day-in-the-life-of theme and excellent soundtrack. So when I found out that Sofia Coppola was doing a new one featuring the lovely Natalie Portman, I was pretty bloody excited. But all this plus Serge & Jane, well, that was the icing on the cake!

.... Not as good as the original one though! Just saying.

Ciao, Manhattan!

''Why is life worth living? It's a very good question. Well. There are certain things, I guess that make it worthwhile. uh... Like what... okay... um... For me, uh... ooh... I would say... what, Groucho Marx, to name one thing... uh... um... and Willie Mays... and um... the 2nd movement of the Jupiter Symphony... and um... Louis Armstrong, recording of 'Potato Head Blues'... um... Swedish movies, naturally... Sentimental Education by Flaubert... uh... Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra... um... those incredible Apples and Pears by Cezanne... uh... the crabs at Sam Wo's... uh... Tracy's face.....''

I'd Rather Live In Dreams..

I am madly in love with this little number by Wild Nothing, although it makes me seriously wish it was summer. There's nothing I don't like about it; lovely lyrics, Smiths-esque music, and a snazzy video on top of all that. Dreamy.

Dents De Lait, Dents De Loup!

I can't stop listening to this catchy little number, which charmingly translates to 'Milk teeth, wolf teeth' by Serge Gainsbourg and 60's teenage star France Gall. Not sure if this was before or after naughty Serge humiliated Gall by having her sing 'Les Sucettes' - a song she believed to be about her love of sucking on lolly pops, when in reality it was about sucking... something else. Anyway, back to today's song - please enjoy how it sounds like the theme tune of an old cartoon/ something out of Austin Powers. And bless him, could Serge looks any more awkward in the midst of all those dancing ladies? He is a strange man, but then, the best ones are...

Carmensita!

We are off to see Black Swan tonight! So in honour of the occasion, let's pay homage to Miss Portman's old flame, the spectacle that is Devendra Bahnhart. Natalie, you're clever, beautiful, and hilarious, and I hate to criticize buuut... you've made the wrong choice. Devendra is equally clever/ beautiful/ hilarious and he can certainly write a song or two. This is the man you should be marrying and makin' babies with, not some ballet choreographer man - even if he is French. Just saying.

Stop Me If You Think That You've Heard This One Before..

Back in the day, Mark Ronson was a bit of a heart-breaker, wasn't he? Easily the best-dressed male celebrity around, he always accessorised his fantastic suits with co-ordinating tie and a coy facial expression. Swoon. He soon caught the eye of the lovely Daisy Lowe, and they became possibly the most attractive couple to be featured in pages of the daily newspapers' trashy pages. Like most girls I know, I had quite the soft spot for Mr. Ronson. Allow us to observe his wonderful sartorial choices for a moment;

Yep, it's a winning formula. An immaculately turned out young man, he could do no wrong. Oh, but wait a minute -

Bleached blonde quiff? Long velvet coat? This picture makes me want to weep a little bit.He is starting to look dangerously like Duckie nowadays. But at least he still has other talents still, eh? Wonderful stuff.

Between Love & Hate

As of lately, I am a very confused young lady. Fear not, I'm not going through some quarterly-life crisis, but I have become sort of musical schizophrenic. You see, there's several songs that I've recently heard, kind of hated, but then felt the strange compulsion to download them and listen to them lots anyway. So actually, make that a musical masochist. I blame this sudden bout of crazy on my recent discovery of this little gem of a website. Since it is far too good to be true, I have been frantically  downloading all the songs I may ever want to listen to in my life, before it is inevitably shut down. If you haven't already, get on it - it will improve your life, or at the very least your iTunes. Anyhoo, here are the songs that make me feel unclean after listening to, and, in a perverse kind of way, enjoying them. 

Sleigh Bells - Tell 'Em

My first thoughts were my god, this is fucking awful. The obnoxious opening sounds like a terrible cross between a 90's video game and the kind of 'Hair Metal' my dad likes. And yet I cannot turn it off.

Everything Everything - Photoshop Handsome

Hmm. It's definitely infectious - but is it in a good way like laughter, or bad in the same way Swine flu was? It's a toughie. Part of me thinks it's maybe actually quite good, but then the other part thinks it sounds like it could be by The Automatic? I just don't know any more.

M.I.A. - XXXO

I do love a bit of M.I.A. If the last 5 years of my life were to have a soundtrack, I would reckon that her first two albums would feature heavily. However, her latest offering... not a fan. This song however I strangely quite like, even though it's a wee bit terrible. The lyrics are littered with technology references ('You're tweeting me like tweety bird on your iPhone') that make me die a little bit inside. And please observe the video - she's just chilling out with some swans and glittery tigers, accompanied by some truly hideous MySpace-y graphics. How about that.

However! To my immense relief, there is at least one song I was instantly smitten with. Love at first hearing, you could say. I love everything about it - the jangly little Superbad-esque tune, the lyrics, his outfit (chinos and Hawaiian shirt? Oh yes.) I'm certain about this one, and I'm ready to commit to full-on adoration a song. Thank god for this beauty....