it's probably monkey placentas

[metaphortunate]

Things I have been enjoying recently:

"The Beigeness", by Kate Tempest. I love the song. I am disturbed by the video, which is probably its goal. It's trying to say something about race and sex and genderplay and secrets and men and women and power, but I can't tell if it's getting there; and it's especially hard for me to read because Ms. Tempest is English and the racial fault lines are different there than where I'm from. It's…kind of fucked up, though, right? I think it's kind of fucked up. Great song, though.

"Moves Like Yaweh"(sic): jetpack_monkey's Festivid entry this year. Yes, it's a Prince of Egypt vid set to "Moves Like Jagger." Don't read the comments in advance: they'll spoil one of the best jokes. Leave the vidder one afterwards, though!

No Cities To Love: see "Bury Our Friends," by Sleater-Kinney. Don't call it a comeback, they've been here for years.

Unrepentant Geraldines by Tori Amos: see "Wedding Day." Now goddamn, this really is a comeback, after the past few years of unlistenable wankery.

Tape Deck Heart, by Frank Turner: see "Recovery", but also "Plain Sailing Weather" and "We Shall Not Overcome" and "Tattoos" and just the entire goddamn album. It is a joyfully musical work about being a self-pitying fuckup of a sad bastard with a completely unjustified superiority complex, and it speaks to my soul. I'm not going to embarrass anyone by claiming you as one of my people, but y'all: this one is for you. You know who you are.

All Hands, by Doomtree: see "Marathon". Okay, I'm not gonna lie. This is just to keep us going till Dessa puts out a new album. norah, I blame you for this addiction.

And on a totally different note, Nuxe Rêve de Miel lip balm. I know it's a stupid amount of money for a lip balm, but here's the thing: usually, when I buy a lip balm, I buy two, one to keep in my medicine cabinet, one to take with me and reapply all day and my lips are STILL chapped and cracked and bleeding. I bought one of these - and I don't need another. I don't need to put on lip balm during the day anymore. I put on a homeopathic amount in the morning and another at night and my lips feel fine. I don't know what they put in this shit but it's amazing.

Comments

[thistleingrey]

For years I thought I was doing lip balm wrong; then I figured out that I'm allergic to a couple of common ingredients. The Nuxe sounds awesome, but now I know about almond. (arrgh.) I'm still looking--meanwhile, not using allergenic stuff has meant less cracking by itself. \o/

[azurelunatic]

If you're in to DIY, apparently it's one of the simpler cosmetics to assemble at home with a wax, an oil, a bowl of hot water, and a little tin. (If you're not, good luck on your search!)

[thistleingrey]

Good to know--thanks, both ways! :)

[wrabbit]

Thanks for re-introducing me to Kate Tempest. I loved Brand New Ancients, but haven't thought about her in a while. I wish she'd bring her USA tour a little closer to me.

[wrabbit]

Oh, by the way, I followed you because of your fantastic 50 Shades post a couple weeks ago! I can't remember how I saw that.

[jedusaur]

I did some reading about bees last year and decided to stop doing honey--I'm still doggedly wearing down all my Burt's Bees chapsticks, but I'm on the lookout for something else. Unfortunately, that has honey too. :/

[emceeaich]

$DEITY, I needed that new Sleater-Kinney so bad. You going to one of the shows in May? TruFact: I have been assembling an outfit for that show, hopefully the boots arrive this weekend.

[liseuse]

The presence of new Sleater-Kinney music in my life has been a source of great joy recently. And I also love Frank Turner's music (I try very hard to read no interviews with him, because my heavens do I disagree with his politics, but his music I love), I think my favourite from Tape Deck Heart is "Four Simple Words". I'm easy for songs about music.

[likeadeuce]

Fraaaaank Turner, so important to me. If you get a chance to see one of his shows, do it.

[cahn]

Don't need to put lip balm on during the day? Your lips aren't chapped and cracked and bleeding any more even after reapplying all the time? Holy cow. I AM SO THERE.

(I, uh, have mostly just been living with cracked lips and knowing all the other moms are JUDGING me.)

[kore]

This probably sounds really OTT, but that Sleater-Kinney album was one of the things I am glad to have lived to see because oh my fucking God Sleater-Kinney stealth released and album and it is my favourite. Holy shit.

NEW DOOMTREE YOU SAY? And Frank Turner!