January 02, 2008
How Often Do You Fall In Love?
Here's something special. Something fine and beautiful to look at for you. An engaged couple, deeply feeling it.
Let this engagement ring be a symbol of all that we should hope for in the new year. More of this, less of that. Long live innocence. Here are some top favorite lists from various pals. What inspired you in 2007?
Young Nate Harringbone -
In no order-
10. 77 boadrum
9. free trips to ny in february and july
8. dub club
7. panda bear
6. my friends
5. the field - from here we go sublime
4. soberly makeing* out with girls
3. working on being positive
2. planet earth DVDS
1. accepting myself
*i know i spelled making wrong, but i think the way i spelled it is more aesthetically pleasing, to my eyes anyways.
Jen Bucken -
Top Ten for 2007
•Getting engaged & my amazing fiancé
•Seeing Morrissey on my birthday
•Cat Power live & new album "Jukebox"
•Trying XXXX & being into it
•Purple satin Vans
•Getting paid to write about fashion
•New Kills album "Midnight Boom"
•"I'm Not There" Bob Dylan film
•Lots of Motorcycle rides
•Becoming friends with Max Schaaf
This is off the top of my head and while there were lots of good times all year, these stuck with me.
Leslie and Gustavo deWitt -
of course wanted to do my top 10 movies so I looked back in my
netflix files and realized I watch 80% french films because I've seen
every thing else and because they are my favorite favorites. So here
are my top 10 french films (hope this don't come off as too hardwood
snooty!)
1. Le Samourai (Melville)
2. Masculin Feminin (Godard)
3. Le Jour Se Leve (Carne')
4. Le Corbeau (Clouzot)
5. Le Cercle Rouge (Melville)
6. 400 Blows (Truffaut)
7. Au Revoir Les Enfants (Malle)
8. Band of Outsiders (Godard)
9. Rules of the Game (Renoir)
10. Rififi (Dassin)
*** (Blue is one of my favorite films in French but I think of it as a
Polish film....)
Hans Munk -
Hello friend.
I made my list for you. It's not in any kind of order though - I couldn't make up my mind.
2007 top ten:
-going to california with my girlfriend and meeting new friends
-going to finland and staying in the woods in early autumn
-starting bands again
-watching gorilla biscuits for some hardcore nostalgia
-watching the boredoms perform at the radio koncert hall
-watching gang gang dance perform in a movie theatre
-the sads, no age and everything else on teenage teardrops
-the helvetica documentary
-the new repo man records store in copenhagen
-fixing our apartment
Corey Brewer -
Movies I saw this year (predictable, no?) not in order:
Hour of the Wolf (1968)
When the Levees Broke (2006)
Superbad (2007)
Millers Crossing (1990)
children of men (2006)
Pans Labyrinth (2006)
Zodiac (2007)
Darjeeling Limited (2007)
Swimming Pool (2003)
Aguirre: the Wrath of God (1973)
Jexxe Judy Spears -
top 7 feelings
1. happy
2. great
3. adventurous
4. excited
5. busy
6. hungry and about to eat
7. full
top 7 shoes
1. cortezezz
2. fart shoes
3. dirty high top whatevers
4. those high top winos
5. plaid vans
6. red vans
7. the target shoes
top 7 color combinations for poms
1. black, neon speckles
2. pink, red
3. thrift store orange, brown, yellow, black
4. white, little bits of color
5. grey, light grey, black, red
6. pink, grey
7. blue, light blue, white, with gold string
top 7 shows i went to
1. 6th and alamedo warehouse after the echo....mika miko, abe babes...who else? did no age play again?
2. dash snow after party!
3. breakfast show at the smell
4. crazy show at the smell where guy got kicked out
5. black dice at the echoplex....because i met kevin spanky <3
6. lavender diamond at family
7. wait i need to do this list with you....i am forgetting an aawesome abe babes show and a dss show...and i just can't remember them right now
ohhh fuck mika miko at the fucking glass house a couple weeks ago!! that was the bexxxxt after party....how could i forget?
the hole?
i have to touch up this list....its not finished yet.
And my own favorite things that happened this year,in no order, and I will surely forget something -
ANP Quarterly.
Boadrum 77 on 7/7/7.
Barr 'Summary'.
Finishing my year of Interferon and being free of hepatitis C.
La Vie En Rose.
Sex/Vid 'Tania'.
Brother Reade 'Rap Music'.
The Cinefamily curating the Silent Movie Theater.
Bone Awl 'Meaningless Leaning Mess'.
My therapist, Marty.
Pocahaunted / Robedoor split cd.
Getting to contribute to Bryan Ray Turcotte's amazing book, 'Punk Is Dead, Punk Is Everything'.
The Sads 'Silent Show' at the Journal Gallery in Brooklyn.
Meeting all kinds of new friends through blodding/labeling who are amazing and inspiring and living in the future now.
'Help Yourself Help Yourself' by Patrick deWitt.
Eating at Flore, Fatty's and Soul Veg.
Night hikes.
The Mountain.
Soiled Mattress and the Springs 'Honk Honk Bonk'.
Etc..
And mostly, most of all, this year for me belonged to Los Angeles, and the insanely non stop positive and excellent arts and spirit coming out of this city. Too name but a few things/peoples - The Smell, Abe Vigoda, PPM, Mika Miko, Sir DSS, The Sads, No Age, Ooga Booga, Smashing bottles with Jexxe, Family, Mosher Hall,Tiny Creatures, countless shows, countless openings, and the most spirited and active community that I have ever seen. It was truly a stunning time just to be alive, and all signs point to yes for it continuing this year.
Total Crazed Naxos. Let's go!
[BTW-The pics don't coincide with list makers. Duh.]
Posted by Cali at January 2, 2008 04:25 PM