Star-crossed lovers II
July 30, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Foto: Minolog
A second installment for soft and anxious summer days in bed.
Tape - Moth Wings
Luminarium (Hapna / 2008)
Vashti Bunyan - Glow worms
Just another diamond day (Dicristina Stair / 1970)
Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat
Songs of love and hate (1971)
Box tops - Neon Rainbow
Neon Rainbow (Sundazed / 1967)
Piano Magic - I came to your party dressed as a shadow
I came to your party dressed as a shadow Ep (Acuarela / 2001)
Low, Transient Waves & Piano Magic - Sleep at the bottom
Sleep at the bottom, green acres 7″ (Rocket girl / 1998)
For a few years, when I was younger, I had the obsession of smelling everything. My favorite smell was that of the rain, the smell of moisture in books, on concrete, in trees, in my closet, in my hair. After a while, though, I realized how counterproductive this mania of mine was, as there are in this world a lesser quantity of pleasant odors than of disgusting ones and so, one day, I decided to stop.
The good thing about the habit, though, was that I developed a very strong memory that still gives me very vivid images of places and people that make me very happy. I will never forget the first time I walked through peach and strawberry fields or the particular smell of my city at 6 am. I will never forget the velvety fur of my only pet dog before it ran away looking for a lovemate and how it made me giggle when I pressed my chin against it. And I will never forget the subtle scent of sweat in your neck printed in my pillow and how it floats around every corner in the room, finding out new entrances to my inmost nerve.
See also: Star-crossed lovers.
Clap clap clap clap! Lovely selection…
Ah there’s that sweet tummy again! :)
Very nice to read about your recollections of smells. My favourite is that of sun warmed skin. It has this distinct smoky kind of scent, vaguely reminding me of wood or something. Don’t know how to describe it appropriately but I love it. And we don’t get to smell it very often in the Netherlands so it remains something a bit special for me. Nice subtle list too. I wish I had it with me this morning when I was a bit too early at university, it was very warm already and no one around so I sat under the trees by the water to watch the birds do crazy diving tricks, this list would have been perfect.
Thank you Giu, very glad you enjoyed this.
Bubba: Yes I know what you mean, though it is very common to smell sunwarmed skin in here so I don’t have any specifical memory attached to that smell. Um… just a quick question out of my mind, have you read any Murakami books by chance? For some strange reason, the way you write about your experiences reminds me of him.
No, I’ve been meaning to for a long time now but strangely enough I still haven’t. I’m not much of a reader anyway, I always get distracted halfway through a book and move on to something else without ever finishing it, but I really do intend to give him a try as I like what I’ve heard about him. Which of his books do you think would suit me the best? Just pick one and I’ll go from there.
And I promise to finish it! ;)
now THIS is a bedroom playlist, my favourite kind of playlists on MdM
music is timeless as this lists proves, mixing songs from here and there creating ear candy
One of the mp3 blogs I return to most often… in the absence of the mighty BBC radio disc jockey, John Peel (r.i.p.), I find a lot of synchronicities with my own musical tastes here, like Arvo Part, as well as some great new discoveries.
The quote-image-soundscape bricolage is a very agreeable format.
Keep up the good work.
Thanks fk and Neil!
Bubba: My favorite of his is ‘chronicle of the wind-up bird’ but there are still many books of him I haven’t read that I can’t really recommend you something in particular. He makes strongs connection to music (mainly jazz) so I think that as a music lover you’ll find his books enjoyable.
I don’t know if I’d suggest you to start with that one, though, as it has around 900 pages. I still haven’t read ‘blind willow sleeping woman’ but I’ve been told it makes a good read and it is easily enjoyable. It is a collection of short stories written by Murakami between 1980 and 2005 so maybe that’s a good starting point for you considering your literary a.d.d. ;)
Thanks, will pick up ‘Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman’ later today then, sounds like a good introduction. :)
So I picked it up just now and did a quick scan and it looks very promising, this will be perfect for reading on the train (which I happen to be doing tomorrow for 6+ hours), so thanks for the tip! And please forgive me for using your wonderful post for my silly slow-chat. ;)