Rafael

forget vibrators, i get off with a knife #hxc 

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Might be farfetched, but there's something going on with those damn long trees and that filter. On other hand, I do recall seeing them in the music video for "Summeritme Sadness" as well... But that's a thing I've been picking up a lot lately. Another visual aesthetic move? Or just my paranoia? 

Finally sat down and created my very first cohesive playlist! Been wanting to create one for so long, but I've never had the time to do it. It's called... Sunset Twist!
 


Tracklist:
Kill Kill Motel 6 Hundred Dollar Bill Backfire TV in Black & White Hollywood Every Man Gets His Wish Daytona Meth Old Money On Our Way Without You The Other Woman Radio (Demo) Million Dollar Man (Demo) Angels Forever Forever Angels Thoughts/LANALYSIS/Fanfic:
1. Kill Kill - Is such a great opener and really sets a tone and vibe to it all. Certainly a reason why it's the first on Lana Del Ray. Give me them beachy tunes~
2. Motel 6 - Goes very well hand in hand with "Kill Kill" and sort of has this attitude to it.
3. Hundred Dollar Bill - A continuation to "Motel 6". Badass chick looking for the #thrill and rush.
4. Backfire - Realizes she cannot live without him. She puts herself out there and opens up.
5. TV in Black & White - Reminiscing the old times they used to spend times together. A big sister to the "Kill Kill" beach feeling~
6. Hollywood - But she has other ways of spending her living. Glamour, gold and Hollywood. *white cali girl voice* lets go shopping!
7. Every Man Gets His Wish - "Hollywood" part 2. Whilst in paradise and Hollywood realizing the way it used to be... Missing him.
8. Daytona Meth - It's like a Hollywood movie. Realizing all of this among the opulence in Hollywood. Reminiscing á "TV in Black & White" but in a more mournful way. K dying. Suddenly realizing we're all gonna die.
9. Old Money - Polished "Daytona Meth". Remember those times? Those summer nights seem long ago
10. On Our Way - Gonna let the lyrics speak for themselves: You say we're gonna run away / I love you more with each and everyday / You say that we were meant to be / We'll be together finally / Life on the run has set me free, me free now
11. Without You - Title speaks for itself.
12. The Other Woman - I'll be the lonely girl. Is this my destiny? The other woman. The one who doesn't end up with true love after all~
13. Radio (Demo) - But you know what? You gotta make the best out of the situation. My songs are playing on the radio. I'm a successful artist. The loss of you almost made me lose myself. Boy I've been raised from the dead / No one even knows how hard life was.
14. Million Dollar Man (Demo) - A tribute. During the time I got to know you I dearly hope I made you feel like a million dollar man~ But why is my heart still broke?
15. Angels Forever Forever Angels - ...But I know someday we'll be united. ~The End~
 
 
Additional comment:
I'm sorry if this came across too fuzzy. I swear it was so much better in my head
But yeah I'm also struggling with the latter songs. I have two sort of endings to the album and it's either with a bittersweet way á "Million Dollar Man" So why is my heart broke? It's just such a heart wrenching way to end an album, but the concept lives on~
The other way is on a more spiritual note á "Angels Forever Forever Angels". That you and I were indeed born to die, but we'll be together soon. Thanks for bearing with me if you read all the way down here. This was so much fun. Let me know what you guys think. I might do another one!

i just find it fascinating how she started off her career singing about buying belts at the mall and now its just BAM fucked my way up~

i just find it fascinating how she started off her career singing about buying belts at the mall and now its just BAM fucked my way up~

Cherry Galore, oh my god. Imagine the lyrics:
 
I was working down in the corner café
You would drive by in the Chevrolet
Whistle at me as my hips go sway
"Cherry Galore", how you get that way?
 
Not even gonna quote "Ridin'"

i just find it fascinating how she started off her career singing about buying belts at the mall and now its just BAM fucked my way up~

i just find it fascinating how she started off her career singing about buying belts at the mall and now its just BAM fucked my way up~

MOAR LANAFICTION TO THE PPL 
 
 
 

Ha. "People". That is impressive vagueness. But I don't really care. I'm just glad she's finally acknowledging it. But this makes me suspect Brian Hiatt's been reading our forum even more. "Shaving off". I've used that phrase to describe this at least once.
 
I think she's probably conflating a couple things here. Both Gaga and Lana played consecutive new writer showcases at the Cutting Room put on by the Songwriter's Hall of Fame (SHOF) which Bob Leone worked for as Projects Director. The Monday night lineups she's referring to were probably Monday night open mics at Makor that were also put on by the SHOF. You can see more about those gigs in the "Early Shows" section.
 
Regarding Axl Rose:

 
Wow. It's truly fascinating that one of the most subtly written portrayals of a problematic relationship in modern pop music may be accidental, the writer not self-conscious of it.
 
Paging @@FormerLanaFan.
 
I would love a Buzzfeed-style "Cunt-ries of the World" map of what Barrie imagines each nation's delicacies taste like.

 
She sheds more light on her relationship with a record label exec:
It's almost like she wants us to figure it out.
 
Who knew dry-humping jokes were the way to a woman's heart? (Skip to 3:46.)

 
Yo, Franco, I'm really happy for you, I'ma let you finish... but Barrie-James was one of the best boyfriends of all time. One of the best of all time!

rly excited to hear his new stuff!

A quick update for those still interested in Barrie's work. Barrie has signed at BMG

 
He was recording last week at 4th street recordings with Jim Abbiss as producer (who previously worked with Kasabian, Adele, Arctic monkeys, Bjork etc)


 
And his album is done. Nic Harcourt tweeted about his album
 
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In addition to metaphysics in the Aristotelian philosophical sense, Lana also seems to be interested in the metaphysical in the sort of New Age, spiritual, eastern mysticism sense. (Note her field trip to a psychic with her Rolling Stone interviewer.) During her early career in NYC, a number of people around her seem to have been into these types of things as well. On his blogger profile, Tags from Lizzy Grant and the Phenomena lists things like qi and energy healing under his interests, and David Nichtern, founder of 5 Points Records, is a prominent Buddhist teacher. In fact, he founded a sister label, Dharma Moon, dedicated to producing music for meditation and yoga. His son Ethan is also a prominent Buddhist teacher and author.
 
In light of that, I thought these Facebook posts of hers were interesting:
 

 

 

Cherry Galore, oh my god. Imagine the lyrics:
 
I was working down in the corner café
You would drive by in the Chevrolet
Whistle at me as my hips go sway
"Cherry Galore", how you get that way?
 
Not even gonna quote "Ridin'"

Everything I want I have 

What is she doing visiting Katy Perry's home...

I'm a dragon, you're a whore

@@evilentity get @@Monicker back to lb pls

Cherry Galore, oh my god. Imagine the lyrics:
 
I was working down in the corner café
You would drive by in the Chevrolet
Whistle at me as my hips go sway
"Cherry Galore", how you get that way?
 
Not even gonna quote "Ridin'"

Can you believe it took me a full year and a half to finally grab my hands on it and finish it? I LOVED the book. Almost as nearly as much as The Lost Symbol. Started reading Inferno instantly after I was done and I'm almost done reading it as well! I only have like hundred pages left, but so far I'm not disappointed. Can't wait for the movie to come out next year! I was unsure the other Dan Brown books would exceed my expectations after I finished the first one, but now I've come to realize I really enjoy every single chapter of them all. I love reading during the summer, it's so refreshing (and I'm usually the series/gaming/computer nerd kinda guy, ha).

It is endlessly fascinating to me how a sensitive person can simply stand up for herself and refuse to play the diplomacy game, and get called a bitch for it.
 
Apparently there is pressure in some form for Lana to do interviews. I say good for her for knowing to call it quits this time. (After, what, seven hours of interview time the day before?)
 
Yes, indeed there is a place for treating different people differently, and treating more-sensitive people with greater sensitivity. It's called emotional intelligence, and anyone who works with people would do well to at least consider it in their approach. (I don't usually extoll the virtues of EI because I think it gets overemphasized these days compared to other forms of intelligence... But completely ignoring it is just as ridiculous.)
 
Whether the established players like it or not, Lana is going to have to find her own approach to the game. If a journalist triggers her red flags, then she has the right to enforce her boundaries by ending the interview. (He even says she told him it wasn't about him. That's a conciliatory move. Artless? Maybe. Hissy fit? Hardly.)

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Someone's been reading Lanalysis.   Actually, between this and the age thing and the FMWUTTT/Lorde thing I think this guy's been reading a fair amount on LanaBoards.  

This is really interesting. It explains why her high school yearbook photo said she was college bound for SUNY Geneseo even though she ended up at Fordham and the apparent gap between high school and her starting college. But it makes when she might have lived in Alabama all the more mysterious. 

Ha! Me and my momma we don't get along, indeed. Though I can just see her being the kind of waitress that tries to make up for shitty service by flirting with her male patrons. 

She still remembers these lovely early songs.   

Say hi to your Bond girl sister Pussy for me, will you? 

Ha, look at get all defensive about his cardinal error as her manager. 

I guess you guys weren't the only ones that noticed this.  

I'll be posting more about this soon. 
This is too long to type up. Read from the paragraph beginning "Then, really without warning" to the end:

   
"Maybe I'm sensitive. Do you think?"
"You're asking all the right questions. I just really don't want to answer them."
"I'm just uncomfortable, and it has nothing to do with you."
 
I think these quotes really highlight what's going on here. Interviewers ask her perfectly reasonable questions to ask, nevertheless she still feels uncomfortable being asked them. What I don't understand, given that so many of her interviews have turned out this way, why she still does them or why she doesn't just say "No comment" or "I'd rather not answer that" and move on rather than throwing a hissy fit at interviewers who are just doing their job.
 

Why should it be out of bounds to ask about something she has consistently volunteered detailed information about unprompted in multiple interviews and may be referenced in several of her songs?

This is bound to be a controversial opinion, but I think this is a fantastically well-done profile, perhaps one of the best. I don't believe it's the job of a journalist, even in the fluffy realm of music journalism, to humor the people they cover. The job of a journalist is to portray their subjects accurately and in-depth. This article accomplished that in spades. It goes into great depth about her history and provides new details about unanswered questions, it demonstrates the author did his homework, confirms the recent NYT profile's angle that she's been misunderstood and the backlash was premised on bullshit, but pulls the curtain back on what it's like to interview Lana Del Rey and her mercurial nature.
 
That said, the one quibble I have is that I felt they removed all context from her comment about not wanting people to hear and think about her music when promoting this profile online.
 
Some specific thoughts:
 

Like lemonade.  
What'll really make me happy is if those fuckers on Wikipedia will change it permanently now without me having to make a case for it on BLPN.
 

I can't say I am anywhere near as familiar with other pop stars to say if this is true, but it's nice to see even music journalists that aren't as fawning as the NYT's John Pareles say this. I also like that this article describes her name change as merely "showbiz-as-usual" and said this:
 

Get it girl   

 

Let's see. She started breaking up with Barrie "starting in December or so", right around the same time she previously said she stopped having writer's block and her concept for the album started to come together and she began recording stuff for it at Electric Lady Studios. And then there are those lyrics. Hmm...  

Give us the demos Dan!  

Fucking labels, man.  

The irony of this has always struck me. Her parents moved away from the city to the countryside because they had Lizzy who of course was powerfully drawn to the city when she grew up. 
TO BE CONTINUED... Fucking quote limits.

What's that sound? Is it @@evilentity sobbing tears of joy?

29th birthday!!! OMG, hallelujah