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I agree that the community here at Lana Boards has surpassed LDR.FM And velour kicks velvet's butt tbqh.

Just saw "Looper" last night and it was SOOO good!

To me, the video is about someone who's been treated like trash, desperately looking for community, and finding it in (to the viewer) unexpected places. It's not just controversial; it's worldview-challenging. I think it's asking the viewer to re-evaluate how we think about human dignity. Everyone's life experience is different, but most of us know what it's like to be treated like trash. Some methods are more large-scale and life-threatening than others. A person whose entire tribe is being "thrown away" is in a different physical circumstance from someone raised in relative physical safety who chooses to leave. But on a psychological level -- at a deep soul level -- if you're told enough times that you're trash, the desperation and despair is real. It doesn't go away just because someone, somewhere can find a way to tell you some way that you're privileged. At the point of desperation, I think any such privilege becomes theoretical. At that point, the last thing you need is a community that tells you who's more important than whom. You need a community that tells you, you matter too.

This is HunterAshlyn's playlist... too good not to share! The flow is perfection. No One Even Knows How Hard Life Was Hey Lolita Hey Driving in Cars with Boys Lucky Ones (not sure which version he had in mind; I use the demo) Video Games Oh Say Can You See Carmen Goodbye Kiss Yayo Bad Disease Pawn Shop Blues Million Dollar Man Mermaid Motel Kill Kill Without You Diet Mtn Dew demo 3 Hundred Dollar Bill (not sure which version he had in mind; I use the demo) Off to the Races You Can Be the Boss Dark Paradise Radio They maintained one on LDR.FM but I think that may have been one of the reasons it got shut down. :/

I've been thinking Radio is about fame, or Los Angeles. But I don't know.

East coast beaches...

I think Neal's point is that the lyric is "like an American"

I think this is an important perspective. Life is complicated, and things don't always line up according to whatever the conventional expectations are at the moment.

Oh yeah, this is Ahmed's mixtape! He actually took a couple of Lana's covers ("Goodbye Kiss" and "Happiest Girl...") and put her vocals over the original music. I'm quite impressed with the result in the case of "GK" (but I prefer both originals to the mash-up). So excited to try out some new playlists!

Playlists are very personal and imo there's no right or wrong way to do them. They simply reveal how we like to group songs together when we listen to them. Please share yours! Personally, I'm obsessed with tweaking my unreleased playlists. Here's the latest edition of my "surf noir" playlist, in which I've tried to recreate/continue the feeing of "AKA Lizzy Grant." (I've finally given this playlist an actual name, beyond that of a rock subgenre ) Florida Dark 1. Heavy Hitter 2. Dum Dum ("version 1") 3. Come When You Call Me (A-M-E-R-I-C-A) 4. You Can Be the Boss 5. (Interlude) She Walks Into Mine 6. Jimmy Gnecco 7. Every Man Gets His Wish 8. Trash Magic (Miss America) 9. Fordham Road 10. Kinda Outta Luck 11. The Man I Love (fan mix) 12. Disco 13. Hundred Dollar Bill (1.0) 14. Pin Up Galore 15. You're Gonna Love Me 16. Daddy Issues 17. On Our Way (HunterAshlyn, if you don't share your "No One Even Knows How Hard Life Was" playlist, I will! Unless you don't want me to. I still listen to it sometimes.)

See my siggy photo, please and thank you.

I don't think I'd be as big a fan without AKA. (Though I was pretty impressed by BTD.) But now that I know what she's capable of, I think I'm a Lana fan for life. Besides, it's the fan community that keeps me coming back here. As long as people still have interesting things to talk about, I'll probably still be here! (Where's a group-hug emoticon when you need one?!?)

Exactly what I thought! (Glad that film is still making the rounds though)

Can we please change everything already posted to "Mr. ---" and "her teacher"?

Sugar Venom, I've PM'd evilentity and asked him to weigh in on this part of the discussion.

tbh I'm having trouble coming up with something sufficiently specific that's not too specific/accusatory

That does seem a bit personal. But I'm uncomfortable throwing his last name around too. What does everyone think about changing references, to this person, to initials or an alias?

So happy for Lana! I doubt she'll get out of music altogether. But even if she does, I hope she's happy.

Not judgin', just...

OT: Sitar, your sig is synched up perfectly with OTTR right now and it's kinda mesmerizing...

Let's discuss this. "MMIH" is delicious. "Delicious" is disguscious. (It's okay.) I don't think it's the same rapper. Actually, I think Lana's vocal style on "Delicious" sounds more like the vocal style of the voice at the beginning of "MMIH", than the rapper's vocal style on "Delicious" does -- softer, richer.

I don't think anyone on this thread is worried about Lana smoking pot. It's the harder stuff (and for her, alcohol) that could create serious problems down the line.

Oh wow, it totally does. No wait, it could be a live performance. But didn't the journalists get that 18-song sampler awhile back... Okay. :imbeingsarcasticbitch2: