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It's from Diet Mtn Dew.

God well Sirens was a shock to the system but as well as that remember when Serial Killer, Go Go Dancer, Summer of Sam and Ghetto Baby all leaked? I really remember that because I'd recently got an iPod so it was around then when I was organizing my whole collection properly. 
 
Also, I remember a lot of BTD demos were leaking around spring/summer of 2012, it was then when we started getting leaks really rapidly. Also a bit before that when stuff like the No Kung Fu EP, Match Made in Heaven, Dum Dum and that stuff were leaking which was when I sort of became a stan rather than a fan since late 2011 when I never really followed stuff like Hundred Dollar Bill, Trash Magic, Money Hunny etc leaking but those songs hold a special place in my heart because they were the songs that really got me into Lana 
 
I love this thread, the nostalgia is killing me 

I wasn't around when "Dum Dum" leaked, but that's the song that got me into Lana fanboards in May 2012! Soon after, Sirens leaked and that was terribly exciting. But probably "Serial Killer" leaking that summer was the high point for me.

i think this explains her very well:

I think Ride, monologue and song, says a lot about Lana. Was the first video after the backlash wave settle down and I think in a way tells her story. I think Lana is in between her own lyrics. You can find Elizabeth and Lana in between not the words. Does that make sense?
 
Like in Ride (song/video/monologue)  for example Imo is kind off her story, how she ended up in Interscope and being Lana Del Rey.
 
 

 

Specially the 'trash' part  
Well, I luv this song, it is so amateur yet fantastic. Lana Ray, will you serve me lemonade? And I said yes Bill I will... I love Trash Magic as a title too

I agree!!! That chorus is so eerie and dark! It reminds me of all the videos that she puts together herself, especially the shots of her with different wigs and stuff in front of her webcam!! So alone and so beautiful!

found a color pic of chuck and her fish 

"sidetracked by a fig newton cookie"

I found a bunch of old Lake Placid News (LPN), Adirondack Daily Express (ADE), Plattsburgh Press-Rebulican (PPR) articles archived as black and white PDF scans that mention Lizzy, some with photos of her:
 
 
 
Here's a rundown of the rest of the references:
 
Involvement in Sports
Skiing. "Lately, the students of St. Agnes School have accomplished a lot out of school. Many SAS students particpated recently in some exciting ski races: NYSEF World Cup race for JV (ages 7-10). Placings are as follows... Elizabeth Grant 20th". January 25, 1995 LPN Sports page box score showing her run time and placing ("8. Elizabeth Grant   44.33") in the Ed Damp Junior V World Cup. March 12, 1996 PPR
"The New York Ski Educational Foundation (NYSEF) held its annual family race and picnic for participants in the.series last Saturday, at which time the final standings were released... Elizabeth Grant (259)... Completed the top 10." March 23, 1996 ADE
Skating. "The following scholarships have been awarded by the Skating Club of Lake Placid to the skaters named below... $50 scholarships for ice or lessons... Elizabeth Grant." March 27, 1997 ADE Softball. She played center fielder for her middle school team. "Elizabeth grant [sic] OF-C". April 10, 1998 LPN Involvement in Other Extra-curricular Activities
Choir. "The Lake Placid High School (LPHS) concert started off with the chorus singing 'Psallite'. They song many traditional Christmas Carols [sic]. The chorus personnel are... Elizabeth Grant". March 7, 2000 LPN "After the Women's Ensemble it was the high school chorus' time to shine... Medley from 'Les Miserables' had many soloists, such as... Elizabeth Grant". June 23, 2000 LPN
What song do you think she sang?
Performed in a variety show (as well as Chuck and Charlie). June 23, 2000 LPN Secretary of the high school Key Club. "On Tuesday May 9, the Key Club members welcomed new leadership... Congratulations also go to the new secretary. Elizabeth Grant". June 23, 2000 LPN Staff of the Blue Times Bomber, the school newspaper which appears to have been an insert in the Lake Placid News. January 28, 2000  March 17, 2000 LPN  June 23, 2000 LPN Confirmation. "On Sunday afternoon. May 21, at 4:30 p.m.. Bishop Gerald Barbarito, bishop of Ogdensburg, came to Lake Placid and confirmed more than 50 people from area Roman Catholic churches, including St Agnes... It was a beautiful and solemn ceremony, with the church's altars and pillars decked in red, the bishop in his red chasuble (robe), wearing his miter on his head and holding his staff in hand. On the altar, dozens of red roses arranged in large vases added to the festive atmosphere. The 17 Lake Placid young people, all dressed in white robes, who received the gifts of the Holy Spirit in the sacrament of confirmation included... Elizabeth Grant". May 26, 2000 LPN Honor Roll
 
There are also many articles that list her on the honor roll:
Grade 7, High Honors. January 9, 1998 LPN  February 13, 1998 LPN  March 27, 1998 LPN  March 27, 1998 ADE  March 30, 1998 PPR  May 29, 1998 ADE  June 9, 1998 ADE  June 19, 1998 LPN  July 31, 1998 PPR Grade 8, Honors. March 5, 1999 LPN  March 8, 1999 ADE  March 12, 1999 LPN  May 7, 1999 LPN Grade 8, High Honors. June 18, 1999 LPN  July 20, 1999  July 23, 1999 LPN Grade 9, Honors. December 24, 1999 LPN  December 31, 1999 LPN  January 28, 2000 LPN This establishes pretty well that she started 9th grade in the fall of 1999. Unless you skip a grade, kids are 14 or 15 when they begin 9th grade (or at least turn 14 shortly after it begins). If Lizzy was really born in 1986 as she claims, she would have just turned 13 the summer before.   
 
Family Members
 
There's also a lot of articles mentioning other members of her family. I didn't spend a ton of time looking at those, but they appear to be mostly about her parents' efforts to organize opposition to a development project (Lake Placid does really remind me of Twin Peaks sometimes) for classic NIMBY reasons, her dad's real estate listings, and Chuck and Charlie's sports exploits (including a huge fish she caught).
 
However, this article describes in greater detail her dad's furniture company mentioned in that Domain Name Journal profile on him and this article gives more background on her family's ownership of "God Bless America" singer Kate Smith's home-- which Lizzy mentioned in this article and was the inspiration for the original title of AKA-- and their attempts to sell it at a large profit rather than an affordable price for the Kate Smith/God Bless America Foundation who wanted to turn it into a museum.
 
Note: Please let me know if any of my links appear wrong. That's a lot of links to copy and paste!

I enjoyed this far too much
 
 
 

remaster ≠ rerecording ≠ remaster
 
I'm surprised that you, of all people, Bill, would perpetuate this.
 
The sequence and all of its individual components:
 
-compose
-arrange (could be done by someone other than the writer and/or producer)
-engineer (record)
-produce (although this happens simultaneously with the previous step, and sometimes with the next step as well)
-mix (sometimes there's a mix engineer outside of the session engineer)
-master (done by mastering engineer; seldom done by engineer of the recording)
-remaster (if need be, and typically done many years after the original mastering; also, if something was never mastered [as is the case with most demos] then it can't be remastered)
 
To (somewhat) answer the original question: I'd like to hear AKA and Paradise remixed. Also, a few parts of Paradise rerecorded, as well as a few changes being made to the arrangements. Never going to happen.

Summertime Sadness' video has been my favorite since it came out. I think it would be cool to know where it was filmed. I researched and found out that it was filmed in Santa Clarita, California, by Jaime King and her husband. In the video, you can see it is filmed mostly on a road, somewhere in the mountains that surround or are near Santa Clarita. In still photos, you can see a trash can in the background so I am assuming it was filmed at the King's house or someone's house that overlooked a valley, where Lana "killed herself" by falling off of the rocky edge of the sidewalk. Now, I'm not trying to be a stalker, I don't want to know where the Kings live, but this video has significant personal value to me and it would mean a lot if I knew where the video was filmed. I've looked but I can't figure out exactly where it was filmed. If you could help, that would be great. 

God, when I saw the word ''farewell'' I almost got a heart attack. Regardless of what she implied by that, it got me thinking about how would it be like if it was true and I just wanted to cry. Because, I've just truly discovered her, like, truly discovered, beyond just ''Born To Die. Her music is treasure. Lana herself is treasure, she's so incredible, I don't think she knows that. When being in an age where all the music we get is top 40 stuff, where every song sounds the same, knowing Lana is a gift. Because she makes people feel, because when you listen to her voice, you can feel the heart and soul in that music. And then there's seeing her live, yeah, she might not have some uber-prepared robotic show, but it's enough with her presence. Makes me appreciate someone like her so much

I interpret it to mean no matter how far she wanders, she can always come back <3

Pretty much
 

chuck body appreciation post





~fin~

I love how she's so feminine and soft. Like, she's toned, but at the same time she's got meat on her bones. She and Chuck got some good genes.
 
 

 

 
I'm too short to have legs like that...

Her proportions

"K. Stop it you perv *smh*"
 
 
 
 
       

How could you forget
 

We all know Lana has fantastic legs and I've seen a lot of desire for an appreciation thread dedicated to them so I couldn't resist 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Contribute and enjoy, I know I will 

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This shot in the National Anthem video