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  1. Beautiful Loser
    Beautiful Loser liked a post in a topic by Mer in LA Who Am I To Love You   
    The Witch on the Corner  was actually a children's book from 1966, in which the neighborhood children call the lady who lives on their street a "witch" so often, she actually decides to go out and learn the magic of the dark arts. The kids discover her trying to fly on a broom, and decide to help her master the dark arts, which she eventually does. 
     
    I'm not exactly sure what the moral of the story is? "Embrace what they label you?" or "Become who you want others to perceive you as?"
  2. SweetHenny
    SweetHenny liked a post in a topic by Mer in "Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass" Spoken Word Poetry Album - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll   
    sorry i'm a bit slow: so only LA... is gonna be uploaded to Apple Music/Spotfy as a single? Not the whole album, yes? 
  3. AFFA
    AFFA liked a post in a topic by Mer in "Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass" Spoken Word Poetry Album - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll   
    sorry i'm a bit slow: so only LA... is gonna be uploaded to Apple Music/Spotfy as a single? Not the whole album, yes? 
  4. WhiteHydrangea
    WhiteHydrangea liked a post in a topic by Mer in LA Who Am I To Love You   
    The Witch on the Corner  was actually a children's book from 1966, in which the neighborhood children call the lady who lives on their street a "witch" so often, she actually decides to go out and learn the magic of the dark arts. The kids discover her trying to fly on a broom, and decide to help her master the dark arts, which she eventually does. 
     
    I'm not exactly sure what the moral of the story is? "Embrace what they label you?" or "Become who you want others to perceive you as?"
  5. TRENCH
    TRENCH liked a post in a topic by Mer in "Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass" Spoken Word Poetry Album - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll   
    sorry i'm a bit slow: so only LA... is gonna be uploaded to Apple Music/Spotfy as a single? Not the whole album, yes? 
  6. Poor Stacy
    Poor Stacy liked a post in a topic by Mer in "Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass" Spoken Word Poetry Album - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll   
    $9 for an artist you chose to join a forum for is “overpriced”? It’s cheaper than a burrito! And will provide u with so much more pleasure
  7. Mer
    Mer liked a post in a topic by Elle in "Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass" Spoken Word Poetry Album - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll   
    Wow. So incredible. I've always loved Lana's speaking voice - I used to leave her interviews on loop while I would do my makeup in the morning before going out for the day, and I still do. But this will be even more lovely to listen to. I actually love the poems where her vocals aren't crystal clear, as if they're filtered. It sort of reminds me of how thoughts sound in their head rather than when they're spoken. & Jack's accompaniment is so beautiful and adds such a wonderful extra element to the poems. Some of these poems I felt were stolen right out of my throat - or my brain rather, since I've never spoken them. Mostly out of fear, so it's incredible to see how fearless she is to share all of these inner thoughts, more raw than when she strings them into lyrics and melodies. It's so deeply personal, it almost feels like I shouldn't be listening. I know it's not until March, but I already can't wait for Behind the Iron Gates (and Chemtrails too, of course.) 
     
    I'm going to listen a few more times before I give a more thorough overall response and ranking, but off of first listen, my top 5 favourites are:
    Happy
    My Bedroom is a Sacred Place Now - There are Children at the Foot of My Bed
    Salamander
    Bare Feet on Linoleum 
    Sportcruiser
  8. Hallo Heaven
    Hallo Heaven liked a post in a topic by Mer in "Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass" Spoken Word Poetry Album - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll   
    Releasing the audiobook before the printed one was genius too. I wouldn’t have been half as I moved (I think) if I had read these poems before hearing them
  9. HighbytheSea
    HighbytheSea liked a post in a topic by Mer in "Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass" Spoken Word Poetry Album - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll   
    Releasing the audiobook before the printed one was genius too. I wouldn’t have been half as I moved (I think) if I had read these poems before hearing them
  10. Hallo Heaven
    Hallo Heaven liked a post in a topic by Mer in "Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass" Spoken Word Poetry Album - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll   
    It kinda reminded me of the way Grace Kelly spoke! Velvety, and articulate at the same time is not easy to do
  11. littleredpartydress
    littleredpartydress liked a post in a topic by Mer in "Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass" Spoken Word Poetry Album - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll   
    Also I thought she lived in Malibu? Obviously I respect Lana’s privacy and it’s none of my business where she lives, but as a malibu native I’m surprised she drives all that way on the PCH to the palisades
  12. Mer
    Mer liked a post in a topic by lannisterpussy in "Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass" Spoken Word Poetry Album - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll   
    very pleasantly surprised at how good this is! she shouldn’t have posted snippets of her poems on her ig, it really gave a bad impression of her poetry
  13. Mer
    Mer liked a post in a topic by littleredpartydress in "Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass" Spoken Word Poetry Album - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll   
    Anyways
     
    The fact that lana shops at the Ralph’s in pacific palisades makes me so uncomfortable I hate that grocery store with a passion
     
    How does my girl handle that awful parking lot
  14. Mer
    Mer liked a post in a topic by American Whore in "Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass" Spoken Word Poetry Album - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll   
    This is exactly what justified me buying it 3x already (and not feeling bad for looking for download links online when I've paid 3x already and will pay a 4th time for the physical book, looking for downloads only failed, sadly for my ocd)
  15. Mer
    Mer liked a post in a topic by Doll Harlow in "Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass" Spoken Word Poetry Album - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll   
    The expression of her voice, so goddamn beautiful. She sounds like she's from another time.
  16. Mer
    Mer liked a post in a topic by littleredpartydress in "Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass" Spoken Word Poetry Album - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll   
    You hope a project with proceeds dedicated to charity is a massive commercial failure because it was inconvenient for you to download?
  17. Mer
    Mer liked a post in a topic by Fingertips in "Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass" Spoken Word Poetry Album - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll   
    The dramatics over a LITERARY project, not a MUSIC album. The only valid complaint you have is that the poems aren't labeled 
     

  18. Mer
    Mer liked a post in a topic by PARADIXO in "Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass" Spoken Word Poetry Album - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll   
    One thing is to get mad but...
  19. Mer
    Mer liked a post in a topic by TheBoss in "Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass" Spoken Word Poetry Album - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll   
    I love this project, her words really shine! The best american writer of our generation did that
  20. redsangrias
    redsangrias liked a post in a topic by Mer in "Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass" Spoken Word Poetry Album - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll   
    Violet (the poem) reminded me how absolutely important it is to unplug from the 24/7 news cycle, because sometimes it can be so frustrating listening to all this bad news ("everything) and being able to do "nothing" about it....until you realize that a lot of what's in the news is none of our business, and it certainly isn't our problem--and doing "nothing" is the best thing we can do 
  21. Mer
    Mer liked a post in a topic by peach perfume in "Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass" Spoken Word Poetry Album - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll   
    goddamn the instrumentals for bare feet on linoleum made me feel like i was fucking vibrating holy shit.
     
    this entire audiobook was so, so beautiful. i'm in love
  22. HighbytheSea
    HighbytheSea liked a post in a topic by Mer in "Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass" Spoken Word Poetry Album - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll   
    hmmmm on iBooks the names of the poems don't show up...just "track 1, track 2, track 3..." hopefully that changes 
  23. American Whore
    American Whore liked a post in a topic by Mer in "Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass" Spoken Word Poetry Album - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll   
    if you buy it on iBooks, it will show up on ur iPhone on the built in books app, but not iTunes/apple music
  24. ArtDecoDelRey
    ArtDecoDelRey liked a post in a topic by Mer in "Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass" Spoken Word Poetry Album - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll   
    As someone who grew up in a tudor house near LA (Malibu), added to the fact that I can't go back right now because of covid, "Can I come home now" hits differently 
  25. American Whore
    American Whore liked a post in a topic by Mer in "Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass" Spoken Word Poetry Album - Post-Release Discussion Thread + Poll   
    yes i paid 33 dollars for the hardcover book, i wished she had at least sent a download code to those like me who had. but oh well, 9 bucks for this masterpiece of an audiobook is never a purchase i could regret
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