The Sun Also Rises

The first North American tour in seven years has finally been announced for all PJ Harvey's U.S. and Canada-based fans! Scroll down for the dates: https://pjharvey.net/live/ It says the pre-sale starts March 1st

I just finished: The Plague by Albert Camus - hits differently after Covid, and Camus is a master of weaving philosophy into fiction in a great way for beginners The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula le Guin - an incredibly short story that I couldn't stop thinking about all day The Devil by Leo Tolstoy - a novella about obsession and addiction that's nowhere near as good as his longer works but still worth the read Now I'm attempting to tackle The Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller. I tried to read it last year but life got in the way! It's part of my "reading everything Lana ever mentioned" list ...

I just saw this on the OU U.K. store: https://www.urbanoutfitters.com/en-gb/shop/wise-words-of-lana-del-rey-uo-exclusive-book?category=SEARCHRESULTS&color=000&searchparams=q%3Dlana%20del%20rey&type=REGULAR&size=ONE SIZE&quantity=1 Personally I won't get it, but sharing for anyone here who may be interested

Why does the U.K. UO never get anything like this I don't have Chemtrails on vinyl at all yet. For anyone who has multiple pressings, which is your favourite? Aesthetically I like the clear vinyl, green vinyl, and the red Neil Krug white dress vinyl — which should I prioritise hunting down?

Okay this is actually so cute, I joined! I wish Lana would do a book club too. Can you imagine I like Laufey's music but I don't think I could ever love it, if you know what I mean. It doesn't (yet) have that special something that would get me obsessed. Having said that, her voice is so delicate and pretty and the music is so fairytale-like. Bewitched is so lovely in particular I also looked at some of the youtube videos you posted and she seems like the sweetest soul.

I'd say I have quite broad music taste, but historically, rock has always been my "home." I like so many different sub-genres though. I've always adored old 60s-70s rock like Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and The Doors. On equal level are the 80s & 90s rock bands — REM, Radiohead (although they are more electronica than alt rock I think, I do enjoy their more rock-leaning earlier songs too), The Cure, Nirvana, and PJ Harvey. I'm also into metal, but I'm really "fussy" about the singers. So many bands I enjoy the music but the singing just ruins it for me. My favourite sub genres are definitely classic heavy metal and thrash metal. So far the only bands I love are Iron Maiden, Metallica, and Megadeth.

One of my favourite films of all time, top 5 for me. Did you like it?

I've been on a King Hu streak. He is literally the King of wuxia movies! It's been such a cultural education Last night I watched Dragon Inn. Before that I saw Come Drink With Me, Legend of the Mountain, Raining in the Mountain, and A Touch of Zen. My favourites were Legend of the Mountain, A Touch of Zen, and Dragon Inn!

I just finished Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami. It was my first Murakami novel and I have really mixed feelings about it, but I'll try some of his more surreal works

All completely true When I re-read the series I usually stop at book 3, those are definitely the most charming

Insignificance

I SOOOOOOO wish I was old enough to be able to travel around the U.K. when Lana was living here/playing here a lot in her early career. Instead I was experiencing literally the worst year of my life stuck in my little city that she will never set foot in These photos are so unbelievably beautiful

Ohhh great thread idea! I think the first I bought was OK Computer by Radiohead, it's hard to remember though. Other early ones were Vespertine by Bjork and The Doors (by the Doors)

Because it is such a masterpiece of modern songwriting, I'm glad A&W was the first Lana song to make this list ... it's undoubtably the best song of 2023 and probably the decade Buuuuuut having scanned most of the songs, I definitely feel like Video Games also deserved a place

Oh now I feel stupid I still can't find the new Taylor Swift song they added, though, considering they said it was songs from 2021 - 2024. Maybe they miswrote it and included one of her older songs

It's quite funny they mentioned three artists (Beyonce, Taylor, and Lana) yet Lana is the only one they actually added to the list A&W truly IS just that perfect song, a modern manifesto indeed

Here's the list! https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/

YES YES YES! I thought the same when I saw this on my Instagram feed earlier ... I'd love to see it

Anne is one of my all-time favourite book characters and Anne and Gilbert are one of my favourite book couples. The series is probably my go-to comfort read

I just finished reading The Master and Margarita, it was so weird, so funny (it's a satire), and overall just excellent. I rated it 5/5

Also, not that anyone asked, but these are a few of my favourite Placebo songs! Without You I'm Nothing (probably my most played song) My Sweet Prince The Crawl Centrefolds Swallow Drink You Pretty Song to Say Goodbye Burger Queen Every You Every Me Protege Moi Where Is My Mind (Live version with The Pixies) Taste in Men Lady Of The Flowers Brick Shithouse

Kind of painful to see this thread so neglected. Anyway I just bought this https://www.placeboworld.co.uk/products/brian-molko-selected?variant=44444113371393

Even better? And well deserved!

Yes it's definitely 100% giving late 60s/early 70s Pink Floyd for me! Weirdly my OH says he can hear some Pink Floyd-esque instrumentation in Lana's other songs. This is probably the first time I've noticeably heard it. I realllllllllly hope its explored more in her work after Lasso

It's gorgeous and I love it!! I wish she sang for longer, because oh my gosh does she sound beautiful. The song simply isn't long enough. I actually love the outro, it gives a beautiful vintage space-y sound that's dreamy but slightly eerie too. I'm reminded of Pink Floyd's "Echoes" and "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" in some of those really ambient sounds, but it also reminds me of the video game Bioshock Infinite The production is really interesting. I love the "old vinyl" sound. The vocal layering at the end of the singing section took me awhile to get used to!!! Her low register sounds gorgeously rich - it seems like we're all noticing in more and more performances she's getting that classic 2010-low back. And the higher octaves here? STUNNING! I would love for Lana and Jack to explore the spacey jazz-rock-blues Pink Floyd-Ella Fitzgerald-Etta James type sound more