“i rather be #carriebrownstein than #carriebradshaw”
precisely.
(Dark Dark Dark “How It Went Down”)
“It’s an age-old scene in a film: two perfectly manicured hands clasp each other spontaneously, and their owners sprint out of a gilded ballroom, a mass of skirts and untucked shirts, into a rainy street. “Anywhere but here, let’s get the hell out of this mad facsimile of real life and go and live for real.” Even though it’s not a surprise that those stories never work out, something about the second song to be released from Dark Dark Dark’s new album, Who Needs Who (out October 2 via Supply and Demand), makes it feel like Nona Marie Invie is proposing the idea to you for the very first time, ever. Although “the fluorescent lights can’t change a thing,” the graceful piano and softly splashing drums make it feel like a possibility.” - Laura Snapes, Pitchfork
Chavela Vargas
Zoe Saldana takes over for Mary J. Blige as Nina Simone
So Adepero is really out of the running eh?
More rumors… but rumors are all we’ve got… over here —> (indiewire.com)
I love Zoe Saldana on screen and what she represents off-screen, but it just wouldn’t be the right casting - and what about the required singing chops? Does anyone know if anyone but Mary have them? 10 million dollars is a small budget and this movie just keeps getting delayed - not a good sign.
(via nodarkthings)
Singer Lauryn Hill is pictured here in a mug shot snapped after she was charged with failing to file several years of federal tax returns.
This is not how I’ll remember Ms. Hill. I refuse to reduce all her accomplishments to one (albeit gigantic) fiscal mistake.
Yukimi Nagano of Little Dragons at Brooklyn’s Glasslands Gallery
(c) Brook Bobbins
Dorothy Dandridge rehearsing with composer, arranger and vocal coach extraordinaire Phil Moore in March 1951. Mr. Moore also coached, arranged and/or wrote songs for Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne, Judy Garland, Pearl Bailey, Ava Gardner, Diahann Carroll, Johnny Mathis and The Supremes. Photo by Ed Clark/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images.
