10 albums that make me feel cold

Because it is stupidly hot and the air con isn’t working as well as I would like, here are 10 albums that seem to make me feel colder…

1. Turn on the Bright Lights, Interpol.
2. Moon Safari, Air.
3. In Rainbows, Radiohead.
4. Age of the Understatement, The Last Shadow Puppets.
5. The Queen is Dead, The Smiths.
6. Faith, The Cure.
7. Fleet Foxes, Fleet Foxes.
8. Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand.
9. Blue, Joni Mitchell.
10. Living Thing, Peter Bjorn and John.

10 books I want to read right now

1. Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction, Sue Townsend.

2. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Seth Grahame-Smith.

3. Dracula, Brahm Stoker.

4. The Classical World, Robin Lane Fox.

5. On the Road,  Jack Kerouac.

6. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle.

7. Picnic at Hanging Rock, Joan Lindsay.

8. Everything is Illuminated, Jonathan Safran Foer.

9. Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Truman Capote.

10. Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert.

10 CD’s I wish I owned

1. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, Phoenix

2. Sigh No More, Mumford and Sons

3. Love 2, Air

4. As Day Follows Night, Sarah Blasko

5. Tounge n Cheek, Dizzee Rascal

6. Vekatimest, Grizzly Bear

7. Antics, Interpol

8. West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum, Kasabian

9. The Stone Roses, The Stone Roses

10. Blur, Blur

10 characters I could have gone as to Ana’s party

1. Allie from The Breakfast Club.

2. Daria Morgendorffer from Daria.

3. Lydia Deetz from Beetlejuice.

4. Anne Shirley from Anne of Green Gables.

5. Violet Baudelaire from A Series of Unfortunate Events.

6. Marie Antoinette from Marie Antoinette.

7. Margot Tennenbaum from The Royal Tennenbaums.

8. Princess Leah from Star Wars: A New Hope.

9. Jane Eyre from Jane Eyre.

10. Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz.

P.S. I love Han Solo.

10 things I’d rather be doing right now

1. Having a picnic. Watermelon and bread and butter are a must.

2. Working at TEAR Australia.

3. Opshopping for cute summer dresses.

4. Playing on the trampoline with my little sister.

5. Painting speech bubbles for Ana.

6. Baking cupcakes and listening to Temper Trap.

7. Wandering around Brunswick Street.

8. Playing on my drum kit.

9. Going to the Laneway Festival (yes, I know it’s in January).

10. Reading Alice in Wonderland in the park.

10 books from my childhood

1. The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton.

2. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl.

3. Ramona Quimby: Age 8, Beverly Cleary.

4. The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis.

5. Bad Girls, Jaqueline Wilson. 

6. Little House in the Big Woods, Laura Ingalls Wilder.

7. The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle.

8. The Animorphs Series,  K. A. Applegate.

9. Green Eggs and Ham, Dr. Seuss.

10. Tomorrow When the War Began, John Marsden.

 

10 favourite frontmen/women

1. David Byrne, Talking Heads.

2. Jack White, The White Stripes.

3. Patience Hodgson, The Grates.

4. Matt Bellamy, Muse.

5. Karen O, Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

6. Ian Curtis, Joy Division.

7. Kurt Cobain, Nirvana.

8. Thom Yorke, Radiohead.

9. Robert Smith, The Cure.

10. Patty Donahue, The Waitresses.

 

10 songs you should listen to in the rain

1. All I Need, Radiohead.

2. In the Devil’s Territory, Sufjan Stevens.

3. Après Moi, Regina Spektor.

4. The Melody of the Fallen Tree, Windsor for the Derby.

5. Heart Full of Wine, Angus and Julia Stone.

6. So Sorry, Feist.

7. Mad World, Gary Jules.

8. Untitled, Interpol.

9. It’s Thunder and it’s Lightning, We Were Promised Jetpacks.

10. The Rip, Portishead.