10 things I love about winter

blairelizabeth — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 02:36:28 +0000

1. drinking large amounts of tea.

2. cozying up with a good book.

3. mulled wine.

4. lots and lots of soup.

5. the clothes – lots of coats and scarves and boots and gloves.

6. rain.

7. everything is lovely and green.

8. cold, overcast days – so dreary and miserable. i love it!

9. sitting by a fire.

10. the leafless trees. they make pretty silhouettes.

10 bands that everyone should listen to at least once

blairelizabeth — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 04:17:45 +0000

1 Pixies. Just all round excellent. Kim Deal is the coolest.

Listen to: Debaser, Hey, U-Mass, Bone Machine & Where is my Mind?

2. The White Stripes. Jack White is a music genius. That is all.

Listen to: Blue Orchid, Seven Nation Army, Catch Hell Blues, Cannon, Jimmy the Explorer & Fell in Love with a Girl

3. Radiohead. I don’t need to say anything. They are just amzing all over.

Listen to: Exit music (for a film), 15 Steps, You and Whose Army?, Just, Paranoid Android, Idioteque & Reckoner.

4. Beck. The most a diverse artist I have ever heard.

Listen to: Cellphone’s Dead, Girl, E-Pro, Chemtrails, Motorcade & Devil’s Haircut.

5. Muse. Every member of Muse are incredibly talented. Meaning, amazingly talented. Meaning so talented you want to die of jealousy.

Listen to: Knights of Cydonia, Stockholm Syndrome, Bliss, New Born, Hysteria, Hyper Music & Plug In Baby.

6. The Cure. Slightly depressing, but brilliant nonetheless.

Listen to: A Forest, Primary, All Cats are Grey, Boys Don’t Cry, Friday I’m in Love, Inbetween Days & Lovecats.

7. Talking Heads. I’ll stick with the New Wave theme here. David Byrne is the weirdest/awesome person ever. Also, I want to be Tina Weymouth.

Listen to: Psycho Killer, Found a Job, Once in a Lifetime, Naive Melody (this must be the place), Thank you for Sending me an Angel & Girls Want to be with Girls.

8. Regina Spektor. Russian. Bizarre. Incredibly lovely.

Listen to: Carbon Monoxide, Pavlov’s Daughter, Music Box, Samson, Apres Moi, Hero & Loveology.

9. Sonic Youth. Guitar noise and angst. A good combination.

Listen to: Teenage Riot, The Sprawl, Mildred Peirce, Scooter and Jinx & Panty Lies.

10. PJ Harvey. Very Morbid. I am in love.

Listen to: One line, Good Fortune, The Devil, This Mess we’re In (with Thom Yorke) & Before Departure.

10 places I want to go right now…

blairelizabeth — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:34:53 +0000

Dublin, to live for a while.
London, to see good bands.
Brisbane, to road trip to.
Paris, to wander.
A Forest, to sit and listen.
A Cafe in the City, to people watch.
Home, to be comfortable in.
A Library, to sit in a corner and read.
New York, to get lost in.
An Antique Store, to breathe in some history.

10 albums that make me feel cold

blairelizabeth — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:57:27 +0000

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…

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

10 books I want to read right now

blairelizabeth — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:50:32 +0000

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

blairelizabeth — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:31:48 +0000

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

blairelizabeth — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:37:56 +0000

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

blairelizabeth — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:23:45 +0000

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

blairelizabeth — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:52:44 +0000

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

blairelizabeth — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:51:36 +0000

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.