Welcome to a (long) random Sunday post. First of all, this is what it looks like outside at the moment. I think I missed the memo that said Denmark had become a part of the arctic circle. It’s freezing!
My flatmate turned 32 this week. We had lamb in herb sauce with asparagus and red cabbage & sprout salad for dinner and chocolate cake for dessert. I gave him 20th Century Masterpieces EMI wrapped slightly girly.
I’ve been playing these records a lot. They are Black Wooden Ceiling Opening 10″ by Mount Eerie, Ethiojazz by Mulatu Astatke, Vs. by Mission of Burma (2×180g re-issue) and Sapphie by Richard Youngs. Also on (very) heavy rotation is A Society in Which No Tear is Shed is Mediocre by Yonlu, which I cannot recommend enough (consider this my biggest hype since that time I went on a tiny rant about Dead Man’s Bones (which I know a bunch of you enjoyed). Imagine a cocktail of Elliott Smith mixed with the Life Aquatic Soundtrack topped with bedroom freakshow lo-fi and you’ve got this album. It’s incredibly intense, especially considering its history – recorded by a 16-year-old Brazilian kid before he committed suicide, released on David Byrne’s label, Luaka Bop, and cover illustrated by my favourite graphic novelist, Paul Hornschemeier. Honestly, I knew I was going to like this album before I even heard it and I hope you will give it a listen! It’s one of my favourite albums from 2009).
While this is sort of a break from Belgium photos, here are some things I bought when I was there. Some comics and a new bag! It’s See by Chloé and quite lovely if you ask me.
Lastly, I got these tights as a gift last night and I love them but I will post more about them later.
It’s the last day of January, just the coldest month of the year to go and hopefully Spring will come!
Tags: art spiegelman, maus, mission of burma, mount eerie, mulatu astatke, paul hornschmeier, richard youngs, see by chloé, yonlu