a perfect song

I love all of Elliott Smith's songs, but Rose Parade may be my favorite. It's a masterful display of alienation. You can feel the loneliness. RIP, Elliott.

Rose Parade
They asked me to come down and watch the parade
And to march down the street like the duracell bunny
With a wink and a wave from the cavalcade
Throwing out candy that looks like money
To people passing by that all seem to be going the other way
Said wont you follow me down to the rose parade?
Tripped over a dog in a choke-chain collar
People were shouting and pushing and saying
And when I traded a smoke for a food stamp dollar
A ridiculous marching band started playing
And got me singing along with some half-hearted victory song
Wont you follow me down to the rose parade?
Wont you follow me down to the rose parade?
Wont you follow me down to the rose parade?
The trumpet has obviously been drinking
Because hes fucking up even the simplest lines
Id say its a sight thats quite worth seeing
Its just that everyones interest is stronger than mine
And when they clean the street Ill be the only shit thats left behind
Wont you follow me down to the rose parade?
Wont you follow me down to the rose parade?
Wont you follow me down to the rose parade?

cuteness

So I should have posted this in the Darjeeling write-up, but forgot. And I'm feeling happy today and this makes me smile.

Great outfit, great hair, great smile, great writer, great actor. Love him.
Edited for the clueless (you know who you are): It's Jason Schwartzman! And I love his eyebrows so shut up.

into the wild

It's a cold grey day and I'm listening to the soundtrack for the movie Into the Wild. I haven't seen the film. I have such an intense relationship with the book that watching the movie seems like an infidel move.

But the soundtrack, which is basically just Eddie Vedder singing, is perfect.
I wonder what Chris McCandless would think.

darjeeling

I saw Wes Anderson's film The Darjeeling Limited last night(I know, it came out ages ago. I'm behind). The Vuitton suitcases pictured above were one of the stars.

It wasn't as funny as Bottlerocket (although Owen Wilson was playing Dignan again, it seemed). And it wasn't as pretty as The Royal Tenenbaums(close, though). But it made me want to take the train in India and it made me love Jason Schwartzman even more. He could have been a great silent movie actor. His face is so expressive and he has such control over his movement. More Keaton-ish than Chaplin. And evidence of my Schwartzman devotion - I bought all the Phantom Planet albums while he was in the band. Although I really didn't like the band. Glad he gave that gig up.

project runway update

My diva Christian made an awesome outfit (well, as awesome as an outfit made entirely of denim can be), so he's still in. Yay for the Fierce One! Win or not, he's still the most talented designer in the entire history of Project Runway. For evidence:

I'd wear it.

yellow

After seeing this

recently, I started obsessing over yellow dresses. Probably because I'm so jealous of people who can wear yellow dresses and look pretty. Yellow hates me. But I love it so. Anyway.

Here is my favorite yellow dress of all time:

Michelle Williams wore this to the Oscars when she was nominated for Brokeback Mountain. She didn't win. But the dress is fashion history.

And we have this beauty:

"Lady in Yellow Dress"
Painted by Max Kurzweil, 1899
Lovely, but where are her feet? I think it would be neat to have some black heels peeking out from the hem of the dress.

And this cute one:

I love the yellow shoes. I might could pull off yellow shoes.

Love the pale:

"Lady in Yellow", painted by Thomas Dewing.
If I wore this I would look like I had jaundice.

And from one of the prettiest movies ever filmed in color:

The always beautiful Catherine Deneuve in The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg (and I know she's wearing more of a coat-like garment, but we can pretend it's a dress).

And a little vintage advertising:

I totally dig the dress. But not Pepsi with dinner.

so Rami is out

OK, a little Project Runway nonsense. I had previously declared Rami as my Imaginary Project Runway Boyfriend. But, he was annoying last night, and his dress was ugly. So I've decided that I now want Christian as my bf. I like his dresses better anyway. Go Fierce One!