Out this morning. Live albums rock, cover albums rock, Bob Dylan rocks, Cat Power rocks, this album is perfect. Her voice sounds so good and the band is tight. My favorite ex and I's first date was to go see Cat Power play a solo show at the Paradise in Boston in 2013, we stood on the balcony and both cried during Knockin' On Heaven's Door (Dylan cover). Highlights on the new album are Visions Of Johanna, Baby Let Me Follow You Down and One Too Many Mornings.
ive listened to this album one hundred times over and it never gets old. beautifully joan baez joined in a couple songs at the end for some of the best duets ive ever heard. this album is also very fun to play on the guitar and that is good news for me. the lonesome death of hattie carroll and who killed davey moore rattle around perpetually in my skull. i hope you are well, friend.
Kind of a recent game changer for me as someone prone to waiting until the brink of falling asleep before I get up and get ready for bed. I started a few months ago washing my face like right when I walk in the door if I know I'm not leaving again and now I'm fully converted. It feels super weird in the beginning but I promise 11 PM you is gonna be sooo grateful for 6 PM you's forward thinking.
I love seeing someone doing/wearing/using something and being like "whoa cool" and then copying them, that's how I've found most of my favorite things. A non-exhaustive list of things and sources includes:
β’ Drinking coffee out of glass mugs with milk and sugar (Jeanne Dielman)
β’ L'Occitane lavender hand cream (my friend Louie)
β’ Mini bottles of sparkling mineral water at home instead of big ones (the bad guy in the Claire Denis movie Bastards)
β’ Being gay (my mother)
β’ Jazz fusion (my father)