Currently Listening to: Regina Spektor's Two Birds

You know I love Regina Spektor. Not in a scary way. But more like in a I could listen to her all day, every day and be kinda happy way.

One of my favorite songs off her 2009 album is 'Two Birds.' This video is not an official one. But it's a fun exploration of the lyrics as well as Spektor's erratic tempos.

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Sounds: Regina Spektor, how I adore thee

Regina Spektor is one of my favorite artists. I have Pandora to thank for introducing me to her music going on 2 years ago. So, thank you Pandora. I owe you my first born. *

The Soviet-born singer has a song for every season, is phenomenally talented, and has done all she's done (including scoring a place in the recent '(500) Days of Summer' soundtrack) in less than 30 years which impresses me to no end.

Regina Spektor happens to be playing LA's Greek Theatre next month. This is a fact I have known for a while and done very little about until now. Here is how very much I'd like to go to the show...

• I would give up Diet Coke for a week to go.
• I would beg, lie and steal to go.
• I would buy a ticket with exorbitant 'Convenience' (convenient, my ass) Charges.
  

Because giving up Diet Coke would be like a terrible nightmare and I'm trying to stop lying, I'm going to opt for the latter, suck it up and buy some tickets. Perhaps you'll join me...

Regina Spektor
Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
Wed, Oct 28, 2009
7:30 PM

Buy tickets to Regina Spektor at the Greek.

Give Regina a listen.

I leave you with one of my favorite Regina Spektor tunes...



* If Owner's first born is not available, she may provide a gift of equal or greater value. Something like a Macy's gift certificate.

The Pictures: (500) Days of Summer

I attended Gen Art's advance screening of '(500) Days of Summer' tonight. I went with high hopes for romance. (There is nothing more satisfying than a happy ending when you most expect it.) The film was definitely going to be an 'artsy' one--Zooey Deschanel seems to favor the kind (even her role in the uber-commercial 'Elf' was subversive)--but the trailer seemed to offer the promise of love--or at least love-making--and indie romance is better than none. But [without disclosing too much] '(500) Days of Summer' didn't deliver the happy ending I was hoping for.

The filmmakers depicted a stunningly truthful and beautiful portrayal of love's realistic pitfalls. But in the film's cinematic universe, the characters are far more attractive than the rest of us and are able to pick up the pieces of a broken heart at a rather un-realistically rapid pace. The leads, played by Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, show much greater resilience and experience a good deal more luck than us mere non-actor mortals.

The movie is out on July 17th. See it for yourself. Perhaps the ending will satisfy you and your bizarre desire for realism in art. If nothing else, the soundtrack was pretty rad, featuring the likes of The Smiths, Feist, Hall & Oates, my absolute fave Regina Spektor, and other fine musicians.