Magnifier: St. Vincent
Chair dancing Granny dances on the Ellen Show!
This is full of WIN.
Remember the cute chair dancing Grandma who stole our hearts while dancing to Usher’s ‘You make me wanna’, a few weeks ago? Well, Aunt Carol is back, this time appearing on the Ellen DeGeneres Show, and she dances with one of her favorite dancers, tWitch! Watch the video after the break.
Romantic & Square’s 15 Best Albums of 2011
A long long time ago, I used to manage a music site called AekiTuesday.com. The site focused on local music news, reviews and views. Every year I would painstakingly work on my best of music list. I figured I should start this tradition on this lonely tumblr site. Perhaps it will give me the nudge I need to get back into the music blogging world (maybe). I am modestly starting with a top 15 list of 2011.
ROMANTIC & SQUARE - 15 Best Albums of 2011
1. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
2. Adele - 21
3. Laura Marling - A Creature I Don’t Know
4. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
5. Feist - Metals
6. Real Estate - Days
7. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
8. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
9. Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
10. Washed Out - Within and Without
11. The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow
12. Wilco - The Whole Love
13. tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l
14. The Decemberists -The King Is Dead
15. M83 - Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
Notable Mentions:
* Radiohead - The King of Limbs
* Wild Flag - Wild Flag
* Destroyer - Kaputt
* Jay-Z & Kanye West — Watch the Throne
* Tom Waits - Bad As Me
* Julianna Barwick - The Magic Place
* Florence & the Machine - Ceremonials
* Robbie Robertson - How To Become Clairvoyant
* The Weeknd - House of Balloons
* The Horrors - Skying
Here is a Spotify playlist of the albums I’ve enjoyed this year: [TUMBLR] Romantic & Square - Best of 2011
Portlandia: Battlestar Galactica (S2)
Albert Nobbs
Directed by Rodrigo García
Written by Glenn Close, John Banville
Based on “The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs” by George Moore
Starring Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Johnson, Janet McTeer, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Brendan Gleeson, Maria Doyle Kennedy
Distributed by Roadside Attractions
Running time: 113 minutes
This strange and sad film is not the best in 2011 but it deserves a notable mention especially for Glenn Close and Janet McTeer’s performances.
Svpply Holiday Wish List
I made a wish list on Svpply.com as part of their Holiday Wish List Contest. Vote for my list when you have a moment.
Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon on Q
Justin Vernon, the unifying, falsetto voice behind Bon Iver, joined Jian Ghomeshi at Glenn Gould Studio for a rare and candid interview covering such topics as his comments about the Grammy’s, selling his music to corporate interests, and working head-to-head with Kanye West.
BBC One’s Sherlock returns January 1, 2012!
BBC One’s much praised, multi-award-winning drama Sherlock, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, returns for an eagerly awaited second series of three, 90-minute films – A Scandal In Belgravia, The Hounds Of Baskerville and The Reichenbach Fall.
The contemporary re-imagining of the Arthur Conan Doyle classic, co-created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, caused a sensation in the summer of 2010, delivering an audience of more than nine million viewers who tuned in to watch Sherlock and John Watson navigate a maze of cryptic clues and lethal killers in three thrilling, action-packed adventures.
In episode one of this new series, compromising photographs and a case of blackmail threaten the very heart of the British establishment but, for Sherlock and John, the game is on in more ways than one as they find themselves battling international terrorism, rogue CIA agents and a secret conspiracy involving the British government. But this case will cast a darker shadow over their lives than they could ever imagine, as the great detective begins a long duel of wits with an antagonist as cold and ruthless and brilliant as himself: to Sherlock Holmes, Irene Adler will always be THE woman.
Benedict Cumberbatch returns as Sherlock Holmes, with Martin Freeman as John Watson, Mark Gatiss as Mycroft, Rupert Graves as Inspector Lestrade, Una Stubbs as Mrs Hudson, Andrew Scott as Moriarty, Louise Brealey as Molly Hooper and Lara Pulver as Irene Adler.
Ministry Of Sound founder Justin Berkmann, DJ Danny Tenaglia and others share stories about the late Larry Levan, the producer and DJ whose residency at New York’s Paradise Garage between 1977 and 1987 remains the most storied in clubland.
(via npr)

