A Trip To the Moon

In 1902, George Méliès created the first silent science fiction film, La Voyage Dans La Lune, A Trip To the Moon. It was a whimsical journey to the moon and back featuring state of the art special effects for its time. It has now been re-released in color and has been set to a perfectly crafted spaced out soundtrack by one of my all time favorite groups, Air. What the band had to say about the soundtrack: 'Everything is played live…like Méliès' film, our soundtrack is nourished by living art." Air is known for composing amazing downtempo electronic music and have provided cinematic magic in the past including the soundscape for The Virgin Suicides which contains one of their most heartfelt songs, Playground Love. This isn't Air's first voyage to the moon. If you want to continue on their journey, take a listen to their classic Moon Safari, which still holds the #1 spot for greatest chill album in my book. My wardrobe has always been inspired by music so decided to start adding some fashion to my blog. I feel fashion and music go hand in hand and a well crafted outfit is art in itself. Art is truly beautiful in the sense it all intertwines and creations can be inspired by any form of it.<3

Surfer surfista, samba dancer sambista

Watching raindrops painting patterns on the windowpane sends me daydreaming about "a pear, a peach,and a girl on the beach..."



Cerebellum'a swimming through the sounds of Smoke City. Aguas de Marco means rain of March, which is Rio De Janiero's rainiest month. The inspiration for Agua de Marco comes from a track that shares same name and is composed by Antonio Carlos Jobin. The song epitomizes the emotions of the Brazilian's toublesome strugggles during flood season. It's considered by many to be the anthem of the land.

Fun fact: In the original tune, instead of telling a story, every line of lyrics (written in portuguese,) all start with the letter E.

Surfer surfista, samba dancer sambista.
Nada is to swim and nothing too,
Viajar is to travel, you can come too.
To smoke, e’ fumar
To escape, escapar
Joga bossa nova samba



Another Portuguese beauty. Her voice gives me a pocketful of zen. Here's the english translation:

Only With You

only To Know
what I Don't Know
I Just Want To See
Having Not You For Me

Where I Don't Know
Only For You
Teach Me To See
What I Don't Know To See Too

hmm, Only With You
I Just Want To See
Only Me With You

only To Know
Qhat I Don't Know
I Just Want To See
Having Not You For Me

If you're fond of sand dunes and salty air

Groove Armada is like a drug I can't shake. It always happens when I'm away from Wilmington long enough that I start fiending for that laid back beach livin.' Their song At the River reminds me exactly of this feeling of longingness to get back to breathing in that salty air and letting my body ride the waves until the sun melts into the ocean. The thing I love most about Groove Armada is their consistency for greatness no matter what genre of music they are exploring. Songs like Super Stylin' are doused with reggae funk that will have you wishing you were puffing spliffs on a catamaran while If Everybody Looked The Same's upbeat dopeness will have you involuntarily dancing no matter where you are. It's the same for me with men and music--it takes a lot to keep me interested and entertained but Groove Armada definitely knows how to play the game. They keep it exciting and always keep you guessing what move they'll make next.

Warm sounds falling slowly, take the time away from me

Welcome to the Sunday Chill Zone.

Run through the moss on high heels

Since my brother left me for Sweden last night, I thought it seemed only appropriate to kick off Cover Wednesday by discovering some of the countries up and coming bands. I stumbled across the Swedish Folk Duo First Aid Kit who is comprised of sisters Klara and Johanna Söderberg. They are only 20 and 17 years old and already have emerged into the music scene with their debut album titled Drunken Tree that came out in 2008. They turn Fever Ray's When I Grow up into something innovative with hauntingly beautiful harmonization.

When I grow up,
i want to be a forester.
run through the moss on high heels
that's what i'll do
throwing out boomerang
waiting for it to come back to me

when i grow up
i want to live near the sea
crab claws and bottles of rum
that's what i'll have
staring at the seashell
waiting for it to embrace me

Next on the list is Phoenix's cover of Air's Playground Love. Air is one of those bands like Zero 7 that are nearly impossible to cover because to live up to their expectations and be able to produce the same dreamy haze and master the euphoric element of sound they seem to do effortlesly is virtually impossible. With that being said, Phoenix does a pretty damn good job of stripping it down and making a solid raw accoustic version. I do admit I miss the sweet sound of the sax and the mesmerizing piano strikes of the original but I applaud them for a pretty good attempt.




This has been the year of Vampire Weekend. Their self debut album was rocking the indie rock charts and their song A-Punk has been featured on so many commercials for it's remarkable catchy-ness. I just came across a cover of them doing Fleetwood Mac's Everywhere. Even though the ladies of Fleetwood are for sure Gypsies (which I obviously LOVE) I've never been a huge fan of Stevie Knicks so it was easy for me to like this version even more than the original.