
Two of my favorite film bloggers Karina Longworth and Agnes Varnum have sent out the APB on the big New York City opening of AJ Schnack’s film About a Son. I was lucky to meet AJ and catch his film at the 2007 True/False Film Festival in Columbia, Missouri. As I raved then, it’s an amazing picture, a very sensitive portrait of an artist. Go see this film! (For you Philadelphians, it opens at the Ritz on October 19th.) Here’s a clip:
To drum up some interest for the film, we’re calling for a little social media guerilla marketing by way of a Soundtrack of Our Lives meme.
Here’s mine. Apologies for not pulling out exact songs, but I’m an album man. Always will be. I don’t think I’ll ever succumb to the single. That being said, here are the albums that were stuck on rotation during various periods of my life ’til now:
Pre-High School: The Beach Boys “Pet Sounds” and “25th Anniversary Box Set”. What can I say, I wanted to be a surfer kid growing up in California. Lucky for me, great music went hand-in-hand with that desire.
High School: Nirvana “Nevermind” (obviously) and The Pixies “Doolittle”. I can’t hear either of those albums and not be immediately transported back to skateboarding around good ol’ Nazareth, PA.
College: Grateful Dead bootlegs. I was a hippy in college! I’d put Phish bootlegs in here, too, but that would be too embarrassing. I’m ashamed.
The Travelin’ 20’s: Air “Moon Safari”. An album I first heard in a cafe in Laos and have yet to grow tired of.
Late 20’s – now: I don’t think I can pull out just one. Would it be all my friends here in Philly who I hear practice and play shows all the time? Lately I’ve been really into Grizzly Bear “Yellow House” and The Arcade Fire “Neon Bible”, but that would be selling short hundreds of other bands I’m into. I’m a music fanatic. I guess only time will tell what has made the most lasting impression on me.
Okay, now I’m tagging a couple of you. I’d like to hear about the Soundtrack of Your Life:
Lord Whimsy / Sara of GirlsCanTell / Stellargirl (who’s always up for a good meme game)
UPDATE: Read Lord Whimsy’s Soundtrack in the Comments!
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