A thousand half-loves: For half way through the week

Talking Heads and other things.

1. This Must Be The Place.
Sean Penn is an eccentric, bored, ex-goth rocker who sets out to find his father's tormentor, an ex-Nazi war criminal, in this award-winning comedy-drama featuring a soundtrack by Talking Heads' David Byrne. I love seeing an actor take on such an eccentric role, over the years I have really begun to appreciate Sean Penn.

2. Talking Heads.
Following on from the film is a song from one of my all time favorite bands, this song is called Girlfriend is Better and the live video is from their Stop Making Sense album. My friend bought me this live DVD for my birthday and I watch it oh so often. Byrne's used to be a total nutter who took all sorts of drugs, he is so entertaining to watch.

3. To continue on  the posts theme for today, my person of the week is Tina Weymouth. She is the bass player for Talking Heads and also started a band as a side project with her husband  (Talking Heads drummer) Chris Frantz, called Tom Tom Club. Remember that song by Mariah Carey Fantasy, well the sample used in that song is from Tom Tom Club's Genius of Love, and yes it is genius.

I am so inspired by her style, cool and effortless.

4. Coloured Tights.
I love wearing tights, I wear them all through winter because I'm not really a jeans or pants person, so I'm  wearing them a lot in winter under dresses and sometimes its nice to wear a bit of a color. Seeing Tina Weymouth wearing those bright red stockings and looking freak'n cool inspired me. I am also kind of inspired by this 90's cult film called Heathers with Winona Ryder. All the girls match their tights to their outfits. I don't think I'm quite that extreme but I do love the blue on Winona.

 

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