"Impish gamine Amélie lives alone and works in a café. When she finds a trove of toys hidden for 40 years behind a baseboard in her apartment, she's inspired to repatriate the items, an impulse of generosity that sparks more benevolent acts. A celebration of life, Amélie reminds us of the small wonders that abound around us … if only we paused to ( Read more... )

Home and just wanting to go back. Sigh.

"I think what Elephant 6 meant for us is very simple: there's something pure and infinite in you, that wants to come out of you, and can come out of no other person on the planet. That's what you've got to share, and that's as real and important as the fact that you're alive. We were able... to somehow protect each other so we could feel that. The ( Read more... )

Come tomorrow I'll be in a really small and remote part of Ireland on the peak of the north in Donegal in a place where it's so under populated that there aren't any street signs. For a week straight I'll be playing and listening music day through night.

...life is so extraordinary.

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I love music! I really, really love music! I just thought I'd say that, as I had that little burst of realization in my brain. It feels so good to love music. What a lovely feeling! I love playing it, and I love listening to it. I can't imagine what life is like for those people who don't really listen to music. Music is so wonderful!

I have a lot to write about but these days I'm too drained to sit down and write a cozy LJ entry, so instead I'm leaving you all with a little goody known as the 1920's Radio Network. It's this online radio station that plays music from the 20's, 30's, and 40's all day and all night, and they even have some old news flashes that play at random ( Read more... )