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Also, remember the Skins movie? Well, MTV is making an American version of the TV show. I am very skeptical.
Additionally, MTV steers a fearless path with the greenlight of the North American adaptation of the U.K. drama series "Skins". .... "Skins" will also begin production this summer with 10 one-hour episodes.
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Woo, YA movies in Spain! I get excited about movies that aren't dubbed. Angus, Thongs, and Perfect Snogging meets Bridget Jones, I think. I'm totally getting this book from the library.
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Boys in YA
Everyone who reads or writes YA should read this blog post by Hannah Moskowitz about "the boy problem" in YA literature: why do teen boys not read YA?
Here's a little teaser:
--boys aren't skipping their way through high school, either.
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The Demon's Lexicon trilogy, the bookcover edition
Yesterday I blogged a review of The Demon's Covenant, the second installment in Sarah Rees Brennan's Demon's Lexicon trilogy. You should not read the review if you haven't read the first book in the series, but you should read the books. They are fabulous.
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You recognize me
What, now? I could have sworn I already posted this song, and it's absolutely criminal that I have not.
"I Will Remain" is off London folk band Matthew and the Atlas's most recent EP, To the North, released in March by Communion Records. The first time I heard this song I actually stopped what I was doing to give it my full attention. Still gives ( Read more... ) -
Music Thursday
Some songs I've been loving lately:
Elysium by Andrew Davie.
Andrew Davie was the front-man of now-defunct nu-folk rock band Cherbourg --out of the same London scene as Mumford & Sons--, whose song Never Love Again sounds like a cross between that band and The Pogues. HGD, the fiddle part! No, really. HGD.
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I have a hot date tonight. With two sexy guys. Nick and Alan Ryves.
Never mind that they're fictional, I am BEYOND THRILLED.
I am convinced that Rachel Sermanni's "Circus Song" would be the perfect soundtrack to the Demon's Lexicon trilogy.
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Summer in the City
Means cleavage, but also other things like free movies and music.
Emily and I went to see The Hangover at Pier 54 last week, where they also have a free concert series. Last week Phosphorescent played; next week they're having the Antlers, and in August Deerhunter will be playing.
I saw the Antlers at a CMJ showcase back in the fall, and they're not ( Read more... )
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