Okay! Today was a bit of a shopping day for me... I went to American Apparel and, as always, I came out of there with some nice tops. An eggplant tank and a nice green wide neck t-shirt that shows off some back. Oh, by the way, this is the summer of feeling sexy...I don't know how I'm going to get there, but I'm really trying my hardest to do things to make me feel good about me! I also went CD shopping. For all you local folk, you'll know that the weather in Montreal today was reminiscent of a day in the jungle (not tooooo hot but really murky) so, I let myself be swayed by that mood. I bought 3, yes three CD's. The first is the soundtrack to Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou which is actually a guy (Seu Jorge) singing Bowie songs in portugese. It's really, really good, and seriously perfect chilling music. I also got the latest CD by Projet Gotan. They're kick-ass cool. I don't know from where they are, but it's like lounge-ish south american music. That's what I'm listening to now and I strongly recommend it. Finally, I got the new Cheikh Lô CD. He's a senegalese singer who combines good old african rythms with some brasilian sounds, especially the percussions. He's amazing. I know many people are adverse to world music, but to you I say try it, you may like it.
On the knitting front, I only have the final ribbing on the body of the shrug as well as the lace trim on the sleeves. Wow, this thing knit up super fast and super well...I've also decided that for the World Cup, I'll be knitting the caftan top from the spring IK in a scrub-green (but nicer) cotton. I think it'll come out gorgeous!
Happy Knitting!
BTW, Serge thanks you all for the nice comments, he's been posing for some more pics that are to come soon! :-)
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Hey my hubby and I loved that soundtrack so much, but we totally forgot to buy it, thanks for reminding me, i will put it on my wish list. I am a total lover of American apparel... good for you getting sexy+comfotable... I am all about that. After all, how sexy is it to be in pain???
Sounds like you are on the right track.
Man, I don't miss those muggy days... but Vancouver has its own share of weather strangeness... rain one minute painfully boiling hot the next... all in the same hour....
Emms :D
Make sure Serge doesn't turn into a diva...
I got into some world music when the movie George of the Jungle came out years ago. Ok, maybe I was swayed by the yumminess of Brendan Frasier, but I fell in love with the song Deyla that played when he and his "jane" danced around the fire pit. Rather than buy the GotJ soundtrack, I found the song on the original album, by Johnny Klegg and his band, who I believe (but don't quote me) are South African. I still listen to this album every month or so, even though I don't understand whatever isn't in English.
I saw Seu Jorge in concert recently. He's amazing. If you like the Life Aquatic soundtrack, you should also give his most recent album, Cru, a spin. Wonderful stuff for a lazy summer day!
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