August 21, 2005
Last night, Nick gave me a copy of I Am A Bird Now by Antony & The Johnsons, which I've since been unable to turn off.* It's one of those records that is equivocal to a religious experience; rapture or what have you, or something close to it.
Here is the video (a beautiful cinematic recreation of the vintage photo of Candy Darling that is the album's cover) to the song Hope There's Someone. Watch it with your speakers up or your headphones on, and perhaps with your eyes closed so that the images, lovely as they may be, don't distract your from the sounds.
There aren't a lot of artists whose recordings leave my dying to see them perform live; but it was with great regret that I learned Antony's current tour brings him and his band nowhere near my side of the country.
* With one caveat, to be dealt with in a follow-up post; right now, though, I'm going to catch a film or two at the Asian Film Festival.
Posted by David Lowery at August 21, 2005 03:20 PM
Comments
It is pretty infectious. It's kind of like eating spicy salsa, you have to keep eating more to handle it.
Posted by: jmj at August 21, 2005 11:29 PM
While I on principal reject comparisons between beautiful things and that accursed neccessity called food, I think know what you mean.
Posted by: Ghostboy at August 22, 2005 01:05 AM
Goddamn! I just watched the video. It's amazing.
Posted by: jmj at August 22, 2005 11:58 AM