nightbus - lucy rose / you - keaton henson / amsterdam - daughter / lady - regina spektor / summer - hayden calnin / asleep - the smiths / in blooms - ross henry / holocence - bon iver / comrade - volcano choir / something about satellites - john archinal / on peak hill - stars / bang bang ft. sky ferreira - 2 cellos / missing - the xx / flaws [acoustic] - bastille / the scientist - coldplay
“Two Birds of a feather say that they’re always gonna stay together, but one’s never going to let go of that wire. He says that he will, but he’s just a Liar.”
Anyway, I get really sad abt the Sparda brothers and I’ve already played dmc5 3 times in 3 days :’)
To celebrate the publication of the first Young Adult novel under our diversity imprint, Salaam Reads, author S.K. Ali has provided us with a little playlist to listen to while you read, Saints and Misfits,out today!
SYNOPSIS:
There are three kinds of people in my world:
1. Saints, those special people moving the world forward. Sometimes you glaze over them. Or, at least, I do. They’re in your face so much, you can’t see them, like how you can’t see your nose.
2. Misfits, people who don’t belong. Like me—the way I don’t fit into Dad’s brand-new family or in the leftover one composed of Mom and my older brother, Mama’s-Boy-Muhammad.
Also, there’s Jeremy and me. Misfits. Because although, alliteratively speaking, Janna and Jeremy sound good together, we don’t go together. Same planet, different worlds.
But sometimes worlds collide and beautiful things happen, right?
3. Monsters. Well, monsters wearing saint masks, like in Flannery O’Connor’s stories.
Like the monster at my mosque.
People think he’s holy, untouchable, but nobody has seen under the mask.
Baobabs by Regina Spektor. A song about The Little Prince, a book I dearly love. If you haven’t read it, you should, it’s just a kids book. C'mon you can do it
Best known for her songs from the Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian soundtrack and the Orange is the New Black opening theme song “You’ve Got Time,“ Regina Spektor is not just an amazing singer-songwriter and pianist. She is also Jewish! Here’s how we know:
-Regina is a Russian Jew who immigrated with her family to the Bronx by way of Austria and Italy in 1989 when she was only nine years old, due to antisemitism in the USSR. After moving to the Bronx, Regina attended a Jewish day school and, later, a yeshiva. [x] [x]
-Regina has performed at a benefit concert for the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society–the immigrant relief agency that helped resettle her family–and at the White House for Jewish American Heritage month. [x] [x]
-Regina has performed Hannah Senesh’s “Eli, Eli” in Hebrew, her song “The Flowers” incorporates the traditional Jewish song “Hava Nagila,” and she wrote her song “Ink Stains” about Holocaust denial after visiting Anne Frank’s house. [x] [x] [x] [x]
-Regina’s “Begin to Hope” album cover features her wearing a Star of David necklace. [x]
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First week of #Inktober drawings! Going with a “favorite musicians and songs” theme this month.
Day 1: Frank Turner - If Ever I Stray Day 2: Jose Gonzalez - Leaf Off / The Cave Day 3: Regina Spektor - Wallet Day 4: Alt-J - Breezeblocks Day 5: Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - 100 Nights Day 6: Leslie Odom Jr and Lin Manuel Miranda - The Room Where It Happens Day 7: Sia - Elastic Heart
i’ve seen posts for this for mitski and fiona apple but hey… tell me what Your regina spektor song is. the one that gets you hardest, cuts closest to the bone, the special one you hold.
i love how private she is tbh. she only announced that she was pregnant the first time bc people were asking why she wasn’t going to the grammys. didn’t even announce her second kid’s arrival. just slipped it in during an interview, yes i love my two small children. no i am not telling you anything else about them <3 queen of being a celebrity without Being A Celebrity
