the soundtrack to attempting to write

No Idea

what this is but i like it. Maybe a Russian Wizard of Oz?

(found out! according to a comment on youtube:)

"It's Adventures of Buratino - original story written by A. N. Tolstoi who heard a story about Pinocchio in childhood, but didn't remember every detail and wrote his own story with only names and occupations of the characters saved."

Michel Gondry

love love love love. I watched Science of Sleep today for the first time in agessss and really want to start making something/anything. He is a genius. For something completely different though...

James Houston

I saw this yesterday at 'Pick Me Up' at Somerset House as one of the videos shown in the It's Nice That cinema . So so so nice, it made my tummy do that nice swoopy thing like when you hear something beautiful (skip to 1:10 if you have no patience).

In his own words:
"Based on the lyric (and alternate title) "Big Ideas: Don't get any" I grouped together a collection of old redundant hardware, and placed them in a situation where they're trying their best to do something that they're not exactly designed to do, and not quite getting there." http://1o3o.tumblr.com/

Childhood Flashback...but a bit better

The Epic of Gilgamesh or The Unnameable Little Broom

I saw this on Sky Arts a few days ago and thought it was the best thing i'd seen in ages. I found it really hypnotising. And the organ that swells every so often makes it so chillingly lovely.

The Art of Looking Sideways

I got this lovely gem of a book for christmas and am still only a pitiful 35 pages into it.

Magical