and while am at it. music and blogging and stufffff.

SEPTEMBER JUST CAN't COME FAST ENOUGH.
Amanda Palmer's new album is awesome and I want so much to just hold it in my hands. Who can resist beautiful madness like this?:

Gothamist House Presents: Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra, "Lost" from Gothamist on Vimeo.

*continues to impationally wait for the album-release*.

About The Hunger Games

So I watched the movie. And found it surprisingly captivating.
It's actually a pretty decent movie.
No shame in watching it. ;)

The Games of Death

Which is what you get if you take the title of the Norwegian version of The Hunger Games and translate it back to English.

I haven't read the books, I haven't watched the movie. Maybe I'll watch the movie someday just to know what everyone is screaming about, but I don't think I'll ever read the books. I'm sure they are great, but I sincerely think I'm not in the target group.

HOWEVER.

Some Norwegian paper (was it Aftenposten?) spoke kindly of the movie's soundtrack. And as I was raised to have/born with an open and curious mind towards music; I had to check it out (I mean; the soundtrack to Sucker Punch is absolutely fantastic, so why not?).

It's great. the soundtrack is great.

So to all you other people out there thinking like me ("I'll never get this Hunger Games-hysteria, but I'm glad people are having fun"), or to all you people convinced that this phenomenon doesn't interest you the slightest, I urge you to give the soundtrack album a chance.

i.e this song. One Engine by The Decemberists.

The Hunger Games: Songs From District 12 And Beyond at Spotify