becca darling is: the bee charmer

all that keeps us up at night

becca darling — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:28:15 +0000

click photo to see sarah blasko’s video for “always on this line“

click photo to see video for “all i want“

click photo to see video for “we won’t run“

click photo to see video for “bird on a wire“

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que sont devenues toutes tes idoles ?

becca darling — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:20:13 +0000

it’s jane birkin’s birthday. you know what to do.

jane birkin // ex fan des sixties

jane birkin // période bleue

jane birkin // c’est con ces conséquences

jane birkin & feist // the simple story

♥

thirteen from oh nine

becca darling — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:23:11 +0000

in no particular order,

here are my 13 favorite albums of 2009.heartless bastards // the mountain [the mountain]
neko case // middle cyclone [people got a lotta nerve]
florence & the machine // lungs [dog days are over]
metric // fantasies [gimme sympathy]
st vincent // actor [the strangers]
yeah yeah yeahs // it’s blitz ! [heads will roll]
the big pink // a brief history of love [dominos]
sonic youth // the eternal [sacred trixter]
lissy trullie // self-taught learner [ready for the floor]
la roux // la roux [in for the kill]
bat for lashes // two suns [daniel]
the xx // xx [crystalised]
pj harvey & john parish // a woman a man walked by [black hearted love]

♥

with your diamond heart

becca darling — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:50:49 +0000

lykke li // will you still love me tomorrow (shirelles cover)

best coast // when i’m with you

holly miranda // forest green oh forest green

beach house // norway

the big pink // sweet dreams (beyoncé cover)

who do you talk to

becca darling — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:57:26 +0000

mary margaret o’hara // body’s in trouble

mary margaret o’hara // when you know why you’re happy

mary margaret o’hara // to cry about

mary margaret o’hara // year in song

click the photo for a video

guest post : patti plinko !

becca darling — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:48:39 +0000

the machine is restored, & this post, as promised,

comes to you courtesy of the inimitable ms patti plinko.

listen to one of her tunes from her latest disc, bohemian suicide:

patti plinko & her boy // ‘hey ho!’ deepest of the darkest

& then check out the mix she put together for me & you :

edith piaf // padam, padam
odetta // water boy
kate bush // under the ivy
the velvet underground // venus in furs
barbra streisand // a sleepin bee
the rolling stones // lady jane
camille o’sullivan // marieke
gillian welch // i want to sing that rock and roll

she is lovely. find her on the internets here, here, or even here !

♥

& hell is too far to go

becca darling — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:16:50 +0000

new video from charlotte gainsbourg & beck

heaven can wait

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attn: readers (part II)

becca darling — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:45:27 +0000

yet again, my computer has failed me.

no new posts till it returns from repairland.

but when we come back :

a special post guest-curated by the one & only ms patti plinko !

in the meantime…

hiatus, take II.

this will be a better year

becca darling — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:37:31 +0000

lissy trullie // don’t to do

harlem shakes // strictly game

yeasayer // ambling alp

ellie goulding // under the sheets

♥

& i am a writer, writer of fictions

becca darling — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:38:58 +0000

i am the heart that you call home

aimee mann w/ the decemberists // engine driver (live)

& i’ve written pages upon pages

trying to rid you from my bones