#dean & britta

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Novedades musicales: octubre 2024

Quedan poco más de dos meses para que termine el año, pero ya se va notando que las novedades van bajando. Incluso ya aparecen algunos adelantos de trabajos que se editarán en 2025, como los de The Weather Station, Panda Bear y The Horrors -temazos los tres-. Con todo, he conseguido dar con 60 canciones bien majas donde, evidentemente, no falta lo nuevo de The Cure. El que, probablemente, sea el…

[christmasunderground]

UPCOMING: Dean & Britta & Sonic Boom - A Peace of Us (2024)

Carpark RecordsBuy: Bandcamp | Rough Trade (exclusive vinyl variant) | Carpark Records I don’t have the time for this today. Two of the biggest releases of the season, each popping up in succession on my Bandcamp feed. I’m not going to give away the other one yet (those in the know… know already), so I’ll start with the biggest news – a full-length holiday record from Dean Wareham (Galaxie…

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“Memoria polaroid” – un blog alla radio S24E15 - THE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL!

Bentrovate e bentrovati all’ultima puntata dell’anno per il podcast di “Memoria polaroid – un blog alla radio“, la trasmissione in onda ogni settimana da Bologna sulle frequenze di NEU Radio. È anche l’ultima puntata prima di Natale, per cui – come da tradizione – vi aspettano una playlist imbandita di canzoni con “Christmas” nel titolo, una compilation in beneficenza che potete scaricare, e gli…

[thelastpodcast]

LET IT BE

Meaning-making with Zac Parsons. 

This episode features music made mostly just by plugging in a Roland JX-3P Polyphonic Synth (circa 1983) into a Kustom '36 Coupe amp, but also William Basinski's Disintegration Loop D|P 2.1, as well as "Ann Buchanan Theme" by Dean & Britta. 

The Last Podcast - New Episode

[goblinconceivable]

some more feels

A few more bullety-points I’ve been pondering, and mostly me pushing my mind into a happier place, even if for a few minutes.  More like buckshot really.

Two Person Costume

So laying it out, Jeff, who picks costumes based on what women will find hot, asks Annie to pair up.  And does so rather vaguely and behind text, which makes it look like he’s being overly casual about it, like he hasn’t given it much thought and he can pretend she just shows up perfectly matched.  But he’s basing the entire theme on his father’s old gloves.  And he has his father’s phone number with him.  I’m sorry but there is no conclusion other than he wanted to talk to Annie about his father and tried to set up this whole intricate situation to give him an opening.

I have headcannon that Annie knew what he meant by “ring girl” but refused to play along when he refused to be direct.  And a headcannon headcannon where she’s got the ring girl costume on underneath.

Handshake in RV Repair

After some replaying and frame-by-frame examination, my conclusion: Annie probably initiated the handshake (hands are closer to him) but then she’s trying to pull her hand back and he doesn’t let go for a split second.  Despite the fact that Jeff’s looked away by then and that’s usually when you let go.  Am I trying too hard?  Probably, but this is what happens when “handshake in RV” has to count as a “moment of interest” because of general dearth.  Anyway, frantic-2am-essay-writing self says this symbolizes how Jeff is not reaching out this season, but also can’t say no/ can’t let go of Annie when she puts herself within reach.  Highlighted by Abed’s hand metaphor (coincidence?  I argue no.)

Also because they don’t really shake hands?  They hug.  In seasons 1-3.  I’m trying to think after that and I don’t know.  That one needs research.  

Season 5 finale: 

Does Jeff look at Annie even once between getting “engaged” and when they’re physically in the lab?  Except maybe right when she, Abed, and Dean walk in because they’re acting like suprise freaks.  But otherwise I don’t think so.  Even when she’s specifically trying to catch his eye.  Whenever she talks, he’s looking elsewhere (usually Britta) or turning away.  Even when she’s standing next to Abed, who’s talking, Jeff looks over to the side.  Camera cuts emphasize this: whenever he *might* be looking, they catch him turning away or maybe starting to turn towards.

And thus it is cute that right before the gavel ending the episode he looks at her.  Closing frames ftw!  Awww.

Garrett’s Wedding ep

Why is this episode so regressive?  I do appreciate using one of the final moments of the show as a global reflection of the group.  But what’s up with the Annie/Frankie talk about Jeff scene?  I don’t think Annie’s character has been in a place where she’d stop in the middle of a conversation to sigh and dreamily think about how messed up Jeff is for at least 2 years, possibly ever.  I think Frankie’s (repeated) codependency judgment is extremely valid, but it’s shoehorned in unnaturally.  “Get you away from Jeff” would have been very interesting in season 4, but by this point Annie has been doing her own thing all year, the most interaction was during the commercial bruhaha, where Annie showed dominance and Jeff figured out how to do what she wanted.  So... From where is Frankie deriving the conclusion that Jeff is a bad influence?

This episode just made no sense to me.  My brain is filing it as a standalone.

Or: the setup for the ep felt natural.  Jeff staring into his glass with an Abed-noticed strange face fits with his married-fantasy in the finale.  So it’s an implausible but Hail Mary theory that the rest of the episode is in Jeff’s head. 

Off topic, but I have some trouble with face recognition, changes in hair really doesn’t help, nor does bulking up, so I pretty much believe Jeff was played by 3-4 different actors.  Hence issues grasping on to character continuity.

Objecification

Something always niggling at me is Annie’s objectification of Jeff’s body.  Not that I disagree with her or find it unreasonable.  It’s just that Jeff literally built his body so people would like him and his personality to gain respect.  Which is his wall as well.  And for the first years at least, that was a basis of Annie’s crush.  

Yes, I believe they became actual friends as well, but here’s the thing: attraction remains at the core of why Annie (initially) tried so hard.  There’s an inherent muddle between her idealizing him, and knowing and liking him as a person.  And I think Jeff knows this and feels it, and it colours his approach and response to their relationship.

This whole Political Science episode is about Jeff blustering.  Starting at the table, where Annie comes back at his needle with a comment on his hair and abs.  He’s wearing leather and amping his condescension and god-like demeanor up to 11 even before she disses him*, at which point he moves to a 15. He literally suits up to win.  All his defense mechanisms are out, because he’s hurt.  And Annie slices right through him, ruthlessly.

I like the storeroom scene for several reasons (duh), but look at his face when she says she dropped out of the race.  It’s one thing for her to feel bad and apologize - he’s already taken the blame on himself, because he understands going to any length.  But she gave up something she wanted  because she hurt him, which is validation of her real affection.  Subsequently, they have a bonding moment, hug, and his smile fades, indicating more complex emotions than the mere resolution of conflict.  Then near kiss, all of which I argue is linked to a feeling of emotional intimacy - she wasn’t impressed by his bluster at all this episode, and she still likes him.

Bonus: when he reciprocates and admits that everything he pulled out was down to wanting her to think well of him.  Which in his mind is the physical and personality facade.  But Annie throws all that aside when she talks to him. 

“That’s why this happened.”  He doesn’t say “why I did this”.  Almost like he doesn’t have control, doesn’t know another way to react...

*Maybe he’s having an off day and needed validation, and she’s often an easy mark because she is easily impressed by him?

ACB

Really out in left field on this one, but as per Conspiracy Theories, Annie and Jeff are well matched on the deception front.  Quick timeline: Annie tries to recruit Jeff, he declines.  Troy gets cracked.  Jeff joins in.  Annie tries to drop it, Jeff refuses.  What if at some point during this Jeff figures out that Annie is the one behind it?  And he runs with it because he does enjoy the excuse to hang out.

And his call back in the finale was thus about them going to lengths to be together.

s6 Finale:

In Jeff’s marriage dream it’s when he says “I love you” that Annie turns away.  And it’s not being turned down at the revelation, in the context of his imagination he says it as a comfortable fact, something he’s said more than once.  Dunno where to go with this, just poking at how he avoids saying “I love you” - appropriately, but still.

[tastethefloorblog]

#48 RAZZMATAZZ 12/8/2017

Set 1 - MARCO VIANNA Grandaddy - I Don't Wanna Live Here Anymore Luna - Bonnie and Clyde (Serge Gainsbourg cover) Shack - Cup Of Tea The Sea and Cake - Weekend Vetiver - Loose Ends The Shins - Name for You The Monkees - Me & Magdalena (Version 2) Ben Gibbard - December (Teenage Fanclub cover) Ocean Colour Scene - Wah Wah (George Harrison cover) The Charlatans - Plastic Machinery The Jesus and Mary Chain - Always Sad The House Of Love - Crush Me Echo & The Bunnymen - Hurricaine Morrissey - All You Need Is Me

Set 2 - PEDRO BOPP Spoon - They Want My Soul Albert Hammond Jr. - In Transit Mac McCaughan - Lost Again David Bazan - Up All Night Britta Phillips & Dean Wareham - I Deserve It Eels - Susan's House The Jesus And Mary Chain - Nine Million Rainy Days Lightships - Sweetness In Her Spark Church - Just For You The Smiths - Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others El Cuarteto de Nos - Hoy Estoy Raro Blur - There's No Other Way The Charlatans - Jesus Hairdo Boo Radleys - I Hang Suspended Cornershop - Sleep On The Left Side

Set 3 - MARCO VIANNA Broadcast - Come On Let's Go Novella - Come In Ride - Cali Sunflower Bean - 2013 Cigarettes After Sex - Sing Alvvays - New Haircut Beach Fossils - This Year Real Estate - Same Sun The Sorry Shop - Heavy Metal Drummer (Wilco cover) The Baudelaires - Thirteen (Big Star cover) Teenage Fanclub - The Sun Shines From You The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Servo Wand - Dungeon Dropper Jimi Hendrix - Little Miss Strange Lee Ranaldo - Circular (Right As Rain) Kevin Morby - Aboard My Train

Set 4 - PEDRO BOPP Luna - Chinatown Ultra Orange & Emmanuelle - Don't Kiss Me Goodbye The Amps - Bragging Party Alvvays - Next of Kin Smith Westerns - Idol Superphones - Departure The Soundscapes - Shine On Us Teenage Fanclub - Neil Jung Cecilia Ann - La Mujer Pez The Lemonheads - Confetti Ride - Twisterella Liam Gallagher - For What It's Worth Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon

Set 5 - MARCO VIANNA Lambchop - Up with People Fleetwood Mac - Dreams George Harrison - If Not For You Broken Social Scene - Hug of Thunder Angel Olsen - Never Be Mine Jen Cloher  - Forgot Myself PJ  Harvey - Dress Butter 08 - Butter Of 69 Guided By Voices - Pearly Gates Smoke Machine Guided By Voices - Nothing Gets You Real David Bowie - All The Young Dudes Oasis - Who Feels Love? Primal Scream - Give Out But Don't Give Up The Stone Roses - Waterfall (12" Version) Spiritualized - I Want You

Set 6 - PEDRO BOPP Pulp - Something Changed The Cure - Closedown Slowdive - Machine Gun Tom Bloch - Fala Cigarettes After Sex - K. Air - Playground Love Pedro The Lion - Let Down Blur - Under The Westway Smiths - This Charming Man Echo & The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain Luna - Bewitched Evan Dando - Hard Drive Yo La Tengo - Friday I'm In Love (The Cure) Colin Meloy - Waterloo Sunset Oasis - Songbird The Charlatans - The Only One I Know The House Of Love - Beatles And Stones Teenage Fanclub - I Need Direction (Acoustic) BMX Bandits - Forever Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Brompton Oratory The Walkmen - Canadian Girl Oasis - Talk Tonight Pedro The Lion - Big Trucks The Beatles - Good Night siga o perfil do Taste the Floor no Facebook!

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Wrap Your Arms Around Me - Britta Phillips

Wrap Your Arms Around Me – Britta Phillips

Le ha quedado un disco de debut un poco raro a Britta Philips, pero suficiente al menos para reivindicarse más allá del perezoso “la mitad del dúo Dean & Britta”.  “Luck Or Magic“, que es como se llama el artefacto, no es el típico disco de versiones, pero tampoco el clásico álbum con material original que hace, eso sí, una concesión al pasado mediante la revisitación de un clásico. Más bien se…

[loversofcovers]

Dean & Britta covered Friday I'm In Love by The Cure http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF12paT1yE4 more info: Original: The Cure Fecha: 1992 Formato: single del álbum Wish Compositor: Perry Bamonte, Boris Williams, Simon Gallup, Robert Smith, Porl Thompson Versión: Dean & Britta Fecha: 2008 Formato: single del álbum tributo Just Like Heaven - a tribute to The Cure

[musicalmemorylane]

Musical Memory Lane #283: Dean & Britta - Friday I'm In Love. mellow duet cover from The Cure tribute album "Just Like Heaven".

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"Cheese and Onions" - Dean Wareham & Britta Phillips, 2011

More Rock Folly-dom! Go over to Not Coming To A Theater Near You to read Sam Bett's review of the The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash, one of the great rock spoofs. Do I have to spell it out?  

[avasari]

If every word I said could make you laugh, Id talk forever

I ask the sky just what we had ,it shone forever

If the song I sing to you could fill your heart with joy, Id sing forever

I've been so happy loving you

Let the love I have for you, live in your heart and beat forever

I've been so happy loving you

So Im goin away, but not forever

I'm gonna love you anyway

Forever

[tempestades]

Dean & Britta - I'll keep it in mind (Scott Hardkiss Eletric Remix) for Andy Warhol: Nico

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Dean & Britta, "Indian Summer"

[transpondster]

I've never lived in the East Village, but it's the best neighborhood in the city for bike riding, and this video gets that pretty well. I try to post this on June 21st because it reminds me of summer (or summer reminds me of this video)