Nobody's Daughter

track listing:

01) Nobody's Daughter
02) Skinny Little Bitch
03) Honey
04) Pacific Coast Highway

05) Samantha
06) Someone Else's Bed

07) For Once in Your Life
08) Letter to God
09) Loser Dust
10) How Dirty Girls Get Clean

11) Never Go Hungry

Alright. So I've always been a fan of Hole. When I first heard Courtney Love was coming back with a brand-new Hole, I was kind of put off by it. I thought, just like many other critics, "what the hell is she thinking?". I never even took a listen to this album until now.. and all because one of the songs was brought to my attention and I was like, "that's the new Hole?". Not bad. I believe the song was Honey. It really caught my attention. The album as a whole has a bit of a sad and dark feel. You can tell it all came from a very raw place. You can hear her very honest vulnerability on the song Letter to God, which I suspect is about her battle with drugs. It's a very moving and haunting song. "I always wanted to die. But you kept me here alive. Please tell me who I am". "I never wanted to be the person you see. But, thank you".

There are rougher songs, which remind me of old-school Hole, like Samantha, Skinny Little Bitch, Someone Else's Bed. Subject matters ranging from prostitution to a girl who is taking on too much than she can handle. I find most of these songs take getting used to, and there are some I just don't really like. But I suspect I'll be listening to this album for a while, long enough for it to become one of my favorites.. along with the rest of Hole's material over the years.


update: *August 10-2010* After just a few short weeks of writing this blog entry, I've listened to Nobody's Daughter non-stop. And as for those songs I "didn't like"... I love 'em all now!

how much a haircut can change a person

these pictures were taken almost a full year apart. it's scary to me how different I look just by one simple haircut.

Snooky Ookums

Hairspray!

Lately I've been obsessed with John Waters (look below, Divine post says it all). He's a fascinating man with fascinating talents, and I've come to find a comfort in his so-called weirdness. You see, I've always been the odd kid; the one who randomly becomes interested in different things and strange people, and is therefore alienated from their peers. I think they call that individuality these days, although I'm not too sure...Anyway, John Waters is a really interesting fellow. I admire his balls (if you will) when it comes to creating films and stories that are not what the masses are creating today. He is truly an individual and a raw talent, a person who sees the crude and crass ways of humanity and isn't afraid to exploit them. As I previously stated in my Sarah Silverman post, we are all disgusting: embrace it!

I think one of the most obvious movies to mention is Hairspray. If you weren't aware, Hairspray is not a movie that came out in 2007. Nor is it just randomly some Broadway play. Hairspray was written by John Waters and is one of his best and most timeless efforts to date. The original was released in 1988, and starred none other than his staple Divine, along with Ricki Lake, Debbie Harry and Sonny Bono, among others.

What's not to love about a movie, first of all, named Hairspray, which centers around issues we can all relate to. Beauty and ugliness (on the inside and out), being made to feel inadequate, doubting ones-self. Going to great lengths to prove everyone wrong. All the while, singing and dancing about. Not to mention, killer hairstyles and fashion all around. What a vision. What a sense of humor.

I fully intend on purchasing his latest book, a memoir called Role Models. Here's a recent clip of him discussing his book on The Colbert Report.