so i went and saw the great gatsby, which is apparently supposed to be terrible but i rather enjoyed it? it stayed pretty close to the book really, and for anyone complaining about it being too flashy well… look into america during the 1920s sometime.

anyway i was quite delighted to find out the soundtrack is going to be released on vinyl this june, and i figured i’d share my favourite song (and favourite version) from the movie.

so janelle monae’s new music video has been making the rounds on tumblr recently. which is great since i think everyone should listen to her and see how amazing she is.

however, i’ve also seen a bit of discussion about the song revealing aspects of her sexuality. if that is the case, then boy howdy because the music industry definitely needs more positive lgbt role models as driven and amazing as she is.

even more so though is that if that is what the song is about, she addresses it in the most striking and fantastic way possible. how even if her sexuality or identity isn’t heteronormative, she doesn’t want to be so simplified as to having another label to replace it. if anything, she rejects the idea in place just being true to herself and asking to exist as such.

which wouldn’t that be a wonderful thing? just having to be true to yourself rather than living up to the expectations and convictions of others?

p.s. janelle monae is and forever will be my senpai.

i’m pretty sure this is the kind of music i’d want to make love to.

classical music friday.

a mendelssohn piece. the last from the “songs without words” suite, and my personal fave, as it’s a very haunting bit of piano music, but is never sad or dreary despite its minor key. it just has this very enigmatic vibe to it.

its something i’m quite fond of with pieces that are done in minor. its very easy to make a minor piece sound sad or scary, but when you are able to bring it to a level of ambiguity like that… its pretty fantastic, for a lack of better words.