Six painfully earnest sad songs for our favorite lonely nerd. Listen as ironically or sincerely as you desire!

( songs for liz lemon )

This is pretty self-explanatory - just a spiffed up version of one of my iTunes playlists.

It's not a sappy mix, so don't expect to have your heart warmed, with a few exceptions. I think they're all very intimate and beautiful songs, though.

(cover illustrations from Danny, Champion of the World)

( song list + download link )

I don't know what I can say for myself with this vid. It's like I set myself several challenges: to vid a song with no narrative, to vid a song without imposing a narrative, and to vid a song using all the most obscure and contextless clips I could find in The X-Files (that were still visually meaningful). Since I didn't think I could set the song within the story, or between the characters, it ended up being about my own feelings about the show. I think it's more impressionism than anything: trying to somehow distill the sense I get of The X-Files when I watch it, particularly the sense of place and the sense of Mulder and Scully. When I watch the show I'm always waiting for those anonymous moments in the cracks, little interactions and familiarity, and I wanted to try and fill this vid with only those moments. It's set to one of my favorite songs of all time and uses only Vancouver-era footage.

I've been working on it for a year and a half, and it's hard for me to tell, at this point, if it reads. So all I can say is, don't look for a structured narrative, maybe listen to it on headphones, and let me know what you think!

(I compiled, compressed, and emailed this to my sister Courtney in probably a dozen drafts, and although most of her beta work consisted of saying "you know, this won't make any sense to other people," it was enthusiastic, and I always know she gets it. all_shine_on also helped me out on more than a few occasions.)

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lyrics

( 72 XF icons )

( My Northwest Mix... )

LISTEN UP PHILES, remember how last week, I went to Vancouver and we found the Unremarkable House?



I was going to make my own post, but then all_shine_on posted first, and her zoom is better, and she took pictures of exactly what I took pictures of, so instead I am linking you there. Go!

If you want to see my pictures, they're mostly on the first two pages here. Now I have the locations pics uploaded with my others here.

It will soon become clear why I put off explaining my "Samson" vid, because when I started I couldn't stop, and this is RIDICULOUSLY long.

This video is placed during the hallway scene in Fight the Future. It is Scully's POV as she reflects on her part in Mulder's quest. Scully sees herself as Delilah to Mulder's Samson, ie., as the 'temptress' who betrays Samson and cripples his strength. In the context of The X-Files, however, this basic narrative is not so straightforward. The song itself is pretty complex, so to make sure we're on the same page, I'll start with my interpretation of it. Here are the lyrics, if you want a reference, and here is the embedded vid.

( very long )

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or, embedded but with wonky aspect-ratios at BigLight or imeem

I thought about writing a "what this vid is about" introduction, but I'd rather have people tell me what they think coming at it blank slate, and see if it speaks for itself. But if you're interested, I can tell you alllll about it.

If you don't know the story of Samson and Delilah, you can read it here. Regina's lyrics are here.

Much thanks to mushfromnewsies for the excellent beta!

You may have to manually change this to a 4:3 ratio on your media player.

Since I am going to be up all night writing a paper (OH HAPPY), I am doing something I have never done before and usually only begrudgingly participate in (because I am afraid of my feelings):

Holiday Love Meme: my spot

I won't be offended if you ignore it. Cough, that is what I usually do!