She saw the star fall and reached out toward the sky to catch it
"We're what they call lovebirds, and I have wings when you are with me
So don't you mock me"

He said, "The stars in your eyes are all that I can wish for
Bright are the freckles in your smile, and I'll make constellations
Though you're impatient"

And we may fight over words
They may say we're just in love to know how our hearts even work
And sometimes it takes mistakes to know just how lucky we were

I'm at the bottom of the fall and stuck inside the well deep
I try to keep the waters down when you're not here to fly me
So come and find me

And we'll make love
We'll make up for time we will have lost when we will see
Each other's scars once again
And sometimes we make mistakes to know just how lucky we've been

We're not a metaphor, but we are only what we make, Kay
I'll be cartographer and chart your ever-wondrous landscapes
I'll be your weatherman and call for sunshine in the darkness
I'll be astronomer and plot the stars as they pass by us
And I'm still jobless

But I'll apply for the post of always-hopeful-sometimes-crabby Michael
For you, and I'll screw up
But sometimes I fake mistakes to know just how lucky I was

Pardon the Fanfare

This week, dreams of soccer stardom clash with a host of familial and cultural expectations. Writer Jessie Tu (Women’s Agenda, “The Honeyeater”) is here to break down how "Bend It Like Beckham" (2002) changed the culture, showcased heartfelt father-daughter relationships, and everything happening in that one dizzying nightclub scene. Plus, is this another movie where the romance is not between the obvious athletes? Just sayin'.

'Bend It Like Beckham' with Jessie Tu | Sports Romances

Fools Who Dream's critic-at-large, Chance Solem-Pfeifer (from The Kick podcast), discusses his extraordinary career reviewing films. Part 1 of our series on The Art of the Critic.

The Art of the Critic w/ Chance Solem-Pfeifer

Celebrate 15 years of "Avatar" as Fools Who Dream editor Bennett Campbell Ferguson and writer John DiLillo discuss James Cameron's masterpiece and their respective journeys as fans.

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I was asked to write a lullaby for Stephen Colbert as part of a skit for the show.  Unfortunately the bit was cut for time/content.  

Maybe, Sweet One, You Won't Have Nightmares Tonight

The Playlist Podcast has rebranded! Welcome to the very first episode of The Discourse! As this show has become more of a rotating door of guests with fresh voices and perspectives on the discussions we have each week, the name felt appropriate. On the first episode, Ryan Oliver is joined by Matt Donato (/Film, Atom Tickets) for a double-dose of creepy doll action to discuss "Annabelle Comes Home" and the remake of "Child's Play."

0:00-8:20: Recommendations
 Matt: “Ghost Killers vs. Bloody Mary,” “Belzebuth” 
Ryan: “Piranha” (1978) 
8:21-34:18: “Annabelle Comes Home” 
34:19-End: “Child’s Play” (2019)

The Discourse #1: Annabelle Comes Home / Child's Play

Singer-songwriter Katie Crutchfield, aka Waxahatchee, and comedian Whitmer Thomas have each released perhaps the best work of their careers thus far in the past month or so: Waxahatchee with her new LP, Saint Cloud, Whitmer with his HBO comedy special The Golden One. The two are huge fans of each other's emotionally vulnerable work; having recently met, they have, as Katie puts it in this talk, “a weird kismet connection."

In their open and honest conversation, Katie and Whitmer take us through their careers, from their beginnings as teenage rockers in Alabama to their current professional successes, and the processes of making their powerful new works. We also hear about the benefits of a slower professional trajectory; pre-album-release shame when you’ve been completely open about your life in your art; and how Katie getting sober changed her music.

Check it out, and subscribe now to stay in the loop on future episodes of the Talkhouse Podcast, including upcoming shows featuring Jarvis Cocker (Pulp) with the Magnetic Fields’ Stephin Merritt; Black Belt Eagle Scout with Sasami; and George Saunders with fellow author Dana Spiotta.
—Elia Einhorn, Talkhouse Podcast host and producer 

This week's show was recorded by Claire Morison at Bedrock.la and in Brooklyn by Talkhouse Film's Editor-in-chief Nick Dawson and myself in our respective #stayhome studios. The Talkhouse Podcast's co-producer is Mark Yoshizumi.

Our theme song was composed and performed by The Range.

Please direct all podcast-related ideas, vitriol, and compliments to elia@thetalkhouse.com.

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Katie Crutchfield (Waxahatchee) with Whitmer Thomas

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Go on a themed movie kick with host Chance Solem-Pfeifer. We're currently on Kick #6 ... "Vampires of America." It all leads up to Ryan Coogler's "Sinners."

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