Rain Songs

Ah, it's raining... Okay, top five songs about rain!
1. Rain, Martin Stephenson & the Daintees
2. Tinseltown in The Rain, The Blue Nile
3. Famous Blue Raincoat, Leonard Cohen
4. Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head, Burt Bacharach
5. Why Does It Always Rain On Me?, Travis

Paula Frazer

Gotten hooked on this artist, Paula Frazer. I found and played Mirador by Tarnation, a cd I've had a long time, but haven't played in years, googled the name, and discovered she's done several solo records, all with an angelic voice that can make a grown man cry, in his beer or not.

Phantom Lady

I like these old comic book covers for Phantom Lady, the pulp/cheesecake quality.

Tom Waits

Top five Tom Waits albums:
1. Swordfishtrombones
2. Heartattack and Vine
3. Rain Dogs
4. Small Change
5. The Heart of Saturday Night

It's difficult to choose only five, since Tom Waits hasn't really done any bad albums, even though I must confess I don't re-listen to some of the later stuff, like Alice and Blood Money, that often.

Kaurismäki interview

A short but good interview with Aki Kaurismäki about his new film Le Havre can be found here: http://www.indiewire.com/article/2011/10/20/interview_le_havre_director_aki_kaurismaeki_im_not_interested_in_the_upper_

Howard Hawks

Top five Howard Hawks films:
1. Rio Bravo
2. His Girl Friday
3. Only Angels Have Wings
4. The Big Sleep
5. Bringing Up Baby

Giallo actresses

Top five:
1. Edwige Fenech
2. Barbara Bouchet
3. Rosalba Neri
4. Femi Benussi
5. Susan Scott / Nieves Navarro