Filed under: genome project, hollidays, music, songs, videos | Tags: avril 14th, april 14th, aphex twin, marie antoinette, sofia coppola
Here in Mexico it’s still April 14th. Today will be only once. So, this is my only chance in this year to post a video with one of my favourite musical pieces: Avril 14th, by Aphex Twin (aka Richard David James).
Today is the 104th day of the year. Thomas Alva Edison demonstrated his kinetoscope in this day of 1894. In 2000, Lars Ulrich sued Napster. And five years ago, the 99% of the human genome sequence was completed to a 99.99% accuracy. As I have mentioned in the previous post, it’s Alex’s birthday. And, also my parents celebrate their 24th wedding anniversary. But those events are neither related to this music nor the way it makes me feel. I always thought of this piece as a “morning after” sort of soundtrack. You know, the notes are melancholic, but hopeful. Just like you would feel after sleeping with a new love for the first time (and in the case it turned out as an experience worth of repeating), ha. Just like Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette surely feels as she walks back to Versailles, the morning after sleeping with count Fersen. Watch and listen:
