Wretches & Jabberers Soundtrack

I'm always on the hunt for new music, and have fallen in love with many movie soundtracks in my life. Three that immediately come to mind are those from the movies Pumpkin, Buffalo 66, and Frida.

So just the other day, when I was browsing youtube hoping to find some songs from Buffalo 66 sung by Vincent Gallo, I was pleased to find a new song performed by him, from the recently released Wretches & Jabberers soundtrack. It was LOVE at first play. The best part is, all 20 of the original songs from the soundtrack are on youtube for listening. I listened to every single one of them within the last week, and the soundtrack has now made the list as a new favorite. Lovely listening for your Sunday, girls! AND, I've taken all of the work out of clicking on separate links for each track. I made a youtube playlist you'll find below of every song, in order as it appears on the cd.

Some of those names below should give you an idea of how great the music will be. The movie is a documentary about two Autistic men, Tracy Thresher and Larry Bissonnette, who, according to the website, go into the world to "change attitudes about disability and intelligence." It comes out this month, and is now on my list of movies to watch this spring.

View the trailer here.
And if you're interested, purchase the soundtrack here. 

Track List

1) "The Reasons Why" Performed by J. Ralph
2) "Change is Gonna Come" Performed by Norah Jones
3) "The Letter" Performed by Carly Simon
4) "More Like You" Performed by Ben Harper
5) "Killingly Hard" Performed by Antony & J. Ralph
6) "Flower & the Lion" Performed by Vashti Bunyan
7) "Given to Us" Performed by Ben Taylor
8) "Breaking the Hold" Performed by Bob Weir
9) "Lying down Statues" Performed by Devendra Banhart & J. Ralph
10) "Birdsong" Performed by Judy Collins
11) "Low Barefoot Tolerance" Performed by Stephen Stills
12) "One Whole Hour" Performed by Scarlett Johannson
13) "No Regard" Performed by Vincent Gallo
14) "Four Brave Souls" Performed by David Garza
16) "Pretty Words Lie" Performed by Nic Jones
17) "Fighters & Factitioners" Performed by Martin Carthy
18) "Hello For The First Time (Four Words)" Performed by Paul Brady
19) "Entenderse" Performed by Lila Downs
20) "Birdsong (Reprise)" Performed by Leah Siegel

Happy Sunday! 

Hope you enjoy these 20 beautiful songs.

Coffee Shop Boy, Pigg Love :)

One of my favorite things to do in the world is go to Borders or Barnes and Noble and just sit and drink coffee while looking at books. Today I was reading this absolutely cute book with Jim Henson's muppets and life advice. While I was sitting in the cozy chair this beautiful song came on. I thought to myself, "Ohmigoodness here's HIS song! So pretty, I love it!"

I was lucky enough to not only meet HIM this summer, but also work on the set of Drew Barrymore's WHIP-IT with him. His name is LANDON PIGG, and he was absolutely CHARMING to say the very least. So kind and approachable. (Not to mention adorable ;) When he initially appeared on set I had no idea who he was and so I asked around. "Apparently, he's a singer." "You've never heard of Landon Pigg?" and "Indie rock artist," were just a few of the responses I received.

My favorite memory of Landon on the set was when (without going into too much detail) while I was standing in for Ellen Page, I was very afraid of this particular pool scene near water that they were getting the camera ready for. He gave me two high fives and kept telling me I was going to be ok and to not be worried or afraid, that I would do just fine. It was SO SWEET. It really did put me at ease a little. I just remember thinking. "He is so thoughtful." It was comforting that he was so down-to-earth and personable like that.

So after the movie wrapped, I did a little research on Mr. Pigg. I went to his Myspace page and was honestly WOWED by his voice. A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! I felt like his voice was a cozy little place I wanted to hang out in. My favorite especially is the "Coffee Shop" song. Lovely, lovely love song. It seems it is getting popular these days and for good reason. I was so happy when I heard it in Barnes and Noble today. I think of that cute boyish young man every time I hear it. I also love that he is from Nashville. My first trip to Nashville was last year and I LOVED it. I had waited to go there for SO LONG. One day on the set he complimented me on this Hank Williams Sr. T-shirt I was wearing too! The best was when I would see him sometimes singing to himself here and there, it brought a smile to my face. :)

Since I love introducing people to new things, if you haven't already heard his music, please take a moment to listen HERE.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!


Below are some pictures of Mr. Cutie Pie while he was in Michigan. I really hope I run into him again someday!

Ypsilanti, MI, Summer of 2008, Downtime during the filming of WHIP IT!


I miss the set SO much sometimes. It was so awesome to meet so many cool people during filming.






I'm so glad I did my research on Landon. One thing's for sure, he's got himself a loyal new fan. :)