is the moniker used by Alison Sudol when she’s up on stage playing her pop-minded songs, opening for The Stooges or Rufus Wainwright for instance. Her real name only occurs when she’s writing books or appears on television (f.e. on «CSI: New York»). Her music is infectious, bubbly fun that got her already several times into the upper regions of the charts.
Buddy / Sea Wolf / Cold War Kids / Gus Black / Dustin O’Halloran
5 favorite books
Jane Austen: «Pride And Prejudice» / Lewis Carroll: «Through The Looking Glass» / Richard Bach: «Jonathan Livingston Seagull» / J. D. Salinger: «The Catcher In The Rye» / Wil Huygen: «Gnomes»
5 favorite cartoon characters
Alice in Wonderland / Patrick from «Spongebob Squarepants» / The three blind mice in «Shrek» / Nibbles from «Tom & Jerry» / Shelly from «South Park»
5 favorite cities
Seattle / Los Angeles / New York / Omaha / Potsdam
5 favorite human inventions
music / cameras / dental floss / chocolate / the roboto dance
5 favorite instruments
piano / guitar / cello / synths that make lovely and odd sounds / accordion
5 favorite magazines
Dwell / Domino / Nylon / Vogue / Rolling Stone
5 favorite movies
«The Life Aquatic» by Wes Anderson / «Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind» by Michel Gondry with Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet / «Stranger Than Fiction» by Marc Forster / «Girl On A Motorcyle» by Jack Cardiff with Alain Delon and Marianne Faithful / «Me And You And Everyone We Know» by Miranda July
5 favorite personal tragedies
I think if a tragedy is indeed a tragedy, it’s hard to pick a favorite... my favorite tragedy of all time is the one that never happened and never will. tragedies are terrible.
5 favorite places in LA
my bed / Silver Lake Reservoir / «Show», a great home decorating store in Los Feliz / «Pinkberry» a yogurt and fresh berries chain restaurant / The Grove (a shopping and entertainment complex built adjacent to the historic Farmers Market)
5 favorite records
Sigur Rós - Takk
Coldplay - Parachutes
Kings Of Convenience - Quiet Is The New Loud
Ray Lamontagne - Till The Sun Turns Black
Bright Eyes - I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning
5 favorite restaurants
Gingergrass, LA / The Blue Door, TX / Koi, NYC / Toast, LA / Piece, Chicago
5 favorite songs by The Beatles
The Beatles - I’m So Tired
The Beatles - Blackbird
The Beatles - Yesterday
The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
The Beatles - Across The Universe
5 favorite TV shows
Grey’s Anatomy / House / Sex And The City / The Mighty Boosh / I only have four.
5 favorite personal victories
making my first album and having it come out the way I’d hoped it would / learning how to play the piano / never having smoked a cigarette or taken drugs / having asthma and running anyway / remembering to put the trash bins on the street at 6:30 this morning before the garbage truck came! Hurrah!
are finally back. After their very promising debut they took some time to come back with an album that finally shows the full potential of what Johnny Jewel & co is capable of. Where «In The City» left off ...