Music | July 16, 2010 | 8 comments

Isabella Rossellini reads prose by Aldous Huxley's wife (music video)

source: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/07/16/maple-mountain-sunbu.html

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Andy McNeill of The Maple Mountain Sunburst Triolian Orchestra shares the fantastic video above with Boing Boing, for the band's song "LookListenFeel." You can also watch it at 30,000 feet: on-board Virgin America planes on our in-flight Boing Boing Video entertainment channel.

Andy explains:

"Last August I drove to Isabella Rossellini's apartment in Manhattan from the little town of Elora Ontario where I live, armed with a laptop and a mic. There we recorded her narration for two tracks for my album The Maple Mountain Sunburst Triolian Orchestra. She was as gracious and wonderful as one would imagine."

The words are from Laura Archera Huxley, widow of Aldous Huxley. She died in 2007 at the age of 96 at her Hollywood Hills home.

Godspeed, unicorns.



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8 comments // Isabella Rossellini reads prose by Aldous Huxley's wife (music video)

  • cztheday
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      cztheday  

    • I have to concur with ampersand that unless the poetry was written by Aldous Huxley and GIVEN to his wife (which is not the case, as I understand), it is demeaning and belittling not to use the true author's name: Laura Huxley.

      I haven't seen Ms. Rossellini for several years. When I was in college 30 years ago, I thought she was a goddess descended from on high -- beauty and poise incarnate -- and she certainly still has the sexiest name I have ever heard...

    • 2 years ago
  • remanns
  • MarkButkus
  • ampersand
  • ampersand
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      ampersand  

    • Number one, this is product placement.
      Number two, what complete ass has the amazingly offensive sensibility to use the title: "Aldous Huxley's wife," instead of "Laura Huxley?"
      Complete fail with extreme prejudice.

    • 2 years ago
  • pjacobs51
    • +1
      pjacobs51  
    • ampersand:

      Wow, was that a critique of the art, or the frame that came with it?

      I found the song rather peaceful, with the feel of Strawberry Fields.
      And Rossellini's voice, goddess like.

      As far as the title, you have a point there, name-dropping for sure.

    • 2 years ago
  • remanns
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