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Elizaveta Rodimtseva

Elizaveta Rodimtseva

@ladygarfunkel.bsky.social

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Music writing, art, photography, sometimes thoughts

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Elizaveta Rodimtseva @ladygarfunkel.bsky.social · 5d

#musicwriting #songoftheday #bobdylan #blondeonblonde #visionsofjohanna #60smusic
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Visions of Johanna

Like generations of impressionable young people before me, I discovered Bob Dylan’s Blonde on Blonde and understood one thing about it: whatever else he was talking about, he was depicting pe…

Elizaveta Rodimtseva @ladygarfunkel.bsky.social · 18d

#musicwriting #songoftheday #jamiroquai #travellingwithoutmoving #virtualinsanity #90smusic
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Virtual Insanity

Where and how did I imprint on men who look like this? I don’t even remember ever having seen this before, and it’s giving me visceral flashbacks anyway. I was barely tangentially aware…

Elizaveta Rodimtseva @ladygarfunkel.bsky.social · 19d

#musicwriting #songoftheday #beyonce #renaissance #virgosgroove
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Virgo’s Groove

Beyonce’s Renaissance (2022) is the first of a planned trilogy of albums meant to pay homage to what she sees as underrepresented areas of Black influence in American pop culture. If you know…

Elizaveta Rodimtseva @ladygarfunkel.bsky.social · 24d

#musicwriting #songoftheday #lanadelrey #bluebanisters #violetsforroses #redflagcity
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Violets for Roses

Okay, here’s a thought experiment: if I was, like, a guy, on the dating scene, looking for women, I would probably say that being a Lana Del Rey bitch was a huge red flag. And I would hypothe…

Elizaveta Rodimtseva @ladygarfunkel.bsky.social · 25d

#musicwriting #songoftheday #courtneylove #hole #livethroughthis #violet #grunge #riotgrrrl #90smusic

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For the record, I don’t believe that Courtney Love murdered her husband, like some people say; I also don’t believe that she wrote all of his songs, like some others say. If she had, th…

Elizaveta Rodimtseva @ladygarfunkel.bsky.social · 26d

#musicwriting #songoftheday #bjork
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Violently Happy

“Violently Happy” is about when you’re a junkie on exchanging emotion, not at one but at the level 200. That thing. And then the person goes away and you really miss someone. When you’r…

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 29d

Sign reads “Large Print Audio Books” over book store shelf. Inset picture of Garrett Morris from Saturday Night Live cupping his hands and appearing to yell.

Elizaveta Rodimtseva @ladygarfunkel.bsky.social · 28d

#MusicWriting #SongOfTheDay #hopelessness #anohni

In 2016, a year notable for its excess of depressing-ass music, Anohni still managed to come out in the lead with one of the most unforgettably depressing records of the year. Quite an achievement.…

Elizaveta Rodimtseva @ladygarfunkel.bsky.social · Jul 24

#musicwriting #songoftheday #frankzappa #valleygirl

If you’ve never, ever heard anything else by Frank Zappa, you’ve probably heard Valley Girl, and if you’ve never heard Valley Girl, you are certainly familiar with the concept, a …

Elizaveta Rodimtseva @ladygarfunkel.bsky.social · Jul 16

#musicwriting #songoftheday #alstewart #timepassages #nerdrock

Al Stewart is not the kind of artist that usually gets blasted from car stereos and open windows, but let me tell you, I’ve got the volume up pretty high right now. Maybe not up to 11, but a …

Elizaveta Rodimtseva @ladygarfunkel.bsky.social · Jul 13

#musicwriting #songoftheday #thejesusandmarychain #automatic #80smusic

If I understand 80’s alternative music correctly, the whole point was to provide depressive vibes to rock fans who were turned off by the era’s neon-colored rah-rah capitalist flagwavin…

Elizaveta Rodimtseva @ladygarfunkel.bsky.social · Jul 10

#musicwriting #songoftheday #bjork #utopia

Admittedly, when I first heard it, I thought that some of the production choices – flute, birdsong – on Bjork’s Utopia (2017) were a little corny. But the more I listened to it, t…

Elizaveta Rodimtseva @ladygarfunkel.bsky.social · Jul 8

#musicwriting #songoftheday #santigold #spirituals #bestof2022 #postgenre

Ushers of the New World

Wow, I forgot about Santigold. I do recall that when she made her first record, around 2008, everyone was talking about her, and they were making it sound like she was going to be an A-List star. A…

Elizaveta Rodimtseva @ladygarfunkel.bsky.social · Jul 7

#musicwriting #songoftheday #charlixcx #crash #popmusic

Used to Know Me

Okay, first of all, it’s weird to see upstart young artists who are so blatantly influenced by Lady Gaga. 2009 should not be a reference point for a bygone era sitting alongside Jane Fonda&#8…

Elizaveta Rodimtseva @ladygarfunkel.bsky.social · Jul 6

#musicwriting #songoftheday #nostalgia #miniaturetigers #cruelrunnings #dreampop

Used to Be the Shit

“Used to be the shit” is a song by Miniature Tigers, about Miniature Tigers. Not really, because they were at their peak when they wrote that, but in hindsight… Like, what happene…

Elizaveta Rodimtseva @ladygarfunkel.bsky.social · Jun 26

It's sad that The Groupchat is a regular feature in my nightmares now

Elizaveta Rodimtseva @ladygarfunkel.bsky.social · May 26

#musicwriting #songoftheday #d'angelo #voodoo #90smusic

Untitled (How Does It Feel?)

You’ve heard of the 90’s phenomenon known as ‘silk shirt R&B’ – Babyface, Boyz II Men, etc. But have you heard of its next level evolution, ‘shirtless R&…

Elizaveta Rodimtseva @ladygarfunkel.bsky.social · May 20

#musicwriting #songoftheday #theraveonettes #chaingangoflove

I just listened to The Raveonettes’ debut album (2003) for the first time, just in time to listen to their new one (2025). I guess that means that I’m a fan now, after not listening to …

Elizaveta Rodimtseva @ladygarfunkel.bsky.social · May 19

#sia #thisisacting #musicwriting #songoftheday

Can we uncancel Sia yet? I miss her. Yes, I know that she made a bad movie. I haven’t seen it, but I saw the discourse, and the kindest takeaway is just, like, read the room, bitch. It’…

Elizaveta Rodimtseva @ladygarfunkel.bsky.social · May 18

#musicwriting #songoftheday #blaqkaudio #onlythingswelove

Ooh, I haven’t listened to Blaqk Audio in a while. I remember when their album Only Things We Love was my main obsession of 2019. That was a lifetime ago, it seems like. Six years ago was a d…

Elizaveta Rodimtseva @ladygarfunkel.bsky.social · May 15

#musicwriting #songoftheday #drycleaning #newlongleg

Ok, but have you heard about Dry Cleaning? I really enjoy and highly recommend Dry Cleaning, and it’s the second most fun recommendation to give after Wet Leg. Dry Cleaning is a London-based …

Elizaveta Rodimtseva @ladygarfunkel.bsky.social · May 11

#songoftheday #musicwriting #belleandsebastian #abitofprevious

Unnecessary Drama

It’s nice to see Belle and Sebastian still being active, though it’s disconcerting to think that they’re veritable elders now. They were among the OG’s who established dream…

Elizaveta Rodimtseva @ladygarfunkel.bsky.social · May 10

#musicwriting #songoftheday #toddrundgren #nearlyhuman

Unloved Children

I never listened to Todd Rundgren before and thought that I should start. I started, of course, with his 90’s material, because that was when I was deep into the 90’s. I still haven&#82…

Elizaveta Rodimtseva @ladygarfunkel.bsky.social · May 7

#musicwriting #songoftheday #menitrust #equusasinus #newreleases

Unlike Anything

Absolutely nothing came from me being able to see what my friends were listening to on Spotify (I turned that feature off, it felt weirdly nosy) except one discovery. This girl I used to work with …

Elizaveta Rodimtseva @ladygarfunkel.bsky.social · May 7

#musicwriting #songoftheday #thedoors #waitingforthesun #60smusic

Unknown Soldier

The Doors were both a product of, and influencers of, the 60’s counterculture movement – but not the politically engaged part of that movement. They spoke more to the ‘inner journ…