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2005 film by Miranda July

Me and You and Everyone We Know is a 2005 romanticcomedy-drama film written and directed by Miranda July. She also acts in the starring role, opposite John Hawkes. The film was the first major studio production for July, who had been known previously for her self-produced short films and performance art.

Plot

The structure of the film consists of several subplots which all revolve around an intertwined cast of characters.

Richard is a shoe salesman and recently separated father of two. After being thrown out by his wife Pam, he gets an apartment of his own to share with his sons, 14-year-old Peter and six-year-old Robby. He meets Christine, a senior-cab driver and amateur video artist, while she takes her client to shop for shoes, and the two develop a fledgling romantic relationship.

Peter and Robby have a joint online chat, which Robby later depicts in another chat session as "))<>((", an emoticon that means "pooping back and forth, forever." This piques the interest of the woman at the other end and she suggests a face-to-face meeting.

Meanwhile, Christine wants to hand a videotape of her work to Nancy, the curator of a contemporary art museum, who impatiently tells her to submit it by mail; when she does, Nancy watches and accepts it. Nancy turns out to be the woman who was instant messaging with the brothers, and when she and Robby meet at a park, she realizes he is a child, kisses him and walks away.

Two of Richard's teenage neighbors, Heather and Rebecca, develop a playful relationship with a much older neighbor named Andrew, who works in the shoe store with Richard. He does not say much, but he continually leaves signs on his window detailing what he would do to each of them. As a result of this relationship, Heather and Rebecca ask Peter if they can practice oral sex on him, so that he can tell them which of the two does it better; so they do. He says both w

UCLA Radio Show of the Quarter, Fall 2018: Crate Digging

Anna Kondratyeva interviews Jess from Crate Digging

First of all, what IS crate digging?

Crate digging is basically going to record stores and you’re just like…digging through these milk crates and just trying to find records, either ones that seem obscure or ones that you’re just trying to use for sampling, making beats, or just albums or tracks that you’re looking to put in a DJ mix. For the hip-hop genre, it was a lot more focused on creating beats, so like breaks and loops and actually producing music, while for DJs it was more like “okay, I need to find something to play tonight so I’m going to go to a record store and look through some crates, and the vinyl that I find are gonna be what I play tonight.”

So what started your fascination with sampling? I feel like as far as radio show ideas go, this is pretty niche.

I was always interested in electronic music in general, and so when I found out that the producers I really liked, like Daft Punk, were playing music that wasn’t originally theirs, and that most of their tracks were just samples from songs that came out in like the 70s, it was really surprising to me. I wanted to find out how many artists I loved did that— how are they able to use this track and barely alter it at all. The cool thing about sampling is that a genre like rock can turn into hip-hop which can then be sampled and turned into electronic music, and through that process, you’re just adding more layers to it. You can basically trace the history of three different genres just by looking closely at a song that uses sampling, and to me, that’s really fascinating.

Do you think there are any ethical issues with sampling? I just heard recently that Kanye was sued for his use of other artists’ songs in his music.

I think sampling becomes a problem once you’re not giving recognition to the orig

Me, You, and Everyone We Know (2005)
Written and directed by Miranda July

I can’t recall what it was about the early to mid-aughts that ushered in this strange, heartfelt debut feature by Miranda July, until then known only as a performance artist to people who read the Village Voice or who were in touch with the art scene in L.A. It stars July as, yes, a performance artist who is striving to get a show at a local museum. We’d had movies featuring performance artists before, and 2005 was almost a whole generation later than Laurie Anderson’s 1981 hit single “O Superman.” Maybe it was the beguiling elfin attractiveness of July. In any case, this film made a splash.

This movie, which she wrote, directed, and starred in, made her famous to the extent that, nearly 20 years later, a novel by her which is being published this month is getting a good amount of attention. There are features in the New Yorker and Vanity Fair and the Sunday New York Times, in addition to reviews of the book itself. The publicity around the book made me want to rewatch her first feature film.

“Me, You, and Everyone We Know” is a romcom set in a somewhat down-at-the-heels generic Los Angeles. July plays a performance artist — you know she’s a nonconformist by her thrift-store chic, ice-cream-colored clothes — who drives for a mobility service for seniors. John Hawkes, an actor 15 years her senior who manages to look, if anything, younger than July, is a department store shoe salesman named Richard, with two boys aged 13 and 6. He has just separated from their mother (JoNell Kennedy) and has moved into the same modest apartment building where his coworker Andrew (Brad William Henke) lives. Also living close by are a 9-year-old girl, Sylvie, who is investing her allowance on a cache of appliances and linens that she says will one day comprise her dowry; and two teenaged girls, nowhere near 18 years old, for whom Andrew posts written messages in his bedroom win

I first started following Jamie Beck on Instagram after discovering her through a mutual flower friend and have been completely obsessed with her work ever since.

For those of you not familiar, Jamie Beck is a photographer and visual artist who lives and works in Provence. In 2016, Jamie left her busy life in New York City for a one-year sabbatical in the south of France and never turned back.

Jamie’s work has the ability to transport you into another world. It’s like falling down the most beautiful rabbit hole, getting lost in an entirely different time. In addition to sharing her beautiful work with the world, she also generously shares her creative process, which I absolutely love.

Jamie just published her first book, An American in Provence, which is described as a “beautiful collection of exquisite portrait, scenic, and still-life photography.” Jamie sent me an early copy a couple of months ago and I finished it in one sitting, clutching it as I moved from room to room. As soon as I set it down, my mom picked it up and devoured it with equal intensity and it sparked a series of really meaningful conversations about how we spend our days and what truly matters.

This book has quickly become one of my all-time favorites and I highly encourage you to order multiple copies, one for yourself and for gifting.

I was lucky enough to get the chance to interview Jamie for the blog about the book and her creative approach. Get ready to be inspired!

An American in Provence is absolutely overflowing with inspiration, from breathtaking photography to candid storytelling, seasonal French recipes, and expert photo tips. There is so much to take away that it’s hard to know where to start! How did this book come about?

It all happened unintentionally if you can believe it! When I came to Provence I did not have goals in mind other than to just experience the culture and a different way of life that had captured my imagination. As I set