Her mother is saying that she must leave, “rules are rules,” but he refuses to let her go. Then we flash back to Rue’s mother ad father. Rue needs a moment to figure out what the hell is happening to her

A homeless woman looks like a goblin and some people at the coffee house have monster heads or bird beaks. But when we see things from Rue’s perspective, people are not what they seem. Did her dad kill two people?Īs the story opens (and it is all rendered amazingly in blacks and whites and grayscale), we meet Rue and her friends. The last person that she was seen with Rue’s dad (he is a college professor). And now there is the murder of a female college student. Her mother disappeared a short time ago–her father was actually blamed for her murder, but no body was ever found, so he released. The story focuses on Rue Silver, a teenager who is having a hard time lately. But like Spiderwick, it deals with a normally unseen world coming into contact with out own. This story is actually a YA graphic novel and it definitely skews older. Holly Black is best known (by me anyway) as having written The Spiderwick Chronicles. It also turns out that my library has book two of this trilogy but neither had book 3 (which came out in 2010). Then I saw that it actually came out in 2008. And since I like Black and Naifeh I was grabbed it. This book was on the new shelf at my library. This song is a little too slow for my preferences, but it’s very beautiful. The toy bells and harmonies are a really nice touch, but again, it’s those lyrics: Its been on my mind since Bowie died/ just checking out to hide from life Singing ‘Ace of Spades’ when Lemmy died / nothing’s changed LA’s alright I like how she talks about musicians in such an interesting way:

The cho and vibe are removed in this version which means you must really listen to the words–which are pretty intense. “For this Tiny Desk, Bridgers and percussionist Marshall Vore came to Bob Boilen’s hotel room just before midnight to play the striking ‘Smoke Signals.'” The music is great with Bridgers’ open chords, and Vore’s suitcase percussion, children’s toy bells and vocal harmony. I had heard this song before and really liked it–I especially loved the arrangement, which had echoing guitars that reminded me of Twin Peaks. SOUNDTRACK: PHOEBE BRIDGERS-“Smoke Signals” NPR’S SOUTH X LULLABY (March 22, 2017).īridgers’ “Smoke Signals” is a beautiful haunting song that reminds me a little of Liz Phair in her delivery.

Kin by Holly Black