Music Series #2 - FKA Twigs "Pendulum" "Two Weeks"
When music is such a big part of your history and your life, you find that along the way some of the friends that you make are because of your common tastes in music. I've met many people at festivals, and met sooo many people over internet. I have lifelong friends who I met on Playstation. I'm drawn to people who either share my tastes in music, play music, or have a deep appreciation for music.
In 2010 I met a guy on Playstation while running around on Playstation Home and acting like I was cool. He was from NYC, and he could talk shit with the best of the best. He was hilarious. I wish we were still friends but over the years he has become more and more mentally ill and only shows up sporadicly at points in my life, in our circle of friends' life.
We all consider eachother real friends. There is no difference between real life and internet for me, I have met and lived with and partied with and just plain enabled many friends who I have met through the net. I find it easier to find friends who fit my mentality than to limit myself to just those people who happen to be in my community (which is very limiting seeing as I am a liberal and everyone around here is conservative). I guess everyone on this site dually understands that, because of the family dynamic we have here..elsewhere I usually have to preface because people with discount the other people you care about if you don't live down the street from them. That really gets to me.
Back to NYC guy. I get along with New York City/Jersey guys. I can't explain it. I think it might have something to do with my mother's side of the family being from Bayonne. Everyone here thinks they are being scolded when a New Yorker talks to them; I feel like I'm talking to my Jersey family, and I can be blunt and honest. And I have a soft spot for my puertoriquenos. I have many Puerto Rican friends and mamas. I love how close puertoriquenos are to their mamas and since I lost mine so young I guess it always has been a relationship dynamic I have sought out because of missing out on it. I got to talk to my Orlando mama Lillian just the other day on video chat and she told me how beautiful I age and what is that on my face young lady?!? (I have labret snake bite peircings, lol) The second day I knew her in May 2011 she went to town on my hair and braided all of my hair (all 3.5 feet of it) into two braids. She takes a step back and chuckles and says "chica, you look like frikkin Pocahontas!" We both almost died laughing. I dated her son for several months and I think when I look back on it all, we spent so much time together I guess I was actually dating her, LOL.
Ok, if I don't stop myself I will get caught up in memories and never get back to the point.
My bronx off/on bestie's name is David. When we met, both of also met this Native American guy from Texas named Jerry, and we all became best friends. Like blood brother best friends. We'd gameshare and buy eachother games. We'd call eachother when we were on the city bus going to work. We would wire eachother money through Western Union for weed if one of us was broke and the other had extra, lol.
David used to add a secret question when he would Western Union transfer money to me and it would always be, "Who am I?" And I would always have to look the cashier in the face and say "DADDY." Hahahaha. I don't know why it took me so long to figure out what to do about it til I sent him money the next time and made him answer the same question. With the same answer.
Since then I have met and dated my Master and the circle became one bigger. People have come and gone over the years but through it all 3-4 of us have stayed close. David comes and goes. He feels happy for a while, then he gets bitter and none of us can help him.
David is one of my musical soulmates. I'm sure you can understand the notion; some people just have an ear for sound that is just like yours, and you can depend on their taste. Over the years we have introduced each other to different artists, usually when he would come back around for a while. He has the voice of an angel. He has introduced me to some of the best artists I have ever heard. I have a rich musical background but he has introduced me to 2 artists on this series list.
One of those artists is FKA Twigs.
The name sounds weird right? When she started out her stage name was just Twigs; people called her Twigs because she was a dancer and her bones would crack and pop. Somebody apparently was called Twigs before her so she just changed it to FKA Twigs.
She sings a perfect high breathy soprano, and her music is very avant garde. Her body is sexual and beautiful and it itself a piece of art. It is very apparent in her videos. The only mainstream recognition she has gotten I believe is that her song "Two Weeks" was used in a murder scene in the show 'Mr. Robot.'
FKA Twigs is very much a submissive. She shows that in her videos. In "Pendulum" her own hair is used in shibari and suspension bondage while she sings. It is about how lonely it can be even when you are with someone but you want more. It is artistic and beautiful and I absolutely love it.
I'm a sweet, little love maker..
Finding time, to make my words better..
FKA Twigs also has a song called "Papi Pacify" that is so sexy and so incredibly BDSM and I encourage anyone who reads my blogs to check out her videos. You will not be disappointed.
"Two Weeks" is her most popular song. The video she does has her doing several one take videos in different positions and then editing them all together flawlessly. She is an egyptian goddess and the statues next to her are her, and her harem are all her…her council, again all played by her. And she is painted gold and is extremely sexy.
I don't know as much about FKA Twigs as I do my beloved SRV, so most of my story about her is how I met the person who introduced me to her. And how I instantly fell in love with her music, and how different she is.
And sometimes it's important to have the song and the memories of long, chaotic, but true familial relationships we find with others out there in the aether. Here's to lost friends and lovers.
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