MEDIA HORDE

“I went to see PJ

Harvey in Los Angeles,

and it was probably

the most beautiful

“I’ve become obsessed

with Project Runway.

A friend of mine,

Sweet P, was on the

night of music I’ve

show this season. I

ever experienced. She

never watch TV and I

didn’t have a band,

hate every moment of

she played at least 20

it—but I fucking love

different instruments,

it at the same time.”

and she performed

songs from her entire

career, from demos up

to White Chalk. She is

completely herself.”

“I read Milan Kundera’s

The Book of Laughter
and Forgetting when

I was 14, and now

“When I was growing

I recommend it to

up, the only music I was

anyone I meet. I feel

exposed to was musical

like it’s medicine for

theater. I was really

the human heart—not

into the soundtrack to

like self-help, but just

Into the Woods. As an

really intricate stories

adult, I listened to it

about humans living

again and discovered

and dying and shitting

all these layers of

and breathing.”

love and loss and

interesting character

dynamics. Turns out,

it’s pretty dark!”

The guide to how entertainers

entertain themselves. This month:

Jena Malone

The star of the south-of-the-border horror flick The Ruins.

BY PHOEBE REILLY

“I’m really into old

steamer trunks, which

I’m using to build a

mobile music cart. I

“I’m a little dissatisfied

have a vocoder, a mixer,

with what Hollywood

“When my little sister

“Linda Loudermilk is

an amp, and a digital

has to offer right now,

but No Country for Old

comes over, she wants

this amazing eco-fashion

guitar in there. I plan

to play computer

designer who’s paving

to wheel it around on

Men just killed me.

games, and I make us

the way for sustainable

a dolly and play on

I’ve followed the Coen

go to FreeRice.com

clothing, making things

the street, in front of

brothers for a long time

for ten minutes first.

out of organic cotton,

elementary schools,

and was really happy

Basically, they give you

seaweed, etc. When

the post office, people’s

to see them get back

strange words and a

I did Into the Wild,

backyards. I want my

into the raw, bloody

choice of definitions,

I wanted to wear all

music to be totally

matter. And Josh Brolin

and if you get it right,

eco-friendly clothing.

improvisational.”

was awesome.”

20 grains of rice are

It’s small choices like

donated to a third-

this that I feel are

world country. It’s

going to end up being

seriously improved

really important.”

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my vocabulary.”