Hello my name is Mitski
and we are at Amoeba and this is What's In My Bag.
The first thing I got, I got two Hayao Miyazaki movies.
I have a box set of all his films, up until this one, 'The Wind Rises.' I think it's his newest one.
This is the new engineer on the Falcon Project.
I'm dreaming. I think this is my dream.
But I've been having a hankering to watch this one
and I've been on the road for a long time so I haven't had a chance to get to my box set.
So the jungle's poisons are taking their toll.
Your highness, they're attacking us.
They're examining us.
I just grew up with his films. 'Princess Mononoke' was the first film I ever saw
or the first film I remember seeing and being affected by.
The legends say the blood of the great forest spirit can heal anything.
You have my thanks.
His movies, I feel like they just give me the answers on how to live.
I don't know, they're so kind and hopeful.
I got a notebook because I've been needing one.
My current notebook is filling up and I thought it was apt.
Last year I kind of went back and found my journals
and realized I didn't remember any of the things I wrote down.
And so even the stuff that feels boring now I feel like might mean something to me later.
So I got a notebook.
I got Ceremony's 'Violence Violence.'
Oh I've never... the thing is I haven't really listened to this one.
This is the cover and I guess on the back cover it's upside down.
So which side is upside down?
The first one I listened to is 'Rohnert Park,' like most people.
They sound like 'ahhhhh.'
I got Bartók. I got it for the Romanian dances.
Played by the Suisse Romande orchestra.
I haven't listened to this recording, so...
I wanted to get 'Transfigured Night' by Schoenberg
because I wanted to get that on vinyl. That's one of my favorite pieces but they didn't have it.
I feel like Bartók actually writes great melodies that we can learn from today.
It's just like folk melodies. It's just very... Bartók's very pop.
And classical is one of those things, I think, where it actually does sound good on vinyl.
That's kind of the impression I get. There's less bass.
Heavy bass is what kind of fucks up vinyl sounds
and this doesn't really have it. So anyway, I got that.
I got a CD of 'Hypnic Jerks' by Spirit of the Beehive.
Spirit of the Beehive is a band...
Actually I think they're my favorite band. They're a Philly band.
We played a DIY house show together and I've been following them since.
They would make weird soundscapes but then suddenly
open up to a super pop melody that you can sing along to
and then go back to weird. I think it's very beautiful.
That's that.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.