Recommendations

I have 2 recommendations...one music and one movie. Both of these I just happened to stumble across and took a chance on...it paid off.

Music: Coco Love Alcorn
http://www.myspace.com/cocolovealcorn
Coco is amazing. When I heard her sing live, I couldn't take my eyes away. Her voice is astounding. I have her CD but it in no way compares to seeing her perform live. I've seen her twice and will hopefully see her again this fall. The first time, I saw her perform, there were literally 3 other paying audience members (and a few band members, friends, staff and press around) so it was a very intimate show...and it rocked. Because I'm not a music person, I can't really describe it in a way that would do it justice so I will stop with a recommendation that you listen for yourself.

Movie: Pizza
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0376827/
If you read the review it's not great. But I loved this movie...there is just something about it that got me. It's about a pizza delivery guy who takes pity on a chubby, loser girl on her 18th birthday. There is just something so awkward about the character of Cara-Ethyl that I found mesmerising - you want to reach out and help the girl but at the same time it's has truly captured that moment of being the uncool 18 year old girl. Also, I loved that as much as Cara-Ethyl is awkward and unconventionally-pretty that the movie wasn't about changing her into a pretty-girl, it was just accepting her and showing her interactions with people who saw her as a person not just a size. It is so un-Hollywood that I loved it.