So I recently realized that although the VC fandom has created so many great fan mixes and playlists, I don’t think I’ve seen anyone attempt to follow a cohesive narrative through music. So, I created the playlist that Lestat would have wanted all along: it tells the story of Queen of the Damned from the Lestat’s point of view, using Lestat’s favorite music: classic rock. Most of the songs are lyrically/tonally relevant, but a few of them are just for fun. Enjoy!
Songs 1-4: Lestat comes out of the ground, discovers rock music Songs 5-7: Lestat writes The Vampire Lestat and reconnects with Louis before the concert Songs 8-11: Lestat’s concert in San Francisco Songs 12-14: Akasha’s arrival Songs 15-18: Akasha teaches Lestat Songs 19-22: Lestat questions Akasha’s authority/morality Songs 23-24: Lestat witnesses Akasha’s downfall Songs 25-28: The aftermath, self-reflection
At last night’s Met Gala, Claire Danes dazzled the red carpet in a
show-stopping ensemble, reminiscent of a futuristic Cinderella. Designed
by Zac Posen,
the gown had the glamour of classic couture, but with a glitzy
technological twist: fiber optic fabric that glowed in the dark.
Every year, New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art
hosts this black tie fundraising event—often fondly referenced as
“fashion prom"—to benefit its lauded Costume Institute, in coordination
with the opening of a new spring show. Danes’ dress was an apt
representation of this season’s theme: Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology.
The 150-piece exhibition invited the exploration of “how fashion
designers are reconciling the handmade and the machine-made in the
creation of haute couture and avant-garde ready-to-wear.”
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