The Queen of Indie?

It's a question that's been floating around since we crowned the King of Indie, and we didn't wanna rush into it. Now i think it's time to name our main contender for the title....
Miranda July



This lovely lady from the indie capital of the America; Portland, Oregon has been able to create some really special work, in so many different mediums that it's hard to know exactly where to start. So i think i'll start with my first introduction to Miranda, which was a film which she, wrote, directed and stared in. Me and You and Everyone We Know, this is a great platform to begin the journey into Miranda's work. The movie gives away the theme of most of Miranda's work. Take very average everyday people, add just a drop of weird to each of them and suddenly you've got a whole lot of weird, that your going to think seems perfectly normal, because the moral of the story is that everyone is in fact a little weird. This is a fantastic film, and it's worth your time to get it.

In other fronts she has a website where she would ask people to participate in doing something like (Assignment #11) Photograph a scar and write about it, people do so and you've got yourself an online exhibit. take a look here. there's some really interesting ones.
She also has herself a very odd experimental spoken word album as well as a really enjoyable book of short stories called No One Belongs Here More Than You. There is lots more stuff out there that Miranda is up to and it's a lot of fun searching around and trying to find what she's up to next. i've certainly become a big fan of hers.