MOUNT EERIE i whale OR i am about to see my heart OR my heart is difficult to see, like a whale on the bottom of the ocean, but it's coming

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[The Whale] says: 'Knock knock!' from beneath
'You know it's me!
I'm your heart, I'm a whale
I'm the bottom of the deep black sea
My mouth is white and toothy'

listen.


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CAMERA OBSCURA let's go bowling

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to me, the better Belle And Sebastian.


listen.


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KARATE cherry coke

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maybe their best song - at least from their pre-jazzy period.


listen.


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BONEY M hurray! hurray! it's a holi-holiday

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definitely the best german casting-band ever:



but, alas, they're also able to give you this very special feeling...

give it a try, then you'll know what i'm talking about.

listen.

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SMOG spanish moss

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Bill Callahan on Hausmusik!

no story, no supposedly interesting facts/opinions on that one.

instead, the opener of Callahan's unforgettable show at the Stadtgarten this very year:

enjoy.

listen.


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EGGS skyscraper

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another ridiculously underrated Teenbeat act.

even though the song is not quoted in the novel, it would perfectly fit into Rick Moody's Garden State.


listen.


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POP TARTS bert melken

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for the active and passive wankers among us.

now that this song is finally posted, it's time for you to vote between M.s and my personal interpretation of the mumbling intro.


listen.


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PALACE SONGS (end of) travelling

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bought at maybe the second best record store i've been at in my life:


you'll get a special gift if you can tell me the (sadly defunct) store's name...


mr. Oldham plays on this 7inch under the Pushkin Will moniker. essential facts, i know.



listen.


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ROCKETSHIP hey, hey, girl + naomi & me

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i already posted the Softies' cover version of the first song. (yeah, again an exception to the one-track-rule!)

tell me - am i right in assuming that these sound more oldfashioned than this ROPERS' song?

still very rich in memories.


listen.


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HOOD girl called heaven

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this is a really old Hood recording. 1993, maybe even older. featuring MOVIETONE's and EMPRESS' Nicole on vocals.

not to be found on any comp.


listen.


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AMP frise

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bloody cold, meandering nicoish industrial, with some Ennio Morricone-fog in the back.


listen.


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CATERINA CASELLI perdono

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Dave, my friend, i love you.

one of the best moments in my (musician-)life - to play our bastardized german lyrics-LA GUERRE DES TUQUES version, on our very last show.
in the wet april of the crucial 2005 year at the E-Cube, in a to be gentrified-neighboorhood in montréal.

Dave, i miss you.



listen.


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MY MORNING JACKET old september blues

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once an overhyped yet atypical Darla-act, later a mainstream hippie - neil young - flaming lips hybrid phenomenon.
to me, a louisville-band. ha!


listen. (apologies for the poor sound quality.)


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BUDDHA ON THE MOON like a sickness from within

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for WJ-completists and desperate forever-adolescent-singer-songwriter-aficionados.
and for R., who loves BOTM.


listen.


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SOUNDSMITH song 9

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among the best stuff they've released.



listen.


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VERSUS know nothing

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maybe not an essential Versus-song - but hey, it's Versus!



listen.


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TILLMANNS my london love

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single of the year at Norman Records. truly dedicated people in leeds.

Radio Dept. relatives.


listen.

buy!


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TRIO sabine sabine sabine

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danke, Frank, für dieses geschenk!


listen.


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RAINER MARIA black in the eye

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strange how fast this band tilted into an over-stereotyped pose following their first album.

i expect many of you to not agree.

this was the last long distance-lovers split-7" on Tree Records.



listen.


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SUNSET VALLEY doll hill

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one of the more popular Wurlitzer Jukebox releases - but not really fitting into the roster, if you ask me.


listen.


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GEOFF FARINA steely dan

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KARATE's and SECRET STARS' mastermind, but you certainly already know this, right?


listen.


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MOLINA & ROBERTS 10,000 miles [Trad.]

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Jason's and Ali's second collaboration after this split 7".
and dig that record, too!

And the rocks may melt and the seas may burn,
If I should not return.

listen.


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GEORGE BRASSENS le gorille

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this song for itself is worth to improve your french skills.

i'm not kidding.


listen.


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UWIK far fisima

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on a split 7inch with the fabulously disarming MIKROFISCH.

pure berlinish late nineties indietronic.

listen.

buy!


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PALACE let the wires ring

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Here we're sharing this boat
One hull which threatens to crack
We have a good thing
Make those wires ring

listen.

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OH NO !! OH MY !! walk in the park

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i used to start my vain master-thesis-working-sessions at this charming place listening to this song.

trying to beam me out of the environment i was in. in vain.



listen.


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ROPERS waiting

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the show must go on. a one year hiatus comes to an end.


in the late nineties, i was convinced that by and by, ROPERS would evaporate - and that ROCKETSHIP, in comparison, would remain.

more than a decade later, i have to admit i was wrong.

this song can fill your lungs with air or cut your throat.
expect tears in your eyes, in both cases.



listen.

buy! (yep, it's still available.)


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