CATERINA CASELLI tutto nero [Rolling Stones cover]

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recently, some italian people on the flea market told me that in her own country she had more the business-lady reputation than anything else.

it can help, at times, to preserve your naivety.

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+/- PLUS MINUS all i knew

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outtake from their first album (until now, their only 7inch release!), that is still much under-appreciated, especially by their recent fans.

i have a story to tell on that song, on the way it came to me, eight and a half years ago. but thinking about it, it seems too pathetic (in a pretentious way), even by this very blog's standards.

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MOGWAI new paths to helicon

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ladies and gentlemen: post #400!!!!

listening to this song, i remember my 24hours trip to hamburg: Low and Mogwai hitting my heart successively.

unforgettable? hell yes.

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JOEY CASIO share the cup

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you can't go wrong with a Dub Narcotic Disco Plate.

uber-bored-white-semi-nerd-kids-suburb-soundtrack:

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HOOD love is dead but never buried

.same procedure as for a couple previous posts: a song that's not at all reflecting my actual mood, but will quite certainly appeal to way too many beloved friends.

Chris Adams' genius project:

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TRANSPARENT THING quitter

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reminiscences of Mazzy Star, in a superdark mood. what a shame they only released two 7inches!

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MAGALI NOEL feat. BORIS VIAN fais-moi mal johnny!

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vas-y mon loup!

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POP TARTS girlie pop

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known in some east-european-countries as a nokia-commercial-soundtrack:

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KINGS OF CONVENIENCE the beat of a drum

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a super-overrated band, doing some simple, effective, charming music.

bought this 7" while in london, on a language summer trip in 2002, in the 1pound-bin of a notting hill secondhand-7"(i'm not kidding!!)-store.

yes, this is a super-snobbish comment.

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SOUNDSMITH sunlight could split air

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no, it's not over. not yet.

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LCD SOUNDSYSTEM north american scum

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recorded and released before 9/15. redundant info? tell me.

but don't blame the canadians.

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STILL LIFE looks like tomorrow

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Tree's last post.

i know, two releases are missing.

but: one doesn't always have to fulfill the completist goal. plus, a collection's gasps are generally the best parts of it...

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MALCOLM MIDDLETON subset of the world

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Arab Strap's cathartic pop half = what Aidan Moffat is missing. and so much more.

a venomed radio indie disco hit, no doubt.

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HOPE SANDOVAL cherry blossom girl (Air cover)

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used to like her a lot. long, long time ago. and even though it's over, i couldn't pass this 7" over.

a wistfully altruistic post.

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HOOD the negatives (version)

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never forget, from time to time, to auto-inverse...

HOOD “The Negatives” (2005) von domino

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APPENDIX OUT lassie lie near me

. too private to be thoroughly appreciated on stage.

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CINDY LAUPER right track wrong train

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a classic example for the hidden b-side-hit. believe me.

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SHELLAC xvi

too much to say on that band, that man, that 7". might add some lines in the next days.

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STUART A. STAPLES friday night

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good night, dear reader.

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FUKUYAMA ...for a few uncrossed miles

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a Ganger-super-dilettante-yet-ambitious-sideproject. heartbreaking.

this is everything but the end of History.

years after having bought this 7" at Normal in cologne, i stopped with the shinkhansen for five minutes in fukuyama.

J. was sleeping at that time.

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BREZEL GÖRING 3 untitled songs on a blank 7inch

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C.,F. and myself once (=eight years ago) had theis infamous idea of a unique split-7" label, entitled shipshap. we asked a couple of bands we love (Tara Jane O'Neil, Ida, Plus/Minus, Stereo Total, Lou Barlow, Mary Timony), most of them were if not always super enthusiastic, then at least interested. Brezel was the only one to send us something in order to get an idea of what he was ready to contribute, Tara wrote us one nice letter, Ida and Plus Minus seemed super-happy, but never sent ANYTHING, and so, in the end, our personal laziness and individual handicaps helping, we never made it.

ach ja.

this 7" is amazing. Brezel is still doing great music. we should ask him again.

(Dave, have you noticed the concert ticket? i have to say that at that time, i found you quite quirky...)

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PJ HARVEY somebody's down, somebody's name

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my last Polly-post.

i discovered her thanks to En Avoir (Ou Pas), a french movie directed by Laetitia Masson, starring Sandrine Kiberlain, that came out in 1995 and was shown on TV5 two years later en boucle - that's how i had the privilege to watch it four times within a week (i'm not kidding).

quite unique film. among my alltime top ten. the soundtrack features Nick Drake (at that time still semi-obscure, no big reissue-campaign), Marianne Faithfull (doing SHE, written by Badalamenti!), Cheb Mami, and Polly (doing The Dancer)

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THE WAVE PICTURES now you are pregnant [sung by Johnny 'Huddersfield' Helms]

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a worthy in-band coverversion.

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BOYRACER boyracer

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WJ #1 !!!!!!

Boyracer in 1991. Jesus Christ.

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VERSUS wallflower

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coming as a bonus 7" with their maybe most difficult album, Two Cents Plus Tax, this song is pure power-pop.

in contrast, Deep Red's first song, Shooting Star. music to get addicted to.

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FURTIPS cigarettes saved my life

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my last RW-post. (having never touched any tobacco product in my life, it's a slightly impersonal song coming from me...)

listening to this, i inevitably remember my subtly melting friesennerz, leaning against the gas-heater on some wet and cold winter day in the Normal record store in bonn. ah, the good old times.

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THE BLOW brushy brushy

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there are days where i'm whistling that song taking my morning-shower. and others où ça ne me dit rien du tout.

quite untypical for The Blow.

big steps forward:

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RONDELLES safety in numbers

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brilliant. everlasting youth.

Japanther's Ian (hidden behind his super-early HOW 2 moniker) is on their first album, Fiction Romance, Fast Machines - the very last track, not mentioned on the cover, but on the inlay. oh yeah.

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buy. (still available? YES!)

PALACE SONGS horses

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pleasant, especially compared to the stuff he's released in the last seven years. sigh, i'm repeating myself.

David Pajo is with him on that one.

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