Every human has an emotional side. Mine is like a giant monument covered with a camouflage net - always there, but only visible on occasion. I normally suppress this side, unless someone (or something) forces me to reveal it. One of the few singers who can do this to me is Sheryl Crow. Now, this is weird. First of all, she has about as much indie music cred as a dead badger. But a few years ago...
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Well, autumn is here. It's effing cold, the sky is grey and I feel like hibernating. At such times, I set my iTunes to Random and wait for some kind of inspiring, uplifting song to appear. This time, I got a result that I didn't expect - I only had The Go! Teams' "Thunder Lightning Strike" for a short time, and until yet didn't find the time to listen to it. Then "Bottle Rocket" came along, and...
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When I was a kid, we had a show on local tv called "Wurlitzer", where you could call in and request a song. Of course, their supply was extremely limited - some folk song, something by David Hasselhoff and maybe a pop song once in a while. The world was rather bleak and music didn't matter too much to me.Then, a new radio station called FM4 went on the air. They played from 19:00 to 06:00 the n...
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I assume pretty much everyone here has heard about Jonathan Coulton. If not, let me enlighten you: A bit more than a year a go, he started a project called "Thing A Week" - his plan was to release a self-written and -performed song every week for the next year. About 2 weeks ago, he released the last song - a mix of Queen's "We Are The Champions" and "We Will Rock You". The resulting album is ...
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Today, I sat down for coffee with some good friends, and among other things, we discussed film music. How we can almost feel the situation where the tune begins in a certain film, and how strong it alters our perception. The prime example that we all agreed on was the "Donny Darko" soundtrack - I actually own it, and except for Michael Andrews' "Wild World" and the remix of that song, I can't l...
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Well, a few weeks after the first party I ever djed at, I'm slowly starting to get sober enough to post about it. I still have all my limbs and only a mild headache, so I guess the whole undertaking was a success. Here's what I learned so far:p(1). • The music approach from High Fidelity - start nice and slow, then get more intensive and daring, and leave a few minutes of "easy listening" betwe.
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As a child of the eighties, my youth was pretty intertwined with the musical phenomenon that is nowadays called Euro Dance. When I reached puberty, the first better known acts of that short-lived genre appeared - Snap!, 2 Unlimited and all the others. The structure was always the same - a singer, a rapper, a simple beat and some synth arrangements. Along followed styles like Rave (which was act...
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I did my best, it wasn't much I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you And even though It all went wrong I'll stand before the Lord of Song With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah...I'm not a (very) religious man (at all), but I love this song. It covers a lot of my life, and how I percieve it. Also I love finding cover versions of it - it's always fa...
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With every relationship comes a song - one that defines, redefines and comments on what is currently happening between the involved people, speculates on their future, expresses their dreams and comforts their fears.And after every break up, there comes the inevitable phase where you can't listen to this song without having a nervous breakdown, tears and all. At least it's that way for me.The f...
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