As I gradually emerge from the musical cocoon I've inhabited for the past 15 years or so, I make certain discoveries. Some happy and fortuitous, some not. The Decemberists definitely fall into the former category.I'd heard about them, but not heard them, until two nights ago, driving with my brother in his car, when he played the Picaresque CD for me all the way to the end of the line. Creeminy
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Man, I love this song. I'd never even heard of Anouk, until I ran into that old Dutch boyfriend, who worships the woman. He sent me this track. SO mournful.I'm not sure it's really in the genre of "rock" but most of Anouk's stuff rocks pretty hard, so I left it there.
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In 1983, I had this incredibly hot Dutch boyfriend. In the spring of that year, I went to Holland to visit him, and discovered that the average radio station was playing much cooler songs than we were hearing back home. There were three songs in particular that I really loved, and I had Dirk (the i.h.D.b.) buy the 45s and send them to me. (45s! sounds so quaint, doesn't it?) Anyway, this was o
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Rob Thomas, the creator of the show "Veronica Mars," has talked about how music functions as an additional character on the show. I discovered a ton of terrific artists by watching that show, which is why I actually bought the soundtrack CD--something I've never done before.
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