new wave
Die Matt-rosen
God I just love this song. It reminds me of exactly two things — my old roommate/friend Elizabeth Skadden and the trip I took in November 2006 to Bogota, Colombia. Both remembrances put me back to a time in my life when I was truly happy. Those endless summer nights at Barton Springs, or watching […]
New Mixtape: torch songs (for the heroine)
It’s high time and well overdue for me to produce a mixtape. So I have, and here it is — as always, let me know what you like and don’t like. The permanent like for the mixtape is located here.
Description: A mixtape for the equinoctial points in one’s life, for the unsung heroine, […]
Compulsive hoarding of the heart
Given that I have a fairly obscure and eclectic musical pallette, I am shocked when I learn that a song I love, all scratchy from a poor quality record, suddenly finds itself paired to a decent quality music video on Youtube. Sometimes tying “Cardiocleptomanie” in a google window is well worth it.
What an odd […]
Portion Control — The Great Divide
This is my new “dance regardless of actual desire to dance” dance song of today. It sounds like all the British bands of the next decade that were clearly influenced by it.
Portion Control — The Great Divide (1985)
“Coulda been a contender, though the chances were slender…”
In excess
There are a lot of bands who “got big” right after the original late 70’s / early 80’s post-punk phenomenon, and many of them were labelled as sell outs or were seen as too mainstream. Simple Minds is a great example — how many people (especially in the United States) have bothered to see […]
“Plankton” — a mini mixtape
This is a mini mixtape of songs that are clearly influenced by Neu! and Conrad Plank. Hence the name “Plankton.” Enjoy!
David Bowie — Red Sails
Chrisma — C Rock
Ultravox — Can’t Stay Long
OMD — 4-Neu
The Associates — Kissed
David Bowie — V 2 Schneider
Oh Kato b/w holiday in the middle of the week
Lori and the Chameleons –Touch (1979)
Our Daughter’s Wedding — Lawnchairs (1981)
Boys keep swinging
When you’re a boy
you can wear uniforms
When you’re a boy
other boys check you out
David Bowie — Boys Keep Swinging
The Associates — Boys Keep Swinging
Why do he’s call their ships she’s?
I’ve been sick, in more ways than one. The only person I can demonstrably say has kept me sane through it all is someone who died when I was in high school, and someone I’ll never have really known, yet someone I know, someone who, like all the musicians and artists I adore, never […]