I bet most of you would have severe difficulties to name your 10 favourite songs of all time (a definitive + unchangable list, preferably having to be done in front of a loaded machine gun if you know what I mean). I certainly couldn't do it .... and I'm trying very hard to do it in my head for some 20 years now. There are three or four songs that would make it on said list, and this is but one of them.
I don't know awfully much about The Crimea, I have a full length CD flying around somewhere and it might even be worth listening to in its entirety, the problem though is that I always keep coming back to this tune, 'Lottery Winners On Acid'. In my humble estimation it certainly is one of the best songs ever written and here it is to you in two versions, first from the original CD, which came out on Shiny Beast Recordings in 2002, and also the re-release, a 2006 7" on Warner Reords.
Hard to tell which one is to be prefered, I think both of them are simply awesome and, dear Crimea: thanks ever so much for this piece of music. With it alone you certainly have achieved much more than I would ever be able to achieve in all of my life!
Also I feel like a lottery winner meself, at least a little bit, because a few days ago I received an email from Craig who runs a t-shirt mailorder shop in the UK, "Mr Cloud" ... and some very nice stuff he offers there, too. Well, in his email he offered me a shirt for free (I chose a Sonic Youth shirt, should you want to know) if I mention his shop on Sexyloser ... and it is my pleasure to do the very same here. Also he offered me to provide me with a recording of the last Christmas show John Peel did: I already have that one, Craig, but thanks for the idea!
The link is www.mrcloud.com so I strongly suggest you have a look and choose something nice for you and/or your beloved ones!
Enough for today, as usual any comments are highly appreciated!
Take good care,
Dirk
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Hi Dirk,
I have a top 21 playlist on my mp3 player that hasn't changed in 3 years although I think something is going to have to dop out soonish as the pleasure I get fom VCR by the xx hasn't diminished im over a year and probably over 500 plays.
Anyway. Lottery Winners On Acid is a belter of a tune that has me smiling every time I play it.
Well, Andrew, now THIS list would something I'd LOVE to see!! I think it would be impossible for me to number it down to 21 tunes (btw: why 21 (and not 20?))!
Any chance of publishing it in one form or another?
Cheers,
Dirk
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