tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75035730235552969322024-02-19T20:17:07.440+01:00Sexyloser.Another proud member of the "THIS BLOG CONTINUES TO DECLINE" - foundation for middle-aged men!Dirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02907703583893968857noreply@blogger.comBlogger264125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503573023555296932.post-40787954561585626842018-12-09T09:55:00.000+01:002018-12-09T09:55:16.011+01:00Little Loser's Lottery - Part 12 (for Brian)Hello friends,<br />
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it's been a while, isn't it? The reason for this post is simple, and the handful of you who read this will be pleased to learn that this triumphant return of 'Little Loser's Lottery' is entirely the fault of Brian - out of <a href="http://lineartrackinglives.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><em>'Linear Tracking Lives'</em></a>.<br />
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I was in conversation with him yesterday about the merits of Strawberry Switchblade and while we were at it, he questioned whether Little Loser might or might not already be too old to do another one of his lotteries. <br />
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Now, as we Germans automatically are used to do what Americans tell us to do (WW II, American occupation zone, your will is my command … you know the story), I immediately asked Little Loser (ten by now, and I never would have believed that puberty starts with ten these days. Now I know better, but thanks for asking!) and - believe it or not - he managed to pause Fortnite for a minute and picked five records out of the distressing rest of my collection, more or less with closed eyes. <br />
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I just looked that up: it is an embarrassing three and a half years since he did this for the last time and his luck has not left him by and large. I mean, the picks could have been better of course, but they could also have been much worse, I must say. It's mainly albums, so I chose what I considered to be the best tune out of the specific picks. <br />
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Here's what he came up with, friends:<br />
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1) Carmel - 'The Drum Is Everything' (Liberation Records '84)<br />
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Okay, I think I haven't listened to this once since …. 1984, I would guess. Still three of the tracks still rang a bell with me after all these years, I knew they were rather fine. 'More, More, More', 'The Drum Is Everything' and 'Rockin' On Suicide'. I went for the title track, so here's Carmel:<br />
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2) Hank Wangford - 'Stormy Horizons' (Sincere Sounds '90)</div>
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Isn't it strange how some records end up in your collection, records which you are endlessly ashamed of some decades later? This is the case here, because the record is goddamn awful by and large. But there is a reason why I have it: years and years ago I bought a Beggars Banquet Label - compilation, the title of which now escapes me, and one of the tunes on it was by Hank Wankford: 'Never Wear Mascara (When You Love A Married Man)'. A sound advice of course, but I digress. Now, this track was so good that a few years later apparently I couldn't resist to buy this album here. I think it's fair to say though that this was a crucial mistake, I just flickered through the songs again in order to find the least disappointing one. And as we DJ's know: Side A, Track A is always the safest, so here you are:</div>
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3) The Pogues - 'Red Roses For Me' (Stiff Records '84)</div>
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Yes, well done, Little Loser! Another one I haven't listened to for much too long (contrary to their second album, which finds itself on the turntable quite often, don't know why this is). Who would have thought at the time that Shane McGowan is still alive (albeit not kicking in one form or another) in 2018? Not me, that's for sure! And it only took me a second to decide what's the best song on this album, it's this one in fact:</div>
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4) The Wild Swans - 'Revolutionary Spirit' (Zoo Records '82)</div>
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Which goes to show that Little Loser apparently also has an appetite for fine art: I'm sure his eyes were not fully closed and he liked the sleeve, which shows 'The Lament for Icarus' by H.J. Draper. A total classic, of course (the tune, not the drawing), and it's always fine to hear it again once in a while. One would think that this record is a bit of collectors' item these days, but apparently this isn't the case: you get it on discogs for the value of a lunchbreak at McDonalds. For one person. A shame, really, because it's outstandingly good, this!</div>
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5) Various Artists - 'Submarine Tracks & Fool's Gold - Chiswick Chartbusters Volume One' (Chiswick Records '77)</div>
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Of course there can't be an argument about what is the best track on this compilation: The 101'ers' 'Keys To Your Heart'. Which, in my humble opinion, is better than a lot of Clash - tunes in fact! But everybody knows this by heart by now, so I decided to go for the other number The 101'ers are featured with on this compilation. Perhaps this brightens your horizon or something, if not, it's not a bad tune either, I think. Obviously I'm too young to know, but I'm sure people having heard this at the time it came out (June 1976) would have thought: "Boy, this guy Strummer has a remarkable voice, perhaps I should pay good attention to what he does in the future." And, as we all know, except for George, they would have been quite right in doing so:</div>
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And that's it for this week, friends. Hope you enjoyed Little Loser's picks. I'm convinced that if you tell him in the comment section, he might have another go fairly soon.</div>
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All the best, and if we don't speak before: have a very happy Christmas!</div>
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<br />Dirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02907703583893968857noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503573023555296932.post-43971376240110918952018-10-22T07:00:00.000+02:002018-10-22T12:37:45.697+02:00Monday's Long SongDearest friends,<br />
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to my great dismay I have to tell you that I just found that apparently google and/or boxnet seem to have managed <em>not</em> to publish all the hundreds of posts that I prepared in advance 18 months ago in order to appear here on more or less a daily basis for your sheer enjoyment: unbelievable, isn't it? Then again this just shows me to check my own blog more frequently … so: no hard feelings, right?<br />
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Either way, Monday's long song it is, and more or less immediately I thought of this gem:<br />
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<em>'The Presence'</em> was (and still is, I suppose) the A-Side from Crispy Ambulance's third single, <em>'Live On A Hot August Night'</em>, released on Factory Benelux (FAC BN 4) and it's 13:05 minutes long. So, the length is okay, and as it's outstandingly good as well, it should easily qualify to feature in this series, I would have thought.<br />
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I searched a little bit to be in the position to tell you at least something about the band and found a great biography on Teen Beat (<a href="http://www.teenbeat.net/artists/crispyambulance.html">http://www.teenbeat.net/artists/crispyambulance.html</a>) which also contains some Factory insights which might or might not be known to you already. I hope the nice people at Teen Beat won't sue me for a little bit of the good ole' copy/paste - job:<br />
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<em>Following the death of Ian Curtis in May 1980, Rob Gretton became a Factory director, and in July persuaded Crispy Ambulance to release their next recording through the label. FAC 32 thus became Gretton's first-born in his capacity as an A&R man. Hempsall again:</em><br />
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<em>After two promising if hardly exceptional singles, the first real sign that Crispy Ambulance were more than just a weird name came with the third, Live On A Hot August Night. Not live (and recorded at Cargo Studio in Rochdale in January) the session was produced by Martin Hannett, who achieved an astonishing sound ranked by some amongst his finest productions. The single comprised two extended tracks which sat together perfectly, despite being poles apart in terms of style. 'Concorde Square' was a bright, almost blinding guitar glide, and probably the closest the group ever came to writing a hit single, while 'The Presence' was lengthy, languid and hypnotic, drifting weightlessly above a soft electronic pulse and whiplash snare.<br /><br /> Although Factory shot a video for 'The Presence', the flipside's mordant six minute gregorian outro triggered a free transfer from Factory to European offshoot Factory Benelux, the single emerging as a 12" in July. Hempsall:<br /><br /> "'Hot August Night' was the first time we actually went into the studio as a Factory band. As a matter of course Hannett was used as he was The Factory Producer... Tony craftily got us off his back by depositing us on Factory Benelux, which we didn't object to because Tony was only making things difficult for us whilst on Factory, whereas Michel Duval, boss of Factory's Belgian counterpart, genuinely liked us, and had an enthusiasm for the records almost as strong as our own."<br /><br /> "Rob Gretton was always more interested in tunes than anything else, so when we had six minutes of voices and piano on the end of 'Concorde Square' he found this a bit strange. We began to move out of his field of understanding."<br /><br /> Comprehension was also found wanting in the fourth estate. According to Melody Maker:<br /><br /> "The best and worst of Martin Hannett and, as usual, you can forget about the band. 'The Presence' illustrates his genius for that eerie, evocative snare-obsessed sound, cleverly maintaining interest in another Curtis clone crooning another doomy dodo of a tune. 'Concorde Square', however, is the most melodramatic manifestation yet of his frustrating feedback fetish, allowing the group a begrudgingly cursory run for their money before picking put a particularly rich resonance and toying with it into uncharted territories of tedium. One for earnest New Orderites and strict Samaritan-cases only."<br /><br /> At least the Maker bothered to listen to the record - all 22 minutes - from beginning to end. In the opinion of the NME:<br /><br /> "After the power and the passion that was Joy Division, imitators like Crispy Ambulance just sound listless and unoriginal."<br /><br /> Although the switch to Factory Benelux was effectively a relegation, the move would prove Factory's loss, for the following year Crispy Ambulance delivered an album which many connoisseurs rightly regard as a jewel in the Factory crown ('The Plateau Phase', released in March 1982).</em><br />
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So, as usual, enjoy!<br />
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the weekend's over and we're all back home safely, I suppose. To my great dismay quite a few of you reading this couldn't make it - next time though, I sincerely hope - for various reasons. A real shame, and, believe me, you did miss a treat! But it only was a treat because of the love and the efforts and, yes, it must be said, the money that our people from Glasgow put into the whole thing. Yes, I had the idea in the first place, but if it weren't for Stevie (CC), Drew and especially JC: it wouldn't have been such a blast!<br />
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which made the whole event even more enjoyable. We've passed a museum or two and in order to impress Mrs Loser we even went in and out one for half a minute, so, yes, culture: checked! But, to be absolutely frank, most of the time we spent on the way to, in and in front of pubs, bars and venues, all of which were plain wonderful! I have a feeling as if we'd hit the gas a little bit too hard on the Friday,<br />
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perhaps we should've moved a bit of that to the Saturday, but there you are, these things happen. Brian<br />
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will be able to confirm this, poor guy, so these next two are for him:<br />
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Still he found the time to become a friend of the stars, this next is by but one of those:<br />
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If I had to name my favourite out of all the venues we had been into, I think I couldn't diminish it down to less than two: 'Nice & Sleazy' in Sauchiehall Street:<br />
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but the main thing, the important thing is, that finally I've met some people I've always wanted to see. I hope the others won't be too crossed when I say that I was mostly looking forward to JC, because I know him for so very long from writing. I suppose it doesn't make all too much sense to go into great detail here, because who reads this nonsense anyway apart from five or six people, and those were a) there or b) know all about the background? Still I want to point out - I mean, I would never have expected even one of you turning out to be a total wanker in the first place - how much it means to me that we all got so well along all the time. I might have drunken myself into oblivion, but honestly I don't think I've heard even one harsh word whilst we were together, everything was always friendly and peaceful and I <em>constantly</em> heard and saw our people laugh and smile. And this, at least as far as I'm concerned, is what turns a bunch of strangers into a group of friends. <br />
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So - and I do hope I'll forget no-one - <em>Adam, Aldo, Brian, Carlo, Colin, Drew, JC, Stevie, Walter</em>, this is for you. And it comes from the bottom of my heart:<br />
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PS: as promised, here's the link to the guy from Tokyo who made those Clash-shirts I wore all the time: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/nobartco?ref=l2-shopheader-name">https://www.etsy.com/shop/nobartco?ref=l2-shopheader-name</a>Dirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02907703583893968857noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503573023555296932.post-50512604980510891442017-05-08T17:28:00.000+02:002017-05-08T17:28:07.854+02:00Coldplay MondayWell,<br />
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Good morning friends,<br />
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does it happen to you as well that you find yourself adapting more and more certain habits of your parents, bearing in mind that for the last 30 years or so you so often swore to yourself that this shall <em>never</em> happen? Well, it happens to me occasionally, but, as we'll find out in due course, it's not a bad thing at all:<br />
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My mum would <em>never</em> throw anything anway, and I mean <em>never</em>! A manner I disliked intensenly when I was younger, but yesterday I found out again that I am not much better than her: it's all in the genes, you see!<br />
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Over at Jez' place the topic of the most wonderful Colorblind James Experience came up <a href="https://dubioustaste.wordpress.com/2016/11/05/which-reminds-me-10/">a few days ago</a> and the tune Jez posted seem to have struck chord with a few people. Now, early stuff from The Colorblind James Experience is not terribly easy to get hold of these days, but luckily I remembered that somewhere I still have a cassette of their second album, 'Why Should I Stand Up?', released in 1989, two years after the great debut album. Quite why I bought it on cassette back then and not on vinyl, I simply can't remember. Old age, for sure ....<br />
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In a true "Give-'Em-Enough-Rope - style" (everybody will understand what that means, apart from George, so there you are, sorry George!) the album certainly isn't as good as the first one. But, being colorblind myself - so there still is a <em>certain</em> affection from my side - I ripped it for you, should anyone be interested and - so I should add - we are talking about an original Cooking Vinyl - cassette, not one of those cassettes copied in the 80's from a friend on a dodgy tape deck who had a friend with a dodgy tape deck who copied the album from a friend who had it on second hand vinyl, no Sir!<br />
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See, it's good not to throw too many things away too early (I still do miss this bunch of early Postcard singles I gave away for 20 Deutschmarks back in the early 90's, oh boy! *), <em>anything </em>might become useful again sooner or later. The same is true for <em>my</em> dodgy tape deck, apparently, as this post shows!<br />
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<tr class="first tracklist_track track" data-track-position="A1" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording"><td class="track tracklist_track_title "><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name"><a href="http://www4.zippyshare.com/v/dkmKeKYg/file.html">Why Should I Stand Up?</a></span></td><td class="tracklist_track_duration" width="25">6:09 </td></tr>
<tr class=" tracklist_track track" data-track-position="A2" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording"><td class="track tracklist_track_title "><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name"><a href="http://www4.zippyshare.com/v/QVyy3v5I/file.html">She'll Break Yours, Too</a></span></td><td class="tracklist_track_duration" width="25">2:27 </td></tr>
<tr class=" tracklist_track track" data-track-position="A3" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording"><td class="track tracklist_track_title "><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name"><a href="http://www4.zippyshare.com/v/UFrPiyTk/file.html">Buster Cornelius</a></span></td><td class="tracklist_track_duration" width="25">5:21 </td></tr>
<tr class=" tracklist_track track" data-track-position="A4" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording"><td class="track tracklist_track_title "><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name"><a href="http://www4.zippyshare.com/v/g9gTp2iI/file.html">Polka Girl</a></span></td><td class="tracklist_track_duration" width="25">1:50 </td></tr>
<tr class=" tracklist_track track" data-track-position="A5" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording"><td class="track tracklist_track_title "><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name"><a href="http://www4.zippyshare.com/v/sCAZGPGd/file.html">Ride Board</a></span></td><td class="tracklist_track_duration" width="25">3:36 </td></tr>
<tr class=" tracklist_track track" data-track-position="A6" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording"><td class="track tracklist_track_title "><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name"><a href="http://www4.zippyshare.com/v/U8splnXq/file.html">I'm A Sailor</a></span></td><td class="tracklist_track_duration" width="25">3:36 </td></tr>
<tr class=" tracklist_track track" data-track-position="B1" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording"><td class="track tracklist_track_title "><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name"><a href="http://www4.zippyshare.com/v/4Tfgdg6l/file.html">That's Entertainment</a></span></td><td class="tracklist_track_duration" width="25">2:32 </td></tr>
<tr class=" tracklist_track track" data-track-position="B2" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording"><td class="track tracklist_track_title "><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name"><a href="http://www4.zippyshare.com/v/iZ1kVLdW/file.html">(He Must've Been) Quite A Guy</a></span></td><td class="tracklist_track_duration" width="25">6:28 </td></tr>
<tr class=" tracklist_track track" data-track-position="B3" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording"><td class="track tracklist_track_title "><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name"><a href="http://www4.zippyshare.com/v/Kw75pUyN/file.html">Wedding At Cana</a></span></td><td class="tracklist_track_duration" width="25">6:06 </td></tr>
<tr class=" tracklist_track track" data-track-position="B4" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording"><td class="track tracklist_track_title "><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name"><a href="http://www4.zippyshare.com/v/snq1Jcgv/file.html">Rockin' As Fast As I Can</a></span></td><td class="tracklist_track_duration" width="25">3:57 </td></tr>
<tr class=" tracklist_track track" data-track-position="B5" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording"><td class="track tracklist_track_title "><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name"><a href="http://www4.zippyshare.com/v/UgVEdor2/file.html">Hi Fi Alphabet</a></span></td><td class="tracklist_track_duration" width="25">5:29 </td></tr>
<tr class=" tracklist_track track" data-track-position="B6" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording"><td class="track tracklist_track_title "><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name"><a href="http://www4.zippyshare.com/v/UJJzNtaQ/file.html">If Nobody Loves You In Heaven</a></span></td><td class="tracklist_track_duration" width="25">4:01</td></tr>
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So, friends, enjoy, enjoy, I'm sure there are at least a few who certainly will!<br />
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<em>[*: just joking, Brian, just joking .... couldn't resist!]</em>Dirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02907703583893968857noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503573023555296932.post-85563237155266452882016-11-08T22:31:00.004+01:002016-11-08T22:31:59.465+01:00Oh no ... it's Election Day !!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Evening friends, <br />
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and especially American friends. There ain't many of you, I admit, but honestly, tonight I don't envy you one bit for being American (actually I don't do it at others nights either, but that's a different story): whatever you do, whichever of the two cunts you choose to vote for, you just can't do the right thing, I'm afraid. <br />
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And the main problem is that it won't be all too long before all of this will have a serious impact on European politics as well: God help us all!<br />
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Here are a few tunes that I just couldn't get out of me head within the last few days:<br />
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<a href="http://www56.zippyshare.com/v/zHXdhMX1/file.html">Johnny Osbourne - 'Politician' ('81)</a><br />
<a href="http://www56.zippyshare.com/v/e4va6qcm/file.html">Clash - 'I'm So Bored With The USA' (Demo Version '76)</a><br />
<a href="http://www56.zippyshare.com/v/l6EBMvwD/file.html">Cortinas - 'Fascist Dictator' ('77)</a><br />
<a href="http://www56.zippyshare.com/v/96Pc9LM8/file.html">Talking Heads - 'Don't Worry About The Government' (live Maynard, Mass. '77)</a><br />
<a href="http://www69.zippyshare.com/v/JroEjVyk/file.html">Dead Kennedys - 'We've Got A Bigger Problem Now' ('81)</a><br />
<a href="http://www56.zippyshare.com/v/8ouCJRvZ/file.html">Smirks - 'American Patriots' ('79)</a><br />
<a href="http://www56.zippyshare.com/v/lKpjGEnf/file.html">Anti-Pasti - No Government' ('81)</a><br />
<a href="http://www69.zippyshare.com/v/f0innGbe/file.html">Attila The Stockbroker - 'The Ballad Of Airstrip One' ('84)</a><br />
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Tonight's dilemma is so crucial, at least so it seems to me, that - in comparison to the the two jerks currently shivering on the other side of the Atlantic in the thought of whether or whether not they will be leader of the free world by tomorrow morning - the title of this next one has become true. And I never thought I'd <em>ever</em> say this:<br />
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<a href="http://www69.zippyshare.com/v/ApBhtyKj/file.html">Notsensibles - 'I'm In Love With Margaret Thatcher' ('/9)</a><br />
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Ah well ...<br />
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Dirk<br />
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PS: I'd love to have included John Cooper Clarke's mighty 'Twat', because by and large it sums up neatly my thoughts about those two imbeciles, but for the life of me I couldn't find it. Sorry, but then again I suppose you know it by heart anyway ...<br />
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<br />Dirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02907703583893968857noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503573023555296932.post-26093927175657758562016-09-23T22:26:00.000+02:002016-09-23T22:26:09.284+02:00"Too Hot To Handle ... Rock's REAL Goddesses! ... Part 4" Evening friends,<br />
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yeah, and <em>you</em> thought all of this nonsense was already finished? Well, so did I, but <em>below</em> comment came in from Badger:<br />
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<em>"One slight correction. Swc once many moons ago whilst a journalist had a thing with one of keyboardists from Tiger. Not me. It was a long time ago. A few more suggestions whilst I'm here...<br />The singer from Summer Camp. The singer from Best Coast And an obvious one from swc alexis from Sleigh Bells. Much love Badger".</em><br />
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Very sorry, Badger & SWC, for my mistake in Part 1, no idea how this may have happened. Nevertheless, the real shame is that SWC still didn't reveal which of the three ladies pictured below is the keyboarder he once "had a thing with" .... we'll never know, I'm afraid!<br />
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Coming straight to Badger's/Badger on behalf of SWC's suggestion(s) then, here's to you:<br />
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<strong>Bethany Cosentino</strong> out of Best Coast:<br />
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<strong>Alexis Krauss</strong> out of Sleigh Bells:<br />
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<br />Dirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02907703583893968857noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503573023555296932.post-83793622501774476762016-09-20T09:53:00.000+02:002016-09-20T09:53:15.186+02:00"Too Hot To Handle ... Rock's REAL Goddesses! ... Part 3" <br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">so, as promised, I got it ready in time: part three of Rock's REAL Goddesses, chosen in its entirety by our friend <strong>Robster</strong>! As you will be able to tell he indeed is a man of <em>great</em> taste - that's great as in gourmet, not as in glutton, mind you - so, without further ado, here are <em>his</em> goddesses of choice. Enjoy, enjoy!</span></span></div>
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Dirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02907703583893968857noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503573023555296932.post-41397716515896485132016-09-17T22:15:00.002+02:002016-09-18T11:04:16.369+02:00"Too Hot To Handle ... Rock's REAL Goddesses! ... Part 2" A-OK,<br />
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very sorry, this took a little while, but my mum was in hospital and I was rather busy with finding some appropriate treatment for her afterwards. But it all went well in the end, she's back to form and will be able to stay in some specialized clinic from Wednesday on, so far, so good!<br />
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Quite a lot of suggestions came in since the last post, and in my true Miss Marple- style I collected them from the comment sections of various blogs. Astonishing, really, if you look at them all, I mean, tastes vary, and why not ... it simply shows that the few readers of this site are men of an acquired taste indeed! Needless to mention that most of the goddesses we fancy are way too young to even realize that we are in the same room with them (that's if we ever were, but you know what I mean), but hope dies last, so here's a summary of what your wet dreams are made of. Send your Missuses to the shopping center before you scroll down further, friends, and keep your hands abbove the blanket, alright?<br />
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Walter</strong> came up with both <strong>Susanna Hoffs</strong> and <strong>Debbie Harry</strong>, the latter being<strong> Echorich</strong>'s favourite as well. A most perfect choice, of course, and although numerous stunning pictures have been taken of Debbie in the last decades, this one here captured her best:<br />
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And as for Susanna Hoffs, well, very old readers to this blog might or might not know, her and me nearly became a couple when she smiled a me at a gig in 1985 or thereabouts and boy, what a smile that was, unbelievable! Also I read an article at that time saying that apparently she fancied eating Mars bars under the shower, the pure thought of that alone still makes me shiver ... some 30 years later!<br />
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Now this is <strong>Elizabeth Morris</strong> out of Allo Darlin'! A band I don't know all too good, I'm ashamed to say and thus I only have a few songs to choose from. This is but one of them, a fine rendition of a Ramones - tune:<br />
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Btw, Brian let me know via mail that Mrs LTL seems to live in great disapproval of our beloved <strong>Sturdy Girl</strong>, as pictured in all of her glory not only on this site, but on others as well. This of course, Brian, is a very critical situation and if it helps I'm happy to have a word with Mrs LTL at her earliest convenience in order to pinpoint to her all of Sturdy Girl's amenities!<br />
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Good, it's <strong>JC</strong> next. I've taken the piss often enough in reminding him about how Clare Grogan out of Altered Images once told him to bugger off, apparently he's gotten away with it by now, perhaps this is why he mentioned <strong>Stina Tweedale</strong> of Honeyblood to be his latest desire. Having a look at Steena, I do hope she'll treat you more respectfully than good ole' Clare did, should you ever have the chance to approach her. Perhaps you'll be a little bit more subtile too this time?<br />
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Just like Walter and Echorich, our <strong>Charity Chic</strong> seems to like it a bit of the old-fashioned way, and nothing wrong with that! His dreams consisted (still consist? We'll never know ...) of <strong>Siobhan Fahey</strong> out of Bananarama!</div>
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A little bit more contemporary than that - perhaps because he's younger than CC, I don't know, is our <strong>Swiss Adam</strong>, he seems to have a spot for <strong>Shirley Manson</strong> out of Garbage!</div>
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Moving on to Mr. 'More Soon' - <strong>Jez</strong>. He said: "<strong>Kim Deal</strong>. Not the front-woman of Pixies, but goddamit Kim and her twin sister Kelly in The Breeders". Now, if this made any sense to the rest of you, congratulations! I didn't understand it! Jez, are you trying to tell us that Kim looked a great deal differently when still being in The Pixies compared to how she looked when forming The Breeders a little while later? How confusing it all is, to be sure!</div>
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No, <em>we</em> stayed young - well, only at heart, because, at least so I assume, our bellies and our thin hair don't make us look young at first sight nowadays. Perhaps that's why we still are deeply and profoundly in love with some of rock's <em>hottest</em> women, and I mean <em>real</em> hot! They started playing with their bands some 20-25-30 years ago and - unlike us - they have aged well, all of them ... must be their rock'n'roll lifestyle, surely!</div>
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When we were younger, they by and large were our age, so young and innocent. But contrary to us - having boring 9-5 - jobs and/or studying some nonsense - they already fronted a band. Which of course was waaaay cooler than everything anyone of us did back then. We admired them for what they did, they way they acted and we admired the racket they made. We admired what they said in interviews and we did our utmost to go and see them playing live, whenever we had the chance to do so. Yes, we also admired their good looks and in our dreams, we ... I mean, hey, we're male, so do you really expect anything else than that?</div>
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So what are the best bands led by awesome looking rock godesses? If you ask SA, it's Garbage, because of Shirley Manson. If you ask Charity Chic, it's Bananarama, because of Siobhan Fahey. If you ask JC, it'll doubtlessly be Altered Images, because of Clare Grogan. If you ask Badger, it's Mazzy Star, because of Hope Sandoval. If you ask Brian, it's Lush, because of Miki Berenyi. And if you ask Robster, it'll be <em>all</em> of the above plus an extraordinary number more, because our Robster is a man of taste, that's what he is!</div>
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So hopefully over the next weeks or so I will find the time to make further investigations and try to sort out some more bands in addition to those mentioned above, start a little rambling about them and add one or two tunes of theirs. <strong>Any suggestions are - of course - more than welcome here!</strong></div>
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2) <a href="http://www40.zippyshare.com/v/ds2F67kB/file.html">'Ceremony</a>' - from the 'Blue Thunder' 12", '90<br />
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A neat tune, from 1996, and Armstrong are in fact a Welsh outfit, although I don't know where they come from exactly: I'm sure though Robster does .... I mean, at the end of the day, somehow they're <em>all</em> distantly related in Wales, aren't they?<br />
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PS: thanks again, Mark!Dirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02907703583893968857noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503573023555296932.post-81664739924901268042016-05-20T22:59:00.000+02:002016-05-20T22:59:43.980+02:00"A Few Faves From 1979 - 1981 ..."<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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long time no see, ey? Hope you have all been alright. Me? Well, having run out of bright ideas, really, that's the plain and simple truth behind the hiatus of this blog ... and if you think this status has now been rectified, you'll be dead wrong! Thing is, our friend Brian commented on a comment I left, saying he'd appreciate another go here at Sexyloser, and as his will is my command, I tried to think of a little bit to post here for him ... and for the <strike>other four of you</strike> rest of you as well, of course. I'm afraid though it's nothing spectacular, no revolutionary new idea, it's just some songs from 1979 - 1981 I really like. They're from 1979 - 1981 because over the years I found that especially this period provided us with some really fantastic tunes, punk was dead and wave just came into being. Perhaps it was a perfect time for something new, who knows? I don't and I certainly won't even try to explain why it is that I like the songs from this era so much.<br />
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The bulk of them are rather uncommon and you might not know them by heart, but I always think: "if even one of those blighters hears something for the first time on this site, and he really likes it, then this has made my day and I'm a happy chap, 'cos that's all I want". Of course there are some songs you know - or should know if you have at least some taste - being included 'cos I know how important it is to offer something with some recognition value as well. Yes, I know how easily pissed off you all are! <br />
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But what makes this compilation so worthy is, at least in my humble opinion, the tunes that you <em>don't</em> hear all that often, some <strong>real </strong>killers are included, if you ask me. Another worthy aspect is that you get <u>quantity</u> for your money today, 'cos - as we all know - size DOES count (and it's only lads with <em>very</em> small penises who tell you otherwise!). Enough of that, enjoy, friends (links to be found behind the title numbers, but you knew that all along, right?):<br />
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<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/KEvhhJwx/file.html">01</a> - Blondie - 'Die Young Stay Pretty' (live in the Apollo, Glasgow 31.12.79) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/mNEKh3NG/file.html">02</a> - Marching Girls - 'True Love' ('80) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/QRKmm2kD/file.html">03</a> - Laurel Aitken - 'Rudi Got Married' (Peel Session '80) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/rk83VLqQ/file.html">04</a> - Undertones - 'Rock 'n' Roll' (Peel Session Version '80) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/VCfBSrA2/file.html">05</a> - Damned - 'Billy Bad Breaks' ('81) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/MohlhTdL/file.html">06</a> - Jags - 'Back Of My Hand' ('79) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/bw4MtgyK/file.html">07</a> - Silicon Teens - 'Memphis Tennessee' ('80) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/loNg1Ahs/file.html">08</a> - Any Trouble - 'Second Choice' ('80) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/xSeAQD2X/file.html">09</a> - Jim Carroll Band - People Who Died ('80) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/sd3smu6Y/file.html">10</a> - Monochrome Set - 'He's Frank' ('79) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/IpLVaIqO/file.html">11</a> - Dr. Feelgood - 'No Mo Do Yakamo' ('80) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/MUNEtYlG/file.html">12</a> - Mental As Anything - 'The Nips Are Getting Bigger' ('79) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/UnhCybBj/file.html">13</a> - Cockney Rejects - 'Power And The Glory' ('81) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/ZrkF26Yx/file.html">14</a> - Toy Dolls - Tommy Kowey's Car ('80) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/b8E9gKPi/file.html">15</a> - Arthur Kay and The Originals - 'Play My Record' ('80) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/jHkOhn91/file.html">16</a> - Moondogs - 'Ya Don´t Do Ya' ('79) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/eUSwmhMF/file.html">17</a> - Buzzcocks - 'You Say You Don't Love Me' ('79) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/hah9K4sM/file.html">18</a> - Smirks - 'To You' ('79) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/6K9p9OYZ/file.html">19</a> - Akrylyks - 'Spyderman' ('80) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/Ks7MfKQk/file.html">20</a> - Sussed - 'I've Got Me Parka' ('80) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/3yv41FzY/file.html">21</a> - Golinksi Brothers - 'Bloody' ('80) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/Fjn1mK8W/file.html">22</a> - Approved Men - 'Quite Like You' ('80) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/zqXxFMBP/file.html">23</a> - TV21 - 'On The Run' ('81) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/gwD8wlPx/file.html">24</a> - Monitors - 'Telegram' ('79) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/3wWsSGfu/file.html">25</a> - Girls At Our Best - 'Getting Nowhere Fast' ('80) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/jTo32tuK/file.html">26</a> - Letters - 'Nobody Loves Me' ('80) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/q7U4A56W/file.html">27</a> - Vibrators - 'Judy Says' ('79) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/VqRrT1q3/file.html">28</a> - Raincoats - 'Lola' ('79) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/Tk8S6Adn/file.html">29</a> - New York Gong - 'Much Too Old' ('79) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/ccu38nPy/file.html">30</a> - Tearjerkers - 'Love Affair' ('79) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/g9zcVhtt/file.html">31</a> - They Must Be Russians - 'Don't Try To Cure Yourself' ('80) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/hfXOhMVV/file.html">32</a> - Bodysnatchers - 'Ruder Than You' ('80) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/QOOG4cKY/file.html">33</a> - Freshies - 'I'm In Love With The Girl On The Virgin Manchester Megastore Checkout Desk' ('80) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/aV94ekLj/file.html">34</a> - Pink Boyz - 'Put Your Hands On The Radio' ('79) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/c6SdYkin/file.html">35</a> - Beat - 'Jackpot' ('80) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/xu3gipqs/file.html">36</a> - Boys - 'Poor Little Rich Girl' ('80) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/CTTInBoZ/file.html">37</a> - Invaders - 'Best Thing I Ever Did' ('79) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/yBFUcLUD/file.html">38</a> - Notsensibles - '(I'm In Love With) Margaret Thatcher' ('79) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/KzsNRwhe/file.html">39</a> - Merton Parkas - 'Face In The Crowd' ('79) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/3Ye3Eb4I/file.html">40</a> - Selecter - 'The Whisper' ('80) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/SIfPr9kD/file.html">41</a> - Chords - 'Maybe Tomorrow' ('80) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/VXPYaqE9/file.html">42</a> - Xdreamysts - 'I Dont Wanna Go' ('80) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/GN4EgtxR/file.html">43</a> - Outcasts - 'Self Conscious Over You' ('79) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/wg3b1XjC/file.html">44</a> - Glass Torpedoes - 'Morning, Noon And Night' ('79) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/4KVYiW44/file.html">45</a> - Television Personalities - 'Geoffrey Ingram' ('81) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/bDylduW4/file.html">46</a> - Leyton Buzzards - 'Saturday Night Beneath The Plastic Palm Trees' ('79) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/1UKKzxLy/file.html">47</a> - Department S - 'Is Vic There' (French Version '80) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/exnpsk0h/file.html">48</a> - Fay Ray - Family Affairs ('81) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/9MIM2YPg/file.html">49</a> - Photos - 'I'm So Attractive' ('79) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/7vMoOjzr/file.html">50</a> - Slickee Boys - 'Gotta Tell Me Why' ('79) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/J6JmY0SY/file.html">51</a> - Radio Stars - 'No Russians In Russia' ('79) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/2cbloBWB/file.html">52</a> - Wipers - 'Mystery' ('79)<br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/S5ZjP0Vx/file.html">53</a> - Garage Class - 'Terminal Tokyo' ('80) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/Ifb92Nsq/file.html">54</a> - Motels -'Total Control' ('79) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/ocApr6eN/file.html">55</a> - Wire - 'Map Ref. 41N 93W' ('79) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/qbPm79np/file.html">56</a> - Vapors - 'Spring Collection' ('80) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/RWeIOhNG/file.html">57</a> - Embryo - 'I'm Different' ('80) <br />
<a href="http://www98.zippyshare.com/v/ZFwtf9Cs/file.html">58</a> - Peter Dayton Band - 'Perfect Wave' ('81) <br />
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Dirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02907703583893968857noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503573023555296932.post-17480659605247750772015-12-31T13:15:00.000+01:002015-12-31T13:15:53.844+01:00"This Year's List"Good day to you, friends!<br />
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yes, everyone's doing it, so why can't I, I wondered! Well, the answer is rather simple: I can't do a list of my favorite songs released in 2015, because I'm so far behind in this game that I wouldn't be able to present it before 2017 or thereabouts! I have listened to some new stuff, yes, but only a handful of songs really convinced me. As for the rest, I always tend to rely on <strong><em>your</em></strong> impressive lists, which shows what a lazy bastard I am! The thing is, year ends today and so far I've only briefly gone through Brian's list in its entirety and I've downloaded parts of Walter's list, but the rest of your lists will have to follow. But I haven't found the time to listen to any of these tunes <em>closely</em> so far, although I'm confident they all are wonderful. <br />
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So, to cut a long story short: what you will get today is<u> a list of songs I downloaded for various reasons within 2015</u>,<u> although the bulk of them is dead old!!</u><br />
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Reasons why I wanted to have these tunes on my computer were many: some of them I used to have on vinyl, some of them I still have on vinyl but can't be arsed to rip them, some of them I always wanted to have but never got me hands on them so far, some of them I never heard of and just discovered them within last year, some of them I nearly forgot about and thought it would be neat to have them again. <br />
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When flickering through them last evening, I thought to myself: hold on, why not do another one of those boring mixes again whilst enjoying the rest of the bottle of Portuguese red, not too much of an effort, isn't it? <br />
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And so there you are, in <em>my</em> <strong>list of 2015</strong> I have for you a few songs which were indeed released this year (<a href="http://www61.zippyshare.com/v/XosxWhSf/file.html"># 01</a>, <a href="http://www61.zippyshare.com/v/tGWkDFGu/file.html"># 27</a>), including one of the best records in the history of the whole world <em>ever (<a href="http://www61.zippyshare.com/v/MfEYL2gC/file.html"># 12</a>)</em>, two songs The Clash apparently approved of (<a href="http://www61.zippyshare.com/v/4oXCyg5g/file.html"># 10</a>, <a href="http://www61.zippyshare.com/v/OHV4EsDv/file.html"># 11</a>), a handful of nice covers (<a href="http://www61.zippyshare.com/v/wrWewnwf/file.html"># 05</a>, <a href="http://www61.zippyshare.com/v/4sekaS0n/file.html"># 06</a>, <a href="http://www61.zippyshare.com/v/pFrcYMnU/file.html"># 13</a>, <a href="http://www61.zippyshare.com/v/R68hHXoi/file.html"># 25</a>, <a href="http://www61.zippyshare.com/v/s2GBtR8K/file.html"># 26</a>), some old punk stuff you don't hear all too often (<a href="http://www61.zippyshare.com/v/Cz1Q5Dox/file.html"># 21</a>, <a href="http://www61.zippyshare.com/v/Cb2UUG9P/file.html"># 23</a>), some old punk stuff you hear often enough but has stood the test of time, at least I think it has (<a href="http://www61.zippyshare.com/v/ZV2SBLou/file.html"># 16</a>, <a href="http://www61.zippyshare.com/v/fwqxFpQQ/file.html"># 19</a>), some tunes new to me - most probably nicked from sites from all of the four readers of this blog, as a matter of fact - (<a href="http://www61.zippyshare.com/v/6BEcvsnv/file.html"># 02</a>, <a href="http://www61.zippyshare.com/v/soy1hDr0/file.html"># 03</a>, <a href="http://www61.zippyshare.com/v/A8zWFCl1/file.html"># 04</a>, <a href="http://www61.zippyshare.com/v/MYVM3D8K/file.html"># 07</a>, <a href="http://www61.zippyshare.com/v/x1OMhMEd/file.html"># 14</a>, <a href="http://www61.zippyshare.com/v/q0L9A53e/file.html"># 17</a>), a lot of tunes I knew all along, but am now glad to have in more or less <em>decent</em> mp3-quality (<a href="http://www61.zippyshare.com/v/dRzKTSpD/file.html"># 08</a>, <a href="http://www61.zippyshare.com/v/KrBBAG4q/file.html"># 09</a>, <a href="http://www61.zippyshare.com/v/KNvMnnu7/file.html">#15</a>, <a href="http://www61.zippyshare.com/v/UgQYlgLY/file.html"># 18</a>, <a href="http://www61.zippyshare.com/v/tiIB9hD3/file.html">#22</a>), The Raveonettes, because I slacked them off last week and Drew - rightly - complained (<a href="http://www61.zippyshare.com/v/6MZH3dqk/file.html"># 24</a>), a little bit of Ska (<a href="http://www61.zippyshare.com/v/q94WHz26/file.html"># 20</a>) and a tune with a fitting title to end this mix and sentence (<a href="http://www61.zippyshare.com/v/Lh3lOaaS/file.html"># 28</a>):<br />
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I do hope some of you enjoy this compilation. Links to the specific songs are hidden in the brackets above and the aforementioned mix is <a href="http://www61.zippyshare.com/v/W2qwKMxl/file.html">here</a>.<br />
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So, have fun, enjoy whatever your plans may be for tonight and - most importantly - please stay healthy, so that you can provide me with tons of good stuff and the usual rants within 2016!!<br />
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Take good care and have a <em>wonderful</em> New Year!<br />
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<br />Dirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02907703583893968857noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503573023555296932.post-50125003002712707622015-12-26T08:00:00.000+01:002015-12-26T08:00:17.505+01:00"The Twelve Days Of Christmas ... Day 12"Good morning,<br />
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yes, you made it, congratulations! The final installment in this series and what a gem I have for you today: really, if you don't simply love this song, then something is seriously wrong with you!<br />
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Low come from Minnesota and Minnesotans know a thing or two about harsh winters – and perhaps that’s why this song, while containing the requisite amount of jingle bells, has a decidedly weary quality to it. At its heart it’s very sweet, being about one of those little shared moments that make you <em>feel </em>Christmassy, even though everything around you is telling you otherwise.<br />
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And that's exactly why you should listen to it closely .... and fall in love with it. Now!<br />
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Alright, I hope you enjoyed one or two of my choices. I certainly did. But more than that I hope you had a fantastic Christmas and I hope to find you all back in healthy form in 2016!<br />
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Take good care, my friends,<br />
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Day 11, and I can imagine that the vast majority of you will be fighting with a nice little hangover after yesterday's Christmas bash or will already be on their way to visit their aunts and uncles in the sunny Midlands or something along those similar lines!<br />
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If so, you'll miss another catchy little Christmas tune, for sure:<br />
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That's 'E' out of the Eels, of course, but you'll have spotted that already. From 1998.<br />
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I do hope the title of this song is true for all of you and that Christmas - so far - is cool indeed!<br />
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See you tomorrow for the final day of Christmas, okay?<br />
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Dirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02907703583893968857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503573023555296932.post-18000707403672414352015-12-24T08:00:00.000+01:002015-12-24T08:00:05.226+01:00"The Twelve Days Of Christmas ... Day 10"Good morning dear friends,<br />
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and a very merry Christmas to all of you! I'm not quite sure if you already are allowed to give Christmas greetings on the 24th where you are, but it's my blog and so I'll do it, right?<br />
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So the working year is over for me today, and a hell of a year it was, so thank God it's finally done! Looking forward to having a few days off until January 4th, I do hope it will turn out to be more or less relaxing. <br />
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And if Santa will bring you nothing else, here's to you one fine tune indeed, one of my all time favorites in fact. Turn the volume up now:<br />
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Now, Basement 5 just have to win the award for the most grievously underrated band of all time, I often think! Isn't this song absolutely bloody fantastic?! If only someone could provide me with the full lyrics, I'll be eternally grateful! Here you get the Peel Session Version of 'Last White Christmas', in many ways better than the original version. Vocals no longer by Don Letts, but by Dennis Morris.<br />
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Two more days of Christmas to come, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, so you'll get two more great tunes, of course!<br />
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See you then, I hope .... party hard!<br />
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Dirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02907703583893968857noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503573023555296932.post-26650023132574241582015-12-23T08:00:00.000+01:002015-12-23T08:00:01.228+01:00"The Twelve Days Of Christmas ... Day 9"Good morning,<br />
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just one day to go, friends, and if you don't have passed your wishes on to Santa yet, it's nearly too late now!<br />
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<em>I</em> know what I want this year:<br />
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See you tomorrow, perhaps you'll find the time to pop in. Would be highly appreciated!<br />
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Take good care,<br />
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DirkDirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02907703583893968857noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503573023555296932.post-14016236947901258082015-12-22T08:00:00.000+01:002015-12-22T08:00:01.009+01:00"The Twelve Days Of Christmas ... Day 8"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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on day 8 I present to you The Raveonettes, a band I have mixed feelings about! Some of their output I can live without at times, but they do have the occasional good tune (well, perhaps that's a bit harsh, the majority of things they issued isn't all too bad) as well.<br />
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This one here is really good though, although the lyrics made me smile: "All the lights are coming on now / how i wish that it would snow ..." Jesus, I'm sitting here, typing this whilst wearing nothing but a T-Shirt in the middle of December! (*) No snow in sight whatsoever, in fact I'm contemplating to get the pool ready again!<br />
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Either way, here's the song, from 2001:<br />
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See you tomorrow, have a nice time until then!<br />
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and welcome to day 7 of my little collection of Christmas songs I like very much!<br />
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After yesterday's belter I thought you'd perhaps need something more "fragile" and Christmas-related stuff. And exactly this is gonna come up today, but nonetheless it is a very fine tune indeed!<br />
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From a Peel Session, and if memory serves correctly, from a Peel Christmas Session held at Peel Acres in Stowmarket in 2002, a place I once had the honour to stay in for a few days with the great man back when I was much much younger!<br />
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Here's to you an old Christmas favorite, presented by Belle & Sebastian. Enjoy:<br />
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See you soon, take care,<br />
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DirkDirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02907703583893968857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503573023555296932.post-49667057440602843992015-12-20T08:00:00.000+01:002015-12-20T08:00:01.910+01:00"The Twelve Days Of Christmas ... Day 6"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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day six it is, which means half the fun is already over: what a shame this is, to be sure!<br />
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the again Christmas comes nearer and I bet you are all looking forward to it a great deal ... I most certainly am, although I cannot expect big presents this year, we had to buy anew car and Little Loser got a new room as he had grown out of his baby-like furniture, as he likes to call it.<br />
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Another real treat for you today, and again a combo which I virtually know nothing about, I'm ashamed to say. Apparently the guy hails from Washington D.C., the tune was a 7" back in 1978, and that's all I can tell you. The track though grows on you, so give it a good and loud listen:<br />
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See you all tomorrow, hopefully!<br />
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Dirk<br />
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Dirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02907703583893968857noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503573023555296932.post-10293156742702227052015-12-19T08:00:00.000+01:002015-12-19T08:00:02.582+01:00"The Twelve Days Of Christmas ... Day 5"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="first">J</span>ohn Wilson and John Wessler only cut this one 45 back in 1965 but it’s become one of the key works in that fascinating sub-genre, the soul of Vietnam. Whether it's the powerhouse vocals or the busy guitarist, there are so many things to admire here. A really heartfelt plea from the battlefield this – a superb record! Alas I can't find a picture of Johnny and/or Jon anywhere, so you'll get one of the original 7" instead:</div>
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Dirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02907703583893968857noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503573023555296932.post-84030061334744004092015-12-18T08:00:00.000+01:002015-12-18T08:00:00.231+01:00"The Twelve Days Of Christmas ... Day 4"Good morning my beauties,<br />
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as the women who run the bar where I DJ'd in when I was much much younger often said to me: 'Dirk, you gotta play at least <em>sometimes</em> something familiar in order to jolly the guests along', here's something more familiar for you today, a song you can all sing along to. And that's what you really want to do when Christmas is near, isn't it?<br />
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A nice version (from 1995) of the old favourite for day 4, I'm sure you agree:<br />
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The Dandy Warhols come from Portland, Oregon, and this, basically, is all I know about them. Should I delve deeper into their back catalogue? You tell me ....<br />
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See you tomorrow,<br />
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<br />Dirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02907703583893968857noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503573023555296932.post-58577492510242742972015-12-17T08:00:00.000+01:002015-12-17T08:00:02.111+01:00"The Twelve Days Of Christmas ... Day 3"Morning my friends,<br />
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so yes, here we go again with the next tune in this series of posts! I do hope you enjoy my efforts, it might be the only thing you get for Christmas, who possibly knows?!<br />
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DJ Riko is a nice chap, so nice in fact that he provides us with a brilliant Christmas mix each year since 2002 (!): all of them are fantastic and have become frequently played over the festive season in our household, much to the dismay of Mrs Loser. Have a look at Riko's website (<a href="http://www.djriko.com/mixmases.htm">http://www.djriko.com/mixmases.htm</a>) and get the 2015 Merry Mixmas - mix (or any of the previous ones as well) whilst it's hot!<br />
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Today's choice for day 3 comes from the 2007 - mix and it features <em>Marcie</em>, whom I know nothing at all about. But if she looks at least halfway as good as she sings, I'm sure she is a breathtaking beauty!<br />
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Great tune, right? Makes you look forward to tomorrow, isn't it? Well, stay tuned!<br />
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Cheers,<br />
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