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dexy's midnight runners
This is not the kind of song you make hoping to make the charts. And I've seen other bands who have a handful of ridiculously popular songs under their belt do exactly this. Talk Talk did it after 'It's My Life' took over their career. They hid inside their next few albums, cloaked in daringly long, very wonderful songs, far more interesting than ( Read more... ) -
actual conversation!
her: שנה טובה
me: שתהיה נכתב אטוםבמשך שנה טובה
her: My hebrew is rusting. Were those wishes for love, peace & all things wonderful in the new year?
me: fithlier than that, but yes
her: translate please.
me: "happy new rosh hashana and you're really cute"
her: we have a different idea of what 'filthy' is.
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motorik
Julian Cope surprisingly says very little about motorik in his defining book, Krautrock Sampler. In fact, he says nothing at all about this perplexing, monotonous-in-a-good-way, style of drum ryhthm punctuated by a tag-along bassline that was born out of a few particularly great krautrock songs. What he does say is this: "oh, dee der dat dut dat ( Read more... ) -
songboxes
This was harder than it looks. I hope you click and save and listen and love. They're all slapping good tracks. Trust me. I wouldn't lie about something like that.
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