Val as Madmartigan in Willow.

I was 12 when I fell in love — true, real love — for the first time. It will soon be 21 years since that day. He’s grown older. He’s gotten fat. He’s lost that beautiful, youthful glow he once had. But my love remains true. Probably because he was my first, but I just cannot let go.

I was in sixth grade and my best friend, Carrie, and I walked into the Arnot Mall movie theater in Big Flats to see Willow for the first time. Who knew it would change my life? I certainly didn’t.

We both adored the movie, but even more than that, we both met Val Kilmer for the very first time. (I pause to take a big, nostalgic and dreamy sigh.) I saw the movie in the theater several more times and bought all the magazines and posters and you-name-its that came along with the marketing.

I learned through the articles in the Willow magazines (which I read over and over and over) that Mr. Kilmer (VAL!!!) starred in three movies prior to Willow: Top Secret!, Real Genius and Top Gun. I’d never seen any of them and never heard of the first two. Of course, I had to drag my parents to the video store right away and rent them all.

Oh boy was I glad I did! Especially Top Secret! and Real Genius. I won’t go into the plots or any other details, but anyone who hasn’t seen these movies must — MUST — go now and get them and watch them. And watch them again. And then again. And even after you’ve watched them 50 times, you will still find new things to laugh at and notice, whether it be a subtle joke you didn’t quite catch the first 49 times or something happening in the background of a scene that didn’t stand out before.

I immediately introduced every one of my friends to these movies. I showed them to family when they visited. I have since brought Emma into the fold and she loves them as much as I ever did.

Oh, My Val, what happened to thou?

Suffice it to say, seeing Val in those movies did nothing to assuage my love and general worship of the man. Even when he got married, it was fine. I mean, he married his Willow co-star and I loved her, too. Just not in quite the same way.

Since those days, My Val has gone on to make many more movies, get divorced and start an obscure music career. He isn’t quite as good-looking as he once was. OK, he’s really not even slightly as good-looking as he once was. But the love remains.

Two years ago, I bought Willow for Emma for Christmas. She’d never even heard of it, but based on the movies and books she likes, I knew she’d love it. We watched it the day she opened it. I hadn’t watched it in many years at that point. And, like the man, the movie still holds its special place in my heart. It was incredible. It made me very happy. I need to watch it again soon.

Following all that negativity, though, there is one good thing I have to say about the viral campaign for this – the (oh god I’m about to hate myself) Twitter account is pretty neat.  The notion of having a part of a viral campaign just reporting on related real-life news ups the menace a little (a little) and weaves the fiction in a little neater than the Dakon/Pendrill site or the Ogden Marsh homepage do.  I’m a bit surprised this intermingling has only cropped up in ARGs in the past year or so, though.  I suppose the 8 years since The Beast/Majestic debuted isn’t that long, but still.

Anyways, for making it through that here’s some Tears for Fears as my gift to you.

Welcome to your life
There’s no turning back
Even while WE sleep
We will find you
Acting on your best behaviour
Turn your back on mother nature
Everybody wants to rule the world

It’s my own design
It’s my own remorse
Help me to decide
Help ME make the most
Of freedom and of pleasure
Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world

There’s a room where the light won’t find you
Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down
When they do I’ll be right behind you

So glad we’ve almost made it
So sad they had TO fade it
Everybody wants to rule the world

I can’t stand this indecision
Married with a lack of vision
Everybody wants to rule the world
Say that you’ll never never never NEVER need it
One headline why believe it ?
Everybody wants to rule the world

All for freedom and for pleasure
Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world

This has got to be one of my all time favorite songs from the 80’s (i think) and also because it was the lead in for the Dennis Miller show, great comedian and author by the way.  Anywho…everyone, hopefully, knows this group and realizes how cool this song is…

For me one of my favorite parts is the somewhat poignant pull back to the old standby that nothing does last forever, but i think potential interpretation can vary…i guess in all finality, in every sense, life, is what we make of the chances we are given and those chances are fueled or killed by our choices…

Well woo hoo, so two roads diverge in a yellow wood, which path do we all travel and, do we travel it alone?  I think, no, we travel it, hopefully not alone, maybe sometimes, but most make the choice not to…and if we are all lucky, deserved or not, we grab that hand, hold on, and hope we walk a lifetime that way…

The other night, after I picked up my husband so we could carpool home together, I was excited to find the new Anberlin cover of the New Order song “True Faith” playing on the radio.  It’s one of the better covers I’ve heard in a while, and I had been wanting my dear hubbie to hear it as well.  He agreed that it was a pretty decent cover, which then prompted us into a discussion of what makes a good cover song.

The cover, or a new rendition of a song by a different artist, is pretty popular in modern music.  However, while it can be nice to hear artists sing other artists’ songs, I can’t say that I’m all that impressed with most covers.  A truly good cover transforms the previous song into a new one — and a good one, too!  You can certainly have a cover that sounds totally different but totally terrible, i.e., No Doubt’s version of “It’s My Life” or Jessica Simpson’s version of “Take My Breath Away” or Madonna’s “American Pie.”  Sometimes, the change can be achieved by just altering the tempo of a piece or having an amazing voice with a passion not heard before in that song.  I’m not saying that all covers need to transcend their originals such that the original fades out of memory and the cover becomes the de facto version of a song (best example: Diana Ross singing “You Can’t Hurry Love”).  But a really good cover needs to be a legitimate, positive evolution of that song.

So, I got to thinking — what were the best covers of my time?  I’m not even 30 yet, so I realize I’m using a small set of time, but it was fun nonetheless to sit down and really muse over it.  Here’s what I got:

• Johnny Cash covering Nine Inch Nails’ “Hurt.” I am a big fan of the original song; I loved it when it first came out on the radio (I was in middle school!).  But when I heard Johnny Cash sing his version of “Hurt” over the radio one day while I was stuck in L.A. traffic, my breath was almost taken away.  That iconic voice, combined with that iconic guitar, put chills into a song that was already pretty biting.  Johnny Cash literally gave me goosebumps while maintaining the purity and intent of the original.  This cover also shows the mind of a great musician.  One of my pet peeves are people who will close themselves off to a certain type of music. If Johnny Cash had done that, I never would have heard this song.
  
• Michael Andrews & Gary Jules covering Tears for Fears’ “Mad World.” Talk about a cover eclipsing the original.  I always found it amazing that “Mad World” was Tears for Fears’ first big international success.  Michael Andrews changed the tempo and turned the song into a ballad, creating a creepy journey into everyone’s darker perspectives.  This cover came to fame in the movie “Donnie Darko” and has since been featured in a couple video games as well.
  
• Natalie Merchant (when she was lead singer of 10,000 Maniacs) covering Patti Smith’s “Because the Night.” This cover shows how just having a voice better suited for the song transforms it.  Patti Smith’s version was okay, and man, she contributed a lot to music as well.  But she didn’t do this song justice.  10,000 Maniacs took a shot at the song — and didn’t actually change much of it musically — but that piano, violin, and Natalie Merchant took it to a more personal place that resonated with many of its listeners.  This song dominated the airwaves when the MTV unplugged version came out.  It’s funny to me that it was Bruce Springstien who actually wrote the song, then Patti Smith debuted it, and now Natalie Merchant “owns” it.
  
• They Might Be Giants covering The Four Lad’s “Istanbul.” I earn my geek cred here.  My husband almost blurt out laughing when I mentioned this one, I think because he keeps on forgetting the song is wayyyy older than TMBG.  Strange enough, I first heard this song when I was bored at home one day when I was little and was watching a Lawrence Welk marathon on PBS (there really was nothing else to watch…really).  TMBG literally took a little ditty, geeked it up, and put some rocking electricity into the song along with a little klezmer action, and now it’s a cult classic.  I believe it’s played at every concert they perform as well.  (And yes, I realize that I linked the Tiny Toon’s video of it…I like it!)
  
• The Bangles covering Paul Simon’s “Hazy Shade of Winter.” This cover proves that true musicians can take a song, mix it in a blender, and make something new.  How many people my age even know the Paul Simon version?  (I do, because I used to listen to Paul Simon and even Simon & Garfunkel when I was a child, since my father listened to the VINYL.)  What’s the crucial change?  Some may say it’s the tempo, others the electric guitar, or perhaps the addition of a real drum beat.  My husband seems to think that the female vocals in lieu of Paul Simon’s voice was the crucial effect.  I actually can’t put my finger on it… but there certainly were a number of changes, and a lot of credit should go to the person/people who led them to that final product so well.  This version took a lot of work to make, and I love it (and I wish stupid college acapella bands would stop trying to cover it themselves because they can’t cover the Bangles’ version well at all — just do the Simon version!).
  

So, those my favorite of the last three decades.  Am I missing any?

I wanted to be with you alone and talk about the weather
But traditions I can trace against the child in your face
Won’t escape my attention
You keep your distance with a system of touch and gentle persuasion
I’m lost in admiration, could I need you this much
Oh, you’re wasting my time, you’re just, just, just wasting time

Something happens and I’m head over heels
I never find out till I’m head over heels
Something happens and I’m head over heels
Ah, don’t take my heart, don’t break my heart
Don’t, don’t, don’t throw it away (Throw it away…Throw it away…)

I made a fire and watching it burn (yeah) Thought of your future
With one foot in the past now just how long will it last
No, no, no, have you no ambitions, oh (What’s the matter with…)
My mother and my brothers used to breathing clean air
(Nothing ever changes when you’re acting your age)
And dreaming I’m a doctor
(Nothing gets done when you feel like a baby)
It’s hard to be man when there’s a gun in your hand.
(Nothing ever changes when you’re acting your age) Oh, I feel so…

Something happens and I’m head over heels
I never find out till I’m head over heels
Something happens and I’m head over heels
Ah, don’t take my heart, don’t break my heart
Don’t, don’t, don’t throw it away

And this is my four leaf clover
I’m on the line, one open mind, this is my four leaf clover

(La la la la la, la la la la la, la la la la la la)
(La la la la la, la la la la la, la la la la la la)
(La la la la la, la la la la la, la la la la la la)
(La la la la la, la la la la la, la la la la la la)
(La la la la la, la la la la la) In my mind’s eye (la la la la la la)
One little boy, one little man (La la la la la, la la la la la)
Funny how…TIME FLIES!!!

Well I have never read the lyrics to this piece before in my life, and in fact my tradition has been kinda making it up as I go along as most of us do wwith a song we aren’t sure about the words right?  Come on you all know the the song Louie Louie, no one really knows what the hell they are saying and that makes it really fun?! I think so…

Anyway, I really like this band and enjoy their tunes, and yes it is a cheesy 80’s thing, but it still brings back some halfway decent memories into my little world and some feel good kinda stuff…how cool that a Euro Rock group like this can still inspire and be played on the radio…

It is too bad in some ways we have moved away from what I would classify as traditionally quality music, though i know many would argue that 80’s wasn’t always quality, and I do agree.  But there are some truly creative pieces that came from that era, some that I like just because I do and I won’t back down…

C Ya!

Tunes that are getting me through finals hell week:

-”Bad Romance” – Lady Gaga

-”Shout” – Tears for Fears

-”Too Fake” – Hockey

-”Enemies” – CoCoComa

-”Hoochie Coo” – Blakroc

-”Dimestore Diamond” – Gossip

(Beth, the frontwoman of Gossip, fucking rocks. Her powerful voice is a force to be reckoned with.)

]]> http://radioloveless.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/another-week-of-my-favorites/ Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:14:37 +0000 radioloveless http://radioloveless.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/another-week-of-my-favorites/

I’ve got maybe two more regular shows left, including this one, and my Christmas show. Spend my last couple of Wednesday nights on KRUI 89.7 fm with me from 8 to 10 pm, you can also listen in online here.

1. Blondie, Blondie (1976), X Offender

I pulled this sweet image of Debbie Harry off of the Blog entitled “x” Another cool bit of info is that this photo was taken by Bob Gruen who’s exhibit at the MoMA I just got to experience. “x” does a really nice job describing the image, so I won’t go there, if you want to read about it check it out.
2. Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense (1984), Take Me To The River
3. Joy Division, Unknown Pleasures (1979), Disorder
4. Liz Phair, Whitechocolatespaceegg (1998), Polyester Bride
(I’m engaged, and I wouldn’t mind having a polyester dress.)
5. Lyres, 12 Classic 45s, I Want to Help You Ann
6. Mazzy Star, So Tonight That I Might See (1993), Fade Into You
(God I love this song, tell me its not beautiful?)
7. Mission of Burma, Vs. (1982), Trem Two
(Another definite favorite, it’s in my top 10 favorite songs for sure.)
8. New Order, Power Corruption and Lies (1983), Age of Consent

9. The Replacements, Let It Be (1984), Unsatisfied
10. Sonic Youth, Dirty (1992), Theresa’s Sound World

11. Superchunk, Incidental Music 1991-95, Night of Chill Blue
I might have to say this is my favorite Superchunk song.
12. Pixies, Doolittle (1989), Here Comes Your Man
This song just appeals to everyone, I bet even my parents would jam to it and they prefer to rock out to Elvis and Peter Paul and Mary.
13. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion (1992), Chicken Walk
14. The Jesus and Mary Chain, Automatic (1989), Head On
(The Pixies do an awesome cover of this track)
15. Pavement, Terror Twilight (1999), Spit on a Stranger
You know what I heard? Pavement is going to be featured on GUITAR HERO! Yuck. Steve what are you doing? You know who else is going to be featured? Spoon. I don’t know why this shocks me and I can’t seem to figure out why it annoys me. If someone can articulate this better than me please do it. For now, I’m going to sit down and think about it.

16. XTC, English Settlement, Senses Working Overtime
17. INXS, The Best of INXS, Need You Tonight
The single came out around 1986.
18. The Psychedelic Furs, Talk Talk Talk (1981), Pretty in Pink

19. Tears for Fears, The Hurting (1983), Change
20. Billy Idol & Generation X, Billy Idol (1982), Dancing With Myself

21. The Swirlies, Cats of the Wild, Vol.2 (2003), Sleepytime
22. Polvo, Exploded Drawing (1996), Bridesmaid Blues
23. Enon, Believo, Cruel
24. The Jam, The Gift (1982), Town Called Malice
25. PJ Harvey, Uh Huh Her (2004), You Came Through
26. Slowdive, Souvlaki (1993), Souvlaki Space Station

Tears For Fears

Shout

Tears For Fears – Shout

Shout, shout, let it all out
These are the things I can do without
Come on
I’m talking to you, come on

Shout, shout, let it all out
These are the things I can do without
Come on
I’m talking to you, come on

In violent times
You shouldn’t have to sell your soul
In black and white
They really really ought to know
Those one-track minds
That took you for a working boy
Kiss them goodbye
You shouldn’t have to jump for joy
You shouldn’t have to

Shout (jump for) shout (joy), let it all out
These are the things I can do without
Come on
I’m talking to you, come on

They gave you life
And in return you gave them hell
As cold as ice
I hope we live to tell the tale
I hope we live to

Shout (tell the) shout (tale), let it all out
These are the things I can do without
Come on
I’m talking to you, come on

Shout, shout, let it all out
These are the things I can do without
Come on
I’m talking to you, come on

Shout, shout, let it all out (let it all out…)
These are the things I can do without
Come on
I’m talking to you, so come on

And when you’ve taken down your guard
If I could change your mind
I’d really love to break your heart
I’d really love to break

Shout (break your), shout (heart), let it all out
These are the things I can do without (I’d really love to break your heart)
Come on
I’m talking to you, come on

Shout, shout, let it all out
These are the things I can do without
Come on
I’m talking to you, so come on

The Shuffle Report: 10 songs I listened to, in order, on my iPod in shuffle mode at a given point in time. No editing, no skipping. It is what it is.

Seriously, does anyone like Mondays? Today was one of those days where I should have just stayed in bed. Stayed late at work, too. The usually mundane subway ride couldn’t come soon enough. Always thankful to have the tunes along with me.

1. Rita–Los Lobos (The Ride) [Great track. Great album.]
2. I’m The Face–The High Numbers (Quadrophenia soundtrack) [Fun track by a quartet soon to change their name to The Who.]
3. King of Hollywood–The Eagles (The Long Run) [One of the better tracks on this album, IMHO.]
4. Tomorrow Never Knows–Bruce Springsteen (Working On A Dream) [Can't believe the tour is over. Bring on the DVD.]
5. Sowing The Seeds of Love–Tears For Fears (The Best Of) [The only album any casual fan needs.]
6. Imagination (Is a Powerful Deceiver)–Elvis Costello (My Aim Is True–Bonus Disc) [What a classic.]
7. John Brown’s Body–Oscar Peterson w/Milt Jackson (Very Tall) [An excellent pairing of two jazz giants.]
8. 905—The Who (Who Are You) [Decent John Entwistle-penned tuned from the last record with Keith Moon.]
9**
10**

**I know these lists are usually 10 songs long, but only had time for 8 on the way home.

And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I’m dyin’
Are the best I’ve ever had

Dos versiones de una canción, la original (muy 80’s) y el cover (muy diferente)

Portrait of Woman and Man

La imagen es part de una fotografia de Jan Saudek llamado “Portrait Of Woman and Man”

Tears For Fears – Shout

Tears For Fears – Gold (best of) – Shout – 2006

Disturbed – Shout

Disturbed – The Sickness – Shout – 2000

Even after almost 25 years this joint still remains to to be one of my favorites.  Check out  this 1985 classic by Tears for Fears.  Weird video but I love the song.

Tears For Fears “Head Over Heels” (1985)

]]> http://thebeatconductor.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/the-working-hour/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:23:54 +0000 Marga http://thebeatconductor.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/the-working-hour/

There is something about The Working Hour that hits my back hard as if forcing me to stay up for an all-nighter — making the title apt. It must be the distinct, decisive piano notes, or the staccato-like strum of the guitar woven with the thick, stubborn saxophone riff.

But try traveling at midnight while staring at the stars from outside the window while listening to this song. Somehow, the stars seem so much closer, you could almost feel yourself floating.

Tutti ricordano la colonna sonora del film di Donnie Darko, Mad World. Pochi sanno però che questa canzone è uno dei successi dei Tears for Fears, pubblicata nel 1982 come terzo singolo dell’album di debutto del gruppo, The Hurting. Ad essere passata alla storia è infatti la sua cover firmata da Michael Andrews e cantata da Gary Jules che è diventata colonna sonora di importanti film e serial come Csi, E.R. – Medici in prima linea – Cold Case, Nip/Tuck, Smallville e anche per la pubblicità del videogioco Gears of War per XBox 360. Quando la nuova Mad World venne trasmessa lo stile vocale di Jules fu paragonato a quello di Michael Stipe, voce dei R.E.M.

Al di là della melodia, dolce ma ossessivamente ripetitiva, c’è un passaggio nel testo che rende Mad World fondamentale per qualsiasi compliation malinconico/evocativa: And I find it kind of funny/I find it kind of sad/The dreams in which I’m dying/Are the best I’ve ever had/I find it hard to tell you/I find it hard to take/When people run in circles/It’s a very very/Mad world/Mad world. E trovo un pò buffo/e trovo un pò triste/che i sogni nei quali sto morendo/ siano i migliori che abbia mai fatto/E trovo difficile da dirti/E trovo difficile da sopportare/Quando la gente corre in circolo/E’ davvero/Un mondo folle/Un mondo folle.
Una strofa che fotografa quell’ironia un po’ cinica della vita che realizza i nostri pensieri peggiori e ci lascia a bocca asciutta di fronte a quelli migliori, quelli più sinceri. Quelli che non realizzerà mai. Continuando a illuderci che parole, sentimenti e idee possono cambiare le cose. Il Conte direbbe: «Aprite il libro dei ricordi e versatevi un bicchiere di rum: questa è Mad World, lui è Gary Jules e vi farà male, molto male. Ma questa è la vita ragazzi e non esiste avventura più bella che viverla. E una volta che l’avrete capito il mondo sarà vostro».

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N3N1MlvVc4

Shout, shout, let it all out.  Tears for Fears says so, and so do we!  The best way to get your program growing is to start advertising, and there’s lots of free and easy ways to do this:

Announce your collection at assemblies, pep rallies, and other school-wide functions.

Make sure to mention what items you’re collecting and where people can drop them off!

Be consistent about announcing your collection over the PA system at school,
on student announcements, etc.

Letting the students do the announcing is even better!

At sporting events for your school, and even in the community, make sure your collection is among the announcements to be made.

You could even set up a collection table at those basketball and football games!

Feeling real advertise-y?  Click here for all the info you need to set up a table at an event.  Click here to get all the materials you need.  Anytime you have contact with students, parents, or the community is an opportunity to spread the word about your program. Take advantage of the myriad of ways to share your collection.  Then tell us all about it.  We want to hear which method works best for you!

]]> http://albymen.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/elisa-heart/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:27:42 +0000 albymen http://albymen.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/elisa-heart/

HEART è il nome del nuovo lavoro di Elisa, che arriva dopo ben 5 anni dal suo ultimo album d’inediti (Pearl Days) e dopo 3 dalla fortunatissima raccolta Soundtrack ‘96-’06.

14 brani, di cui un paio in italiano, una cover e due con ospiti illustri, che rappresentano un nuovo punto di partenza per la cantautrice di Monfalcone, pur rimanendo fedele al sound e alle influenze artistiche che hanno caratterizzato la sua lunga carriera.

L’album si apre con la coinvolgente Vortexes, un pop rock sostenuto dove la voce di Elisa regala i primi brividi svettando fra violini e suggestioni elettroniche. Segue l’ottima And All I Need e Anche Se Non Trovi Le Parole, uno dei brani in italiano più riusciti della cantante e sicuro tormentone radiofonico.

L’album prosegue, poi, alternando episodi rock che ci restituiscono una Elisa grintosa, come in This Knot e Your Manifesto (decisamente più riuscita la prima della seconda), ad altri – più numerosi – caratterizati da sound più delicati e sognanti, come Someone To Love e Poems By God.

Fra i brani migliori, l’intensa Mad World, cover dei Tears For Fears (qui riproposta in una versione più vicina a quella presente nella colonna sonora di “Donnie Darko”) che la cantautrice aveva già eseguito nello show Mechanical Dream e l’onirica The Big Dipper, dove Elisa riporta in primo piano l’amore per l’elettronica e le atmosfere alla Björk.

La vetta dell’album è però, senza dubbio, Forgiveness: emozionante duetto con Antony Hegarty (degli Antony and the Johnsons) dove le due voci, così diverse nel loro essere soul, si fondono cantando il grande tema del perdono.

Non tutto funziona in questo album: c’è qualche lungaggine di troppo (sia nella scaletta che nella durata di alcune canzoni, come ad esempio Lisert che resta soffocata dagli oltri 6 minuti di durata), l’orrendo episodio di Ti Vorrei Sollevare (primo singolo con Giuliano Sangiorgi dei Negramaro di cui vi ho parlato QUI)  e il progetto non sembra essere pienamente focalizzato nella sua interezza.

Tuttavia, questo Heart è un album solido e coerente: la conferma, se ce ne fosse stato ancora bisogno, delle grandi capacità di Elisa come compositrice ed interprete.  Un termine, quello scelto come titolo, davvero azzeccatissimo: qui il cuore c’è davvero. E palpita forte.

Tracklist: Vortexes – And All I Need – Anche Se Non Trovi Le Parole – This Knot – Mad World – Ti Vorrei Sollevare (con Giuliano Sangiorgi) – Your Manifesto – The Big Dipper – Someone To Love – Poems By God – Coincidences – Lisert – Forgiveness (feat. Antony) – Dot In The Universe

Website: http://www.elisatoffoli.com/

]]> http://ideagirlconsulting.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/nanowrimo-lindas-80s-playlist-for-writers/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:55:46 +0000 ideagirlconsulting http://ideagirlconsulting.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/nanowrimo-lindas-80s-playlist-for-writers/

writers_block

Ack! I’ve got Writers Block, what should I do?

Calling all you NaNoWriMo Writers.

Don’t sweat it!

Just take a few minutes, go for a walk, pop in a CD and dance around your office.

Read the newspaper, or watch TV for about 30 minutes.

Start writing anything about what you’ve just watched or listened to.

This will get your writing  juices going.

It should help with what your working on.

Or it will give you a brand new idea of what to write about next.

Ideas are wonderful and music is inspiring.

I find typing to 80’s music is the best thing in the world.

Try and keep up with the tempo, it’s fun!

Heute hatte ich nach langer Pause mal wieder die Ehre als Freizeitradiojournalist in meinem Lieblingsradio “radio blau” meine beiden Sendungen über den Äther zu jagen.

Drei, der von mir produzierten Beiträge, könnt ihr an dieser Stelle nachhören.

1. Kommentar: Die Dichotomie des 9. November

anhören (klicken): Die Dichotomie des 9. November

Warum gibt es einen 3. Oktober als “Nationalfeiertag” wenn ein Erinnerungsbombast sondersgleichen für den 9. November propagiert wird? War da nicht was mit diesem Tag? Wie wird man dem “Schicksalstag der Deutschen” gerecht?

2. Höressay: Was ist Öffentlichkeit und warum ist freies Radio wichtig? oder Was hat der Sozialphilosoph Jürgen Habermas mit radio blau zu tun?

anhören (klicken): Habermas Höressay

Es ist der Versuch die derzeitige bedrohte Lage des freien Radios in Leipzig zum Ausgangspunkt zu machen darüber nachzudenken, warum Mensch eigentlich unabhängige nicht-kommerzielle Medien braucht.

3. Filmrezension: Das Summen der Insekten

anhören (klicken): Das Summen der Insekten

Siehe dazu meinen Blogeintrag.

Playlist

TRACKtate 13.00 – 14.00 Uhr

01. K.C. McKanzie – Lovesick Boy

02. Sara Hickman – Mad World (Tears for Fears)

03. Kommentar: die Dichotomie des 9. November

04. Aimee Mann – The Scientist (Coldplay)

05. Cry Cry Cry – Fall on me (R.E.M.)

06. Manja – Kling Klang feat. radio blau

07. Höressay: Was ist Öffentlichkeit und warum ist freies Radio wichtig? oder Was hat der Sozialphilosoph Jürgen Habermas mit radio blau zu tun?

08. Sarah Jakosz – Shankill Butchers (The Decemberists)

09. Filmrezension: Das Summen der Insekten

10. Chuck Ragan – Old rules

rilleradio 14.00 – 15.00

01. Morrissey - Because of my poor education

02. Editors – You don’t know Love

03. Dead to Me – A day without war

04. Banner Pilot – Skeleton Day

05. Junius – A Dramatist plays Catastrophist

06. Freddy Fischer & his Cosmic Rocktime Band – Halt mein Herz

07. Tom Waits - Circus

08. The Black Heart Procession – Back to the Underground

The title of the post today is from a track brought to you by Generation X in the late 70’s on their self-titled album. I decided to play some old punk early in the show and peppered later on due to an exhibit I just saw at the MoMA called “Looking at Music: Side 2″. Here’s an article about it if you want to check it out: Bob Gruen’s Journey to MoMA.

Listen in tonight on KRUI 89.7 fm from 8 to 10 pm. You can listen in online here.

Here’s some of the set:

1. Generation X, Generation X (1978), Ready Steady Go
2. Frumpies, Frumpie One-Piece (God I love this title), Duvet Ta
This is a CD collection which assembled all of the band’s previous singles, created around 1996.

3. Half Japanese, Half Japanese Greatest Hits (1995), Put Some Sugar On It
4. The Clash, The Clash (1977), Garageland
5. Dead Boys, We Have Come for Your Children (1978), I Don’t Wanna Be No Catholic Boy
6. Radio Birdman, The Essential Radio Birdman (1974-1978), Do the Pop
7. Patti Smith, Horses (2005, album originally came out in 1975), Redondo Beach
8. Thurston Moore, Psychic Hearts (1995), Patti Smith Math Scratch
9. Belly, Star (1993), Angel
10. Slant 6, Soda Pop * Rip Off (1994 on Dischord Records), Blue Angel
11. Film School, Film School (2006), Eleven-Eleven
12. The Dandy Warhols, Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia (2000), The Gospel
(I’m sorry but this album is POP brilliance, I don’t care what you say.)
13. The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Tepid Peppermint Wonderland: A Retrospective, If Love Is The Drug
This was a compilation put out by these guys in 2004 spanning their entire career except for the album Strung Out in Heaven.
14. Built To Spill, Time Trap Sampler (1994-2006), The Plan
15. Aveo, Battery (2004), Haley
16. Chapterhouse, Sunburst-EP (1990), Rain
17. Slowdive, Morningrise-EP (1991), Losing Today
18. Stella Luna, Stargazer-EP (2002), Stargazer
19. New Order, Power Corruption & Lies (1983), Age of Consent
20. My Bloody Valentine, Tremolo-EP (1991), Honey Power

21. Fleeting Joys, Despondent Transponder (2006), Go and Come Back
22. Pinback, Some Voices-EP (2002), June
23. PJ Harvey & John Parish, A Woman A Man Walked By (2009), Black Hearted Love
24. Unwound, New Plastic Ideas (1993), Hexenzsense
25. Guided By Voices, Isolation Drills (2001), The Enemy
26. Morrissey, Bona Drag (compilation album released in 1990), The Last of the Famous International Playboys
Morrissey recently walked off a stage in Liverpool Echo Arena after being hit in the head with a drink. So this track goes out to you Morrissey, I want to know what dumb ass would throw a drink at you? You can read more about it here.