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winter lungs
The Innocence Mission - Lakes of Canada When human beings get lost at sea, or mountaineering, or exploring, we act illogically. Other species would ignore the lost and forget, but we engage in the organised equivalent of panicking. We assemble search parties, we summon trained men and ...
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foxy friday
Dr. Fox's Old Timey String Band - Kids (MGMT) This is lots and lots of fun. Listening to it makes me want to be able to push some sort of "trad" button in iTunes and see what happens. Have a nice weekend everyone. { MySpace }
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latin conjugations
{ via } Freelance Whales - Generator ^Second Floor This is the kind of song I want to flatten onto a little 7" vinyl, and hide behind a glass frame, high on the wall, so that some day, in the event of an emergency, I can look at it and remember how much it helps. Yes, it's very much ...
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fire bird
DM Stith - Abraham's Song (Bibio remix) Have you heard this? Did you know how well this music lends itself to being cut up so other people can wrap themselves in it? I did not. But all of a sudden, three of my favourite remixes of this year are of DM Stith songs. Funny how that happens. ...
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where have you been
O Emperor - Po This song starts off all woozy and understated, maybe a little drunk. Guitar strings are plucked like lights dancing around shadows, and the vocals shift and seethe around the lyrics, detailing the story of Po, and it's not long before you begin to feel like you're seated ...
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Analogue Episode 1
The latest installment in Analogue 's ongoing video series is now online, and it's quite entertaining too. After the last episode's Final Fantasy session , this looks set to be a series worth following. -- Unrelatedly, if you're watching television tonight, my favourite new Irish band O ...
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the fall
" On 9 November, thinking to deal with the crisis, the Politbüro met and decided to relax travel restrictions. People would be allowed to travel freely and be prohibited from leaving the country only in 'special exceptional circumstances'. The session went on into the night. At this stage ...
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Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
This song looks like a lot of fun.
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no strings attached
{ via } BellaJane - Marionette Where did you buy your clothes? I'm not sure. I'm pretty sure the top and the dress are from different countries. And my mom bought these boots. Where did you get yours? I didn't. I don't know. They were there this morning. Um, what's your style? I dress ...
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all night
Sleep Thieves - City Lights In the early hours of the morning we left the party, and started walking, and we walked all day. By the time we got back to our hometown, a shut-eyed little suburb out on the outskirts of the city, we noticed that things had changed. People were standing ...
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from willow bark
{Ireland, 1913 } Ghost Bees - Tear Tassle Ogre Heart If I still wrote with a pen, then I get the feeling that trying to write up this song would involve something little and brittle and metal going snap! and the ink would flow ceaselessly, forming and spooling on the page. And if I ...
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a mix for autumn
Taxi, Taxi! - Belle Erik Levander - Sekund Samamidon - Saro The Last Dinosaur - Gusts of Wind Blowing in Different Directions Arcade Fire - Accidents Blue Roses - I Am Leaving Auld Lang Syne - Where My Fortune Lies Some of my favourite songs for my favourite season. 'Gusts of Wind...' is ...
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Final Fantasy Interview
Final Fantasy Interview
thetorturegarden.blogspot.com — {This interview originally appeared on Analogue } Final Fantasy - E is for Estranged (live, FM4 Session)... Final Fantasy's long awaited third record was finally announced last month, to shouts of joy and amused interest. It's something of a ... Final Fantasy Interview
New Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy - Oh Heartland, Up Yours! (live, acoustic) The one album for which I am truly excited at the moment is about an imaginary world, and its inhabitants - who all worship their creator, Owen Pallett. Heartland is going to be amazing, and I amm already sure of it. The above ...
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