Your bass was the heart
of the most magic band of
our generation
Your bass was the heart
of the most magic band of
our generation
An die Synapsen
andockende Gitarren
Cover me, Babe!
[William Tyler & The Impossible Truth – Highway Anxiety / Radioactivity (Live)]
Schalk an den Tasten
Sie sprudeln vor Spielfreude
The Groove must go on
[Ahmad Jamal – Poinciana (Olympia, Paris 2012)]
Sliding deep into
the delta of guitar blues
Shivers guaranteed
[Rainer Ptacek & Das Combo – Me and the Devil (Robert Johnson), 1985, via z.art]
All I want right now
Instant gratification
Three girls kicking ass
[Horsegirl – Anti-glory]
infectious groove
exuberant stellar trip
sensuality
[Meshell Ndegeocello – Virgo]
If you wander far enough
you will come to it
and when you get there
they will give you a place to sitfor yourself only, in a nice chair,
Robert Creeley (via)
and all your friends will be there
with smiles on their faces
and they will likewise all have places.
Acoustic guitar
Straight into the heart of things
An expectant voice
Where a man dives deep
into the essence of things
Follow him, will you?
[Van Morrison – Rave on John Donne]
alternativ:
Niemals aufhören
darf dieses Lied und wenn doch, dann
drücke auf Repeat
Fünf Monate alt
Steht auf Labradordamen
Style is all it takes
… Eighty years ago, Nazi Germany was itself fighting a war of terror on this very same Ukrainian soil: the same cities, towns and villages were its victims as are now Russia’s…
No historical comparison is exact, but Putin’s attempt to destroy the independent existence of a neighbouring nation, with war crimes, genocidal actions and relentless targeting of the civilian population, is the closest we have come in Europe since 1945 to what Adolf Hitler did in the second world war….
It’s worth noting that Germany has a formidable defence industry that has very profitably exported lethal equipment to some quite dubious regimes around the world. So why not send it to defend a European democracy against the new Hitler?…
Timothy Garton Ash – If Germany has truly learned from its history, it will send tanks to defend Ukraine (Guardian)
After all there is
still great music around but
you have to find it
[Wadada Leo Smith, Henry Kaiser, Alex Varty – Pacifica Koral Reef]
Don’t you think it is
a strange and beautiful world
that we all live in?
Playing the music is real, physically and whole. Then it’s gone. But it’s still there, in the air, in the mind, it exists. It’s not part of technology, it’s not recorded. It’s part of the soul. It’s there.
Motian in Motion (documentary, 2020)
the motorik beat
all those colours: red, green, blue
this trip never ends
[fling ii – misk (via ad)]
Das Rhythmusherz schlägt
Töne, in der Luft hängend
Lang lebe Talk Talk!
What a strange writer
To read this book took me years
I regretted it
[D. T. Max – Every love story is a ghost story. A Life of David Foster Wallace]
back to the lush sound
dense, warm, multi-faceted
warped soul for today
I love to love but
my babe just loves to dance.
A film in a film
[Mia Hansen-Løve – Bergman Island]
Sunday chill-out time
Feel the mild breeze on the beach.
Listen, she whistles!
Pastis avec eau,
Du milchig-trüber Schlaftrunk.
Don’t forget the rocks!
Louisiana drawl
A voice that has passed its peak
Groovy guitar blues
a fountain of youth
wild cat that cannot be tamed
feedback explosion
Vor uns der Taunus
Auf der Wiese Heuballen
Sisyphus, your turn
Work hard, love, die young
Wannabe musician with
mellow, sexy voice
[Lange Nacht über Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 0:37-0:56]
As if Nick Drake lived:
still perfect finger picking
voice has turned to soul
Come into my house
Throw open the windows wide
Then back to your house
[Trashcan Sinatras – Send for Henny, live 2004 @Fez, NYC]
I’ll do what I can
Impossible Germany
Unlikely Japan
[Wilco – Impossible Germany]
Knocked out by Rosé
14 per cent alcohol
Bonjour climate change
Wild, romantic ride
on keyboard, double bass, drums,
led by tenor sax.
[Nubya Garcia & band @ Festsaal Kreuzberg]
A heart-rending tune,
humour and understatement
could not bring her back.
Small shining jewel
of cosy finger picking
helped by pedal steel
Hey hey hey – hey hey
Cool soundtrack to crazy times
in the melting pot
[Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy, BBC Radio 4 Soul Music]
Aus anderer Zeit:
„So don’t you get fresh with me.“
Frauenpower pur.
There is a blanket
made of infectious rhythms
and sweet harmonies.
Post-Punk from Dublin
in two thousand twenty-two.
Cool, dry guitar sound.
[Silverbacks – They Were Never Our People (no free audio) ]
Back in Home Office
Völlig verregneter Tag
Wiesen überschwemmt
post-punk guitar swirl
spoken everyday thoughts
album of the year
[Dry Cleaning – Her Hippo from New Long Leg]
A jogging group that
meets daily before sunrise
in all big cities.
my tannins melted
liquorice is my bouquet
purple my colour
[Château Saint Bonnet 2012, Médoc]
Have you ever seen
anybody dance like this?
Power in motion.
Wo sich Video
und Musik perfekt matchen.
Party icebreaker.
Leather juggling balls
brush each other in the air.
Subtle wake-up call.
With your voice you have
put me under your spell again.
Depth, sadness and joy.
[LUMP – Climb Every Wall]
Aufwachen! Endspurt!
Fuzz guitar blues riff maelstrom.
Sprung in Jungbrunnen.
A warm light guides us.
Bright but not dazzling at all.
Just a trumpet tone.
A proof that good sex
is all about the foreplay
and not the orgasm.
Trotten im Tunnel.
Kurze Rast mit Eiskaffee.
‚A new man was born…‘
Twelve kilometers
below ground temperatures
reach hellish levels.
[The Mountain Goats – The Destruction of the Kola Superdeep Borehole Tower]
Concert in the woods
starts with a divine version
of Tried to Tell You.
„… busy lately
… you haven’t found the time to
open up your mind“
The first album I got at the time was „Long Division“ and I found it quite dull. Then I heard their version of „Transmission“ (on the Joy Division cover album „A Means to an End“) and was stunned. Just by slowing it down, they added something to the song. Listening to their cover was like watching a flower open up to the sun in the morning in real-time. I also loved that making a song slower also usually makes it longer which is perfect if you love the song. Yesterday I listened to their first album „I Could Live in Hope“ for the first time and was totally overwhelmed. A perfect album for last night when the storm and rain hit hard outside. So warm and cosy, like a warm blanket to cover yourself with and hide from the tough world around.
[Self quote from: I Love Music – Low: Classic or Classic?]
Kevin Shields‘ guitar
on Loveless stirs up the clay
and it sticks for good.
Schlohweiß, ausgezehrt
kommt Nachbar die Treppe hoch.
Covid shows its face.
Why the heck do I
continue to buy books on
Dillon, the show-off?
[Look Out Kid, Bob Dylans Lieder, unsere Geschichten]
After a second
all the memories are back.
The fire crackles.
[Teenage Fanclub – Home, the single edit from the new album Endless Arcade]
The bishop can move in any diagonal direction. He doesn’t, though, because he knows that it’s in his and his community’s best interest to stay at home.
[How to play Covid chess by Laura Mishkin in The New Yorker]
Crossing the desert
in a dark convertible
during the late night.
[The Colorist Orchestra & Howe Gelb ft Pieta Brown – More Exes]
Dreamy tenor sax.
Impressionist piano.
Waves lapping the shore.
[Joe Lovano – Chapel Song from the new album Garden of Expression]
Woke up in clean sheets.
Bed made of jangly dream pop.
Fluffy ear candy.
[The Luxembourg Signal – The Morning After from the album The Long Now]
Let’s bounce and have fun.
Smile and stare into the sun.
Wait, what did you say?
[Girl Ray – Show Me More from the album Girl]
Some music sends chills
down my spine, other music
sends down waterfalls.
[Meshell Ndegeocello – Waterfalls (by TLC) from Ventriloquism]
Please sing me to sleep
with your soft, gentle whisper
full of serene love.
[Joan Shelley – Teal from the wonderfully named album Just Like the River Loves the Sea]
When they don’t rock out
their knack for sweet melody
is unstoppable.
Ready for a trip?
A descent into the night
where noises abound.
[CS + Kreme – Mount Warning from the album Snoopy]
How rage is transformed
into vibrant energy.
A guilty pleasure.
[Hayley Williams – Simmer from the album Petals for Armor]
Take back all the days.
…
Children carrying balloons.
…
There’ll be no 21.
[The Apartments – Twenty One from the album No Song No Spell No Madrigal]