What are you listening to? The world needs to know.

[Erik]

I remember Bukowski somewhere saying he liked Finnegans Wake by James Joyce. Don't know if he was being ironic though. I've never been able to read it but I recently came over this audiobook that works wonders for me - in small portions. Joyce's words highten the melody of the spoken word, their meaning is more associative, if you know what I mean. I think the actors do a real fine job of bringing this text to life, and was surprised to find myself laughing quite often at the wordplay going on here. Fun stuff!

Have a listen to the sample here.

 

[Black Swan]

Bashung, Noir Desir,
Volontaire,

 

[mikeypants]

The song wasn't too bad but the video seemed super gay. I don't speak French so I guess I'll just assume it was ironic or something.

 

[Ambreen]

Have a listen to the sample here.

I couldn't "read" a book in this way, I wouldn't have the feeling to read it...


Mikeypants, what's wrong with you, you find everything "super gay".

Great duo, I'm glad to see you listen to Noir Désir, Black Swan.

It was my favourite french band before their career was interrupted by Bertrand Cantat's imprisonment. I was saddened by such a stupid ending. Then, I discovered Eiffel and became happy again !
(hope that Ponder and you still listen to the Eiffel's album from time to time)

Late Alain Bashung... I haven't really paid attention to him, though a friend has strongly encouraged me to do so.

Maybe you don't know that but Noir Désir revealed two new songs last december (to which the two lead members from Eiffel took part) :

Le temps des cerises :
(actually a cover from a song written in the 19th century, which was emblematic of La Commune de Paris (name of a popular insurrectionary movement that occurred in 1871) )

Gagnants/Perdants :

More than so-so...I've known them more inspired...
What was the most strange is that after these two songs, they didn't give any news about a possible new album.

The best for the end :
Eiffel's new album, A tout moment la rue, is to release in october. The first eponym single is being broadcasted in radios for several months. It is available there (click on the hand) : http://eiffelnews.com/home/index.html

And whose voice can one hear in the chorus ? Bertrand Cantat's one ! Yeah !

 

[Mark73]

Penthouse, not an audio book by the glossy magazine,( what would they record anyway? ) but the noise blues monster from London (defunct, what a crap) who had to change their name on the US market because the makers of the world's greatest men magazine threatened with their lawyers. 50 tons of black terror wasn't a bad choice :rolleyes:.

 

[Black Swan]

Late Alain Bashung... I haven't really paid attention to Bashung, though a friend has strongly encouraged me to do so.

btw, Bashung died a couple of years ago.
But, yeah, if you have any interest in Gainsbourg...

And Mikeypants , it would not hurt to expand, let's stay just a stretch, a wild thought ;)

 

[hoochmonkey9]

 

[nervas]

Yup, heard that about 3X over the weeked hoochmonkey! I get all the Arctic Monkey releases on vinyl, one of my favorite bands for sure!

 

[Mark73]

Peter Fox's album 'Stadtaffe' (means Town Monkey), just great rhymes, grooves - simply love the vibe. For those of you interested, here's a playlist:

 

[Ambreen]

The clip is funny, but the song in itself... shh !

btw, Bashung died a couple of years ago.
But, yeah, if you have any interest in Gainsbourg...

Bashung died in march !
No interest in Gainsbourg, that's the problem.


Taxi Girl, Paris

I love that clip very very very much !

Fuck the 21st century, let's go back to the 80s !

(Mikeypants : if ever you dare calling this video "super gay", I'll scratch your eyes out !

 

[Mark73]

The video is superlesbian, superbi and superhetero. Now that this is clear, you can take a look at the video from the fine German band Beatsteaks, maybe you like them better.

As you seem to have a taste for German actors, you might recognize somebody:

 

[Lolita Twist]

I love the fact that Carly Simon mentions my Saratoga in You're So Vain...

we went up to Saratoga and your horse naturally won...

Small things amuse me.

 

[Cowboy]

As you seem to have a taste for German actors, you might recognize somebody:

Yeah , Hello Joe ! And Jürgen Vogel are one of the best german actors ever because he got this teeth and the gaps in it . Wonderfull !

 

[rjwink666]

The new album from The XX which despite the hype is pretty good

And this song three times a day for the last week

 

[Ambreen]

As you seem to have a taste for German actors, you might recognize somebody:

Yeah , Hello Joe ! And Jürgen Vogel are one of the best german actors ever because he got this teeth and the gaps in it . Wonderfull !

No, I didn't recognize this actor, I don't think to have seen him yet.
Thank you for your film suggestion, Cowboy, but I don't watch so many current german movies than that, I prefer by far the 70s-80s' ones, especially Fassbinder's, Herzog's and Wender's. I try to live with my time but I'm irrepressibly attracted by the past, in matter of cinema, music and literature.
However, there is actually one present turkish-german actor I'm very fond and whom I find very bukowskian : Birol Ünel, mostly known for his roles in Fatih Akin's movies.

Und ich liebe auch Verliebt in Berlin. No no, I'm not ashamed.

 

[nervas]

Ryan Adams & the Cardinals
"Cardinology"

 

[marina del rey]

 

[Purple Stickpin]

Hmm - a very faithful reproduction. But, did they know what they were signing about?

Try this for authenticity:


Gotta love the comments on youtube. Spanky little dirt-bags who might run this country some day. Dropping the language that their mother would slap their mouths for, but it's the internet, so who cares if I'm a little stupid punk.

They're NOT blaming Nixon, they are simply bemoaning the entrance of Nixon onto a scene that doesn't really need his type at the time...in their eyes.

But I digress.

 

[chronic]

I didn't know there was a Japanese version of CSN&Y. What do they call themselves? Closby, Steers, Nash & Lung?

 

[Billville]

I'm always amazed when I hear that song on a classic rock radio station. It's so irrelevant to any time period other than 1970. While I admit it's a pretty catchy tune, it's pretty specific to the situation it's speaking about. Can't imagine it sells a lot of soap powder. LOL

 

[Purple Stickpin]

It's not relevant to just 1970, it is entirely relevant to all periods of humanity. It speaks to the government being a tyrant, and it speaks directly to why we have a Constitution. Allegory, anyone?

Now I know why you like AC/DC. You don't seem to care about civil rights (and I don't mean race here), you just wanna rock.

Well, rock on. Me, I want my Constitution to back my ass up.

But I really have treaded upon forbidden grounds. Don't take me too seriously.

 

[Billville]

You obviously haven't heard, For those about to Rock, It's got a cannon and everything-right on the cover.

Fuck tyranical, allegoryal, civil rights-not giving-government dudes. We'll rock their ass to death.

And then after the great war, you can sit at home with your King Crimson going: noodle, noodle, noodle ...

I'm fighting this war for YOU, man!

 

[Cowboy]

However, there is actually one present turkish-german actor I'm very fond and whom I find very bukowskian : Birol Ünel, mostly known for his roles in Fatih Akin's movies.

Birol Ünel and Sibel K. in "Gegen die Wand" . A famous movie !

 

[mjp]

I'm fighting this war for YOU, man!

Ironic, Bill ville, since those stoned hippies painfully attempting to harmonize about current events could have said that very thing to the likes of AC/DC and every other little rawk band that came later.

Without any knowledge of the history it is built on, your love of groovy suburban rock music is like a rootless tree. Just more dry wood for the fire. If you learn some pop music history you'll be able to back up your arguments, and quickly recognize which ones are stupid and indefensible.

The notion that any music or musician is fighting any kind of war in the past 30 years is cute though. One day you might realize that the only war they are fighting is amongst themselves, for the dollars or euros or shekels in your pocket.

 

[Billville]

Damn draft dodger.

 

[Jennn]

1st off, they fucking rock!
2nd I love that picture!

Ive been on this for a few days.......The fall brings a feeling of Nostaliga along with it that has me feeling like an overly emotional teen again...and I love it!

 

[roni]

 

[Jennn]

That happens to be one of my all-time favorites!!

 

[Ambreen]

Doolittle is my Pixels favourite album ! But last year, I was really ashamed : at a party, we played a game consisting in guessing songs and I didn't recognize Hey, I was not even able to say that was Frank Black's voice !

The song from Frank Black which I love above all : Black is Back, in the album Frank Black & The Catheters :

 

[bogdan]

Coil - Tainted Love