it is dochs oars, sûnt 2001

Ai que ninguém volta

Martin Simek kan heel goed interviewen, als hij even vergeet koket met zijn onwetendheid te pronken. Maar daar gaat het nu niet om. Het interviewprogramma van Simek op zaterdagavond heeft de eerste maten van het liedje "O Pastor" van ...

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Beethoven downloads

Pracht gebaar van de BBC, maar eigenlijk vin ik de uitvoeringen niet zo heel goed. Is't gratis, hou ik nog wat te mekkeren.

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Captain Beefheart [1941 – 2010]

[youtube PQP9QjNjeR4] biografie op WikiPedia: [nl][en]

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Een jaar in lijstje 2011 | 5

Best Songs of 2011, according to Said the Gramophone. Vroeger pikte ik nog weleens iets op van de radio. Of ander hadden vrienden interessante muziek. Tegenwoordig moet ik bewust op zoek om een beetje bij te blijven met wat er zoal ...

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Een jaar in lijstjes 2013 | ii

Twee keer de honderd beste liedjes van 2013 -- maar omdat beide lijsten verschillen zijn het er meer. Eenmaal volgens de staf van Pitchfork; en andermaal de jaarlijst Said the Gramophone; normaliter mijn gids in de muziek. Opdat ik zelf niet zo ...

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Een jaar in lijstjes | 2009-9

Said the Gramophone's 75 best songs of 2009. Omdat een lijst waarop én Shakira én Vic Chesnutt prijken, deugt.

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Een jaar in lijstjes | 2012

[youtube FmeOkfhkqa4] Meest beluisterd in 2012, tot nu toe: Schubert's strijkkwintet in C, D 956.

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Flashdance

Goed, ik geef meteen toe wekelijks naar MP3's te linken die zelden een hitlijst zullen halen. Maar dat betekent niet dat ik alleen maar van politiek correcte muziek zou genieten, beste anonieme e-mailer. Neem bijvoorbeeld Flasdance, van Deep Dish. Het ...

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Lijstjes van 2006 | 9

TonSpion's MP3's van het jaar.

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Listening Adventures ii

Bach's Well Tempered Clavier explained in multimedia [Shockwave]                  

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Mov/Avi/Mpeg of week 16

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MP of week 24

The Cocteau Twins, Violaine I can't help it, the music of the 1980s was the music of my youth and always will be. What made an impact then, will never disappointment me now.

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MP3 extra

I forgot there was a better link for 30 April, Queen's day in the Netherlands. Hear The Dutch Royal Family singing the Loo-Show-trend [scroll down to 25 March]          

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MP3 of the week

This weblog still misses something. Call it a lack of easy recognition, because there's not enough useful repetition. Any magazine or newspaper has to have regular items, varying from horoscopes and the weather forecast to columnists and book reviews. Therefore, I ...

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Mp3 of week 1 of 2005

Apocalyptica, In the Hall of the Mountain King [right click and save as, 2.4 MB]. Sorry for the direct link, but I can't find the page mentioning this particular file on this noisy website, where the MP3 is hosted. ...

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MP3 of week 10

Ghymes, Tánc a hóban [right click, save as] Dance in the snow. Dance.

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MP3 of week 11

Walkabouts, Devil in the Details [Kostenlos laden]

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MP3 of week 12

the Edmund Welles Bass Clarinet Quartet, Creep [Radiohead cover] A bit of licorice stick.

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MP3 of week 13

Musica Ficta, performing Gregorio Allegri's Miserere Mei The Vatican took a special liking to Allegri's Miserere and decreed that copying the music would be punished with excommunication. In effect, the Church banned its performance anywhere in the world except within the ...

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MP3 of week 14

America's Air Force Brass Quintet playing J.S. Bach's Wachet Auf! Make music, not war. [Though this website has a page with MP3's of some vehemental patriotic music as well]

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MP3 of week 15

Eagle-Eye Cherry, To Love Somebody from the Mexican film Y Tu Mamà Tambièn.

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MP3 of week 17

The Postal Service, Such Great Heights [bottom of the multimedia column] But, everything looks perfect from far away Come down now

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MP3 of week 17 2005 | bis

Note for everyone who's come looking on this site for a mp3 of 'Such Great Heights' by The Postal Service. It can be dowloaded here.

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MP3 of week 18

Vic Chesnutt, What do you mean? [scroll a long way down] Like a puppy on a trampoline What do you mean?

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MP3 of week 19

Lali Puna, Nin-Com-Pop For its minimalism and shy, "almost withdrawn vocals".

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MP3 of week 2

Timesbold, Bone Song. Again and again. Again and again. Again and again.

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MP3 of week 20

Bloc Party, Banquet [Phones Disco Edit] Or else the original version. For some reason the music made in the eighties still inspires new groups.

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MP3 of Week 21

The Mountain Goats, No Children Read the New Yorker profile as well.

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MP3 of week 22

Madrid De Los Austrias - Un Mensaje Kitschy Spanish guitar music on a thriving beat, done by some friendly Austrians. What more do you need when summer seems to have arrived?

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MP3 of week 23

The Frames, Dream Awake there's a point in all your dreaming, to every time mean has just deserves, and every time i caught you leaving.. i had to dream awake..

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MP3 of week 25

Isobel Campbell, Amorino I like the kitschy trumpet, and the whole TV-series sound of this song.

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MP3 of week 26

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Rice DreamGirl; Awful sound quality, and sung by someone who sounds a bit drunk. But, what big music from that tiny Casio.

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MP3 of week 27

Sufjan Stevens, Holland Holland, Michigan that is.

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MP3 of week 28

The Friends of Dean Martinez, So Well Remembered [scroll down to number 34]. The Friends proof again harmless pre-pop instrumentals are still written, even today.

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MP3 of week 29

The Jim Yoshii Pile-Up, Silver Sparkler, These days I wake up

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MP3 of week 3

Vic Chesnutt, Gravity of the Situation. Or else, the whole list with MP3's on his personal website. [Don't forget to read his biography.]

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MP3 of week 30

Gus Black, Uncivilized Love - Live on Air - KEXP Seattle I wish more artists would put up these performances. I mean, KCRW's program 'Morning becomes eclectic' alone could produce whole libraries of good songs.

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MP3 of Week 31

Andrew Bird, Weather Systems [scroll down] Inspired by the repeat of the VPRO TV broadcast.

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MP3 of Week 32

Figli di Madre Ignota, Turkish Coffee Because there's no typical summer hit this summer, but every one needs fluff, some macaroni swing. Jump.

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MP3 of Week 33

Koufax, Why bother at all Still in search for a summer hit. Something with some energy this time, be it with rather nihilistic lyrics.

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MP3 of week 34

I had planned to continue to Balkan Brass theme started last week, but it proofed a bit difficult to get information about the musicians I found. So, I will have to come back on that. Meanwhile, I would like to advice ...

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MP3 of Week 34

Jonathan Coulton, Todd the T1000. Though it's more to reward the effort than anything else. When songs are used to explain scientific concepts, more often than not both song and science suffer. However, the previously linked science songs recordings really were something..

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MP3 of week 35

Verdwaalde gans asked me last week if I knew Fanfare Ciocorlia. If my database had worked normally, I would have answered that affirmatively. And I will probably come back on them later. At the moment, I am more intrigued by the ...

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MP3 of week 35

Aqualung, Brighter Than Sunshine An almost classic popsong, that I like better the more I hear it.

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MP3 of week 36

At last, Fanfare Ciocarlia this week. Though, somewhat reluctantly. Last week, Belgian television showed a documentary about the gruesome faith of Roma brides. Arranged to be married when they are fourteen, fifteen. Ending up as little more than slaves basically ...

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MP3 of week 36

Doveman, Honey This time I won't call you.

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MP3 of week 37

The voices of two American sisters in Paris; Sierra and Bianca Cassidy performing as CocoRosie, I once fell in love with you Just because the sky turned from grey to blue And just when you think you know what they're on ...

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MP3 of week 37

José González, Crosses He is a Swede, this José González, who sounds somewhat like José Feliciano, and only needs a guitar and his voice to accomplish something worthwhile.

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MP3 of week 38

Huun-Huur-Tu, Chiraa-Khoo. Tuvan overtone singing, or the attempt to transform natural sounds into musical representations.

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MP3 of week 38

Andreas Dorau, Demokratie [scroll down for link in news update of 16.09] Because of the German elections. Das ist Demokratie Langweilig wird sie nie. There's a video here

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MP3 of week 39

La fin de l'été, by the Friends of Dean Martinez. A harmless but somewhat melancholic instrumental on the brink of autumn.

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MP3 of week 4

Colin Vearncombe, Sweetest Smile [live]. Back in 1987 he had a couple of hits as "Black". Nowadays he performs under his own name, that is a bit more difficult to remember.

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MP3 of week 40

Timesbold, ee cummings. The song was inspired by this poem: Me up at does out of the floor quietly Stare a poisoned mouse still who alive is asking What have i done that You wouldn't have e.e. cummings

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MP3 of Week 40

Serboplov, Stani, stani lbar vodo! A timeless instrumental, with a clarinet trying to overcome the sadness once in a while, without succeeding.

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MP3 of week 41

Nico, Reich der Traüme [radio edit]. In the Trance Groove mix though, because it's the rare mix that really adds something to the original. Schlaf führ mich ein. Trag mich fort, ganz allein...

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MP3 of week 41

Jello Biafra and NoMeansNo, Jesus Was A Terrorist The former frontman of The Dead Kennedys proofs punk was at least still alive and kicking in 1991. [From the Album: The Sky Is Falling And I Want My Mommy]

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MP3 of week 42

Not one mp3 this time, but six full albums. The Science Songs Recordings, that teach children about the miracles of nature on popular tunes from the 1950s en -60s. Because, because, because. We're all in debt to sir Isaac Newton.

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MP3 of week 42

Chris Breemer, Grieg: John Wästafä's Springtanz, from Slåtter (Norwegian Peasant Dances) op. 72. From the Piano Society website.

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MP3 of week 43

Nina Hynes, Universal.

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MP3 of week 43

Niels Frahm, Durton Piano and electronics. From Germany.

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Mp3 of week 44

From the category almost blasphemic: the Kraftwerk classic Showroom Dummies, irreparably covered by Señor Coconut.

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Mp3 of week 44

Ladytron, Destroy Everything [click in right column on listen for download] Earwurm of the week would have been a better title, maybe.

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MP3 of week 45

Various songs pro and contra John Kerry. And also You Sold Out Our Children Mr Kerry, by a Gloria Jane. And, in order not to appear partisan songs contra Bush. Just because it's that time of the year, not ...

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MP3 of week 45

Gravenhurst, The Diver; [click on listen, in the right colom] Just a man and a guitar, and some hardly noticeable others as well: and I am still swimming...

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MP3 of week 46

Ben Marwood – One Word Answer His CD is called Good Propaganda, and has this cover. Didn't have to change that, after the American election.

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Mp3 of week 46

Bright Eyes, When The president Talks to God [free iTunes download] [or download the MP3 temporarily here] The protest song isn't dead, since there's enough to protest about in the world today. Especially with a president getting direct orders from God, allegedly. ...

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MP3 of week 47

Greenhouse, by the Austrian Vegetable Orchestra. Dance music played on vegetables. Or, "ein Bouncenden Raspelbeat", as they say in Vienna. * CocoRosie, who were MP3 of week 37, suddenly seem to have gotten broader recognition. I have to ...

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MP3 of Week 47

Anthony and the Johnsons, Hope There's Someone While other MP3-sites seem to focus on Anthony's duet with Boy George, I'd rather link to this miniature. With its 1.16 minute runtime probably the shortest song ever chosen by me for this weekly ...

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MP3 of week 48

Gypsie brass music again. Taraf Borzo, Bulgarie The only thing I know about them is that Taraf means village, so these people seem to come from Borzo.

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MP3 of week 48

CocoRosie, Noah's Ark [As they have been in week 37 of 2004]. There's just something in the way they collage sounds.

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MP3 of week 49

Throwing Muses, Portia. There are also several Kirsten Hersh songs freely available at Insound. * and in reply to an e-mail on last week's MP3: yes, Vitaminic has more Taraf Borzo as well.

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MP3 of Week 49

Tom Paine, Common Sense [audiobook] The first real American bestseller. Though, granted, the reader of this audiobook has something annoyingly robotic in his voice, [though it could be the heavy audio compression]

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MP3 of week 5

Young Marble Giants, brand-new-life [scroll down]. Maybe because of the contrast between the lyrics and the seemingly happy bass and guitar riffs.

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MP3 of Week 50

Tom Waits' How's It Gonna End. Vintage Waits.

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MP3 of Week 50

Sylvain Chauveau, Down to the Bone [right click on "Hi"] An acoustic tribute to Depeche Mode. There are some other interesting songs available on that site as well.

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MP3 of week 51

zZz, Sweet Sex. With just an organ and drums, the two instruments normally only used by cheesy wedding bands, zZz creates something else. This song has echoes of Joy Division, or The Doors. Though I have to say, I still ...

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MP3 of week 51

John Lewis Grant, J.S. Bach. Das Wohltemperierte Clavier, Buch 1 Read about the pianist's ideas and preparation here.

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MP3 of week 52

Sigur Rós – Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása, from their first real album ágætis byrjun. Or download the videoclip here. With its creepy broken dolls.

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MP3 of Week 52

Ingrid Perruche with the Sinfonia Varsovia, Henryk Górecki. Sinfonie Nr. 3 . Lento e largo - Tranquillissimo [if you don't want to enter your e-mail address, just click FENSTER SCHLIEßEN X. The download will start automatically. In the browser Opera it ...

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MP3 of week 53

Hund am Strand, Jungen Mädchen. Alle Jungen, alle Mädchen Zieht eure T-shirts aus, Yeah, yeah

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MP3 of week 6

Dokaka, Creeping Death [a Metallica cover] His website is back online again, which offers me the opportunity to ask your attention for the a capella songs of this one man orchestra from Japan. I like his covers of hardrock classics ...

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MP3 of Week 7

Bright Eyes, Lua. Singer-songwriter Conor Oberst has two new albums out. There are three other promotonial MP3s available as well: 1, 2, 3. The song I choose has strange echoes of "Don't worry be happy".

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MP3 of week 8

Azure Ray, The New Year. Hushed. Soothing.

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MP3 of week 9

Louie Austen, Hoping [herbert's high dub] A remix, though I hate mixes. And this one isn't even that interesting until 2.02 minutes, when a Frank Sinatra wannabe starts to croon in a highly effective manner. Then it becomes an earwurm; with ...

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MP3 van de dag

CocoRosie, Good Friday herpost van 13 xi 2004

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MP3 van week 27, 2007

Tom Waits and Kronos Quartet, Way Down in the Hole, Waits' live-uitvoeringen hebben een intensiteit soms, die zijn liedjes aanmerkelijk beter maken dan op de plaat. Als ik hem dan hoor, is er spijt dat hij zo weinig concerten geeft, dat ...

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MP3 van week 44 | 2006

Jeff Alexander, Come Wander with Me [mp3] Gezongen door Julie London, een liedje al ruim 40 jaar geleden geschreven voor een aflevering van de TV-serie 'Twilight Zone'. Thans in gebruik onder een commercial van een verzekeraar met zwevende mannen. Het lijken ...

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MP3 van week 51

Joseph Spence - 'Santa Claus is coming to Town', Een dronken zanger, die de tekst niet kent, grommelt zich met ontstemde gitaar door een klassieker heen. En voor het eerst heb ik even geen moeite meer met die vreselijke traditie ...

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Music videos

1,400+ videoclips on-line at Viva.tv. Orientated on Germany, but with a some surprising collections. All of Air's clips, or Bjørk's. The Cure. Depeche Mode. Anyway, nice if you want to play MTV for yourself for an hour or so. My ...

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Muziekje van week 02 | 2008

Andara Kandore --- Kandore mandore Japanse folk-muziek, uit het einde van de jaren zestig. Wat overigens alleen uit de tekst blijkt. Maar wie luistert er nu naar de tekst van liedjes? Andara Kandore was eventjes de artiestennaam van Inoue Yousui, toen hij ...

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Muziekje van de week 01 | 2013

[youtube 11POTypBh2I] Via Crucis, Maria (sopra la Carpinese) Terwijl de populaire muziek me steeds minder interesseert, herleeft mijn belangstelling voor klassieke muziek juist. Omdat daar nog altijd meer in te ontdekken is dan gedacht buiten het ijzeren repertoire.

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Muziekje van week 01 | 2008

[youtube -nSD9TXu7Mk] Midden jaren negentig was er geen week dat ik Nick Lowe niet beluisterde. Zijn Cd's The Impossible Bird en Dig My Mood lagen altijd op of naast de speler. Ik kon vooral waarderen hoe ontstellend laid back hij sommige ...

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Muziekje van week 03 | 2008

Girls On Top: We Don't Give A Damn About Our Friends In het begin van deze eeuw kwam ik voor het eerst in jaren weer eens in een discotheek. Mijn toenmalige vond dat leuk. Ik niet. Maar dat was geen nieuws. ...

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Muziekje van week 03 | 2009

Sandrine Piau, in Antonio Vivaldi's 'In furore iustissimae irae' [click in linkerkolom eerst op 'fenster schließen [x]' om zonder registratie te downloaden] Goed, dan hoor ik er van die 'Vier jaargetijden'-strijkjes in, maar dat kan me niet schelen.

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Muziekje van week 04 | 2008

Beirut, Mount Wroclai [Idle Days] [youtube] Dit is typisch weer zo'n desondanks muziekje. Ik bedoel, het begint met een zeldzaam clichématig accordeonmotiefje, en desondanks is dat instrument de rest van de tijd wel heel prettig aanwezig. Die trompetjes kunnen ook al ...

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Muziekje van week 05 | 2008

Tasmin Little, J.S.Bach's Partita No.3 in E majeur voor Solo viool BWV1006 Drie stukken staan er op de nieuwste CD van de Britse violiste Tasmin Little, en alle drie zijn gratis te downloaden. Nu was vooraf de solo partita van Bach ...

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Muziekje van week 05 | 2012

The Nits, Cars & Cars Zeker twintig jaar had ik er niet naar geluisterd, the live-elpee Urk van The Nits. Maar luisteren moest even omdat muziek van die plaat was gebruikt in een documentaire, en mij irriteerde dat ik de titel ...

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Muziekje van week 06 | 2008

Richard Harris, MacArthur Park Het liedje is te lang, te pompeus, heeft een nogal merkwaardige tekst, en niemand wilde het zingen toen het pas geschreven was. De man die het uiteindelijk wel opnam, in 1968, was een acteur. Richard Harris zou ...

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Muziekje van week 06 | 2009

[youtube eNHet308wYA] Neil Young, 'A Man Needs A Maid' Ooit nam ik digitale televisie, om BBC3 en BBC4 te kunnen ontvangen. Maar BBC3 en BBC4 brengen niet zo veel meer, tegenwoordig. De uitzending begint ook pas 's avonds, en als er een ...

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Muziekje van week 06 | 2012

Gloria Jones, Tainted Love (1964) MIsschien is het een plotselinge vlaag van purisme. Misschien is het mijn eeuwige ergernis over al de talentenjachten op televisie die nooit meer bieden dan matige karaoke-zang. Maar ik heb een hang naar oeruitoveringen ineens. Draai ...

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