*** favourite sounds ***

 

[home]                     TOP 30

 

AZTEC CAMERA – Just Like Gold
BADLY DRAWN BOY – Magic In The Air
BERNTHØLER – My Suitor
BIFF BANG POW! – The Happiest Girl In The World
BROADCAST – Message From Home
VASHTI BUNYAN – I'd Like To Walk Around In Your Mind
CAMERA OBSCURA – Eighties Fan
THE CLIENTELE – I Want You More Than Ever
EPIC SOUNDTRACKS – Jelly, Babies
THE GO-TEAM – Acid Autumn
THE GO-TEAM – Hop On Clock
GLO-WORM – Stars Above
COMET GAIN – When You Come Back…
HEAVENLY – Shallow
LOVE SET – Small Town Parties
MINA [Italia] – So Che Mi Vuoi
NICO – Afraid
THE ORCHIDS – The York Song
THE PALE FOUNTAINS – (There's Always) Something On My Mind
[Crépuscule / Operation Twilight Version]
SAM PREKOP – So Shy
SYLVAN – We Don't Belong
TRIXIE'S BIG RED MOTORBIKE – That's The End Of That
BEN WATT – On Box Hill
THE WEE CHERUBS – Dreaming
WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL BAND – Eighteen Is Over The Hill
WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL BAND – Smell Of Incense
WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL BAND – Transparent Day
WUNDER [Köln] – Noitz's Kakao
THE ZOMBIES – Leave Me Be

 

[away]                     TOP 30

APPLE BOUTIQUE – Love Resistance
PAUL BEVOIR – Living In A DIfferent World
THE BOBBY FULLER FOUR – The Magic Touch
THE COWSILLS – The Rain, The Park And Other Things
FLORENCE DEVORE – Kiss Me Now
THE DOVERS – She's Gone
THE FOUR TOPS – I Got A Feeling
THE GO-BETWEENS – Lee Remick
LESLEY GORE – Wonder Boy
THE GROOVY LITTLE NUMBERS – Windy
MARVA HOLIDAY – It's Written All Over My Face
EDDIE HOLMAN – I Surrender
HURRAH! – Hip Hip
DEE IRVIN – I Only Get This Feeling
JANE FROM OCCUPIED EUROPE – Just Like Holden Caulfield
JUDI JOHNSON & THE PERFECTIONS – A Way Out
KICKER – On Your Floor
THE MIXERS – Love Hurts
MY BLOODY VALENTINE – Sunny Sundae Smile
ROGER NICHOLS TRIO – Don't Take Your Time
THE ODYSSEY – Little Boy, Little Girl
PRIMAL SCREAM – The Orchard
THE RAINYARD – 1,000 Years
THE REVOLVING PAINT DREAM – Wheels On My Scooter
RITA & THE TIARAS – Gone With The Wind Is My Love
JOANIE SOMMERS – Don't Pity Me
TIMEBOX – Beggin'
FRANKIE VALLI & THE FOUR SEASONS – I'm Gonna Change
VIRGINIA VEE – I Can't See Nobody
THE YOUNGHEARTS – A Little Togetherness


[Hits of 2003]

BELOVED ONES – My Year Is A Day
THE CATALYSTS – Raining + Julia Dream (live)
THE CHEVRONS – Mine Forever More
THE BABIES – The Hand Of Fate
THE BIBLE – Spend, Spend, Spend
FLORENCE DEVORE – Kiss Me Now (Don't Kiss Me Later)
DHK – Girlarella
THE DOLLS – The Reason Why
EYES OF BLUE – Never Care
FANTASTIC SOMETHING – s/t Album
FIBI FRAP – Sunny Days
FLORIAN – No One Goes For The Most Clever Girl In The Class
FRAGILE – It'll End In Tears
FRIENDS AGAIN – State Of Art
LE FUTUR POMPISTE – Certain Signs
THE GOLDEN DAWN – The Arches Demo / Live In A Bedroom K7
LOOK BLUE GO PURPLE – EP Compilation
MAKIN' TIME – Honey
MIGHTY MIGHTY – Peel Sessions 86/87
MINISKIRT – Woody Allen Likes Guitar Pop
ROY MOLLER – A Collection Of Home Demos CD
THE PAGE BOYS & ONE THOUSAND VIOLINS – Demos & More K7
PIPAS – Chunnel Autumnal 10"
THE QUIK – I Can't Sleep
ROCKY DENNIS – the 7" EP and the Album, especially Maple Leaves
SIDEWALK SUPPER BAND – Cynthia At Her Garden
SIXTYNINE AND THE CONTINUOUS PEOPLE – I Can't Hear You (Any More)
TAGES – Halcyon Days
TRIXIE'S BIG RED MOTORBIKE – demos & sessions
TYNAL TYWLL – Jack Kerouac
V/A – Friendly People Making Pop Vol. 1 – 3
V/A – The Ulric Kennedy Anthology
FRANKIE VALLI & THE FOUR SEASONS – Hurt Yourself + The Night
WATOO WATOO – Picture Of A Lost Friend
WILD INDIANS – Apple Of My Eye

*** favourite albums ***

 

THE BEACH BOYS – Pet Sounds
BELLE AND SEBASTIAN – If You're Feeling Sinister
CHAD & JEREMY – Yesterday's Gone
PETULA CLARK – The New Petula Clark Album
THE CLIENTELE – Suburban Light
DOLLY MIXTURE – Demonstration Tapes
DUSTY – The Look Of Love
THE FIELD MICE – Where'd You Learn to Kiss That Way?
THE FREE DESIGN – Kites Are Fun
LOVE – Forever Changes
ORANGE JUICE – Ostrich Churchyard
THE SMITHS – Hatful Of Hollow
STEREOLAB – Compendium
SCOTT WALKER – Scott 3
TELEVISION PERSONALITIES – Art For The Love Children Compendium
V/A – Jane:Leaves
V/A – More Scarce P!articoloured O!ffbeat P!honology
YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS / WEEKEND / THE GIST – Nipped In The Bud

any given Northern Soul tape...

*** favourite record covers ***

 

BIFF BANG POW! – The Girl Who Runs The Beat Hotel Album
THE BRILLIANT CORNERS – Everything I Ever Wanted Album
THE COLOURFIELD – Deception Album
THE CLIENTELE – I Want You More Than Ever 7"
THE EGLANCE – Beeing Dodie West 7"
THE FIELD MICE – Sensitive 7"
GLO-WORM – Wishing Well 7"
HOLIDAYMAKERS – Cincinatti 7"
MIGHTY MIGHTY – Throwaway 12"
THE SMITHS – There Is A Light That Never Goes Out 7"
V/A – Cherry Red Records Present: And Suddenly It's Evening Album
MARI WILSON – Baby, It's True 12"
WOULD-BE-GOODS – Sugar Mummy 7"
and many él graphic / Mike Alway sleeves

*** people & places ***

 

LÆTITIA et TIM, Paris 1988 / London 2002
CLARE WADD, Bobby Wratten's House, Sep 10, 1988
SCOTT WALKER, London 1966 / 2002
JOHN McENTIRE, Chicago 2001
MORRISSEY, Manchester 1984
FRANÇOISE HARDY, Bretagne 1965
EDWYN COLLINS & ALAN HORNE, 185 West Princes St., Glasgow 1981
STUART MURDOCH, performing "Perfection As A Hipster", Glasgow 1994
TWIGGY, London 1966
BRIAN WILSON, somewhere in California 1966
MIKE ALWAY & SIMON TURNER, London 1985
LAWRENCE of Felt, London 1985
RICHARD SEARLING & RUSS WINSTANLEY, Wigan 1973
DAN TREACY, King's Rd, London 1980

 

 

=== favourite quotes ===

 

"to compose, decompose, the ebb and flow of the darkness,

the ebb and flow de ma paresse, to compose, decompose, and

recompose, from a minute to another, from minuscule to the

grandeur, to compose and recompose, Iwander and I slip,

get all those ghosts out of my sight, they devour all of my might"

[Stereolab]

 

"I could dance all night like i'm a soul boy /

but Iknow i'd rather drag myself across the dance floor /

I feel like dancing on my own /

where no one knows me, and where I/

can cause offence just by the way Ilook"

[Belle & Sebastian]

 

"once there was confidence, now only fears /
once there was laughter, now only tears /
once there was optimism /
now we are drowning in a sea of cynicism"
[Television Personalities]

"this will be our year"
[The Zombies]

"und wir jagen durch die straßen, das fühlt sich gut an,

und wir sehen super aus, und wir haben uns was zu sagen"

[Blumfeld]

 

"the boy with the thorn in his side, behind the hatred there

lies a murderous desire for love"

[The Smiths]

 

"love is contagious when it's allright"

[Badly Drawn Boy]

 

the complete text of "Love Song For The Dead Ché" by

The United States Of America

 

"because love is the saddest thing when it goes away"

("Once I Loved" [Music by Antonio Carlos Jobim])