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Fashion - 'The Height Of Fashion'

Simple Minds Cry

Foxx / Gordon - Walk This Way : trying to walk out the lyrics...ha!

The Rolling Stones - 'Shine A Light'

I'm listening to A Secret Life & the Sweet Billy Pilgrim album Twice Born Men. Also The Occurance Of Slope Live by Steve Jansen.

I've been carrying A Secret Life back and forth to the office for the past two weeks but haven't listened to it yet because I need to be in a more tranquil frame of mind to enjoy its quietude. Instead, I've been listening to the other new release that I've been awaiting for a long time: HTRK's Marry Me Tonight — finally came out about a week ago after being on hold for seeming ages. Its production is a bit too clean and pretty but it's tight, and noisy, and abrasive, and sour, and that's what exactly I needed after a particularly unpleasant week!

Also had an unpleasant and VERY busy week. So I left all of the ambient stuff (wich I'm very fond of) alone, and came up with:

DEPECHE MODE: SONGS OF FAITH AND DEVOTION
And after that, in one go, DM's ULTRA

And now I'm into Depeche and wonder what their new album will sound like ...

What does HTRK mean Lele?

At one time they called themselves Hate Rock Trio, so it's just shorthand for "hate rock." Don't believe them, though — I think secretly they love rock, because they can't completeley break free of it! Rowland S. Howard worked on this record with them and tidied up the noise and feedback a bit from prior EPs. They toured with the Liars at one point and share connections with Devastations (the lead singers of the two bands are married), so that gives you an idea of the sound. I think there's stuff on iTunes and on a billion MySpace profiles if you're curious. Not everyone's cup of tea but definitely mine, and especially this weekend.

A Secret Life - D'Agostino/Foxx/Jansen. An excellent ambient record.

Some Krautrock music:

Live 1974 - Harmonia . A live recording of previously unreleased tracks. The music is very similar to their first release Musik von Harmonia .

Movies - Holger Czukay . Not as bizarre as My Life in the Bush of Ghosts by Eno/Byrne but still very innovative in its sound. Czukay's bass lines makes the record at times more funky than experimental. In essence it sounds very much Can, a fusion of electronics and world rhythms.

Works 1968 - 2005- Roedelius ie one half of Cluster and one third of Harmonia . Some interesting sounds and songs. His best piece is By This River , a collaboration with Eno .

Chris

Yazoo - "Other side of Love" 12"
Simple Minds - "Sparkle in the Rain" (Doesn't "The Kick Inside of Me" just rock?)
Fad Gadget - "Under the Flag"

Strong representation from Mute records today.

I was looking to see if there is a good way to transfer my vinyl to digital. Found a Sony MP3 turntable for about 178 quid, and a laser turntable that can play without contact, and play/skip tracks like a CD player for 8,500 quid.
One of these options was quickly crossed off. Need to find a few partners to do the other one I think - and several hours with a PC and turntable hooked up. Isn't there an easier way to do this?