Homage to vowels

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/04/02/vowels-temujin-doran/

Fun - "We Are Young"

Very '80's, very familiar sound, particularly the single-syllable low-high glide. (on fiii-iiiire)

But the name doesn't ring a bell at all.

Katzenjammer - "Lady Marlene" (A Kiss Before You Go)

oh it is my current mental state, I know this, but the sadness of this song eats away at my thoughts.

Velvet and satin and puppets on strings
Everyone's dancing with Lady Marlene
Fear is the color of all that they wear
Mother of pearl palace cold like her heart of stone

Silently soldiers dance till they fall
Icicle chandelier shining so cold
They are draped in red in her masquerade
Lady Marlene takes your hand and commands the...

Wind to blow
Ghosts to the sky above
Deep in despair they cry
Where is the love?

Oh the north wind blows
Ghosts to the sky above
Deep in despair they cry
Where is the love?

Murk is her grip on the world
Calamity rules when a flag is unfurled
Turn your backs on Marlene and let there be love
Pallid and pale, you all fall asleep

As the north wind blows
Ghosts to the sky above
Deep in despair they cry
Where is the love?

Oh the north wind blows,
Ghosts to the sky above
Deep in despair they cry
Where is the love?

(Oh the north wind blows)
(Ghosts to the sky above)
(Deep in despair they cry)
(Where is the love?)

(Oh the north wind blows)
(Ghosts to the sky above)
(Deep in despair they cry)
(Where is the love?)

Calexico - "Old Man Waltz" (The Black Light)

instrumental, accordeon and a hint of sadness.

Firewater - "Diamonds And Gold" (Songs We Should Have Written)

Slow, slightly cabaretesque, gypsy hints.

Slightly sad.

Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter - "The Long Earth"

Wonderful book. Clear traces of Pratchett, yet muted, which is not a bad thing.

Intriguing thought about an endless amount of worlds, and people discovering how to Step through them.

Good read, though the end seems rather sudden, and it doesn't answer a whole lot of questions.