Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions - "The Trouble Is" (2010)

new single, and I like it.

A bit monotone, but truly like their "Mazzy Star" work, and I'm a sucker for that.

Clip is ... magic gothical

Everything But The Girl - "Acoustic" (1992)

no titles that sound familiar, so I'm curious...

nice. oh wait, all covers...

• "time after time" : is it theirs originally? doubt it...
• "Alison" : Elliot Smith. Not a big fan of this song, this version is ok. 
• "Downtown Train" : ok

All nice, nothing special.

Klaus Schulze, Pete Namlook and Bill Laswell - "Dark Side of the Moog 3" (1995)

second song from this album, "Phantom Heart Brother Part II" is the kind of ambient that made me fall in love with Klaus Schulze.

fourth song, "Phantom Heart Brother Part IV" is more techno-ish, 80-ish. cool!

Aravind Adiga - "The White Tiger"

winner of the man booker prize 2008
Got it from a friend, just started. Must say I have to get used to his way of writing. It keeps nagging me that I cannot understand the reasoning of someone writing a letter like this to the Highest Chinese statesperson. Yes, it is explained, he will visit India to understand how entrepeneurs work, but ... there is something amiss in his sentences, his rambling... too much information. yet I am doing the very same thing, almost.
There are some good descriptions though, and I'm only at page 41 yet.
Finally, I wrote this:  Finished "White Tiger". Took me quite some time to get used to his tone of voice. Didn't buy it at the beginning... but got to like it, and the chapter where he speaks to the City and the City spoke back to him through beggars and girls on the street was simply amazing. Haven't been to India but many things sounded "Asian"... still, what did I miss?

Evelyn Evelyn (live @ Arendbergschouwburg in Antwerp)

Missed their concert in Amsterdam because of "11 minuten" play.

Loved it! As burlesque as expected. Bit sad that it was a seating area, so the crowd was rather timid. They commented on this, but I am not sure whether they'd always do that.

warning: total fanboy moment

Afterwards, the signing, and yes Neil Gaiman was there. Total fanboy moment (even slightly worse than when meeting Tim Burton at the 25th AFFF). I'm not sure what I said to him, but I got his autograph and I shook his hand twice and I was a total fool and it changed my evening and life.

Sorry 'bout that, but that's what it felt like. And it made me realise again I need to write write write.

Rufus Wainwright - "Cigarettes And Chocolate Milk (Reprise)"

Thought his music really didn't do it for me, probably because of his horrible version of "Halleluiah" from Shrek, but this is the second song I heard of him today and it's pretty alright.

The other: "Poses"

Joan Baez - "Blue Raincoat"

via http://8tracks.com

fuck! I finally came free from Tori Amos' version for some time now, but now I'm thrown right back at it.

Played it a lot, around the days I met G.,A. for what would later turn out to be the last time.

It's not even a nice version, too overdone.

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - "This Land Is Your Land"

Reggae, swinging!

Tom Waits - "Brawlers, Bawlers, Bastards"

raw album, dark pub, fat grungy gitars, a broken lightbulb.

cd 1: Brawlers

• "road to piece" - rough, painful, war, death. angry at Bush.
  
• "rains on me" - gospel-ish, but in a really really Tom Waits way. Funny

cd 2: Bawlers

softer, more melodious, sad. waltzing in the rain on a glimmering street

• "long way home" - soft, rhythmic, I love you baby but I always take the long way home
• "little drop of poison" - will always love this song. but what changes in his voice after the 1st verse? seems almost like it's in antiphase
• "Tell it to me" - Cohen-ish. so much that for a moment I thought I recognized it
• "Little Man" - jazzy, slow
  

cd 3: Bastards

it's half spoken-word!

• "What Keeps Mankind Alive" - it is indeed the same song as the one on the Pet Shop Boys' Rarities album! Who was first?! wonderful!!
• "Two Sisters" - Irish
  

Billie Holiday - "Definite Edition"

(all kind of wonderful songs of course)

• "strange fruit": the kind of melancholy Billie Holiday song which is the reason I put this album on
• "Don't Explain" : hush now, don't explain...
• "You're My Thrill" : old scary-film music opening
  

Röyksopp - "The Understanding"

still wonderful

• "Triumphant" : catching
• "What Else Is There": haunting vocals as ever
• "Alpha Male": those flutes remind me of "The Beast", the amiga-game that J. once ripped for me

Earth, Wind & Fire - "Last Days and Time" (1972)

tiresome everything-is-sweet music

Black Uhuru - "Anthem" (1983)

familiar name... reggae.

Not bad, not particularly good.

• "Elements" - melancholy
  

"Elf Minuten" (Noord Nederlands Toneel)

naar boek van Paulo Coelho

bewerking: Ko van der Bosch

Erg indrukwekkend. Pijnlijk.

Testimonium paupertatis

Bewijs van onvermogen

David Bowie - "Helden"

German version of "Heroes"....

why oh why!?!? :)

Get Well Soon - "Born Slippy (Nuxx)"

strange version!

Amy Winehouse - "Frank" (2003)

First album ("Back To Black" is from 2006)

can't say I found the need to make either positive or negative comments.

Tricky - "Vulnerable" (2003)

• "Stay" - am a sucker for this usage of strings
• "Love Cats" - strange version, not particularly good

Leftfield - "Leftism"

• Release the Pressure: ambient-ish turning into catchy
• Open Up: still a classic. Burn Hollywood, burn, take down Tinseltown, burn down to the ground
  

many other songs typically Leftfield; a bit boring