Bettens - "Waving at the Sun"

Brother and sister from K's Choice, yes indeed. Some songs... rather, those with lyrics, are so-so.

• We Are Glaciers - an almost Morphinish, GY!BE buildup of sound! Unexpected...
• Away, more increased flooding of instruments
• Daydream - a little diamond, instrumental, piano.
• Whiteout - another instrumental diamond.
• Hell Like Heaven - ugh! skip! skip! skip!

Mark Lanegan - "Imitations"

Covers by the silk 'n silly voice (silly := good, remember that, peoples)

• You Only Live Twice - strange, because it is so recognizable yet has lost a bit of the shazzle of typical James Bond songs (the girly voice, the strings). Interesting. In a good way, not British, sorry Ian.
• Pretty Colors - who did the original? Nice. (Oh, mr Sinatra ey...ugh! it - the original - has horrible backing vocals)
• Autumn Leaves - oh... no no no no! I love this song! Remember the Coldcut version?! Mark, oh Mark, why did you have to make it into some silly waltz??

Trentemöller - "Lost"

A very soft, low-key album. Might be good for writing...

• The Dream - smokey
• Come Undone (feat Kazu Makino) - repetitive and dreamlike 
• Constantinople - (Istanbuuuuul!) energetic 
• Haze - piano false, very film score

Star Trek - Into Darkness

Enjoyable, though plotholable and ... well, it was good for a tired Saturday night.

Mark Twain - "Baker's Bluejay Yarn"

(the bluejay)

"It looks like a hole, it's located like a hole - blamed if I don't believe it is a hole!"

Nicholas Delbanco

"... by the age of four one has experienced nearly everything one needs as a writer of fiction: love, pain, loss, boredom, rage, guilt, fear of death."

[John Gardner - "The Art of Fiction"]

Pulp Music's Tales of the Bizarre - "Surf's Up, Death Island"

Crazy surf radio play. Listen to the whole thing! What the hell...?!

[update, years later]
The "voice actor" must be Matt Berry , the crazy business man from the IT crowd.

Goldfrapp - "Tales of Us"

Much quieter than the glam-electro albums of yore, maudlin violins, soft voices...

• "Annabel" - dreamy
• "Stranger" - truly channels Ennio Morricone, as the Quietus wrote.

gnostic and hermetic texts

• The Cloud of Unknowing
• The Book of Breathings

Michel Foucault - "Death as the destruction..."

"Death as the destruction of all things no longer had meaning when life was revealed to be a fatuous sequence of empty words, the hollow jingle of a jester’s cap and bells.”

Tarantella

Found through searches of swamp blues and gothic americana.

• "Bonus Track #1" - cabaretesque
• "Elder Tree" - Ennio Morricone guitars
• "Esqueletos" - slow swinging guitars with East European accents.

Cees Nooteboom (excerpt)

De wezel in het veld die niet weet
dat hij een wezel is
maar een wezel is
tot hij geen wezel meer is.

(uit: Vuurtijd, ijstijd)

gothic americana

Based on this description of 16 horsepower, some searching ensued.

• Jay Munly (definitely more consistent in playing darker songs than many others)
• Circle Round My Bedside - cabaretesque, with long stretched violins
• Dar He Drone - chanting with swamp blues guitars
• Jim White
• A Perfect Day to Chase Tornadoes - borderline melancholic and non-interesting.
• Phillious Williams
• Oh My Old Love - dark, for sure, though borderline again, screaming
• Sweet Debris - maudlin, longing, sad

Tasseomancy - "Ulalume"

melodious near-medieval close harmony singing by twins. Canadian?

Found through Timber Timbre who produced their album

Timber Timbre - "Magic Arrow"

strange. found through 3rd season (ep 2) of Breaking Bad, so a soundtrack, nonetheless.

(I heard about them before! Craziness in a glass, what's happening here... And it's an interesting post! Tagging this as "must-look-into" (fucked up the search right then and there))

Luther Allison - "Cherry Red Wine"

Screaming melodic blues. I think the version I just heard was by Luther Allison, but it could have been Jonny Lang as well. Better check them both out.

Two Star Symphony - "Junkyard Jig" (Danse Macabre PartII: The Consummate Host"

the title says it all, maudlin mewing violins and a rhythm which forces you to dance around the campfire. On Pandora's DAAU channel.

Hurray for the Riff Raff - "Dance with Death"

(yes, Pandora, I'm BACK!)

Gypsy slow-punk waltz. Accordeon. I probably listened to this band via the very same way, but it's a cool song. Should look into them.

Kavinsky - "Nightcall"

Title song of "Drive" and it immediatly took me back to the mood of the film.

Welcome to Night Vale

The weirdness of Twin Peaks brought in a matter-of-fact newsreader voice.

It's fun, and original, but I wonder whether it'll won't get boring after a while. The items are very small, and at some point you'd like some longerlasting narratives? Perhaps I'm misinterpretating the podcast and I shouldn't listen to them in a row.

Also, perhaps my attention span is simply too long. Only at ep 2 right now, so stay tuned.