My world is ordered and structured according to (the laws of) music. I think in songs, associate on the basis of music, sometimes talk in song titles. I honestly cannot believe other human beings don’t experience life in the form of soundscapes, don’t think of a piece of music for every single situation and have…
All is quiet on New Year’s Day
All is not so quiet, it’s also not New Year’s Day anymore, Blue Monday is behind us so for many of us most new year’s resolutions are dead and buried, waiting to be resuscitated next year. Still, I have a couple of my own, not the most obvious ones I hope, but important enough to…
No.4 in F Minor
From where she was standing, at that particular angle in front of her bathroom mirror, she could just oversee her full living room. Her apartment was so small the bathroom door was practically an insult to all those tiny house owners using every square millimeter to maximum efficiency. Still, it provided at least a much…
A character analysis in mix tapes
A mix tape, even in its modern playlist equivalent, is a multidimensional carrier of information. It contains information about its creator, the person it is created for, and at least the relationship between those two. Safe to assume that most mix tapes are created by men, to further a romantic cause and on surface level…
The quantum mechanics of a playlist
Only stubbornness can break creative impasse. I know, but the last couple of days, as I tried to create a playlist around the most universal theme of all, love, I realised that abundance doesn’t help and that creating something for a big, anonymous audience is far more difficult than for someone you know. First problem…
Mixtape – The world’s a mess
It is a mess. End of times, apocalyptic mess. An old generation that refuses to go, a new generation ready to take over but still too young. Politicians who are so scared for the masses they fail to do anything that comes close to addressing real issues (climate…anyone?). And we…we just enjoy the fact that…
Funeral songs
It could be my last act of musical education, the one no one really wants to be confronted with. It would definitely address my annoyance with the way most funerals are being run. I don’t expect happiness and joy, but a bit more tasteful and unusual music would be nice, if nice can ever be…
Unknown pleasures – never thought that song was so great
Did you know that almost all music players and online streaming services don’t really offer a randomiser? Do you also know why? It is because people can’t deal with randomisation and start sending complaints when the randomiser ‘decides’ to play the same artist twice in a short period of time. I love my randomiser, even…
Mixtape – Faust
I was just driving. It was dark and warm outside, one of the first hot nights of spring. Suddenly my sound system decided to play a song I never heard before. It sounded cool, a bit weird and nerdy, just the way I like it. Turned out to be ‘Krautrock’ by Faust, the song that…
Mixtape – Around the world in 20 songs
A bit of fun. Playlist based on the notion of travelling around the world, using only songs with the name of a city as title. Nothing more than just that.
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