Author Archives: jb

>Don’t ask me (about Eläkeläiset) – #1

Posted on 26 March, 2007 by jb

>This is what you get from indiscriminately listening to music all day long. I wouldn’t have it any other way…. The band is Eläkeläiset. They’re Finnish. They play Humppa – somewhere between jazz and a very fast foxtrot, 2 beats … Continue reading →

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>Do you sprechen Denglish… ?

Posted on 23 March, 2007 by jb

>The parliamentary caucus of Germany’s Conservative Party met in Berlin this week to kick off an initiative to highlight the encroachment of Anglicisms into German everyday life. Superwash, for example. It was held in the Presselounge and it was announced … Continue reading →

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>Bob, meet Walther. Walther, meet Bob…

Posted on 22 March, 2007 by jb

>This was one of 2006’s more unusual – and better – musical events. Heike Makatsch, reformed Viva (local MTV competitor) VJ, sometime companion of Daniel Craig and actress of mild renown (“Love, actually”) reads Bob Dylan and Walther von der … Continue reading →

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>Payback time

Posted on 21 March, 2007 by jb

>Croz over at Patrick Crosley.com is a constant source of enjoyment. Not only do he provide a constant stream of TTRH, you’ll also find wondrous mix of classical music, links to the New Yorker, gardening videos and sources for blank … Continue reading →

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>The Midweek Mixtape – 21 March 2007

Posted on 21 March, 2007 by jb

>Blame Croz for this one. Jefito too, for that matter. These truly are mix tapes: facsimiles of the C90s I’ve still got in the loft, digitized from the original and cleaned up a bit. (And occasionally a clean version substituted) … Continue reading →

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>Snail Mail

Posted on 20 March, 2007 by jb

>This arrived today. Only took 2 months. And they’re sorry if there was a delay. I’ve been wondering about the “alternative service”, though. 9 miles a day? They didn’t send someone off on foot, did they…?

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>A pretty good haul

Posted on 19 March, 2007 by jb

>Zweitausendeins (Two thousand and one) is a cool outfit.They’re CD, book and DVD mail order with a few brick and mortar locations around the place.Mine is in Frankfurt, just up the road from a good Japanese supermarket and stand-up sushi … Continue reading →

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>One good turn….

Posted on 17 March, 2007 by jb

>Jefito”s currently and unfairly hostless for the time being I’ve uploaded his second-but-last post content for anyone who’d care to avail themselves. Blue Moon” (download) (featuring vocals from Tanita Tikaram), “Honeymoon Nights” (download), “Marionette” (download), “Toward the Infinite White” (download), … Continue reading →

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>She’ll be right, Jacques….

Posted on 16 March, 2007 by jb

>There’s an outfit here in Germany called Jacques Weindepot. They’ve got a great concept – a limited range of good, reasonably priced wines from small producers, you can taste everything, they have sensible opening hours and pleasant and knowledgeable people. … Continue reading →

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>The same old greasy number

Posted on 12 March, 2007 by jb

>They called back. They didn’t really want to answer any questions, but I heard all sorts of fuzzy-feel-good crap about how BAT wants to promote coexistence between smokers and non-smokers and how they’re going to exchange the air in pubs … Continue reading →

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