By marbles | Published:
June 30, 2010
One could argue my iPod just needs a larger collection of songs, but when this morning it shuffled Maia Hirasawa‘s “Say Goodbye” twice in a row while I was cycling alongside the Amstel river, I just figured it used its supernatural powers to rebuke me for not letting you know about this song / this [...]
By marbles | Published:
May 28, 2009
While cycling from work to home, it took about 12 seconds for my brain to go from: “ok, let’s go home, change, run, eat and shop” to “scratch that, let’s first eat, shop and then go for a run” to “fuck sports, let’s just eat and shop“. 12 seconds. Then I went into the city [...]
By marbles | Published:
April 15, 2009
After reading a few mediocre reviews online, I was in no hurry to listen to The View‘s Which Bitch that was released in February of this year. Only this month the album made its way to my iTunes and my iPod. As I was crossing the Oberkasseler Brücke accross the Rhine this morning, the intro [...]
By marbles | Published:
March 30, 2009
In Düsseldorf it’s best to end a day that consists of meetings for eight hours straight (or any day for that matter) while sitting at the Rhine, watching the sunset and the fast moving water with a beer in your hand. I did just that with my colleague Rens tonight, good times. What almost tops [...]
By marbles | Published:
March 19, 2009
After rewatching “But I’m A Cheerleader” almost two weeks ago, I couldn’t resist digging up some old and almost forgotten tunes from a retired hard disk. Dressy Bessy‘s “If You Should Try To Kiss Her” is so sweet it’ll give you instant cavities. I listened to it repeatedly all week and think you should too, [...]
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