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Cliff Edwards – When You Wish Upon A Star

Hello. Someone talked me into doing this again. So here it goes: Woody Allen’s dreamy Midnight In Paris inspired me to look up vintage radio stations to start my work week. I am well aware that roaming the streets of Paris and hanging out with Getrude Stein beats a monday morning in an Amsterdam office [...]

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Teresa Brewer – Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now

I’ve said before that iTunes’ shuffle algorythm is not to be trusted, but by now I’m truly convinced that iTunes has secret super powers that allow it to always find the right song for the right occasion. Like a Philips Mood Light Of The Future™, perfectly able to determine your mood and serve you with [...]

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Peggy Peters – Aus

After planning a mini reunion with two of my favorite Düsseldorfers in August, I properly celebrated by playing German Graffiti Vol. 1, and then halfway remembered I’ve been meaning to post about one of the songs on there for a long time, but never got around to it. “Aus” by Peggy Peters (aka Tina Rainford, [...]

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of Montreal – An Eluardian Instance

There’s no excuse for waiting to blog about this song for as long as I did, considering I’ve lurrrved it since the moment I first heard it. In 2008, of Montreal released their ninth studio album “Skeletal Lamping”. The fifth track, “An Eluardian Instance”, would easily make it in my top 10 if I were [...]

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Trini Lopez – If I Had a Hammer

Repeat after me: If I had a hammer I’d hammer in the morning I’d hammer in the evening All over this land I’d hammer out danger I’d hammer out a warning I’d hammer out this song that’s been stuck in my head for days now All over this land Oohooh oohooh, Oohooh oohooh You’re very [...]

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