Ágætis byrjun Hawks and doves AC goes to hell

Happiest of (belated) birthdays, my AW friend. Here’s to another incredible year ahead. Thanks for the playlist. I’ll be 60 on monday (also Ringo’s bday).

I’m Slovenian, so English is a foreign language for me. Favourite words: folderol and shenanigans.

Eno and Byrne’s My life in the bush of ghosts is full of various voices from all over the world (radio, prayers, field recordings and whatnot) but this instrumental is my favourite:

Rest in peace, Val Kilmer. What a fine actor. Soundtrack to a movie Top Secret is released on RSD in ten days. First half Val Kilmer singing, second half composer Maurice Jarre.

I trade you Top Gun for Top Secret.

I was just listening to Maria Teriaeva on Youtube. She plays Buchla modular synthesizer and other instruments. Just ordered her self-released new album from Bandcamp.

Exactly the same goes for me, Sal. Happy New Year to you and Robot.

Here’s my list. Wishing a great festive december to us all. 1. Chuck Prophet with ¿Qiensave? – Wake the dead 2. Mabe Fratti – Sentir que no sabes 3. Johnny blue skies – Passage du desir 4. Will Gregory […]

In no order: Odetta Hartman – Swansongs Third from New Yorker, as she describes it, “Cowboy Soul Future Folk” Red Hot & Ra – The Magic City Sun Ra tribute curated by Meshell Ndegeocello Rural tapes – […]

Actually, there was a very good joke about Taylor Swift releasing her version of Workingman’s Dead album. This would be awesome, truth be told.

Thank you for your list, Duco. Always a pleasure and an education.

My top 20, it has been a good year, indeed. 1. Titanic – Vidrio 2. Øxn – Cyrm 3. Gotts Street Park – On the Inside 4. Damon Locks & Rob Mazurek – New Future City Radio 5. Christian Madden & The […]

From Bruce Thomas’ (Elvis Costello and the Attractions, bass) Facebook wall: Now here’s a thing… sometime in the mid-Nineties, Peter Thomas and I were doing a recording session at Abbey Road — (not with EC […]

CVB were great, how can we forget?

Many nice words written here, many true words. I don’t really have much to add. Been here since the beginning (old blog) and can confirm it’s been a great and lively little community since forever. A nice home, if […]

I was always very fond of that “hurr haaah” (or whatever) at 2:57. It comes from heart, you can tell.

Folderol.

From my 2022 list:

It was 8°Celsius at 14:30 today here in Laško, Slovenia, when I went for my usual almost daily 14 kilometer walk, it is 5°C now at 20: 00 (19:00 UK time). It is a bit too warm for this time overall, but I’m not co […]