march 16 - one

Pipas party leftovers.

crime & the city solution - the dolphins & the sharks

The sadly forgotten but always brilliant Crime & the City Solution. The song The Dolphins & The Sharks is from their final album Paradise Discotheque (1990). I miss this group. What happened to Simon Bonney and why is it so hard to find their albums on CD?

lost - 4:05 the constant

This was one hell of an episode. Possibly one of the greatest episodes of any TV series I've ever seen. I'm stunned. And, yes, Desmond and Sayid actually do meet Phoebe Buffay's irritating old psychiatrist boyfriend Roger (Fisher Stevens) on the boat. This is a Desmond centric episode and he has a tough time since his mind starts to drift between 1996 and 2004.

Desmond: I'm not supposed to be here! Open this door! Open this door!

George: Hey... hey... hey! It's happening to you too? Isn't it?

Fisher Stevens is pretty damn cool as George Minkowski. And the time jumps! They remind me of Donnie Darko. Desmond and Daniel are absolutely great in this episode. Especially the young Oxford Daniel. Love his hair!

Sayid: On the helicopter something happend to Desmond. He doesn't appear to recognize me or know where he is.

Jack: Side effects?

Daniel: Wait... Your friend... Desmond. Has he recently been exposed to high levels of radiation or electromagnetism? Okey, look we don't know why. But going to and coming from the island some people can get a little confused.

Juliet: So... is this amnesia?

Daniel: No. This is not amnesia.

Lab rats running through mazes, crazy scientists, true love, men in the military, time travel, hidden agendas, helicopter rides in bad weather, friendship... what more could you possibly ask for in a TV series? And Sayid is seriously kicking MacGuyvers ass. He manage to build phone out of a pile of junk on a boat in the middle of the Pacific so Desmond can call Penny in London. Impressive! If you haven't started to watch season 4 of Lost yet it's time to do so now. You won't find anything better or more intriguing.

fad gadget - ricky's hand

Frank Tovey aka Fad Gadget performs his second single Ricky's Hand on Belgian TV 1980.

the sarah connor chronicles - the demon hand

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles has found a new interesting theme to explore. Can machines have a "soul" and are they still machines if they have a "soul"? The question is raised when the terminator Cameron starts to show some new interesting skills. We finally get to meet Doctor Silberman again, the doctor responsible for Sarahs treatment during her stay at Pescadero State Hospital. That's the mental hospital we all remember from T2. He has withdrawn from society and moved to a house up in the mountains. He still has vivid memories of what happened the day Sarah Connor escaped from the hospital. That's where the "demon hand" or the "hand of god" comes into the picture. Both Sarah and the FBI agent Ellison are looking for him. Neither doctor Silberman nor agent Ellison have the best day of their lives in this episode. Cameron is sent after Dmitri and the Turk (a chess computer). To get close to him she starts to take ballet classes from Dmitris sister. It's obvious that Summer Glau actually knows how to dance. I hope the series will explore the terminator Camerons interest in ballet and Chopin and what that implies. As Sarah says: "machines cannot appreciate beauty, they cannot create art. If they ever learn these things, they won't have to destroy us. They'll BE us." Are Cameron and the terminators turning into Cylons? Maybe she not only know how to dance - maybe she's religious too?

sunday evening

gior - no 1 fiskis fashion

The rich and famous here in Fiskis always wear Gior! It's the greatest Chinese fashion on the planet. I'm looking forward to the day I'll be able to buy my first Gior product.

Fashion! turn to the left
Fashion! turn to the right
Oooh, fashion!
We are the goon squad and were coming to town
Beep-beep
Beep-beep
David Bowie 1980

the cure - other voices

Other Voices from The Cures brilliant third album Faith.

wolf's bane

Wolf's Bane, Fiskis, in late february 2008.

glass wall

fire horn

lost - 4:04 eggtown

Dharma's own brand of red wine on BIB! Now we're talking. Life on the Lost island just gets better and better. Who could possibly want to leave now? Eggtown was a good, but not fantastic, episode.

access balcony part VI

February 19 at 17.40

dusk

eisbaer

groovezone - eisbaer (1997)


nouvelle vague - eisbaer (2006)


Groovezone and Nouvelle Vague interprets Grauzones 1981 song Eisbaer - Polar bear.

access balcony part V

snowstorm

hercules & love affair - blind

A nice little dance tune from Brooklyn based Hercules & Love Affair. I especially like that little brass loop that comes and goes. It sounds kind of french. I dedicate this song to the comming weekend.

a decade of electroclash

i-f - space invaders are smoking grass (1997)


miss kittin & the hacker - 1982 (1998)


Just felt like I wanted to celebrate a decade of electroclash. I-F released what probably is the first electroclash song that was made, Space Invaders Are Smoking Grass, back in 1997. And in 1998 Miss Kittin & The Hacker released their song 1982. Since I was 17 1982 I really enjoy this music. It sounds a whole lot like the 80's ought to have sounded like. More bass, beats, party and fun.

the others