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Sunday, May 24, 2020

Covid19 Lockdown Music



These past couple months have been trying to most of us. Even as an introvert, there have been times that I struggled with the imposed changes in routines and other impacts on daily life. 
One of my coping tools this entire period, like mentioned in my mental health blog entry 427, has been listening to music. 

Thursday, May 14, 2020

Immaterial VS Disc



Modern trends have been shifting from physical to immaterial formats, for all cultural products, not just music. Thus, you can nowadays find files for books, movies, tv-shows, and, for the main purpose of this blog, music, for just about any genre each. 


Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Wolfsheim (7) - Casting Shadows



Back in 2003, I stumbled on a song that I loved instantly, though I didn't understand a word of its all-German lyrics: kein zurück. Peter Heppner's vocals, mixed with the haunting and mellow synthpop melodies just captivated me. The videoclip didn't really help understanding the story, as it shows a young woman in a laundry service room, throwing laundry in anger, and escorted out by security - making eye contact with Wolfsheim members within and without, before knocking someone off a bike...