"The present reeks of mediocrity and the atom bomb."
- Rene Magritte
I'm currently VERY interested in the theories of Friedrich Nietzsche.
people with venereal diseases. people with drinking problems. people who like beards. people who have no shame.
we can be a long-lost family band.
BONNIE FUCKING TYLER. (and her bright eyes)
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ALL things 60s (and most 50's), ROCK 'N' ROLL, MOD, psychedelia, rockabilly, GIRLGROUPS (and girls that do garage), freakbeat, garage punk rock, shoegaze, punk and POST-PUNK, new wave, no wave, jazz, blues, swing, surf rock, NORTHERN SOUL, funk, reggae, ska, motown, french ye-ye pop, doo-wop.. those hard-to-find records by one hit wonders.
Some examples:ORANGE JUICE
the troggs
ernie k doe
SCARS
curtis Mayfield
JOE MEEK.
THE SLITS.
lizzy mercier descloux.
SHANGRI-LAS
CHIFFONS.
THE SONICS.
DAVID BOWIE.
faust.
the hollywood flames.
TEDDY AND HIS PATCHES.
THE SMITHS.
siouxsie & the banshees
fe-fi four plus two.
francoise hardy.
the remaining few.
THE KEGGS.
twinkle.
julie london.
the bobbettes.
the birthday party.
the rolling stones.
THE MONKS.
TOOTS & THE MAYTALS.
THE UPSETTERS.
the heartbreakers.
MARTHA REEVES & THE VANDELLAS.
COUNT FIVE.
the fall.
candy and the kisses.
link wray.
the shirelles.
the strollers.
marlene dietrich.
SCREAMING LORD SUTCH.
13th floor elevators.
jackie wilson.
SYLVIE VARTAN.
the specials.
irma thomas.
the music machine.
dusty springfield.
PHIL SPECTOR.
GANG OF FOUR.
betty everett.
the dixiebelles.
the cupcakes.
THE RAINDROPS.
the whyte boots.
cabaret voltaire.
the castaways.
the knickerbockers.
the ramones.
the jesus and mary chain.
FIRE ENGINES.
ELLIE GREENWICH.
the yardbirds.
THE ANGELS.
early floyd.
JOSEF K.
THE CRAMPS.
the jelly beans.
little eva.
the toys.
carl perkins.
THE MUMMIES.
the blue magoos.
THE SEEDS.
AU PAIRS.
THE MISFITS.
we the people.
the pop group.
delta 5.
claudine clark.
noreen corcoran.
clinger sisters.
the creation.
swamp rats.
MAGAZINE.
james white & the blacks.
gene vincent.
the cookies.
the tornados.
arienne poster.
VELVET UNDERGROUND.
the animals.
the clash.
X-RAY SPEX.
joy divison.
RICHARD HELL & THE VOIDOIDS.
THE KINKS.
ELLA FITZGERALD.
leonard cohen.
france gall.
bessie smith.
pleasure seekers.
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART.
nancy sinatra.
etta james.
diane renay.
THE CRYSTALS.
aztec camera.
REPARATA & THE DELRONS.
ann sexton.
shocking blue.
television.
love and arthur lee.
edith piaf.
PiL.
scott walker.
james chance and the contortions.
the zombies.
the ronettes.
blondie.
chuck berry.
the beatles.
can.
the cure.
billie holiday.
glen miller.
the pretty things.
the coasters.
b-52s.
bauhaus.
swell maps.
bernadette castro.
desperate bicycles.
And some modern stuff I'm liking at the moment:
yeah yeah yeahs.
the horrors.
hatcham social.
bright eyes.
test icicles.
belle & sebastian.
laura marling.
ipso facto.
effi briest.
the kills.
amy winehouse.
the long blondes.
mgmt.
white rose movement.
lightspeed champion.
CSS.
arcade fire.
cat power.
the ravonettes.
neil's children.
xx teens.
these new puritans.
electricity in our homes.
franz ferdinand.
the strokes.
80's matchbox.
patrick wolf.
be your own PET.
klaxons.
mystery jets.
soKo.
the five aces.
foals.
the cribs.
florence and the machine.
vampire weekend.
black lips.
black wire.
those dancing days.
vile imbeciles.
the sticks.
a place to bury strangers.
white lies.
Amelie
Battle Royale
Natural Born Killers
Pulp Fiction
High Fidelity
Un Chien Andalou
A Clockwork Orange
Donnie Darko
Memento
Cabaret
Ciao! Manhattan
Enduring Love
Some Like It Hot
Stand By Me
Pan's Labyrinth
Breakfast On Pluto
Reservoir Dogs
L'Age D'Or
Institute Benjamenta
Trainspotting
Lost In Translation
Girl, Interupted
The 'Carry On' series..
is quite tedious.
The Mighty Boosh.
Family Guy.
American Dad.
Peep Show.
That 70's Show
I'm Alan Partridge.
Scrubs.
Any good documentaries.
The Shining, Carrie, The Picture Of Dorian Grey, 1984, Kathy's Story, Brave New World, Catch 22, Kids In The Riot, Bound Together, Lord Of The Flies, Civilization and it's Discontents, The Metamorphosis, C'est La Vie, Post Secret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives, The Drought, Taschen's Art Books.