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The Beatles, Songs: Ohia, Bob Dylan, Serge Gainsbourg, Billie Holiday, Cat Power, Scout Niblett, dEUS, Zita Swoon, Timesbold, Whip, Captain Beefheart, The Smiths, The Cure, Joy Division, Depeche Mode, Arab Strap, The Doors, Kiss My Jazz, Beck, American Analog Set, Iron and Wine, Interpol, Debout Sur Le Zinc, Great Lake Swimmers, Damien Jurado, Johnny Cash, Chet Baker, The Who, The Late Great Daniel Johnston, Okkervil River, Red House Painters, Sonic Youth, Metal Molly, Neil Young, Tom Waits, etc. etc.
Anyway The Wind Blows, My Neighbor Totoro, Vertigo, Psycho, Trainspotting, Dolls, Help!, A Hard Day's Night, Yellow Submarine, Dead Poets Society, Lost in Translation, Broken Flowers, Velvet Goldmine, Shallow Grave, Metropolis, Amélie, Coffee And Cigarettes, The Dark Crystal, the Big Lebowski, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Science of Sleep and many, many more
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