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My definition of a good band:
A serious band project has to be credible in word, deed and appearance in media and
towards the audience. So does for example Neil Young who is just the way he is,
with all abilities and errors. Bands that take too much money for concerts and
merchandising products, or change their style of music several times for hipness,
or abuse media for their own (financial) benefit, or have wrong values, or are not
able to handle their instruments, or sell themselves, or ..., or a mixture of all these
points are - to my opinion - not credible. Everyone has to judge the importance of these points and
come up with his very own attitude towards a band. Not every cool band has to fulfill all
these aspects.
There are fun bands that fulfill none of these points, but are nevertheless ultra-cool,
such as Shonen Knife.
My favourites:
incomplete list of my all-time faves (site-internal links):
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Johnny Cash, Nick Cave, Cosmic Psychos, Dead Moon, Bob Dylan, Hard-Ons, Bob Marley, Motörhead, Nico, Nirvana, Ramones, Shonen Knife, The Sisters of Mercy, Sonic Youth, Tocotronic, Wipers, Neil Young
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my current tips:
- Bum Khun Cha Youth - Turn mich an, es geht alles (2nd 7-incher of the Münster-area band; one track reminds me of Dead Moon)
- Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man comes aroundAnother Masterpiece
- The Ceasars - 39 Minutes of BlissPop from the iPod shuffle spot
- Wipers - Is this real? (Their first release, damn is this one good, rough and melodic, close to ideal)
my favourite Top 10 songs of all times (updated 7/5/2005)
| | # | Songtitle | Artist |
| 1 | Window Shop for Love | Wipers |
| 2 | Banlieu | Karim Kacel |
| 3 | Lady Bird | Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood |
| 4 | Threatening Skies | Obituary |
| 5 | (I'm) Stranded | The Saints |
| 6 | Der letzte Cowboy | Thommie Bayer Band |
| 7 | Hunting for Witches | Bloc Party |
| 8 | Aloha Heja He | Achim Reichel |
| 9 | Delivery | Babyshambles |
| 10 | Der Traum vom Fliegen | Alexandra |
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radio tip:
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If you want to listne to good music on the radio, you should try Deutschlandfunk (on ASTRA satellite, audio subcarrier of 3sat) on Friday evening from 1:00 to 3:00 CET in the night. They have a motto for the show and often the music they play is very good.
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the everlasting tip:
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Get high and fly with the music of Flashback by Mr. Blowfish every Sunday from 19:00 to 21:00 CET on mdr Sputnik. Every week a different type of music, but mostly this garage-oldie-unknown-beat-surf-trash-pop-punk-kinda thing. Sadly, this best radio show ever was canceled with the beginning of the year 2000. But if you ever read or hear of Mr. Blowfish again, go to his parties, listen to his shows and praise the music he plays.
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Here it comes:
The most famous guitar riff of the last decade
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