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Sundial – Apollo
label: Munster
year: 1995
side a: Apollo
side b: Poster Paint

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www.sundial.org.uk | www.myspace.com/sundial001

Space rock rules. 35007, Monster Magnet, Hawkwind, Spacemen 3, Acid Mothers Temple, Sundial/Sun Dial and all you space rock bands, I salute you.

Here’s a not official video made by a fan (or actually it’s a video made by someone and someone else has mashed it up with Sun Dial’s “Lorne Blues”). It works.

The Sundays – Here’s Where the Story Ends
label: Rough Trade
year: 1990
side a: Here’s Where the Story Ends

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Awww, such a sweet, sweet, sweet song. Cue images from my days at the Amsterdam FM radio station when I fell in love with just about every Harriet Wheeler who would show up at the station. Well, and the non-Harriet Wheelers. But especially the Harriet Wheelers.

This 7″ is a single-sided promo which is worth shitloads of money these days.
No it isn’t. But it should be.

“Here’s Where the Story Ends” video.

Donna Summer – Mac Arthur Park
label: Philips
year: 1978
side a: Mac Arthur Park
side b: Once Upon A Time

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www.donnasummer.com

I love this song. For a long time I thought the lyrics were meant as a joke because of the bit that goes
“Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don’t think that I can take it
’cause it took so long to bake it
And I’ll never find the recipe again”
which I found (and still find) hilarious. The song would have been even more genius if it had been a joke – imagine a brilliantly orchestrated seven-minute track about the baking of a cake gone horribly wrong. That would definitelybe among my favourite five songs of all times.

But it’s a love song. Penned by the fantastic Jimmy Webb, writer of other such beautiful songs as “Galveston”, “By The Time I Ge To Phoenix” and “Wichita Lineman” (check Fraser’s great piece on that song), it was first recorded by Richard Harris who became a one-hit wonder with it. After the world had recovered from the shock, a string of other artists gave it a go, and while initially nobody even wanted to go near the song, now it is widely considered a work of genius. Producers Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte did a great job on the Donna Summer version and this single doesn’t really do it right for it’s only four minutes long, whereas the full version clocks at almost nine.

Which is nice.

Look at my fellow countrymen go wild at Donna Summer’s gig in Rotterdam a couple years ago.

About going to bed

1. As a general life rule and taking care of our health, make it a habit to go to bed early.
2. Out of love, respect and good manners, say goodnight to you family before going to bed.
3. Pray devotedly giving thanks to God for all the good things received during the day.
4. When getting undressed we should do so honourably, even though nobody sees us. For health and morality reasons we should always wear clothes in bed.
5. Snoring and sometimes nightmares are caused by a bad position of the body. It is advisable to sleep leaning slightly to the right.
6. We must try to not disturb other people’s sleep, neither at our own home nor at someone else’s.

Sultans of Ping F.C. – U Talk 2 Much
label: Rhythm King
year: 1992
side a: U Talk 2 Much
side b: Japanese Girls (For Shonen Knife)

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www.sultansofping.com | www.myspace.com/thesultansofping

I bought this single because I thought the band name was funny and they dedicated the B-side to Shonen Knife, a band I liked. Turned out the music wasn’t half bad, either.

They’re still around, albeit after a split in 1996.

Here they appear in a documentary on the RTÉ documentary Reverb.

Sugarhill Gang – Rapper’s Delight
label: Sugar Hill/Vogue
year: 1979
side a: Rapper’s Delight (Short Version)
side b: Rapper’s Delight (Long Version)

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This was supposed to be the first single I ever bought, but when the big day came (I was going to go to the local record farmer with my class mate Marco O.) I was broke. Ten years old and it had already started. Years later I got the 12″, and years after that I stumbled upon this 7″ which I bought just to spite the ghost of the past. Bastard.

Even though it sounds like the track is sampled entirely from Chic’s “Good Times”, it’s actually Positive Force playing it, the Sugar Hill houseband which featured Doug Wimbish (who went on to be part of Mark Stewart And The Maffia, Tackhead, Little Axe and Living Colour, among others), Keith LeBlanc (Little Axe, Tackhead), Skip McDonald a.k.a. Little Axe and Chip Shearin.

“Rapper’s Delight” video.

How to behave at home

1. It’s necessary to have all our personal effects in perfect order, not only to be able to get to them when we need them, but also to make a good impression on our friends and family.
2. We have to take care of other people’s things like they are our own. When we return them, nobody should have to condemn us, quite the opposite they should praise our care and diligence.
3. It is a sign of good education and courtesy to go where we are invited at the time set. Unpunctuality is very unbecoming of us.
4. We have to be prepared to pay what we owe on the set date. This habit will spare us from any bad feelings, talk behind our backs and we will gain credit, esteem and respect.
5. We should have the good habit of keeping our accounts in order, to avoid critical and desperate situations.
6. At home, we should not neglect ourselves as far as clothing is concerned. It is embarassing to have someone walk into us while clothed ridiculously.

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playlist:
hora 1
Gang Starr – Who’s Gonna Take the Weight (1990, Step In The Arena, Chrysalis)
Aloe Blacc – I Need a Dollar (2010, Good Things, Stones Throw)
Charlotte Gainsbourg – IRM (2009, IRM, Because Music)
Greenwood Rhythm Coalition – Tabaco y Ron (Grc Vs Luz Mob) (2007, Guajira ‘78, Names You Can Trust)
The Latin Brothers – Las Calenas Son Como Los Flores (1979, Colombia!, Discos Fuentes)
Josh Rouse – Beinvenido (2010, El Turista, Bedroom Classics)
The Uniques – My Woman’s Love (1969, History of Trojan Records 1968-1971, Volume 1, Crab/Trojan)
The Jackson 5 – Hum Along and Dance (1973, Get It Together, CBS)
Soul Vigilantes feat. Xan Blacq – Under Water (2008, Background Noise, Lovemonk)
The Phenomenal Handclap Band – Baby (Architeq Dub) (2010, Baby, Friendly Fires)
HE3 Project – Funk Punk (2010, Chapter One, Family Groove)
Los Johnny Jets – Apretado (Tighten Up) (1968, La Minifalda de Reynalda, Harmony)
Grant Green – Let The Music Take Your Mind (Muro Remix) (2008, Funky Instrumentals (Volume Four), Mukatsuku)
Paul Simon – Diamonds (Todd Terje Re Edit) (2009, Disco Re-Adventures, Disco Sucks Records)

hora 2
Chris Rea – Josephine (Groove Armada Re Edit) (2009, Disco Re-Adventures, Disco Sucks Records)
Gorillaz – Stylo (feat. Mos Def & Bobby Womack) (2010, Stylo (feat. Mos Def & Bobby Womack), Parlophone/Virgin)
Stump – Buffalo (1988, Buffalo, Ensign)
Martín Buscaglia – Extraña Calabaza de Amor (2010, Temporada de Conejos, Lovemonk)
Gotcha! – Dance With Me (1991, Words and Music from da Lowlands, Ariola)
Groove Armada – Shameless feat. Bryan Ferry (2010, Black Light, Cooking Vinyl)
Yacht – Ring The Bell (2009, See Mystery Lights, DFA Recordings)
Garotas Suecas – Codinome Dinamite (2010, Codinome Dinamite 7″, American Dust)
Los Kenya – Esa Mujer (1969, Volumen II, Discomoda)
The Temptations – Psychedelic Shack (1970, Psychedelic Shack, Tamla Motown)
Erik Rug feat Dynamax – Tribute To My People (2006, Tribute To My People, Les Disques du Telegraphe)
Billy Foster – I Need Your Love (1983) (1983, I Need Your Love, Equistar)
Norma Jean Bell – I’m The Baddest Bitch (In The Room) – Moodymann Mix (1996, I’m The Baddest Bitch, Pandamonium)
Débruit – Battement (2010, Beats 4 Haiti, Civil Music)

About how to behave with others

Every person, no matter what his social status is, deserves respect.

1. A bad habit and terribly ill-mannered is to stand too close to the person we are speaking to. We have to keep in mind saliva and bad breath.
2. When we are in some kind of gathering we must avoid cleaning our noses.
3. Likewise, if we cannot avoid coughing or sneezing, we have to turn away.
4. If we happen to have dirty hands and we need to greet someone, we must avoid shaking hands, albeit giving the reason.
5. It is a bad habit to offer food or drink to someone if it has touched our lips, even when they are close.
6. We must never even think of spitting on the floor in front of others and later stand on it. It shows terrible education.

About the use of the bathroom in general

1. The bathroom is where you show, first and foremost, which level of education you have. Before using it, make sure there is nobody in there. Don’t be impatient.
2. The necessities of the body are natural and necessary and to execute them require a great deal of trouble. To do it in public is typical of animals.
3. Never climb on top of the bowl, it is meant to be sat on, not to stand on.
4. Throw the used paper in the bin or the place designed to do so, never outside of it. Pour the water in the bowl by pulling the chain or similar mechanism.
5. Writing on and scratching the walls is a sign of the lowest culture and morality. To whistle and to sing when in it show little respect for others.
6. Don’t make the bathroom into a place of recreation or reading, because it is not for your exclusive personal use. Spend only the time needed in it.