Blog: Benn loxo du taccu

Pause

Sep 26, 2009, 10:54am Benn loxo du taccu
Yes, there haven't been many posts lately. Let's just say that Benn loxo du taccu is on pause until further notice. It'll likely be back in some form, at some stage, but for now we rest. Thanks for following me this far: five years and nearly 500 posts. Cheers, Matt
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alt.congo

Jul 19, 2009, 7:00am Benn loxo du taccu
What's most interesting to me about Crammed's Congotronics bands, Konomo No. 1 and the Kasai All-Stars, plus their compatriots Staff Benda Bilili, is that they're for real. When you read an intro like "a group of Congolese street musicians fronted by four eldery, disabled men in wheelchairs and backed by formerly abandoned street kids" or "an [...]
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Artist:Konono No. 1
Title:Mama Liza
Link Text:Konono No.1 - Mama Liza (live at Couleur Café 2007)
File Name:Konono_No1-Mama_Liza.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Konono No. 1
Title:Mungua-Mungua
Link Text:Konono - Mungua (1978)
File Name:Konono-Mungua.mp3
Bitrate:96 kbps
Artist:Staff Benda Bilili
Title:Tonkara
Link Text:Staff Benda Bilili - Tonkara
File Name:Staff_Benda_Bilili-Tonkara.mp3
Bitrate:281 kbps
Year:2009

The n’goni travels well

Jul 8, 2009, 4:15am Benn loxo du taccu
Last week the good people at Rock Paper Scissors introduced me to Chieck Hamala Diabate's upcoming release, Ake Doni Ani. I always approach new-world/old-world West African albums with care, but on this one things come together nicely. The opening track that we'll hear today, Den Woulou Lalou, features Corey Harris' slide guitar blending well with [...]
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Artist:Cheick Hamala Diabate
Title:Den Woulou Lalou
Link Text:Cheick Hamala Diabate - Den Woulou Lalou
File Name:Cheick_Hamala_Diabate-Den_Woul ou_Lalou.mp3
Bitrate:261 kbps
Year:2009

La plage

Jul 3, 2009, 7:11am Benn loxo du taccu
Last night I drank too much beer and danced on a beach to live Canadian-German rock and yéyé 45s at the Glaz'art Plage. What a great place. It was said that it didn't feel or look like Paris, what with these youth in interesting outfits - Parisians generally don't do costumes - cheering on a [...]
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Artist:King Khan (and the Shrines)
Title:(How Can I Keep You) Outta Har
Link Text:King Khan and The Shrines - How Can I Keep You Outta Har
File Name:King_Khan_and_The_Shrines-How_ Can_I_Keep_You_Outta_Har.mp3
Bitrate:227 kbps
Year:2009

Couleur Café 2009

Jul 1, 2009, 3:41am Benn loxo du taccu
I was in Brussels last weekend for the 3-day Couleur Café music festival. It was my third Couleur Café - it's becoming a bit of a tradition. If you've never been you should definitely check it out next year. I think the venue is changing in a couple years, so next year will be your [...]
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Couleur Café 2009

Jul 1, 2009, 3:40am Benn loxo du taccu
I was in Brussels last weekend for the 3-day Couleur Café music festival. It was my third Couleur Café - it's becoming a bit of a tradition. If you've never been you should definitely check it out next year. I think the venue is changing in a couple years, so next year will be [...]
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Link Text:Cesaria Evora - Petit Pays (20syl remix)
File Name:Cesaria_Evora-Petit_Pays-20syl _remix.mp3
Bitrate:118 kbps
Link Text:Kasai Allstars - Quick As White
File Name:Kasai_Allstars-Quick_As_White. mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Link Text:Khaled - Raba Raba
File Name:Khaled-Raba_Raba.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:alpha blondy
Title:bigadier sabary (version origi
Link Text:Alpha Blondy - Brigadier Sabary
File Name:Alpha_Blondy-Brigadier_Sabary. mp3
Bitrate:278 kbps
Year:2006
Artist:Asian Dub Foundation
Title:Flyover
Link Text:Asian Dub Foundation - Flyover
File Name:Asian_Dub_Foundation-Flyover.m p3
Bitrate:261 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:Bibi Tanga
Title:It's The Earth That Moves
Link Text:Bibi Tanga - Its The Earth That Moves
File Name:Bibi_Tanga-Its_The_Earth_That_ Moves.mp3
Bitrate:232 kbps
Year:2007
Artist:Patrice
Title:Fear Rules
Link Text:Patrice - Fear Rules.mp3
File Name:Patrice-Fear_Rules.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2000

Hats & The Angolan Panamanian Pizza

Jun 26, 2009, 5:21am Benn loxo du taccu
Now I've never been to Panama but my friend, Rob, has. "There is a lady called Elena Montilla in a little town in the middle of Panama called Ocù. She’s one of the last panama hat makers since they are almost all made in Ecuador these days. But though Ocù’s hat industry may be [...]
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Artist:Alfredo Y Su Salsa Montanera
Title:La Escoba - Alfredo Y Su Salsa
Link Text:Alfredo Y Su Salsa Montanera - La Escoba
File Name:Alfredo_Y_Su_Salsa_Montanera-L a_Escoba.mp3
Bitrate:217 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Bush Y Sus Magnificos
Title:Nana Nina - Bush Y Sus Magnifi
Link Text:Bush Y Sus Magnificos - Nana Nina
File Name:Bush_Y_Sus_Magnificos-Nana_Nin a.mp3
Bitrate:142 kbps
Year:2006

“So London”

Jun 23, 2009, 9:29am Benn loxo du taccu
Despite what some people think, Parisians are fascinated by the Anglophone world. English-speakers are often surprised to learn that it's the dream of many French youth to leave France for the UK or N. America so that they can escape the constraints of their relatively conservative society. Those without the gift of language [...]
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Artist:Lokkhi Terra
Title:Gottogotodhaka
Link Text:Lokkhi Terra - Gottogotodhaka
File Name:Lokkhi_Terra-Gottogotodhaka.mp 3
Bitrate:245 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:Lokkhi Terra
Title:Nodir Kul (BAS remix)
Link Text:Lokkhi Terra - Nodir Kul (BAS remix)
File Name:Lokkhi_Terra-Nodir_Kul-BAS_rem ix.mp3
Bitrate:194 kbps
Year:2008

HK Wow Factor

Jun 6, 2009, 6:37am Benn loxo du taccu
I spent a week in Hong Kong on the same trip that took me to Seoul. I'm rarely wowed by a city these days but Hong Kong really blew me away. What an amazing place. True, I was set-up in a great hotel on the island with a view of the harbour [...]
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Artist:My Little Airport
Link Text:My Little Airport - 悲伤的采购
File Name:My_Little_Airport-悲伤的采 购.mp3
Bitrate:182 kbps
Year:2007
Artist:my little airport
Link Text:My Little Airport - 悲傷的採購 (digilick remix)
File Name:My_Little_Airport-悲傷的採 購_digilick_remix.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2007
Artist:My Little Airport
Title:Edward,Had You Ever Thought Th
Link Text:My Little Airport - Edward, Had You Ever Thought That The End of The World Would Come On 20.9.91
File Name:My_Little_Airport-Edward_Had_Y ou_Ever_Thought_That_The_End_o f_The_World_Would_Come_On_20.9 .91.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2004
Artist:My Little Airport and Chet Lam
Title:Romantic kow loon tong
Link Text:My Little Airport - Romantic Kowloon Tong
File Name:My_Little_Airport_and_Chet_Lam -Romantic_Kowloon_Tong.mp3
Bitrate:172 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:Pixel Toy
Link Text:PixelToy - Good Morning
File Name:PixelToy-Good_Morning.mp3
Bitrate:224 kbps
Artist:PixelToy
Title:09. Love Will Tear Us Apart
Link Text:PixelToy - Love Will Tear Us Apart
File Name:PixelToy-Love_Will_Tear_Us_Apa rt.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2007
Artist:Pixeltoy
Title:Beautiful
Link Text:PixelToy - Beautiful
File Name:PixelToy-Beautiful.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2004

Oh, Charlotte, I knew it would last

May 31, 2009, 7:10pm Benn loxo du taccu
Who knew that the day would finally come when Charlotte Dada was revealed: http://combandrazor.blogspot.c om/2009/05/charlotte-dada-reve aled.html You know it's the only track that I never remove from this blog? Many thanks to With Comb & Razor for this precious late night Sunday moment. I feel like we should throw a party. Wait, we will! I don't [...]
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Artist:Maitre Gazonga
Title:01 - Les Jaloux Saboteurs .mp3
Link Text:Maitre Gazonga - Les Jaloux Saboteurs
File Name:Maitre_Gazonga-Les_Jaloux_Sabo teurs.mp3
Bitrate:217 kbps

The G.I. Effect

May 31, 2009, 7:20am Benn loxo du taccu
I had the good fortune to spend a week in Seoul, South Korea, this past February. The weather was hazy and cold almost every day and the pollution hung in the air like a bad Beijing day, but I still thought the city was pretty cool. It was much bigger than I imagined [...]
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Link Text:Add4 - Unknown
File Name:Add4-Track4.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Link Text:He5 - Lonely Sun
File Name:He5-Lonely_Sun.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Link Text:Kim Jung-Mi - Toward The Sunlight
File Name:Kim_Jung_Mi-Toward_The_Sunligh t.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Link Text:Shin Jung Hyun  The Donkeys feat. Lee Jung Hwa - Mah-Eum
File Name:Shin_Joong_Hyun_and_The_Donkey s_feat_Lee_Jung_Hwa-Mah_Eum.mp 3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Link Text:The Pearl Sisters - I Love You
File Name:The_Pearl_Sisters-I_Love_You.m p3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:He 6
Title:In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Link Text:He 6 - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
File Name:He_6-In_A_Gadda_Da_Vida.mp3
Bitrate:203 kbps
Year:1971
Artist:Keyboys
Title:untitled
Link Text:The Keyboys - Unknown
File Name:Keyboys-Unknown.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Kim Jung Mi
Title::R>n6s 9Y6w>F
Link Text:Kim Jung-Mi - 불어라 봄바람
File Name:Kim_Jung_Mi-Wind-05.mp3
Bitrate:186 kbps
Year:1973
Artist:Kim Jung Mi
Title:Wind In The Trees
Link Text:Kim Jung-Mi - Wind In The Trees
File Name:Kim_Jung_Mi-Wind_In_The_Trees. mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:1973
Artist:San Ul Lim
Title:Like a Child Sleeping on a Sho
Link Text:San Ul Lim - Like A Child Sleeping On A Shoulder
File Name:San_Ul_Lim-Like_A_Child_Sleepi ng_On_A_Shoulder.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1978
Artist:San Ul Lim
Title:Oh, Already
Link Text:San Ul Lim - Oh, Already
File Name:San_Ul_Lim-Oh_Already.mp3
Bitrate:224 kbps
Year:1977
Artist:San Ul Lim
Title:Track 3
Link Text:San Ul Lim - Become A Bird
File Name:San_Ul_Lim-Become_A_Bird.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:1978

“I love Titi”

May 28, 2009, 4:05am Benn loxo du taccu
I spent a week in Senegal in April for the first time since October, 2006. The city has changed a lot superficially: many highways and flyovers have been built, posh Iranian-made taxis fill the streets, and glittering new nightclubs with a 15 Euro entry and leather shoe requirement have sprung-up all over the Almadies neighbourhood. [...]
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Link Text:Titi - Music
File Name:Titi-Music.mp3
Bitrate:159 kbps
Artist:Abdou Guitte Seck - Domou Ndar
Title:Abdou Guitte Seck - Domou Ndar
Link Text:Abdou Guitte Seck - Domou Ndar
File Name:Abdou_Guitte_Seck-Domou_Ndar.m p3
Bitrate:196 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Abdou Rass - Koleur
Title:Abdou Rass - Koleur
Link Text:Abdou Rass - Koleuré
File Name:Abdou_Rass-Koleure.mp3
Bitrate:154 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Carlo D - Yaye Fall
Title:Carlo D - Yaye Fall
Link Text:Carlo D - Yaye Fall
File Name:Carlo_D-Yaye_Fall.mp3
Bitrate:181 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Daara J Family - Tomorrow
Title:Daara J Family - Tomorrow
Link Text:Daara J Family - Tomorrow
File Name:Daara_J_Family-Tomorrow.mp3
Bitrate:166 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Makkan J - Reupeuteul
Title:Makkan J - Reupeuteul
Link Text:Makkan J - Reupeuteul
File Name:Makkan_J-Reupeuteul.mp3
Bitrate:170 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Ngone Ndiaye - Leumbeul Lene
Title:Ngone Ndiaye - Leumbeul Lene
Link Text:Ngone Ndiaye - Leumbeul Lene
File Name:Ngone_Ndiaye-Leumbeul_Lene.mp3
Bitrate:174 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Omar Pene - Moom Tamit
Title:Omar Pene - Moom Tamit
Link Text:Omar Pene - Moom Tamit
File Name:Omar_Pene-Moom_Tamit.mp3
Bitrate:153 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Res KP - Calcul Mental
Title:Res KP - Calcul Mental
Link Text:Res KP - Calcul Mental
File Name:Res_KP-Calcul_Mental.mp3
Bitrate:183 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Sidy Samb - Women
Title:Sidy Samb - Women
Link Text:Sidy Samb - Women
File Name:Sidy_Samb-Women.mp3
Bitrate:197 kbps
Year:2009

Gone are the days

May 24, 2009, 9:19am Benn loxo du taccu
I hate farewell posts on blogs, and this isn't one. It's been a busy year. As many of you know I got married just a few weeks ago, and if you ever read the posts on this site you'll know that over the last 16 months I've started travelling more frequently than ever before. I'm still [...]
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The Italian Invasion

Dec 14, 2008, 7:10am Benn loxo du taccu
My father has a great little collection of 45rpm records. Much to his dismay I spent many years playing them to death on my Fisher-Price record player, but luckily most survived my early audiophile days. I think it speaks volumes that my favourite of the bunch was a cover of La poupée qui [...]
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Link Text:Caterina Caselli - Sono Bugiarda
File Name:Caterina_Caselli-Sono_Bugiarda .mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Link Text:Fausto Leali - Lei ti ama
File Name:Fausto_Leali-Lei_ti_ama.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Link Text:I Dik Dik - Senza Luce
File Name:I_Dik_Dik-Senza_Luce.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Caterina Caselli
Title:Paint it black
Link Text:Caterina Caselli - Paint It Black
File Name:Caterina_Caselli-Paint_it_blac k.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:1966
Artist:Cor Veleno
Title:Pimp remix
Link Text:Cor Veleno - Pimp remix
File Name:Cor_Veleno-Pimp_remix.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Davide e Sara
Title:Facciamo l'amore non la guerra
Link Text:Davide e Sara - Facciamo lamore non la guerra
File Name:Davide_e_Sara-Facciamo_lamore_ non_la_guerra.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1966
Artist:Equipe 84
Title:Bang bang
Link Text:Equipe 84 - Bang Bang
File Name:Equipe_84-Bang_bang.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1966
Artist:Gianni Pettenati & The Juniors
Title:Come una pietra che rotola
Link Text:Gianni Pettenati  The Juniors - Come una pietra che rotola
File Name:Gianni_Pettenati_and_The_Junio rs-Come_una_pietra_che_rotola. mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1966
Artist:Gli Uragani
Title:Con quella voce
Link Text:Gli Uragani - Con quella voce
File Name:Gli_Uragani-Con_quella_voce.mp 3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1966
Artist:I Barritas
Title:Rhonda, aiuto
Link Text:I Barritas - Rhonda, aiuto
File Name:I_Barritas-Rhonda_aiuto.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1965
Artist:I Corvi
Title:Bang Bang
Link Text:I Corvi - Bang Bang
File Name:I_Corvi-Bang_Bang.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1966
Artist:I Dik Dik
Title:Sognando la California
Link Text:I Dik Dik - Sognando la California
File Name:I_Dik_Dik-Sognando_la_Californ ia.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:1966
Artist:I Jaguars
Title:Barbara Ann
Link Text:I Jaguars - Barbara Ann
File Name:I_Jaguars-Barbara_Ann.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1966
Artist:Jimmy Fontana
Title:Per Vivere Insieme
Link Text:Jimmy Fontana - Per Vivere Insieme
File Name:Jimmy_Fontana-Per_Vivere_Insie me.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2001
Artist:The Little Boys
Title:Lei t' ama
Link Text:The Little Boys - Lei tama
File Name:The_Little_Boys-Lei_tama.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1964
Artist:The Ravers
Title:Tanto carina
Link Text:The Ravers - Tanto carina
File Name:The_Ravers-Tanto_carina.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1964
Artist:Who, The
Title:Can't Explain
Link Text:The Who - Cant Explain
File Name:The_Who-Cant_Explain.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps

An appeal to Italy

Nov 29, 2008, 5:47am Benn loxo du taccu
A few weeks ago in Rome I had an amazing meal with a colleague that spanned several hours, several courses and many bottles. Then I spent most of last weekend eating good mozzarella in Milan. The food, the wine, the women, the football, the hearty Catholicism.. Italy has a lot going [...]
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Link Text:I Cugini di Campagna - Anima mia
File Name:I_Cugini_di_Campagna-Anima_mia .mp3

Classic Hungarian Rock, pre-crackdown

Nov 25, 2008, 4:44am Benn loxo du taccu
These "new posts" are giving me an excuse to armchair research a lot of countries that I really know nothing about. Hungary is a good example. I've been to Budapest twice but until recently I only knew it as a beautiful city coming out of the shadow of a 40-year Communist rough patch. [...]
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Artist:Illés
Title:A beérkezett levelekre válasz
Link Text:Illés - A beérkezett levelekre válasz
File Name:Illes-A_beerkezett_levelekre_v alasz.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1969
Artist:Lokomotív GT
Title:Royal blues
Link Text:Lokomotív GT - Royal Blues
File Name:Lokomotiv_GT-Royal_blues.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:1971
Artist:Metro
Title:Okos szamár
Link Text:Metró - Okos szamár
File Name:Metro-Okos_szamar.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Artist:Metro
Title:Ülök egy rózsaszínû kádban
Link Text:Metró - Ülök egy rózsaszínû kádban
File Name:Metro-Ulok_egy_rozsaszinu_kadb an.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Artist:Omega
Title:Gyongyhaju Lany
Link Text:Omega - Gyöngyhajú lány
File Name:Omega-Gyongyhaju_Lany.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:1968
Artist:Omega
Title:Vasarnap
Link Text:Omega - Vasarnap
File Name:Omega-Vasarnap.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:1968

Magyar memories

Nov 24, 2008, 4:43am Benn loxo du taccu
I've always had this mix of fascination and love for Budapest. It's easily one of the most beautiful cities in Europe and everyone I know who's been there comes back loving the place. I first visited the city in 1998 as a tender backpacker. Back then it was an exotic location, the furthest "east" [...]
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Artist:Amorf
Title:Betyar A Holdon
Link Text:Amorf Ördögök - Betyar A Holdon
File Name:Amorf_Ordogok-Betyar_A_Holdon. mp3
Bitrate:194 kbps
Year:2004
Artist:Anima Sound System
Title:'68
Link Text:Anima Sound System - 68
File Name:Anima_Sound_System-68.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Year:1997
Artist:Yonderboi
Link Text:Yonderboi - Intro
File Name:Yonderboi-Intro.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2000

24hrs in Romania

Nov 22, 2008, 5:18am Benn loxo du taccu
Unfortunately my travel schedule only allowed me to spend 24 hours in Bucharest, Romania. I admittedly spent almost all my time inside the rather ominous building you see pictured above, the Casa Presei Libere (Free Press Building). That said, no reason I can't share some Romanian music that I have lying around. Technically I've [...]
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Link Text:Timpuri Noi - Vecina Gojira & Kosak remix
File Name:Timpuri_Noi-Vecina_Gojira_and_ Kosak_remix.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Fanfare Ciocarlia
Title:Duj Duj (feat. Mitsou - Hungary & Florentina Sandu - Romania
Link Text:Fanfare Ciocărlia - Duj Duj feat. Mitsou & Florentina Sandu
File Name:Fanfare_Ciocarlia-Duj_Duj_feat _Mitsou_and_Florentina_Sandu.m p3
Bitrate:197 kbps
Year:2007
Artist:Johnny Raducanu
Title:Balada
Link Text:Johnny Răducanu - Balada
File Name:Johnny_Raducanu-Balada.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2006
Artist:Ombladon
Title:Confidential feat. Bitza
Link Text:Ombladon - Confidential feat. Bitza
File Name:Ombladon-Confidential_feat_Bit za.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2004
Artist:Shukar Collective
Title:The Wind
Link Text:Shukar Collective - The Wind
File Name:Shukar_Collective-The_Wind.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Year:2005

Icelandic acoustic

Nov 21, 2008, 3:56am Benn loxo du taccu
A little more from Iceland today. Have any of you ever tried ice climbing? Seriously fun.. I was like a Canadian stereotype, up there on the ice. I also happened to have a Cuban cigar in my pocket. There's nothing quite like blowing smoke rings on top of a glacier, looking out at [...]
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Artist:Seabear
Title:Seashell
Link Text:Seabear - Seashell
File Name:Seabear-Seashell.mp3
Bitrate:168 kbps
Year:2007

A few days up north

Nov 20, 2008, 10:12am Benn loxo du taccu
I was working in Iceland last week. Wonderful place. And hey, not to profit at others' expense or anything, but for once it's actually quite an affordable spot to visit. Reykjavik reminds me of a lot of Halifax, Canada, another great city where I lived for many years. The downtown area is tiny, [...]
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Artist:Gomez
Title:Whippin' Picidilly
Link Text:Gomez - Whippin Piccadilly
File Name:Gomez-Whippin_Piccadilly.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Year:1998
Artist:Retro Stefson
Title:Papa Paulo III
Link Text:Retro Stefson - Papa Paulo III
File Name:Retro_Stefson-Papa_Paulo_III.m p3
Bitrate:185 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:Retro Stefson
Title:Sensemi
Link Text:Retro Stefson - Sensemi
File Name:Retro_Stefson-Sensemi.mp3
Bitrate:182 kbps
Year:2008
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