music as people

I've got one friend laying across from me

2010-09-08T06:04:00.000-07:00

1 While you were sleeping - Elvis Perkins

2 Photos On The Wall - Lumiere Brother

3 Sprawl II ( Mountains Beyond Mountains) - Arcade Fire

4 Too Afraid To Love You - The Black Keys

5 Come Back From San Francisco - The Magnetic Fields

6 Acts Of Men - Midlake

7 The Complete Banker - The Divine Comedy

8 Blue Blood - Foals

9 Little Lion Man - Mumford & Sons

10 I Walked - Sufjan Stevens

11 Men Of Station - 13 & God

12 Change Of Time - Josh Ritter

13 Bring It On - The Gaslight Anthem

14 It's Working - MGMT

15 Sweetheart - The Juliets

Another one, and another one, and another one. Μερικά παλιά αλλά αγαπημένα, άλλα που μπαίνουν στο ριπίτ τελευταία. Συναίσθημα, μόνο συναίσθημα. Σκέψεις ενός φθινοπώρου που ξεκινάει και μπορεί να είναι ακόμη πιο περίεργο από το προηγούμενο. Κάτι αλλάζει. Και μάλλον δεν είναι μόνο τα μαλλιά μου.

Belated

2010-07-08T05:10:00.000-07:00

1 70 million - hold your horses

2 Lewis takes action - Owen Pallett

3 Envoi - Absynthe Minded

4 Island Choir - Volcano Choir

5 The Big Surprise - The Felice Brothers

6 On My Shoulders - The Do

7 Two Weeks - Grizzly Bear

8 Love Lost - The Temper Trap

9 Big Jet Plane - Angus & Julia Stone

10 I Wanna Go to Marz - John Grant

11 Love Is All - The Tallest Man On Earth

12 Queen Of The Wolves - Clara Luzia

13 Heaven Can Wait - Charlotte Gainsbourg

14 Experience the Jewel - Wintersleep

15 Soldier - Ingrid Michaelson

belated

With A Twinkle In Her Eye

2010-03-01T02:33:00.000-08:00

1. Home - Edward Sharp and The Magnetic Zeros

2. Yawns - Frightened Rabbit

3. The Crane Wife 3 - The Decemberists

4. Execution - David Thomas Broughton

5. Winning A Battle, Losing The War - Kings of Convenience

6. Crystal Visions - The Big Pink

7. Jim Cain - Bill Callahan

8. You 'd Be Surprised - White Hassle

9. Lentil - Sia

10. The Card Cheat - The Clash

11. Saddle Mountains - Le Loup

12. Extinguish Me - Soap & Skin

13 Forest Green, Oh Forest Green - Holly Miranda

14. Hospital Beds - Florence And The Machine

15. Pregnant - Cold Wars Kids

Twinkle

My Will and Everything Else Is Good

2010-02-05T08:57:00.000-08:00

1. Lover of mine - Beach House

2. Dominos - The Big Pink

3. Music Now - Frightened Rabbit

4. Laura - Girls

5. Victor, Fly Me to Stafford - My Little Airport

6. On a Day Like This - Elbow

7. Musicians Please Take Heed - God Help The Girl

8. Young And Tragic - Dead Man's Bones

9. You Must Be Out Of Your Mind - The Magnetic Fields

10. I Don't Know What To Do - Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson

11. My Will Is Good - Port O'Brien

12. 1901 - Phoenix

13. It's My Own Cheating Heart That Cries - Glasvegas

14. Wicked Sky - Gravity Says I

15. La Dilletante - Hauschka

dominos

I'm wasting other people's time

2010-01-10T13:20:00.000-08:00

1. Sabali - Amadou & Mariam

2. Knotty Pine - Dirty Projectors & David Byrne

3. Ambling Alp - Yeasayer

4. God Help The Girl - God Help The Girl

5. If The News Makes You Sad, Don't Watch It - Broken Records

6. You 're Blind - Lacrosse

7. Tree Bones - Port O'Brien

8. Two - The Antlers

9. To Krevati & O Skylos - Stereo Nova

10. I'm So Tired - The Beatles

11. Sleep Better - Pete Yorn

12. Heaven Can Wait - Bexk feat. Charlotte Gainsbourg

13. Stevie - Lisa Mitchell

14. Le Vent Nous Portera - Noir Désir

15. Sweet Disposition - The Temper Trap

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long afloat in shipless oceans

2009-09-23T06:16:00.000-07:00

1. Grow - Le Loup
2.Some Misunderstanding - Soulsavers
3.Infinity - The xx
4.So Tell The Girls That I Am Back in Tow - Jay-Jay Johanson
5. Dear God (Sincerely M.O.F.) - Monsters of Folk
6. Lies - Sin Fang Bous
7.Simeon's Dilemma - Why?
8.Sylvia - The Antlers
9. things will never be the same again - jj
10. Relator - Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson
11. The First Days Of Spring - Noah And The Whale
12. Cold Wind - The Arcade Fire
13. New Terrain - Mew
14. S'agapao na tis les - The Boy
15. Ispaxan (feat. andreas empeirikos) - Fruto 5

Long Afloat (rapidshare)

Been looking for peace, but they 're bringing you more

2009-09-03T07:49:00.000-07:00

I think everyhing is very important now. So I stop to breathe to enjoy the moment. But I don't enjoy any moment. Actually I don't even breathe. Truth is, the only thing that brings me to my true senses and I feel a bit connected with something, is music. And my stupid iPod crushed. In these difficult times, technology is not at all supportive (internet connection at home is out of the question, don't even have established home address) Seems though that in a month I'm moving to Brasil.

After this confession, first one in a blog, I present you my super collection of covers:

1. I Want You (She's So Heavy) (Beatles Cover) - Io Echo
2. Sound Of Silence (Simon and Garfunkel cover) - Emiliana Torrini
3. Across The Universe (The Beatles Cover) - Rufus Wainwright
4. I'm Not There (Bob Dylan Cover) - Sonic Youth
5. The Biggest Lie (Elliott Smith Cover) - Bright Eyes
6. Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
7. Sunday Morning (Velvet Underground Cover) - Beck
8. O, Dana (Big Star Cover) - Okkervil River
9. Kangaroo (Big Star Cover) - This Mortal Coil
10 Islands in the Stream (Dolly Parton Cover) - Feist and The Constantines
11. Simeon's Dilemma (Why? Cover) - The Sarcastic Dharma Society
12. Everywhere (Fleetwood Mac Cover) - Lucy Wainwright Roche
13. Be My Baby (The Ronettes cover) - Linda Ronstadt
14. You Can Call Me Al (Paul Simon cover) - Sam Roberts
15. Psycho Killer (Talking Heads Cover) - Cage The Elephant

covers (rapidshare)

Bulletproof

2009-07-21T06:04:00.000-07:00

1. Meg White by Ray LaMontagne
2. Nothing I Can Do by Snowglobe
3. My Baby Is Afraid Of Sharks by Herman Dune
4. Rise And Shine by The Felice Brothers
5. What You Can't See Is by Cryptacize
6. 17 Horses by Cortney Tidwell
7. Fables by The Dodos
8. A Night With A Friend by Standard Fare
9. Bulletproof by La Roux
10. Crush On You by Brakes
11. Home by David Byrne and Brian Eno
12. Brother Down by Sam Roberts
13. I Lost You by The Walkmen
14. No One Does It Like You by Deparment Of Eagles
15. The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!

Bulletproof (rapidshare)

Marina I really like you.

2009-07-15T05:52:00.000-07:00

That's me being corny.

2009-07-09T05:10:00.000-07:00

Ray LaMontagne - Damien Rice, To Love Somebody

Consequence Of Sound

2009-07-08T06:43:00.000-07:00

I Am Not A Robot by Marina And The Diamonds
Sleepyhead by Passion Pit
Repeaterbeater by Mew
Doomsday Services by Golden Bloom
Red Light Love by Those Darlins
Surprise Hotel by Fool's Gold
Billie Jean by The Lost Fingers
Bad News by Brian Glaze & The Night Shift
The House She Lived In by The Veils
My Home Is Nowhere Without You by Herman Dune
With Twilight As My Guide by The Mars Volta
I Want You by Mugison
The Bleeding Heart Show by The New Pornographers
Come Monday Night by God Help The Girl
Song To The Siren by This Mortal Coil

Remember : The Rain Before It Falls, Jonathan Coe
Remember: That's No Way To Say Goodbye, Leonard Cohen

consequence of sound

I'll miss Mike.

2009-06-26T04:18:00.000-07:00

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my first radio show

2009-06-17T07:28:00.000-07:00

I've always been a lover of Jonathan Coe's books. So when I got the chance to make a radio show combining music and literature, this was an obvious choice. Here you may listen to my show, originally on internet air on 16/06/09 at vmradio. It goes on for two hours, as I read some extracts of Coe's book "The house of sleep", in greek translation.

Enjoy!

my first radio show

Very Busy People

2009-06-12T08:58:00.001-07:00

...is called the track leaked on the internet from the Limousines - not to be confused with the Vaselines - another band with potential. In the list you shall find some covers and some old tracks but who cares? Personally it's the list that counts (and not all this mumbling)

1. Very Busy People by The Limousines
2. Rabbit Heart (Break It Up) by Florence And The Machine
3. Meddle by Little Boots
4. Quicksand by La Roux
5. Anywhere You Looked by Au Revoir Simone
6. Lost And Found by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
7. I Know I Know I Know by Tegan And Sara
8. Chicago by Sufjan Stevens
9. Born On A Train (Magnetic Fields Cover) by Arcade Fire
10. Not On Top by Herman Düne
11. Saddle Up by The Boy Least Likely To
12. These Few Presidents by Why?
13. Service Bell by Grizzly Bear and Feist
14. Tiger Phone Card by Dengue Fever
15. And The Hazy Sea by Cymbals Eat Guitars

Very Busy People

primavera sound 2009

2009-06-12T06:43:00.000-07:00

The thing is I don't remember much from Primavera. I just have a small recollection of memories concerning the people who carried around beer and sold it for 5 euros. Ye, I missed Sonic Youth and Deerhunter. I was fucking Cinderella on Saturday, left before midnight. Despite all that, it rocked. Here is my hangover list of memories.

1. You Think You're A Man by The Vaselines
2. Young Adult Friction by The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
3. Bare Feet On Wet Griptape by Chad VanGaalen
4. Three Decades by The Horrors
5. Andrew by Crystal Antlers
6. Oh No by Andrew Bird
7. Shattered Shine by Crystal Stilts
8. Nothing Ever Happened by Deerhunter
9. Pink Batman Dan Deacon
10. Song For Clay (Disappear Here) by Bloc Party
11. Brand New Sun by Jason Lytle
12. Castle Light by The Bats
13. In Our Talons by Bowerbirds
14. Blue by The Jayhawks
15. Anyone Else But You by The Moldy Peaches

Primavera Hangover

A Certain Feeling, Deep And Wide

2009-05-27T06:03:00.000-07:00

This one is a drug really. It certainly is the drug that may release me from my ache. It's an ache I prefer to have than to be left with the absense of feeling. On the same time, you can't really joke about it - it's true, as it is fresh. Lust and pain and fear and fireworks you wish you knew how to unleash.

You are the blood
Running through my fingers

A certain feeling
It is familiar
Deep and wide

1. I Won't Be Found by The Tallest Man On Earth
2. Jaykub by The Dark Night Of The Soul (Jason Lytle)
3. You Are The Blood by Sufjan Stevens
4. So Far Around The Bend by The National
5. Sit Down By The Fire by The Veils
6. Furr by Blitzen Trapper
7. Palmistry by Great Lake Swimmers
8. Keep Me On by Bodies Of Water
9. Devotion by Viva Voce
10. Talking With Fireworks/ Here, It Never Snowed by The Twilight Sad
11. Who Can Say by The Horrors
12. Wedding Bell by The Beach House
13. Hospital Beds by Florence And The Machine
14. The Hamilton Academicals by Woodpigeon
15. Here Comes The Sun by Belle And Sebastian

A Certain Feeling

Here's looking at you, kid

2009-05-22T08:57:00.000-07:00

People should get killed if they haven't already watched Casablanca about 3-4 times. But it just hasn't happened to me yet. Among other things I guess. Still searching for the perfect moment for such a big movie. Anyway, the line is another story and we should thank Bogart and poker for that matter.

In any case, this is the playlist for a great weekend (I checked my sign and things are looking up) (as if I wasn't aware of that) with very fresh and up-to-beat tunes.

Here's looking at you, kid

1. I've Got Your Number by Passion Pit
2. Come Back Song #1 by Lacrosse
3. Murder by The Virgins
4. Digital Suicide Sywst by Heartsrevolution
5. Game Of Diamonds by Deerhunter
6. Call It A Ritual by Wolf Parade
7. Northern Lights by Bowerbirds
8. Little Girl (Julian Casablancas of The Strokes) by Dark Night Of The Soul
9. Origami by Joel Dobbins
10. Shadows by Au Revoir Simone
11. Emotion Pictures by The Comet Grain
12. Tom Justice, The Choir Boy Robber, Apprehended at Ace Hardware In Libertyville, IL by Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
13. Rise Above by Dirty Projectors
14. Yours Truly, The Commuter by Jason Lytle
15. Lisztomania by Phoenix

Here's looking at you, kid

Not that imaginary

2009-05-22T04:03:00.000-07:00

I have a great fondness for Canadian musicians. This guy is a bit too ambient - noise for my taste, however I always like them when they perform live and I feel lost in his "imaginary country". Tonight and tomorrow at Kinky Kong, Tim Hecker.

An Imaginary Country

this one deserves special attention

2009-05-20T03:18:00.000-07:00

Passion Pit is an American electro band from Cambridge, Massachusetts. Formed in 2007, the group consists of Michael Angelakos (don't know about the origin) (lead vocals/keyboards), Ian Hultquist (keyboards), Ayad Al Adhamy (synth/samples), Jeff Apruzzese (bass) and Nate Donmoyer (drums). Sounds like MGMT meets Chairlift, La Roux, Air France and Lykke Li. Works well on a train heading away from the city. Music to my ears, really. Seems to be most blogged artist in Elbo.ws and Hypem.com.

Njoy!

Passion Pit - Chunk of Change

Danse a little?

2009-05-19T04:41:00.000-07:00

1. In For The Kill by La Roux
2. Hearts On Fire by Cut Copy
3. Talk To Me by Peaches
4. Just Dance by Lady GaGa
5. Magic by Ladyhawke
6. First Love by Uffie
7. Fool For Love by Das Pop (Sebastian Rmx)
8. Stranger In The City by John Miles (Pilooski Re-edit)
9. The Crystal Cat by Dan Deacon
10. Lollipop by Monsieur Minimal
11. Royal Gregory by Holy Fuck
12. Hit The Heartbrakes by The Black Kids
13. Miles Davis & The Cool by The Gaslight Anthem
14. Kiss With A Fist by Florence And The Machine
15. Paper Planes by M.I.A.
16. L.E.S. Artistes by Santogold

-Tell me something so divine
If there's future in these nights?

danse

play-list for a breezy sunday evening

2009-05-17T09:23:00.000-07:00

1. Hot Knives by Bright Eyes
2. A Setting Sun by The Grand Archives
3. Still by Great Lake Swimmers
4. Anna Paula by The Wooden Birds
5. Daniel by Bat For Lashes
6. Loose Lips by Kimya Dawson
7. Sleeping In by The Postal Service
8. I Wonder Who Is Like This One by Hello Saferide
9. Funny Time Of Year by Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man
10. Rhineland (Heartland) by Beirut
11. Bad Medicine by Liz Green
12. Doomsday by Elvis Perkins
13. Slipped Dissolved And Loosed by Lambchop
14. Cardinal Song by The National
15. Tremble And Tear by John Vanderslice

- We want our film to be beautiful not realistic.

breezy sunday