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This is my favourite song at the moment. I could listen to it over and over again.

It was also used in a commercial for Air New Zealand. Read more

It’s spring, the sun is shining again and I suddenly couldn’t agree more with the (albeit very limited) lyrics of this song: “We should all be dancin’” (Ultra DJs – Dancin’). Instead I’m sitting inside behind my laptop, working… Read more

Scala is a youth choir from Aarschot, Belgium, roughly sixty teenage girls, directed by two talented brothers, and enjoying national and international recognition.

From today on, their new album Paper Plane is entirely available to download for free (in MP3 format) from the official website. This is the first time a Belgian band releases a new album online for free. The lyrics to all songs can be found on the Kolacny website.

To give you an idea of what they are like: below is the video clip from Raintears, which is also on the album. The song is about holding on to memories of a lost loved one. Read more

Hot Tamale! Hot Hot Tamale! Hot Tamale! Hot Hot! Do you like Tamale? Hot Hot Tamale? I like Tamale Hot Hot! Hot Tamale! Hot Hot Tamale! Hot Tamale! Hot Hot! You like Tamale? Warm Tamale? No! I like Hot Tamale! Hot Tamale! Hot Hot Tamale! Hot Tamale! Hot Hot! You like Tamale? Tepid Tamale? No! I like Hot Tamale! Hot Tamale! Hot Hot Tamale! Hot Tamale! Hot Hot! What kind of Tamale do you like? Read more

I’m taking a swimming technique course for a few weeks now, in which I plan to learn how to properly swim the crawl and the dolphin butterfly stroke. The breast stroke I knew already… or that’s at least what I thought until last lesson.

Well, I already improved a bit. Meaning: I’m not half drowning anymore immediately when I try to swim the crawl. Until now we didn’t try the dolphin butterfly stroke yet, but I’m very optimistic about this one… *cough*

During my drowning swimming lessons I need some additional motivation in order to keep on trying and Dory from the movie Finding Nemo supports me like this:

Lately I really like to listen to the music of the swedish band ‘Oh Laura‘.
The band members are Frida Öhrn (Vocals), Jocke Olovsson (Guitar), Jörgen Kjellgren (Guitar), Rikard Lidhamn (Bass) and Magnus Olsson (Drums) and that’s what Jörgen Kjellgren, founding member, guitarist and co-songwriter of Oh Laura says on their homepage about the band and their music:

“It’s all about Frida’s voice, really. It’s why we started and it’s why we keep going. And it’s most likely the reason why you’re here.”

Well, I agree, but I think it’s also about the lyrics.

You can listen to shortened versions of some of their songs on their homepage and some complete songs are available on their MySpace page.

And to start with you should watch and listen to (!) this movie of their song ‘Release me’, which was the first song I knew from them and which is still my favourite.

Spider-Pig. Spider-Pig. Does whatever a Spider-Pig does. Can he swing. From a web. No he can’t. He’s a pig. Look out! He is a Spider-Pig!

Here’s a clip from the movie.

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