This sadness does something to you. I remember exactly how I bought Sketches of Spain in a store for used vinyl at Mercer Street corner Bleecker in New York, for $3,99. It was the time after CD’s had conquered the market and people sold their vinyl records in order to replace them by discs. That’s …
“Sinatra is American culture at its peak” Iggy Pop Frank Sinatra was one of my aunt’s favorite singers when I was little. She lived in the trailer next to ours, she was ill, and my Mom cared for her. And her only comfort in life was to sit next to her old, gigantic record-player and …
What else in hell should be so great about the USA, other than this music? When this album got released, I listened to it over and over and over again. I can still sing along to songs like It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) und Subterranean Homesick Blues. Back then, I sat in front of …
I discovered Noveller alias Sarah Lipstate when I was looking up something else for my radio show. Because I was already at it, I ended up searching for other exciting newcomers and was specifically looking into the field of electronic music. At one point, a little square with her picture and name turned up, and …
