.
where i grew up, we'd be celebrating Three Kings Day today.
really, it's another excuse for eating cake: The King Cake.
it's a chance at become king for a day! i can't have you
all together for cake, so instead i'll share 10
more MP3Z of my upcoming playlist...
STARS - MP3
Skinny Friedman edit of The xx:
THAT'S US / WILD COMBINATION - MP3
Arthur Russell:
SABALI - MP3
Dakunt rework of Amadou & Mariam:
GAMES YOU CAN WIN - MP3
RJD2 feat. Kenna:
IN THE LIGHT OF THE MIRACLE - MP3
Arthur Russell:
LOOKING GLASS BLUES - MP3
Charlotte Gainsbourg:
LOVE GEMMA - MP3
Cat Complex:
JUST BE GOOD TO ME - MP3
The Revenge feat. Danielle Moore:
LOVE HARDER - MP3
Ali Love:
MAMA - MP3
Metro Area Birthday Dub of Hugh Masekela:
this is probably my last post including The xx till they
release a follow-up to their amazing 2009 album...
more Arthur Russell tunes from 30 years ago; amazing!!!
another new Charlotte Gainsbourg song...
a new take o the classic "Just Be Good To Me"
(other versions: #25 here & #7 here)...
the first set of tunes for this playlist is posted here... in this link
you'll also see the Wild Combination documentary trailer. if
you love music, you'll appreaciate the film... if you can't
find it, i have the dvd & you can borrow it.
HAPPY THREE KINGS DAY!!!
cheers to Gaspar, Melchior & Balthazar!
special cheers to my Granny in the sky, who made such an
event of this day when we were kids! between the 5 of us
(brothers & cousins, all boys), whoever got the crown
would then pick her as our queen... of course!
her name was Josette. she was a tough lady & a devout catholic.
when Ali, my paternal grandfather, suddenly died of a heart
attack in Brussels in the mid 50s, instead of taking in the
pension she was awarded by the company he was the CEO of,
she dropped off her kids at her sister's for several months to
go to the company's HQs in Paris & train for an entry level job,
to come back to Brussels & work at the company for a living.
she climbed up the ladder only to find herself years later
holding the same position her late husband had held!
she spent her retirement cruising between Belgium & England
in her beloved 2CV, translating books in her spare time for
extra cash. here's the cool cover of one of these books:
Josette is the first adult relative i got honest with about
smoking cigarettes, when i was only 13... from that point
on, each time i had lunch at her pad, we'd finish it off with
a glass of sherry & one of her davidoff cigarettes,
which made me feel sooo adult haha!
it was our little secret.
where i grew up, we'd be celebrating Three Kings Day today.
really, it's another excuse for eating cake: The King Cake.
it's a chance at become king for a day! i can't have you
all together for cake, so instead i'll share 10
more MP3Z of my upcoming playlist...
STARS - MP3
Skinny Friedman edit of The xx:
THAT'S US / WILD COMBINATION - MP3
Arthur Russell:
SABALI - MP3
Dakunt rework of Amadou & Mariam:
GAMES YOU CAN WIN - MP3
RJD2 feat. Kenna:
IN THE LIGHT OF THE MIRACLE - MP3
Arthur Russell:
LOOKING GLASS BLUES - MP3
Charlotte Gainsbourg:
LOVE GEMMA - MP3
Cat Complex:
JUST BE GOOD TO ME - MP3
The Revenge feat. Danielle Moore:
LOVE HARDER - MP3
Ali Love:
MAMA - MP3
Metro Area Birthday Dub of Hugh Masekela:
this is probably my last post including The xx till they
release a follow-up to their amazing 2009 album...
more Arthur Russell tunes from 30 years ago; amazing!!!
another new Charlotte Gainsbourg song...
a new take o the classic "Just Be Good To Me"
(other versions: #25 here & #7 here)...
the first set of tunes for this playlist is posted here... in this link
you'll also see the Wild Combination documentary trailer. if
you love music, you'll appreaciate the film... if you can't
find it, i have the dvd & you can borrow it.
HAPPY THREE KINGS DAY!!!
cheers to Gaspar, Melchior & Balthazar!
special cheers to my Granny in the sky, who made such an
event of this day when we were kids! between the 5 of us
(brothers & cousins, all boys), whoever got the crown
would then pick her as our queen... of course!
her name was Josette. she was a tough lady & a devout catholic.
when Ali, my paternal grandfather, suddenly died of a heart
attack in Brussels in the mid 50s, instead of taking in the
pension she was awarded by the company he was the CEO of,
she dropped off her kids at her sister's for several months to
go to the company's HQs in Paris & train for an entry level job,
to come back to Brussels & work at the company for a living.
she climbed up the ladder only to find herself years later
holding the same position her late husband had held!
she spent her retirement cruising between Belgium & England
in her beloved 2CV, translating books in her spare time for
extra cash. here's the cool cover of one of these books:
Josette is the first adult relative i got honest with about
smoking cigarettes, when i was only 13... from that point
on, each time i had lunch at her pad, we'd finish it off with
a glass of sherry & one of her davidoff cigarettes,
which made me feel sooo adult haha!
it was our little secret.
