I can’t remember when I first heard about The Blue Hearts. Maybe it was when I was watching “Kizaratzu Cat’s Eye”, a brilliant TV series from Japan. The main characters there form a band in one episode and play a song which they say sounds a lot like The Blue Hearts. (more…)
Archive for May, 2007
The Blue Hearts
Posted in Japan, Music, Punkrock, Records, tagged Linda Linda Linda, The Blue Hearts on May 17, 2007| 1 Comment »
Football: Dortmund 2 Schalke 0
Posted in Football, Sports on May 17, 2007| Leave a Comment »
Borussia Dortmund won the derby against rivals Schalke 04 and by doing so spoiled the chances for Schalke winning a championship after 49 years. Oh happy day.
Borussia Dortmund (BVB) and Schalke 04 (S04) share one of the fiercest rivalries in German football. Schalke have won the championship 7 times (1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1958), Dortmund are 6 times champions (1956, 1957, 1963, 1995, 1996, 2002). Both have won the German cup
numoerous times (BVB 1965, 1989 – S04 1937, 1972, 2001, 2002). (more…)
The music is here to stay: records revisited
Posted in Music, Record Collection, Records, tagged Discount, Jimmy Eat World, Joey Cape, Kevin Seconds, Kill Holiday, Matt Skiba, The Get Up Kids, The Weakerthans, Tony Sly on May 17, 2007| Leave a Comment »
There are some records I haven’t listened to in quite some time and there are numerous reasons why I didn’t do so. Some I just found boring after some time, some I simply forgot. Some, well, I really don’t know why I didn’t listen to those. (more…)