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Ah, 2012. New year and new albums to enjoy. And what's not to enjoy, when you can buy good music dirt cheap these days?

Most listened artist was Irina with her compilation album Yhdeksän hyvää ja kymmenen kaunista 2002-2010. I got the special edition of this album, featuring two CD's and a DVD. The first disc contains all her (or, rather the band's) singles, the second one loads of rarities (and a 35min set from Tavastia) and the DVD all the music videos. Pretty much a must have for any fan, or someone who is just getting into her music. 5/5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr4XXYKUUJQ

Other major albums this month:
- Velvet Chain - Warm (1997). A typical debut album, just a bit too random collection of songs, meaning it lacks a uniform style through the whole thing. 3/5.
- Tito & Tarantula - Back Into The Darkness (2008). Their latest LP, returns the band more to the sound of their first album. 3/5
- Charlotte Sometimes - Charlotte Sometimes (EP, 2008). Nothing new here, just nice to have it in my collection.
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What can I say? I'm bored.

Rules: Put your playlist on shuffle and write down the first 25 songs you get...

Now take the first line from the first song, the second line from the second song, third line from the third song, etc. and put them in order below to make your scrambled song. If the song doesn't have enough lines loop back to the beginning--like if you need the 22nd line but the song only has 15 lines, you start counting again with the first line as line 16 and end up using line 7.

1. Song in a foreign kanguage? Use Babelfish to translate to English, use the translation literarly. Impossible? Leave line blank.
2. Instrumental song? Use the title!
3. Impossible to find lyrics? Leave line blank.
4. If necessary divide the song / poem in verses if result calls for it

1. Dubstar - Stars
2. Clannad - Éirigh Suas A Stóirín (Rise Up My Love)
3. Bill Pritchard - I'm Your Man
4. Catherine Wheel - Strange Fruit
5. Derrick & Patsy - Housewife's Choice
6. Joe Jackson - Sunday Papers
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# -> Australian artist or release
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Psychic TV - Groove On
(“Ultrahouse - The L.A. Connection” - 1991, Wax Trax!)

Anne Clark - Our Darkness (Hardfloor 97 Version)
(“Wordprocessing: The Remix Project” - 1997, Sony)

The Neon Judgement - Tomorrow In The Papers
(“Tomorrow In The Papers” 7inch - 1985, Play It Again Sam)

fil rouge - Watch The Sky
(“Music For Dead” - 1983, demo)

The Human League - Only After Dark
(“Only After Dark” 7inch - 1980, Virgin)

Rheingold - Dreiklangsdimensionen
(“Rheingold” - 2005, Welt-Rekord/EMI) (original 1980)

Ideal - Feuerzeug
(“Der Ernst des Lebens” - 1981, WEA)

The Flying Lizards - New Voice
(“Fourth Wall” - 1981, Virgin)

Minimum Chips - Freckles
(“Freckles” - 2000, Trifekta) #

Rechenzentrum - Hommage
(“Director's Cut” - 2003, Mille Plateaux)

si-cut.db - Fluence
(“Enthusiast” 2xCD - 2002, Bip_Hop)

Susumu Yokota - Re: Disco
(“Tangent 2002: Disco Nouveau” compilation - 2002, Ghostly International)
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Some dark electronic early 80s to the warped electronic early 90s / brightness focus on UK label Rising High.


The Hafler Trio - The Work Of Washing
(“Not Alone (Médecins Sans Frontières)” 5xCD compilation - 2006, Durtro/Jnana)

Death in June - The Calling
(“Nada!” - 1985, New European)

The Sisters Of Mercy - Floorshow
(“Alice” 12inchEP - 1983, Merciful Release)

Cocteau Twins - In Our Angelhood
(“Head Over Heels” - 1983, 4AD)

Soft Cell - Science Fiction Stories
(“The Bedsit Tapes” - 1979, Some Bizzare)

Front 242 - GVDT
(“Geography” - 1982, Himalaya)

John Foxx - Tidal Wave
(“Metamatic” - 1980, Virgin)

Anne Clark - Sleeper In Metropolis
(“Changing Places” - 1983, Red Flame)

Minimal Man - Run, Devil, Run
(“Hunger Is All She Has Ever Known” - 1988, Play It Again Sam)

Radiowaves - Radiowaves 4
(“Radiowaves” - 1995, Rising High)

Transform - Transformations
(“Transformations” single - 1993, Rising High)

The Hypnotist - Pioneers Of The Universe
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Nudge - dawn comes light
Staruha Mha - circle of the lone tree
Wermut - be aware
Club Moral - l'enfer est intime
propergol y colargol - hobo placing
Cranes - nothing in the middle, nothing at the end
Chronique Nocturne - des sols trempés de larmes
Der Golem - Древние Звезды
Sol Invictus - rise and fall
Sonne Hagal - the hawk

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Boytronic - luna square
Divine Muzak - love bang bang
neon - dark age
Micron 63 - comanche parasite
Alien Skull Paint - desire at the bad one
Nichts - schwarze gedanken
Abwärts - beim erstenmal tuts immer weh

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Depeche Mode - personal jesus *
Nitzer Ebb - warsaw ghetto
Anne Clark - self destruct
Skinny Puppy - assimilate
Hocico - nothing black
VNV Nation - standing
In Strict Confidence - zauberschloss *
Solitary Experiments - road to horizon

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Front 242 - headhunter
Portion Control - chew you to bits
Oldschool Union - too mellow for me
Void Kampf - electronic body jesus
Jäger 90 - richtung westen
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Antal Dorati: Liszt & Enesco Rhapsodies (Mercury Living Presence SACD)
Goodbye Mr Mackenzie: Good Deeds And Dirty Rags (includes Nick Cave cover which I didn't know they did)
Family: The Peel Sessions
Stina Nordenstam: Memories Of A Color
Anne Clark: Changing Places
Anne Clark: An Ordinary Life
マキ凛花: Cinematica
Adam Makowicz: The Name Is Makowicz (Sheffield Lab)
Mantovani: The Legend Of Music, Vol. 1 (Audio Fidelity)
Various artists: I've MANIA Tracks vol.III
KOTOKO, 詩月 カオリ: SHORT CIRCUIT III Premium Show In Tokyo 2010 (DVD)
Thin Lizzy: Great Box (JP 4CD box)
Santana: Abraxas (SACD)
Keiko Matsui: Walls Of Akendora
Magma: Üdü Wüdü
Sex Pistols: The Filth And The Fury (2CD soundtrack)
Van Halen: Van Halen II
The Waitresses: King Biscuit Flower Hour
Flat Duo Jets: Wild Blue Yonder - Live
The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour (VHS - I'll admit, I haven't a clue as to what legitimate video releases there are for this film but I suspect the all-region NTSC import DVD currently out there is not one of them.)
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Favourite female singers with age and birthday (listed chronologic), place of birth (if known), short description (from Wikipedia) and picture (only included for the deceased ones).

(born before 1940)

† Bessie Smith (born April 15, 1894, Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S., died September 26, 1937), sometimes referred to as "The Empress of the Blues," was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s. She is often regarded as one of the greatest singers of her era and, along with Louis Armstrong, a major influence on subsequent jazz vocalists.
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/360355/Bessie+Smith.jpg

† Marlene Dietrich (27 December 1901 – 6 May 1992, Berlin, Germany) was a German-born American actress and singer.Although she still made occasional films in the post-war years, Dietrich spent most of the 1950s to the 1970s touring the world as a successful show performer. In 1999 the American Film Institute named Dietrich the ninth greatest female star of all time.
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# -> Australian artist or release
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Avey Tare - Lucky 1
(“Down There” - 2010, Mistletone)

Duke - So In Love With You (Sweet Mix)
(“So In Love With You” single - 1997, 4play)

kyü - Trains (Radio Edit)
(“Kyü” - 2010, Popfrenzy) #

Brian Eno - St. Elmo's Fire
(“Another Green World” - 1975, Island)

The Boo Radleys - Martin, Doom! It's Seven O'Clock (Stereolab Mix)
(“It's Lulu” single - 1995, Creation)

Shobaleader One - Cryptic Motion (Radio Edit)
(“d'Demonstrator” - 2010, Warp)

Tricky - Hakim
(“Mixed Race” - 2010, Domino)

Spacecadet Lullabies - Green Drop
(“Ghost Songs” - 2010, Red Caboose) #

Autechre - Iris Was A Pupil
(“Move Of Ten” - 2010, Warp)

Anne Clark - Our Darkness
(“Joined Up Writing” - 1984, Ink)

Sven Väth - An Accident In Paradise (Spicelab Remix)
(“An Accident In Paradise Remixes” single - 1993, Eye Q)

Gigi Galaxy - Shake It
(“The Seductive Sounds Of Teknotika” compilation - 1997, Eye Q) (original 1996)
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