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I started keeping a diary on October 26th, 1997. I was 14 and in 9th grade. I kept up until 2004, and every year, I made a ‘personal soundtrack’ with songs that reflected last years’ themes and storylines.
Here are 20 songs for ‘Season 18’, October 2014 to October 2015.
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- Matt Nathanson: “Sky High Honey”
- Joy Kills Sorrow: “Was it you”
- Rachel Platten: “Fight Song”
- San Fermin: “Casanova”
- Oscar and the Wolf: “Strange Entity (Rock Werchter 2014)”
- Travis: “Warning Sign”
- Shannon McNally: “Pale Moon”
- Ozark Henry: “Indian Summer”
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Danny Michel: “Ashes to Ashes”
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Matthew Barber: “Revolution of the Sun”
- A-ha: “Lifelines”
- Admiral Fallow: “Guest of the Government”
- Withered Hand: “Love in the Time of Ecstasy”
- Die Heiterkeit: “Wohin gehst du, Cary Grant?”
- Hoozier: “Someone New”
- Mark Kozelek & Jimmy Lavalle: “Gustavo”
- Peter Broderick: “More and more (Mouth Trumpet Version)”
- Glen Hansard/The Swell Season: “Drown Out (live)”
- Roxette: “Spending my Time (live, acoustic)”
- Dadafon: “Slow Day”
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Some of these songs are on Youtube. Let’s see how long it takes before they are taken down. Here are the videos: Watch them while the links still work!
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- Matt Nathanson: “Sky High Honey (Decibelle Session)”
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- Joy Kills Sorrow: “Was it you”
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- Rachel Platten: “Fight Song”
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- San Fermin: “Casanova””
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- Oscar and the Wolf: “Strange Entity (Rock Werchter 2014)”
- Travis: “Warning Sign”
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- Shannon McNally: “Pale Moon”
- Ozark Henry: “Indian Summer”
- Danny Michel: “Ashes to Ashes”
- Matthew Barber: “Revolution of the Sun (live)”
- A-Ha: “Lifelines”
- Admiral Fallow: “Guest of the Government”
- Withered Hand: “Love in the Time of Ecstasy”
- Die Heiterkeit: “Wohin gehst du, Cary Grant?”
- Hoozier: “Someone New”
- Mark Kozelek & Jimmy Lavalle: “Gustavo”
- Peter Broderick: “More and more (Mouth Trumpet Version)”
- Glen Hansard/The Swell Season: “Drown Out (live)”
[Start: 1:02:50]
- Roxette: “Spending my Time (live, acoustic)”
- Dadafon: “Slow Day”
related Links:
- 2014: Death of a Friend (personal essay)
- 2014: Sommer in Neukölln (personal essay)
- 2014: Irgendwas mit Schreiben: Diplomschriftsteller im Beruf (personal essay)
- “Zimmer voller Freunde” (Tumblr, Link)
- 1997 / 1998: My personal Soundtrack (Link)
- Helden meiner Kindheit (Link)
- My Video Game Biography (Link)
- My favorite Movies (Link)