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No reading today... I just received an email from Felix & Simon about the re-release of the Jaxx classics on iTunes. Clicking the link results in a stack of digital plates ranging from catalogue no. JAXX001 to a lot of Jaxxness.. of which some are still missing in the Discotheque. Good! Nicely made page too. We do have a very special one for you here, a personal favorite and recorded from

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Came across this new discovery, quite morbid for a real vinyl addict like me. What would be your choice of tune? Please people people, no Freddy. My first pick would be Gloomy Sunday. But then I realised I already shared that beautiful song with you through my 2009 Diary mix. And it suggests I will outlive my sporty spice wife. What about this song by The Prostitutes? Thank you for listening,

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Also on the pile of books 'n music that came in during the holiday season: Live from Axis Mundi by Gogol Bordello. On VINYL, yes my friend WITH a download code AND a digital versatile disc... ..might convert the whole package and check it on my iPhone, a scratched second hand that replaces the one that got stolen at a Gogol Bordello gig in Paradiso Amsterdam. Surely there were some bastards

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Summer is really gone over here in Amsterdam but I feel too good to do some sentimental reminiscing. One way to keep that hot period close to me is by finally having a proper look at the things that came in through realmail. Summer 2010 saw the release of the seventy-third issue of The Believer Mag: The Music Issue. As far as I knew kind of hard to get in The Netherlands, though I found a

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Few weeks back I got an update from Painted Dog, our Sirkus Recordings distributor. The update announced the release of Shook's The Glow EP, and told me this limited edition red vinyl would hold a mini comic book as well. A perfect fit for the Readers Disco: Dutch producer, red vinyl, beautiful artwork. The EP by the features five wel produced tunes: the electro groovy 1986, The Glow & Flush

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Too busy with the Booktunes project to write a proper article on, say , Taras Bulba, I have decided to drop a top about naked readers... for the boys & lesbians & all the rest of the party people who want to see more titties in the Disco. Today I came across this beautiful picture through one of my favourite blogs called Goodshit. An Extra Good blog so check it here. Although I am getting

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First book, first page, first paragraph, second sentence, first word is... 'Janáceks Sinfonietta'! Followed by Aomame, one of the protagonists, telling all about it. Yes I am having a test copy of the long awaited upcoming new Murakami novel 1q84 in front of me... in Holland we are quite lucky with a dutch translation to be released on the 26th of june! Seems Enlish readers won't be able to buy

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Back in London! Away from the Light of Day, the biography by Amadou & Mariam got launched yesterday in Waterstones Picadilly. The lovely couple played a few songs, novelist Ian Clayton read some text, the public asked some questions. And yeah, pretty English questions indeed. I was lucky to ask them some questions in person, since their Publisher Route decided to give me some time in their

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- - ey Disco! Here's an article about a nice Dutch novel by Philip Huff - - - Our first guestpost by a nice Dutch girl called Rose - - - Soundtrack at the bottom, enjoy! - Days (made of) of Grass a story about a boy in his puberty. In the book the boy looks back at his life. Ben is now 18 years old, born in Zwolle (Holland). His name is Ben. He tells his story while living in an apartment for

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Ytje's new work inspired by 'Rats' is part of the 'Chicas del Pólder' exhibition in the Ras Gallery Barcelona. Pop by if you're in the Barça area before the 4th of june! Download the song by Sonic Youth here.. .. and head to the exhbition in the Ras

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The new Booktunes site is online! Now I have to worry, ehm, think about promoting the thing, pop by at literary sites both digital and physical, meet new people, read more books. Recently went to visit Uitgeverij Atlas, the Dutch publisher of Mr. Murakami and Mr. Hornby. Good to be in this dragon's den adjoining one of Amsterdam’s finest canaux, got me thinking about the last time I was in

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Past few months I've been busy working on a more official disco: Booktunes.net. As I told the office people I dealt with in the process of building this site: 'I am developing a website that connects books and their music. This International site will cover novels in which music plays an important role. Visitors to the site will find info on their favourite novels, links to the related music,

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Last weekend Bas and I watched some movies. That's what we do when we meet. Eat burgers, watch movies. He suggested a movie from the early 2000's starring Michael Douglas, Wonder Boys. Douglas plays a writer who does not suffer from a writer’s block, but from a whole lot of other things. He gets stoned. A dog gets killed. A certain woman gets pregnant. A very expensive jacket gets stolen. An

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Here's a nice mix to end off the year 2009. How was it? Nice, yeah had some crises, on the money side like every one else so no complaining. I like to think it brought me closer to the guy I am really wanting to be, what I would really like to be doing. What about you? I hope my 2009 diary is a bit like yours, plus I hope you will enjoy this music compilation. Sorry, no mixtape this time but

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I was disappointed. In myself, not Haruki Murakami. I just found out I hadn't read his first two novels! My little trick of reading from left to right at the bookstore shelf proved to be inconclusive; I would have to find the last two translations in Japan itself. Last two meaning Murakami's first two novels: Hear the wind sing and Pinball, 1973. In short, Readers Disco had some catching up

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Amazon told us to read The Red Album of Asbury Park Remixed. Usually we neglect computer generated advice, but we had a feeling this time they were right. And they were. Alex Austin's latest novel tells the moving story of Sam Nesbitt trying to make the best of his life in the 60’s Asbury music scene. Yes indeed, a perfect read for this disco. A perfect post also, since we did an interview

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This weekend our great friends Mels & Sara came to dinner.. Oof! they brought some nice Dutch(!) wine. I should keep that one in mind when visiting Loek & Henny. Food & drinks, but of course we also talked about music. Mels took us on safari to Little Pixel's Flickr page filled with record covers re-designed into old pocket books. Because both Mels and myself still listen to The White Room

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Next month the Watchmen DVD finally will be available in stores over here in Amsterdam for those who have not already downloaded it or ordered it through Amazon. Listening to the tunes in the movie, I realised they were different from the songs being mentioned in the graphic novel. Yesterday I thought it was time to put the 'original score' online... which had already been done a few months

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Love is a mixtape is the first novel by Rolling Stone editor Rob Sheffield. Listening to a bunch of old tapes he tells the sad but beautiful story about growing up and losing the love of your life, and about the music as a soil for their love. Read the book, listen to the music, and enjoy the 90's that gave way to the underground and shy guys.As a child of these 90's I've grown up with mixtapes,

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Finishing your studies is worth it.. people give you more books now they see you can read and... champagne of course!! That's how I got this paperback with a personal note from my neighbour: 'forget all you have learned, BLINK!'. Book's finished, Pommery still in the fridge. Blink! The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell tells about the importance of spontaneity in

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Three months ago I finished my studies in Comparative Arts and Media Studies with a B.A. Thesis on the role of the music in Haruki Murakami's Kafka on the Shore. It was great to dig deep into the novel and the music, and more specific the parts about Oshima and his beloved Schubert. The thesis is about showing that the music in the novel adds an extra dimension making the reading experience

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Last year I went to see Sean Penn's movie about Chris McCandless walking into the wild. It's an impressive movie, and I was happy to get both the book by Jon Krakauer ánd the movie soundtrack by Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder as a birthday present. Sean Penn did a good job showing the vastness and the beauty of the nature Chris wanted to feel. The good thing about the book is that Krakauer compares

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