Category Archives: Music for a Sunday

Music for a Sunday: Let the record show…

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Class consciousness never sounded so good.

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Music for a Sunday: Ich mittendrin, und…

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Haben Sie eine Frage? Etwas, das Sie quält? Like, say, how this sounds in English? Here you go: Peter Gabriel had an excellent German translator; it’s almost word-for-word, which is very hard to do. (And I would know.) He sounds … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: In which we go Gothic for Gaza

Posted on November 18, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Yes, that one’s actually about Pompeii and Herculaneum. But I think it fits for war destruction, too. In light of current events, it was the first thing that came to mind. (It also fits, ghoulishly, for the white-phosphorus attack from … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Bullet strikes the helmet’s head

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Sabina Becker

When the war is over, turn out the lights.

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Music for a Sunday: Me, debunk an American myth?

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Sabina Becker

And take my life in my hands? And it seems to me I remember every single fuckin’ thing I know…

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Music for a Sunday: Something shimmering and white

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Wish I knew what you were looking for…

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Music for a Sunday: Iraq is the new black

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Next up: Iran, Syria, Lebanon…did I miss a spot?

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Music for a Sunday: One for Felix Baumgartner

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Well, what would you play for a guy who just shattered a skydiving record or two?

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Music for a Sunday: The night of the Sun

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Hamilton’s working-class heroes, paying tribute to another. I figured this was only fitting, in light of who’s going to win the elections in Venezuela today. ¡Viva Chávez!

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Music for a Sunday: With the cold wind in my eyes

Posted on September 30, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Some sad news today: Raylene Rankin has died of cancer, aged 52. She and four of her siblings formed The Rankin Family over 20 years ago, and are widely credited with popularizing the Keltic-tinged folk/country music of Cape Breton for … Continue reading →

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