Soundscape #82: “My Experience In Amsterdam Is That Cyclists Ride Where The Hell They Like” — Terry Pratchett
May 2nd, 2008It’s true: the chances of you being murdered, robbed and raped (or all 3) in Amsterdam are negligible when it comes to them cyclists. Sure, Amsterdam is famous for the red light district, the museums, the dope, but it’s very very possible that you will die under the bicycle wheel before you even get on a tram.
Amsterdamned Café (closed), March 2008.
We call them “silent assassins” and lost count of the number of times we go “hey, watch it!” First, cyclists go everywhere and do not care if they are supposed to be there (on the pedestrian pavement? I think not) or not. Second, they don’t care if they run into anything. They probably think of themselves as fearless cavalry of the light brigade or something. Last, there are so many cyclists in so many directions that you’d probably run right smack into the path of one while trying to avoid another.
Playlist:
1. (0:00) The New Pornographers – The Laws Have Changed (Electric Version)
2. (3:25) Ted Leo & The Pharmacists – The Sons Of Cain (Living With The Living)
3. (7:25) The Go! Team – The Power Is On (Thunder, Lightning, Strike)
4. (10:40) The Flaming Lips - Free Radicals (A Hallucination Of The Christmas Skeleton Pleading With A Suicide Bomber) (At War With The Mystics)
5. (14:20) The Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) (Funeral)
6. (19:32) Andrew Bird – Heretics (Armchair Apocrypha)
7. (23:06) Radiohead – You And Whose Army? (Kid A)
8. (26:17) The Mountain Goats – Heretic Pride (Heretic Pride)
9. (30:00) The White Stripes – I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself (Elephant)
10. (32:46) The Martinis – Free (Empire Records OST)
11. (37:10) Coldplay - Amsterdam (A Rush Of Blood To The Head)
12. (42:30) Yo La Tengo – The Whole Of The Law (Painful)
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