Liner Notes

Soundscape #134: Postcards From Italy

Europe in summer is hell. The entire continent is good at keeping itself warm during the winter but come summer and Europe comes apart at the seams. Most “aircons” are but reverse “heaters” and they blow hot air into the room. Coming from a “aircon nation”, I may seem a little spoilt but hey, at least we don’t have people fainting in droves when the heat wave hits.

Duomo in Milan, Aug 2009

Europe in August is also hell. Nothing much is open and those who are exploit the opportunity to charge exorbitant prices. The city looks deserted which might have a romantic feel to it, if only it’s not so bloody hot. There’s nothing much to do, not in Milan at least, except to shop. And shop I did. It’s the only thing I can do!

Playlist:

1.(0:00) Bright Eyes – At The Bottom Of Everything (I’m wide Awake It’s Morning)
2. (4:34) Camera Obscura – Let’s Get Out Of This Country (Let’s Get Out Of This Country)
3. (7:54) Manic Street Preachers – Everything Must Go (Everything Must Go)
4. (11:01) Pavement – Unfair (Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain)
5. (13:35) Teenage Fanclub – Nothing To Be Done
6. (16:37) Aimee Mann & Michael Penn – Two Of Us (I Am Sam OST)
7. (20:10) The Mendoza Line – Go Shopping (30 Year Low + The Final Remarks Of The Legendary Malcontent)
8. (23:50) Yo La Tengo – Something To Do (Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo)
9. (26:07) The Organ – There Is Nothing I Can Do (Grab That Gun)
10. (28:38) Voxtrot – The Dream Lives Of Ordinary People (Berlin, Without Return)
11. (33:06) Beirut – Postcards From Italy (Gulag Orkestar)