December 2011
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Top Tracks of 2011
(My most listened according to last.fm, only one song per artist.)
Stella - Kadun suurin talo
Florence + The Machine - Kiss With a Fist
Beth Ditto - I Wrote The Book
Ellie Goulding - Guns & Horses
Chisu - Kerrasta poikki
Cee Lo Green - Love Gun
Lily Allen - Who’d Have Known
Adele - Rolling In The Deep
La Roux - I’m Not Your Toy
Beyoncé - Sweet Dreams
I don't have to deal with egg nog, I drink glögi.
The main classic ingredients are (usually) red wine, sugar, spices such as cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, cloves and bitter orange, and optionally also stronger spirits such as vodka, akvavit or brandy.
5 Songs I Never Skip
Adele & Darius Rucker - Need You Now This one’s for the unapologetic sap in me. I struggled with liking the original Lady Antebellum song because it’s good but it has this crossover-country-easy listening-adult-radio-vibe. But this cover is just a teensy bit more soulful and a teensy bit more perfect.
Beyonce - Why Don’t You Love Me I got beauty, I got heart, keep my head...
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-18) →
Cults (22)
SBTRKT (22)
Fever Ray (22)
St. Vincent (22)
Frank Ocean (21)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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The Tuesday Thing
I signed up to the CHSH website to RSVP “maybe”, but APPARENTLY THAT’S NOT AN ALTERNATIVE. And let’s be honest, making a commitment to save up hundreds of euros to fly across the goddamn planet four months from now isn’t really something I’m capable of at this time. But just so you know, it’s a maybe.
I have a thing for Snapple. It’s not easy to...
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-4) →
Kelis (4)
Chisu (4)
Robyn (4)
Kanye West (3)
Regina (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Independent Truths
94 years ago today, after centuries of getting fucked in the ass by Swedes and Russians, my country became independent.
Happy birthday Finland!
Later my grandfather fought and was injured in a war to preserve our independence. The Karelian area where he came from was forfeited to the Soviet Union, his family lost their homes and were forced to migrate elsewhere.
These days independence is...
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Okay I swear I'll start keeping up with your posts...
I’m trying to browse back but you people post so much!