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ÿÿ01There are people who say they only can concentrate when it absolutely quiet at the actual place. I am not one of them, I simply wouldn't have survived that; imagine how boring concentrating would have been if everything was quiet like a desert! If you are one of them, this is not the article for you.
	The truth is, I write better when listening to music. Try to put on a record when writing and you will see for yourself. A record, however, does not include any record, it has to be one of the following... (without any real order)

ÿ02ÿThe Chemical Brothers - "Exit Planet Dust"ÿÿ 00ÿ01 This is a very massive record, not leaving much room for romantic phantasies or lovely insect stories; this is the real thing, hard and very well carried out. The CD consists of 11 tracks at at total length of some fifty minutes (and what fifty minutes!). If you are about to write a tough, aggressive article, this is the music to put you in the  right mood.

ÿ02ÿBiosphere - "Patashnik"ÿÿ 00ÿ01 Sometimes you have to leave body and room to travel to the Inner Chambers of Inspiration, sometimes you have to use words and phrases long since forgotten, sometimes you need to see things you can't normally see, shortly sometimes you have to write that text with the little extra touch to say Sophie or Anne. Whereas "Exit Planet Dust" would have given you a letter to Sophie that would have destroyed every possibility of your catching her, "Patashnik" lifts you to heights you didn't know exist. The CD contains 12 tunes (a total of maybe 70 minutes) of real ambient music. This Norweigan group really helps you achieve the so-much-wanted trance-like state of mind needed for special moments. You must, however, watch out; when you meet Sophie and you don't have access to "Patashnik", she might find you somewhat shallow and empty (if you are shallow and empty from the beginning, that is).

ÿ02ÿTangerine Dream - "Ricochet"ÿÿ 00ÿ01 In search of total escape from today's music, I began listening to TD some year ago. "Ricochet", made in 1975, takes you to unseen worlds and planets on a more concrete way than "Patashnik". With "Richchet"'s analoge syntehesizes and lack of what we today refer to as real refrain, you can write of places you know are there but you have never been to or seen, like for example the bottom of the ocean. As unsuitable for love letters as it is perfect for those adventure-stories.

ÿ02ÿBeach Boys - "The Very Best of the Beach Boys"ÿÿ 00ÿ01 If you long for the summer (which you do constantly in Boden), then there is nothing better than this one. It is actually 2 CDs, but the more, the better. Most of the songs feel very short, but that is something you have to live with. Life is short - art is long.

ÿ02ÿEast 17 - "Oh baby I love you so"ÿÿ 00ÿ01 This is a tip I got from Talent. I have never tried it myself, and judging from the language of 42, you should not either.

ÿ02ÿAny classic musicÿÿ 00ÿ01 is good. It does not distract you too much, just enough not to bore you. Mozart knew what he did, and so did Beethoven, Grieg and Vivaldi.

ÿ02ÿA few other Tangerine Dream productions...ÿÿ 00ÿ01

ÿPhaedra (1974)
Exit (1981)
Tangram (1981)
Force Majeure (1979)
Stratosfear (1976)
Rubycon (1975)
Encore (1977)
Hyperborea (1983)
White Eagle (1982)
Canyon Dreams (1987)
Tyger (1987/1992)
Le Parc (1985)
Optical Race (1988)
Lily on the Beach (1989)
Thief (1981)
Poland (1984)
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ÿ02ÿDavid Allan Coe - "For the Record - the First Ten Years"ÿÿ 00ÿ01 Country when it is as best. Take the chance to pay Tennessee a visit.

ÿ02ÿKing Diamondÿÿ 00ÿ01 is the musician most songtext writers of today ought to learn a great deal off. King Diamond plays a strange, atmospherical kind of metal, which together with his - to say the least - unusual voice trig you off.

I am serious; I'm giving away my very secret for successful writing. I believe you only can write good things when you feel something, and the listed productions all have their own special place where I could reach'em quickly. After all, your mission is to write what no man ever wrote before, and you can't do that in front of Word at the office (I guess you can, but it is no good to do that; we have seen what texts like that results in (a certain diskmagazine, the name of which consists of two numbers, each higher that one but lower than five))
	I'm quite aware of the fact that the listen records can't fit everybody; in fact, they fit nobody but me. On the other side, they fit me perfectly. I have heard it all before: "How can he like that, and how can he buy such a record, and how can he write such a lame article?" Complaints, written complaints, that is, are very welcome. We reserve, however, the full right to criticize your music taste, but that's the way it is, pal.

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