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Hi again. I tried writing you several times, but each time my connection crashes right the moment I press 'TAG!'. This time I'll copy my reply, though.
"Girls versus Boys" is an awesome idea - go for it, definitely! I've also wanted to do a color mix in a long time now, but never got around to it. Also, I haven't worked on your DK mix in forever, so I should get to it probably. I really want to be in the next contest, been ages since last time. Now I will check out your latest mix. :)
2/22/08 2:40am
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That sucks about your current pc difficulties. I listen to the tape at night when I find it hard to sleep, you have a very soothing and not-so-loud taste in music, really nice. :) Or it was just the mood of this particular mixtape, I don't know. Nice job anyway.
Yeah, I know Last.FM very well. It was through that site I discovered MTC, so it's not too much to say that it has really changed my life. The free radio can be a real life saver from time to time when you're in need of something new to you to listen to. I'm not actually going to the Tegan and Sara show, though, because I have a school trip to Rome then.
1/25/08 4:42pm
Level 21
KAthi, I got the tape last week, and I just love it! Even though Christmas' over and there's no snow around, the songs are all really adorable. I was really excited to see Eskobar and the Wannadies on the track list, and I'm slightly obsessed with the Fountains of Wayne track on side A. Also, I was actually going to put that Raveonettes song on your mix, but you beat me to it with your winter mix, WHICH ROCKS!
1/14/08 3:14pm
Level 21
Oh, that's too bad. Looking forward to receiving it as eagerly as ever. Hope you had a blast visiting your best friend. :) Also, thanks for the birthday greetings.
1/3/08 4:23pm
Level 21
That's okay. Sometimes they send out the post anyway, and then the recipient pays for the missing postage. That's how I hope they do with this one anyway. :)
And to you too. Merry Christmas and a happy happy New Year!!
12/25/07 2:36am
Level 21
I see. We have a nice station here in Denmark as well, but I don't have time to listen to radio ever, only on Sundays, and Sunday equals sports, so in between every other song you have to listen through ice hockey match scores and interviews with coaches. Bummer.
Looking forward to your mix! Hope my mix will reach you safely in the new year. :)
12/20/07 1:39am
Level 21
You got it. :)
I know what you mean, but generally I think radio sucks. Too much host blathering and too many pop songs that you grow tired of easily. It's nice though to dwell on older bands. I can't say I'm more to new or old stuff, it's very blurry. As for the Radiohead album, you can just go to www.inrainbows.com and basically download it for free (if you like, you can also pay for it).
12/18/07 2:57pm
Level 21
Oh my. Yes, I can picture the birthday scenario very clearly!
Well, it's lovely to give and get like that. Have you retrieved to early and 'good old' music then? Your love for newer stuff will find its way back in to your heart, I'm sure! Speaking of ... have you had a listen to the new Radiohead album?
12/12/07 9:48am
Level 21
I know how it feels. A winter mix for Christmas would be fantastic, Kathi!!! I'm almost 40% through with your DK-mix.
I'm no good in introducing people to new music. It's a great feeling, no doubt, but somehow I always befriend indie pop persons who won't listen to anything pre-Franz Ferdinand, so my effort's wasted on their likes.
12/9/07 1:26pm
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I was going to enter, but I ended up with a bit of a rushed mixtape which I couldn't work on further, so I gave up. I might upload it later, though, because although it doesn't grasp the crazy theme very well, I think it works a mixtape.
About the Danish music mix, I'm working on it! Sorry, I haven't dug that much in to it yet, thank you for reminding me. I have plenty o' time at the moment, actually, so it should be done soon. It could be a Christmas present, if you like.
Ohh, I'm dying for some winter mixes on this site.. Have fun making it. :)
12/1/07 1:10am
Level 21
Det kan jag förstå är en kunstig fornemmelse, wow. Är den type 'skola' inte boring? Data och edb har altid været dødssyge fag, tyckar jag. Men lycka til met det nya job! Jag har det bra, tror jag. Men lige nu migræne, så det kunne være bedre. :( Har du tittat det nya mix contest?
11/26/07 2:08pm
Level 21
Kathi, long time no see. Hur går det met deg?
11/26/07 6:49am
Level 21
That's so "hyggeligt". I remember back when I was a little kid, my father would rent a cabin in Sweden during Christmas time, and then we'd spend time together as a family, out in the woods surrounded by nothing but snow, snow, snoww.
I am an atheist myself, but it's true, my family has some other holidays. I don't know when they are, but I believe there was one, because of Lent, here in September or October.
10/27/07 8:52am
Level 21
I don't celebrate Christmas, but snow is still a part of the atmosphere in town around Christmas. I feel like something's missing when people skate on ice but there's no snow around them. Plus, if it has to be so darn cold in the winter, then it should at least be a pretty sight with snow every where.
10/23/07 3:47pm
Level 21
O'waow, snow?? I don't think we'll have snow here in Denmark before next year. Or it'll begin snowing on the 26th of December or something like that. It never snows on Christmas Eve or the day after. That's just not doing it for the whole Christmas spirit, you know?
10/22/07 12:28am
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We had a week's Autumn break, now it's back to school. Just as you said, I will get an employee's discount AND I'll most definitely get my hands on new music that way too. I've already gotten myself really excited about it.
- I don't know the Walkabouts, but Wikipedia informs me that they are from America. And I was totally going to upload a Danish music only mix soon, that's another way of letting you in on the cool bands/artists here. I think I'll compile some of it as we speak..
And ditto on the concerts, my last one was in July when I saw Modest Mouse.
10/20/07 12:40pm
Level 21
Hej Kathi! Jag har savnet dig her. :)
Alt går bra med jag, i dette vecka havde jag semester, men måndag börjar skolan atter. Lige nu pröver jag at finna penge till så mycka många konserter (CocoRosie, Múm, Ryan Adams och The Cure!), men det bliver "tough as hell." Jag vet inte hur jag gör det.
Nytt job lyter bra! Jag skal ochså pröver at få stilling i Fona eller andet musik shop innen jag blivar 18.
Hur går det med dig ellers?
10/20/07 2:26am
Level 21
Holy cow you ARE my new hero. But then, the story must be in German, right? Well, you shouldn't rush it, I get the "my life's more interesting now." But really, it'd be cool to read it someday. :) I bet it's a knocker.
9/25/07 12:21am
Level 21
Nej, du har inte förtalt mig att du skrivar på en bok, Kathi! Omg, det lytar fucking kewl, beretningen om musikernes liv. Och hvis du virkelig har skrivat på den i mere end 10 år, så är du min nya helt. Jag tyckar du skal publicere den en dag, naturligvis! Då skal alla få läsar din roman, det är jo vanvittig stört. :) Hur mycket har du skrivat, so far?
9/17/07 1:01am
Level 21
Jobbet är bra, men det är lite irriterende att det är om lördagen. F.eks. var jag til fest i går, så det är inte great att jobba næste dag. Jag skal pröva att få job i BlockBuster!
Sociale tabere är "poor people," junkies, alcoholics, pushere, unge modere etc. Gymnasiet är 3 år, men jag är i 2. år nu, så 2009 är jag færdig.
Jag känner Susanne Brögger, men inte den bok, "Creme Fraiche." Åh, jag vil ochså läsa mera klassisk litteratur, faktisk. :) - Jeg känner Benjamin Lebert, hehe, för många år tilbake läste jag "Crazy." Jag tyckade den var mycket bra, men det är længe siden. Jag kan inte huske den så vel nu. Men han var mycket ung då han skrev "Crazy," är det inte sann?
- Interrail och musik lyter som spændende bok topics! Jag skal kanske begynne på något John Irving, för att udvite min kunskap.
9/15/07 1:33am
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Level 26
Ja, Fosters ist das bekannteste Australische Bier, aber nur Uebersee!
Australier trinken nicht Fosters, aber es ist in England sehr populaer, weil sie denken, dass sie "Australia's favourite beer" trinken. Wir finden es sehr lustig.
Es gibt eigentlich keines bekanntestes Australisches Bier. Es kommt darauf an, wo man wohnt; hier, in New South Wales z.B, trinkt man Tooheys New oder VB, aber in Victoria trinkt man Carlton Draught.
9/9/07 11:12pm
Level 21
Skolan är "tough," dette är mit 2. år på gymnasie, och 2. år är altid det sværeste, tyckar alla. Det lyder "hyggeligt" med en smule semester! Faktisk så har min mor ochså lige fået en ny baby.
He he, nej, nu är der inte så længe till att Harry Potter blir oversat i Skandinavien. Har du hört nogla "spoilers" indtil videre? Det håber jag inte!
Jo, jag har faktisk lige læst en roman av en dansk forfatter, der hedder Benn Q. Holm. Han har skrevet en roman, der hedder Album, som handler om sociale tabere i København/Danmark fra 1970'erne til 2000. Den är faktisk mycket spændende, kanske kan man få den i tyska/svenska version ochså? De är i gang med att filmatisere den, och en av mina venner skal spilla med i den! Det är så cool. :)
- Hur med dig? Har du läst nogat spændende?
The Raveonettes er danska, ja. Jag skal skrive dig en längere post om de gode danska bands (inte Aqua, nej! Ha ha). Nu skal jag desvärre jobbe.
Ttyl, Kathi!
9/8/07 2:05am
Mixtape Potpourri II: Third Place
Level 26
Hey, geht mir gut. Wie geht es dir?
Becks ist VIEL besser! Was hast du fuer Bier getrunken? Nicht Fosters!?!?!?! (Wir trinken keine Fosters in Australien! Es ist ecklig!)
9/7/07 3:11am
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the cardigans' album "life" is one of my favorites
8/21/07 7:15am
Level 21
Det går bra, tak. Skolen är startet, så jag har ej haft mölighet för att komme online i nogla dage.
- Jeg har inte selv albums med Eskobar, men jag liker deres musik. Bring the Action er fortfarande mit yndlingsnummer med dem. Ellers har jag inte just utforsket den svenska musikbrancen, hehe.
Jag så den nya Harry Potter film onsdag, och jag skal inte få tyckar om den. :| Jeg tyckar att skuespillet var dårligt, plus de grunde du kom med - de har kortat så mycket. Jag er fortfarande mest rasende over, att Dolores Umbridge inte fittade beskrivelsen från bokerne, slet inte.
Det var trist att du inte fik chancen för att tittar i boken. Hvornår skal du få lyssnar den som tyska audiobok?
- Jag forstår udmærket dina post uten bogstavet å, ja. No worries. :)
PS. Jag skrev oprindelig en lang post, men den blev slettet, så jag prøver atter. Der är nok mange fejl, hehe.
8/18/07 11:39pm
Level 21
Hej der, Kathi! Jeg har just nu lagt mærke til, at Eskobar er i din Favorite music artists liste. Det tyckar jeg er så kewl - der er inte mange, som kenner til deres musik. Anyways, hur går det med deg?
8/13/07 5:57pm
Mixtape Potpourri II: Third Place
Level 26
Ich war eine austausch schuelerin. Ich hatte viel Spass als ich in der Schweiz wohnte. Es war eine tolle Erfahrung.
Ich sah auch viel von Europa. (Leider nur das suedliche Teil von Deutschland)
8/6/07 12:24am
Level 21
Oi, I didn't realise you got to do all the registration stuff. But you should still buy it, I think, so you can read the rest. :) I imagined it would be harder to read in English, all the previous books I have read them in Danish, but it was easy as pie, plus more fresh, because it's THE original J.K. script.
7/30/07 2:10am
Mixtape Potpourri II: Third Place
Level 26
Wiseo Australien?
7/28/07 7:53pm
Level 21
Een kopi er inte manga. Tror du stadig at du kan læse lidt i den når I får den ind?
7/28/07 12:50pm
Level 21
Hvor mange kopier vil I få ind? Jeg kan godt forstå at du ikke vil lade andre vente, hehe.
7/27/07 1:19pm
Level 21
That makes sense, OK.
Oh cool, with the German edition, the names not being changed. I finished the book last night. Have you started yet? Or will you, after all, wait for it to come out in German as audiobook?
7/25/07 5:56am
Mixtape Potpourri II: Third Place
Level 26
Ich komme aus Sydney. Bist du ein mal in Australien gewesen?
7/25/07 5:50am
Level 21
"jättenyfiken", vad betyder det? Jag synes inte at du skal venta med att den utkommar på audiobok, den engelska version er mycka nem og ligetil - du skal bara tænke dig om når du tittar ukendte navne. Jag menar selvklart "places" och "surnames". Men ja, jag skal nok lade være med att fortælle dig noget som helst om den, no worries! :)
På min computer er de mpeg-filer, inte wma - men jag uploader dem i mit iTunes bibliotek lige om snart! Och kan du huske CocoRosie, som jeg fortalte dig om? Well, de kommar her til København 11. august - jeg glæder mig mycka!!!!
7/23/07 10:05am
Level 21
Du jobbar på ett bibliotek? Jag jobbade selv på mit skole-bibliotek i 2 år, men så startede jeg på gymnasium (high school). Jag ville stadig mægtig gerne jobba på ett bibliotek.
Jag tyckar att jag vil titta den nye Simpsons-film, och inte Harry Potter. Just nu er jeg i gang med at læse den nye Harry Potter 7, och den er mycka "exciting"!!!
Jag har fået e-mails fra dig, och sendspace funkar fint. De andre plejer inte att splitte deres mix op, nej, men jag har fået alle fyra dele uten problemer; nu mangler jeg just at unzippe dem, så får jeg lyssnar til det hele. :)
7/23/07 9:16am
Mixtape Potpourri II: Third Place
Level 26
Muenchin hat mir sehr gut gefallen. Wieso bist du nach Muenchin gezogen?
Wallis ist sehr schoen. Ich kann nicht ski fahren aber ich hatte noch Spass als ich in Wallis war.
Ich liebe Zuerich! Du solltest dort gehen. Es sieht nicht wirklich WUNDERschoen aus, aber es ist noch eine tolle Stadt. Man kann viel Spass da haben.
7/22/07 6:59pm
Mixtape Potpourri II: Third Place
Level 26
HALLO! Ich wohnte in Zuerich fuer ein Jahr. (2003) Es ist schon lange seit ich Deutsch gesprochen/geschrieben habe, also du musst mich enschuldigen, wenn ich Fehler mache!
Woher genau in Deutschland bist du?
7/19/07 4:15pm
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7/19/07 2:53pm
Level 21
Ya, Under Byen er et godt dansk band. :)
CocoRosie er egentlig en søster-duo fra USA, men de har boet en tid i Frankrig, og de har franske sange, selvom det er mest på engelsk. Men jag ved jo inte om dit mix,, hvordan de skulle fitte derind med resten.
Jo, jag har Skype, men jag har inte helt ett "hang" på det. Kan du kanske finde mig på min email-adresse? Jag tyckar at man kan "tracke" mennesker på Skype hvis man har deres e-mail.
7/19/07 3:10am
Level 21
Snella... :) (OK, I just wrote that because I'm convinced it means 'please' in Swedish).
7/17/07 2:13pm
Level 21
Kathi, can you sendspace your latest mix? I don't know those artists, but you've got me hooked!
7/17/07 2:10pm
Level 21
Jeg er ked af det med dit Internet.
Det er sandt, jeg er på alder med Harry Potter! og det har jeg været hele tiden nærmest, haha. Har du set den nye film endnu? Jeg har inte haft tid til det, men jeg ved inte om jeg har lyst heller. Det skal blive dødspændende at finde ud af slutningen i den 7. bog.
Aber, så må jeg lave de samme fel som dig, tyckar du inte? :) Du er i hvert fald myckä bra til svenska, det skal blive anti-tråkigt lige meget hvad, tyckar jeg, hehe.
7/15/07 1:48pm
Level 21
Hi there, Kathi. Hvordan går det?
7/15/07 1:21pm
Level 21
AWESOME. :) Swedish is not that close to Danish though, like Norwegian is. But I would probably understand it when it's written.
Yeah, Klosterman's written "Killing Yourself to Live", "Fargö Rock City", "Sex Drugs and Cocoa Puffs" and... and one more, at least. Doesn't come to mind atm.
6/28/07 12:09pm
Level 21
That's pretty sane awesome. :D I never finished that one myself.
I fell in love with Nick Hornby after reading A Long Way Down. That's one hell of wonderful book.
I wish I knew German... Do you know Danish?
6/28/07 11:46am
Level 24
I love Munchen. In Las Vegas they just built a Hofbrauhaus, nearly identical to the one in Munchen. I'm going there next week for a little reminder of what fun I had.
3/25/07 8:26am
Mixtape Potpourri II: Third Place
Level 26
i love the koala avatar.
australian beer is really bad. very bitter. that's why i drink german beer. i love becks.
3/7/07 4:40pm
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Level 26
Willkommen!
Ich liebe Deutschland! (besonderes das deutsche Bier)
2/19/07 6:00am
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Level 15
Welcome to the Collective!
2/18/07 7:08pm