Category Archives: Past-the-bridge

I was going to add a bunch of other entries to the ‘Past the Bridge’ category, but decided to postpone anything after I discovered Shannon’s ‘Let the music play’ video at YouTube. If you feel so obliged, a sample can … Continue reading →

Then, earlier I was listening to my MP3 collection, when Sonic Youth’s cover of ‘Ca Plane Pour Moi’ (sample, 500K+ sample)comes up. I’m not sure if Thurston Moore is just improvising, but it sounds like it. Pardon his French, so … Continue reading →

What I like about CBC Radio One is that at least you can find out what music was played on (most of) the shows. For example, last Monday, Mainstreet played a piece of music from a band that’s called ‘Euphoria’, … Continue reading →

A couple years ago, a CD sampler of ‘Doe Maar’, a Dutch Ska band, was given to me for Christmas. Without a doubt, in the late Seventies/Eighties, Doe Maar was one of the most influential bands in The Netherlands. I … Continue reading →

While preparing snapshots of music from Sonic Youth, for a new addition to the ‘Past-The-Bridge’ collection, I decided to turn the clock back a bit more (once again

I accidentally ran into this REM FAQ, which (supposedly) lists many unknown facts about the band REM. However, it misses details about Stipe’s collaborative works with (without doubt, controversial) rapper KRS-One. Take for example the last time they worked together … Continue reading →

For a small absurd movie, I decided to use a section of the Hip-Hop classic ‘White Lines’, originally performed by Melle Mel (and his Furious Five) and released in 1983. There’s a long story behind the history of Grandmaster Flash, … Continue reading →

I have been thinking to feature Sonic Youth’s ‘Bull in the heather’ in this Past the Bridge item, but ended up bubblesorting Sjako’s ‘Hurt’. Eh. Sjako is a Dutch band that has been going through plenty of personnel changes since … Continue reading →

Today’s ‘Past the bridge’ soundsample comes from another band that apparently vanished after publishing their first album (more on that after): Mulu’s ‘Pussycat’ (‘Smells Like A Shark’, 1997, 400+K). I can’t particularly remember why I bought Mulu’s CD, but part … Continue reading →

Besides rediscovering Pizzicato 5 (they split up in the Nineties I hear), today I also remembered I had an mp3 (legitimate) of Bow wow wow. To be more specific, of the song ‘Do you want to hold me’. It comes … Continue reading →