GRETA ÁLVAREZ

Journalist.

Specialist in visual and communication arts.

Digital Media Lover. Self-starter. E-Hunter. Early adopter. Creator & Co-Founder of CoolhuntingProject.com.

Posts

Sometimes my boyfriend and I have a craving for burgers and I have this strange attraction for drive thrus. Maybe it’s because I don’t like people haha.

In-N-Out Burgers @ Sunset Blvd.

Photo by Greta Alvarez

“You can’t be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline.” Frank Zappa

My boyfriend and I bought this box with 8 different beers from around the world, so we tried a different one every night. A nice activity if you are into beers :)

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This is a Muhammed Ali’s piece of street art by Mr. Brainwash. I took this picture in Melrose Ave. during summer… Oh! summer. 

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Shell Beach is located around the area of Pismo Beach at San Luis Obispo County, California.

This sight of the Pacific Ocean is a must see. 

Photo by Greta Alvarez.

Sometimes we need colorful happiness to refresh our spirit.

Photo by Greta Alvarez

Salmon and green beans+ broccoli made by me.

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The table of LOVE.

Uno de los rincones favoritos de mi casa.

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Lady Gaga x Terry Richardson book.

Not a GaGa / uncle Terry super fan, but I like it.

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My Sunday Breakfast:

Hice esto inspirada en un receta que conseguí en un blog. Son crépes, prosciutto, mozzarella, un huevo, cebollín y un toque de pimienta, preparados en el horno.

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This is my last video for Coolhunting Project about Mr. Brainwash Art expo @ Los Angeles.

Aquí el canal de Youtube con más videos para CHP TV: Click

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So starting from now I will only drink low or zero calorie beverages.

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January 2012, Las Vegas.

Photo by Greta Alvarez

The Hipster Baby @ Melrose Ave.

Photo by Greta Álvarez

A picture of DTLA from my cell.

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[HIKING TIME] Cada domingo mi chico y yo intentamos cambiar las rutas. Hoy ejercitamos hasta detrás del Hollywood Sign donde tomé esta foto.

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Llevo a Sasha Grey en mi franela.

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This is me yesterday leaving a bar in Hollywood


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This is how we make http://coolhuntingproject.com

Lizandro taking a picture to a delicious tandoori bread

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One of those Hollywood shops (Taken with picplz.)

I really like Disney’s princesses, that’s (was) one of my girly top secrets.

I took this picture at Disneyland :)

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Audio

  • lowdunks Rancid - Time Bomb
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  • lowdunks: martinis-in-a: Men Without Hats - “The Safety Dance” Chiquita era de las que hacía la coreografía y subía las manitos. Siempre fui como que diva de gay. Qué se hace. Greta.
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Mixes

Música para escuchar viendo por la ventana
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Más sabe la música por vieja que por Gaga.
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música que te condensa.
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Esa mala maña de hacer del mundo un lugar bailable. Eso es el remix. Eso es este tracklist. Pura changa llena de blasfemia. Pero qué rayos.
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Canciones chéveres y guapas versionadas por niñas chéveres y guapas.
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8 canciones de esas que puedes escuchar para sentirte entendido mientras bebes vodka con aspirinas al mismo tiempo que piensas sobre la vida. O algo así.
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Un tracklist de cuando tenía 14. Todavía me gusta. Todavía tengo 14.
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Si pides que me describa en 8 canciones: aquí las tienes. Nice to meet you, stranger.
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Este tracklist es un estimulador de tu sistema nervioso.
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Mix Feed

Songs that have a special place in my heart. To be continued... 10 tracks including music by George Harrison, Kate Bush and Joni Mitchell
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Including music by Electric Light Orchestra, Love and Beach House Photo: www.rookiemag.com
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An ode to the city I was born in, Copenhagen. Featuring some of my favorite tracks from danish artists. Photo by me
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Including music by Best Coast, Desire and Glass Candy
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Eleven tracks including music by Laura Marling, Scott Walker and Juliette Gréco.
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Eight tracks including music by Cults, Dum Dum Girls, and Lana Del Rey
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Doce días, doce canciones de amor.
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Eight tracks including music by Beth Ditto, Oh Land and Quadron.
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My favorites africans songs, for watch the summer sunset.
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On sale my feelings with this bonus tracks.
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melodías.
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Nine tracks including music by Babasónicos, Entre Rios and Fabio & Glitter Klinik.
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si lo era.
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Vamos, salgamos a la calle, en un parque, sentados en el pasto esperaremos el enamoramiento... y nos besamos.
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Favorite tracks right now. Including music by Agnes Obel, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti and Zoo Kid.
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Eight tracks including music by Fallulah, Veronica Maggio and I Blame Coco.
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Cuando en un polo es invierno, en el otro es verano, siempre. Canciones para echarse en la hierba y coquetear con el amor.
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Happy outlook for what's ahead. Groovy. Twelve tracks including music by Architecture In Helsinki, Badly Drawn Boy and Feist.
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Nine tracks including music by Biffy Clyro, Elliott Smith and Kirsty MacColl.
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But the night can be just as fun, at least you have the stars to look at. Bring on the fireworks. Ten tracks including music by Antony/Johnsons, Elliott Smith and Elvis Perkins.
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A bit of an oddy wod collection. Eight tracks including music by Jeff Beck, Mumford and Sons and The Jam.
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Eight tracks including music by David Bowie, Dusty Springfield and Gorillaz.
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[matices y colores que me hacen sonreir]
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Fifteen tracks including music by Corporate Love Breakdown, Girls and Mark Ronson Ft. Phantom Planet.
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Makes me feel very teenagery, which is good, because I am one. Twelve tracks including music by Beastie Boys, Blondie and Derek & The Dominos.
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Including music by All Girl Summer Fun Band, Girls and The Radio Dept
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in the middle of the night i call your name, oh yoko, my love will turn you on.
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Ten tracks including music by B.J. Thomas, Bloc Party and Cass Elliot.
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Just go on a long walk instead. Eleven tracks including music by Cat Stevens, Ellie Goulding and Example.
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Nine tracks including music by Beirut, Cajun Dance Party and Clinic.
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Things that stick in my head far better than revision notes. Nine tracks including music by Barnes & Barnes, Bert Kaempfert and Coldplay.
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Let the party begin.. Including music by Beyonce, Marina and The Diamonds and Yeasayer
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RANDOM tracks including music by Arcade Fire, Beck and Death Cab For Cutie.
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A little spring mix from me to you. Including music by She & Him, The Zombies and Sandie Shaw
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Songs on repeat Including music by Beach House, Joanna Newsom and Bryan Ferry.
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:) Ten tracks including music by Cold War Kids, Echo & The Bunnymen and Joy Division.
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Fourteen tracks including music by Architecture In Helsinki, Black Lips and Dan Le Sac & Scroobius Pip.
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John Cale said "It wasn't called the Factory for nothing. It was where the assembly line for the silkscreens happened. While one person was making a silkscreen, somebody else would be filming a screen test. Every day something new." my new blog FADmonkeys is some kind of factory http://www.fadmonkeys.com.ar (art-music-movies-books)
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Son para mi las mejores canciones brasileñas, si consideras alguna más deja tu mensaje.
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Con las que recorto ojos de fotografías, veo por la ventana del baño y salto la cuerda en cámara lenta.
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Otros tracks llenos de amor.
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Es Febrero, el mes del amor.
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This is a story of boy meets girl. The boy, Tom Hansen of Margate, New Jersey, grew up believing that he'd never truly be happy until the day he met the one. This belief stemmed from early exposure to sad British POP music and a total mis-reading of the movie 'The Graduate'.
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seventeen tracks. seventeen days.
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Including music by Blonde Redhead, Love and The Rumour Said Fire.
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Las canciones de amor que me han acompañado, hasta el momento.
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Including music by The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti and Talking Heads
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Twelve tracks including music by ABC, Adam Ant and Ash.
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A time of the Vietnam War. The Draft. LSD. Protests. Black Power. Women's Rights. Marijuana. Flowers. Incense. Communal Lifestyles. Nature. Merry Pranksters. Further. Human Be-In. Freaks. Woodstock. Free Love. Free Spirit. Freedom. The songs that the most beautiful people from the most beautiful time created, for people like me to live by. Thirty-two tracks including music by Bob Dylan, Canned Heat and Creedence Clearwater Revival.
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Those songs you listen to and think either, "was that written about me?" or "did I write that?" It feels as if it's either about or by you. Twenty tracks including music by Alanis Morisette, No Doubt and The Beatles.
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stuff i remember being in ugly betty that made me smile. Thirteen tracks including music by Asobi Seksu, Athlete and Earlimart.
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Wanna share a milkshake? Music by Annie, Sandie Shaw and Lio
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Ten tracks including music by Eva Cassidy, Israel Kamakawiwo'ole and Jamie T.
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The best of the best of the decade that brought you terrible fashion trends, pogs, pokemon, skip-its, nintendo, Fresh Prince, and bitchin' songs like these- tackily perfect. What I would give to relive the glory days. Thirteen tracks including music by 2Pac, Alien Ant Farm and American Hi-Fi.
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This series of essential songs has basically become a group of my favorite songs, all of which if we we're chillin' and you said you had never heard of them, I'd make you sit back and close your eyes while I immediately blast them as loud as possible. Eighteen tracks including music by Big Brother & The Holding Company, CCR and Led Zeppelin.
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Acoustics that prove to be just as beautiful when played simply. Fourteen tracks including music by Coldplay, Dashboard Confessional and Third Eye Blind.
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Eight not so xmas tracks including music by Diamanda Galas, Gogol Bordello and Manowar. Yes, you read it correctly. You may also find songs by the Nat&onal, T3stam3nt, Sp@rkz...
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mala costumbre de aprender a amar y a extrañar, porque cada una de las cosas que piso, toco, pruebo y veo me hacen recordar un momento y un alguien.
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A little bit of jazz, a little bit of rap, a little bit of blues, and hip hop all floating around. It's those chill beats with real lyrics and feel good music to back it up. No autotune. No lyrics about "hittin' da clubs with da bacardi." No bullshit. Just real hip hop and such. Enjoy. Fourteen tracks including music by Atmosphere, Blue Scholars & Common Market and CunninLynguists.
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8 tracks by some of my favorite swedes! Including music by First Floor Power, The Knife and Jens Lekman.
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I'm a fan of good covers. Fifteen tracks including music by 311, Amanda Rogers and Cartel.
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It's always exciting when you find a cover of a song you love. Then you begin immediately questioning whether or not you approve of them; well, here are some I approve of. Eleven tracks including music by Alex Cornell, Ben Folds and Ben Taylor Band.
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All of the essentials are my favorites, and in no way are they put in any order. That would be mind blowingly impossible, because it was hard enough to have to choose between the list I originally created. Fifteen tracks including music by Foghat, Joe Cocker and Journey.
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Songs that no human being should ever go their lives without hearing. Some are jaw dropping, some are chill giving, and some are even life changing; all of them are just the epitome of cool. I already know I'm going to have to make a part 2 to this. Fifteen tracks including music by Aerosmith, Bob Dylan and Bob Marley & The Wailers.
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I kinda like you a lot, and because there's a certain age where we can't just come out and say it anymore, maybe you'll listen to this mix and get what's up. Twelve tracks including music by Adele, Blink 182, and Jack Johnson.
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"If you don't know the blues, there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music." -Keith Richards Blues is a necessity; enlighten your ears, heart, and soul. There's nothing like it. Eight tracks including music by Bob Dylan, Muddy Waters, and Howlin' Wolf.
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Nine glowing and shining songs including music by The XX, The Doors, New Order and some electro gems.
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Songs that lure you with a chill. It's eerie, it's mysterious, you're haunted and terrified; yet, all the while, so incredibly perplexed and intrigued by its beauty that you never want to wake up. Fifteen tracks including music by Aqualung, Band of Horses and Sea Wolf.
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Songs sung by both men and women, sung again by beautifully talented women. Twelve tracks including music by Alex Cornell, Anya Marina and Pixie Lott.
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Un compilatorio de las canciones más corta-venas de las películas de Pedro Almodóvar. Pero sin mucha alharaca, a oírlas.
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Just like everything else in this world, these all revolve around one thing; the art of good 'ol love makin'. Fourteen tracks including music by The Black Keys, Kings of Leon and Lizz Wright.
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Whether it's a quick cuddle sesh or the two of you stay in bed together all day, it's always good to have a soundtrack to. Ten tracks including music by City And Colour, Matthew Perry Jones, and Sea Bear.
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Ten tracks including music by Animal Collective, Bob Dylan and Grizzly Bear.
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And the people in the houses All went to the university Where they were put in boxes And they came out all the same weeds/theoffice/theoc/onetreehill/housemd/lost/gilmoregirls/friends/thebigbangtheory/that70sshow
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Eight tracks including music by Bleeding Heart Narrative, Smithereens and Sonic Youth.
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Esto es un playlist con música para correrse. Bajo tu propio riesgo, puedes darle play. nota: No me hago responsable de erecciones no planificadas.
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9 tracks including music by Charlotte Gainsbourg, Noah And The Whale and The Velvet Underground.
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The hardest thing for me to do is choose my favorite Beatles song; hands down. I wouldn't wish that upon anyone. So all I could do was choose the one I felt like listening to the most. Twenty tracks including music by The Beatles, Blink 182 and Damien Rice.
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Yes, Bart you did it! All of these bands had a special appearance in The Simpsons. Ten tracks including music by Bart, Lisa and... Mr. Burns!
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When the air gets chilly, leaves crunch beneath your feet, and the world is at its finest. Nineteen tracks including music by Ray Lamontagne, Amos Lee, Bon Iver and more.
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and i can't face the evening straight you can offer me escape houses move and houses speak if you take me there you'll get relief, relief, relief, relief de paso meto el chivo, el 11 de diciembre a las 23hs toco con mi banda en planet music (cabildo y lacroze) mas info: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=192945640956&ref=nf
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Eight tracks including music by Bobby Lewis, Booker T. and the Mg's and Chuck Berry and some surprises...
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Eight tracks including music by 13th Floor Elevators, CAN and Love.
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Dedicated to my friends abroad, nine hugs, nine kisses and nine tracks including music by Brendan Perry, Clannad and Dervish.
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Songs in a group of eleven cast by Cat Power, Charles Trenet and Death From Above 1979.
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Eight tracks including music by Nina Simone, Florence and the Machine and Tom Waits.
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01/211109
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why are m&ms good colours and tasty when smarties are just messed up? i would eat m&ms more but the characters scare me. Ten tracks including music by Babyshambles, Cut Off Your Hands and Feist.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP-KFnYg6Hw what's with the thighs joe? Twelve tracks including music by Beyonce, Bonnie Tyler and Carly Simon.
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alas "it was all just a dream oh no". Twelve tracks including music by Blur, Cold War Kids and Elvis Costello.
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Everything's gonna be alright Everything's gonna be alright (I hope!) Everything's gonna be alright Everything is gonna be alright I promise!
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my ipod made this mix. well done Percival Ulysses. yeah i named it after dr Cox :) Ten tracks including music by Beck, Passion Pit and David Bowie.
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el amor es un atentado ácrata. bomba, bomba.
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On the dry and dusty road The nights we spend apart alone I need to get back home to cool cool rain I can't sleep and I lay and I think The night is hot and black as ink Oh God, I need a drink of COOL COOL RAIN
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I like every second, so long as you are on my mind Every moment has its special charm It's all right when you're around, rain or shine
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Lester Bangs: You like Lou Reed? William Miller: The early stuff. In his new stuff he's trying to be Bowie, but he should just be himself. theband&mgmt / beatles&stones /who&clapyourhands / kinks&doors / stones&who / kinks&bitles / hendrixexperience&ccr / oasis&travis / doors&oasis / stevens&flaminglips / zeppelin&pescadorabioso
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cheap facepaint is a bad investmnent and blue wkd tastes like crap. Twelve tracks including music by David Bowie, Elliott Smith and Fatboy Slim.
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time to read some Chuck Palaniuk and wonder where panic at the disco went. Thirteen tracks including music by Editors, Jamie T and Kasabian.
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8 tracks including music by My Bloody Valentine, Grizzly Bear and Serge Gainsbourg
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