Diario

1. This is a journal containing bands and albums I have recordings from on my computer. Though I try to support local music as best as I can by attending shows and buying albums, not all of this music I am in direct physical possession of through purchase.
2. Not all of the bands below are directly from the KC/Lawrence area. Other cities and towns I keep in this collection are Topeka, KS, Columbia, MO, Wichita, KS, Warrensburg, MO, Manhattan, KS, and a few other, more rural areas of the region. Essentially, it contains everything east of and including Wichita in Kansas, and everything west of and including Columbia in Missouri.
3. In addition to the previous point, you will notice that not all of the bands here are current residents of the region. Many bands (Mates of State, White Rabbits, etc.) unfortunately decided to move away to a larger metro area. Others (The Appleseed Cast, Namelessnumberheadman), were started in different regions and then relocated here at some point, usually early in their career. …

1. Wenn es sein muss - dann aber sofort (0:37)
2. Hide & Seek - Ghosts Of The Swimming Pool (5:06)
3. Absurd Adventures - Perception (4:42)
4. Polyphonic Size - Action Man (5:39)
5. MODERN CUBISM - L'Avertisseur (3:14)
6. Karat - Albatros (8:11)
7. Synthetic Dream - Dein Gefühl (7:07)
8. Electro Assassin - Heavy Unit (Solid State Edition) (6:44)
9. Dietmar Wischmeyer - Nordic Walking (3:18)
10. Slave Seperation - Colt 45 (5:20)
11. The Undertaker - Flatliner (4:07)
12. Pankow - Die Wundersame Geschichte Von Gabi (5:21)
13. WestBam - Monkey Say Monkey Do (New Beat Remix) (4:59)
14. Ctrl - We Hope (4:20)
15. Across the Rubicon - The Culture War (5:01)
16. Samantha Fox - Dream City (4:55)
17. Rame - One Day (4:43)
18. Neo Filigrante - A Fact Of Tragedy (4:14)
19. Ladytron - Beauty 2 (4:23)
20. Stin Scatzor - End Of Mankind (4:58)
21. Phragments - Towards A New Horizon (5:11)
22. L' Effet C'Est Moi - Croulent Les Bataillons Dans Le Feu (4:50)
23. Mellow Man Ace - Rhyme Fighter (House Dub) (5:56)
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1. Wenn es sein muss - dann aber sofort (0:37)
2. Eisschock - Jingle (0:04)
3. Tragic Error - Plak In De Handen (Extended) (5:24)
4. Octoberland - Obsessive (5:59)
5. Fat Boys - Are You Ready For Freddy (12'' Version) (6:55)
6. Die Verbannten Kinder Evas - Dusk And Void Became Alive (7:51)
7. Front Line Assembly - Provision (6:31)
8. Rotzkotz - Computermensch (2:55)
9. Herbst in Peking - Bakschischrepublik (2:35)
10. Groupe.T - Strange Days (4:46)
11. ThouShaltNot - Cardinal Directions (4:01)
12. Thyrfing - Fran Stormens Oga (8:06)
13. Calva Y Nada - Dias Felizes (Yes I'm Happy Mix) (4:14)
14. Dirty Harry - I've Never Done It ... (5:37)
15. Fliehende Stürme - Straßen (2:27)
16. Hithouse - Jack to the Sound of the Underground (Underground Mix) (5:47)
17. Karjalan Sissit - Kunnia Isänmaa (5:43)
18. Neuroactive - Burning (3:46)
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1. Wenn es sein muss - dann aber sofort (0:37)
2. Kriegsturm - Eternity (In Memory Of Fallen Ones) (6:56)
3. Oliver Adams - Skizzo Terror (Weirdo Mix) (3:11)
4. Unit:187 - F.O.A.D. (3:58)
5. Heimcomputer 80 - Tanz Der Elektronen (4:49)
6. MachineSoldier - Morbid Attraction (4:56)
7. Quick Money - Fry Dee 120 (5:19)
8. Children Within - Efemeris (Club The Seal Version) (4:29)
9. Plaza - O - Oh (Alcatraz Version) (3:04)
10. Dagda Mor - Ragnarök (3:25)
11. PP? - Alpha HF (Demo) (3:50)
12. Kim Wilde - The Second Time (U.S. Remix) (5:23)
13. The Ballad Bombs - All I Need (5:00)
14. Wizo - Chezus (3:47)
15. Clock DVA - Hide (Live) (4:32)
16. Babylon Zoo - Spaceman (The 5th Dimension) (5:10)
17. Pick a Number - Groovy (Extasy Mix) (5:44)
18. IC 434 - Harmony Of Worlds (4:51)
19. Pankow - Run Like Hell (Live) (4:07)
20. Magenta - M (Diamonds) (3:38)
21. Cryo - In The Shadows (4:30)
22. Video Liszt - Shutter's Shudders (3:53)
23. Project-X - Push (99 Version) (3:10)
24. Zoon Politicon - Conscience (4:53)
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Here's a list of songs that had a special meaning for me in the past year. It's either because they fit some of what happened in the past year, or just because they got stuck in my head for days on end: Fall Out Boy anyone?

So, here they are, my personal Hymns 2007:
Helena - My Chemical Romance
A very beautiful song. You just gotta love the line about "we'll meet again when both our cars collide". It's kind of romantic, in a twisted way. And the video is fantastic, too. Pure music video perfection. Great stuff.

This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race -
Fall Out Boy
Okay. All CDs containing this song should definitely come with a warning sticker: "Caution! Mental health hazard!" I got this piece stuck in my head for freakin' three weeks! Day and night! Not funny. This Ain't a song, it's ear rape. But somehow, I love it.

Head - The Cooper Temple Clause
I first heard this song on TCTS's homepage. I listened to it every night for hours there. …