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Songs that saved your life

Everybody carries songs that connect them to the past. Some songs we would rather forget, others we can't stop listening to. Everytime I listen to Suede's Animal Nitrate, I remember being a 17 year old in Singapore, of discovering for the first time that there was sexuality in music, and not necessarily concrete sexuality. When I listen to Morrissey's Tomorrow, I go back to the time I fell in love with him, with everything he stood for. It reminds me of sunny days in Hong Kong, being a Junior in High School and making new friends. Siouxsie and the Banshees compilation Twice Upon a Time brings back memories of being stoned and watching her videos, of taking Hong Kong buses, and being alone in my bedroom. But, Siouxsie's first compilation Once Upon a Time reminds me of working in Carrefour's office in Hong Kong, dying my hair black and dark thoughts because of acid comedowns… same goes for Puressence's first album, actually.

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Planet of Sound

The Pixies will always remind me of my boyfriend Kevin… he's the biggest Pixies fan. He even created a character for his comic book Suzy the Space Girl based on Frank Black.

Baby got Back

Check out the bizarre email I just received at work... in terms of junk mail nutiness, it's up there in the 1%:

FROM THE DESK OF OKOMA STEVE
TEL= 234-1-474-1560
MOBILE= 234-803-327-8993
URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL

WITH TRUST AND CONFIDENCE THAT I MAKE THIS URGENT AND IMPORTANT BUSINESS PROPOSAL TO YOU. I WORK WITH THE NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CO-OPERATION NNPC HERE IN LAGOS I HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED BY MY COOLEAGUES TO SEEK FOR A FOREIGN PARTNER IN THE TRANSFER OF THE SUM OF US$30 MILLION DOLLARS (THIRTY MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS).

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