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I started keeping a diary on October 26th, 1997. I was 14 and in 9th grade. I kept up until 2004, and every year, I made a ‚personal soundtrack‘ with songs that reflected last years‘ themes and storylines.

Here are 20 songs for ‚Season 17‘, October 2013 to October 2014.

• 01: 1997 / 1998
• 02: 1998 / 1999
• 03: 1999 / 2000
• 04: 2000 / 2001
• 05: 2001 / 2002

• 14: 2010 / 2011
• 15: 2011 / 2012
• 16: 2012 / 2013

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• Boy and Bear: „Fall at your Feet“
• We are Twin: „Cold Stone Lips“
• Paula i Karol: „Calling“
• Amy Macdonald: „Slow it down (Acoustic)“
• Blind Pilot: „New York“

• David Gray: „Forgetting“
• The Tragically Hip: „Bobcaygeon“
• Wye Oak: „Civilian“
• Chris Garneau: „Hands on the Radio (Unplugged)“
• Holcombe Waller: „Hardliners“

• Matraca Berg: „Fall Again“
• Rocky Votolato: „Suicide Medicine“
• Lisa Hannigan: „Paper House“
• Damien Jurado: „Yuma, Arizona“
• Oscar and the Wolf: „Moonshine“

• Conor Oberst: „Common Knowledge“
• Jay Farrar / Ben Gibbard: „Big Sur“
• White Plains: „When you are a King“
• Camera Obscura: „Super Trouper“
• Tanita Tikaram: „Everyday is new“

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Some of these songs are on Youtube. Let’s see how long it takes before they are taken down. Here are the videos: Watch them while the links still work!

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• Boy and Bear: „Fall at your Feet“

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• We are Twin: „Cold Stone Lips“

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• Paula i Karol: „Calling“

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• Amy Macdonald: “Slow it down (Acoustic)”

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• Blind Pilot: „New York“

 

• David Gray: „Forgetting“

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• The Tragically Hip: „Bobcaygeon“

 

• Wye Oak: „Civilian“

 

• Chris Garneau: „Hands on the Radio (Unplugged)“

 

• Holcombe Waller: „Hardliners“

 

• Matraca Berg: „Fall Again“

 

• Rocky Votolato: „Suicide Medicine“

 

• Lisa Hannigan: „Paper House“

 

• Damien Jurado: „Yuma, Arizona“

 

• Oscar and the Wolf: „Moonshine“

 

• Conor Oberst: „Common Knowledge“

 

• Jay Farrar / Ben Gibbard: „Big Sur“

 

• White Plains: „When you are a King“

 

• Camera Obscura: „Super Trouper“

 

• Tanita Tikaram: „Everyday is new“

 

related Links:

• 2014: Death of a Friend (personal essay)
• 2014: Brief an den Vater (personal essay)
• 2014: Sommer in Neukölln (personal essay)
• 2014: Irgendwas mit Schreiben: Diplomschriftsteller im Beruf (personal essay)

• „Zimmer voller Freunde“ (Tumblr, Link)
• 1997 / 1998: My personal Soundtrack (Link)
• Helden meiner Kindheit (Link)
• My Video Game Biography (Link)
• My favorite Movies (Link)