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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 18‘, October 2014 to October 2015.

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

• 14: 2010 / 2011
• 15: 2011 / 2012
• 16: 2012 / 2013
• 17: 2013 / 2014

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• Matt Nathanson: „Sky High Honey“
• Joy Kills Sorrow: „Was it you“
• Rachel Platten: „Fight Song“
• San Fermin: „Casanova“
• Oscar and the Wolf: „Strange Entity (Rock Werchter 2014)“

• Travis: „Warning Sign“
• Shannon McNally: „Pale Moon“
• Ozark Henry: „Indian Summer“
• Danny Michel: „Ashes to Ashes“
• Matthew Barber: „Revolution of the Sun“

• A-ha: „Lifelines“
• Admiral Fallow: „Guest of the Government“
• Withered Hand: „Love in the Time of Ecstasy“
• Die Heiterkeit: „Wohin gehst du, Cary Grant?“
• Hoozier: „Someone New“

• Mark Kozelek & Jimmy Lavalle: „Gustavo“
• Peter Broderick: „More and more (Mouth Trumpet Version)“
• Glen Hansard/The Swell Season: „Drown Out (live)“
• Roxette: „Spending my Time (live, acoustic)“
• Dadafon: „Slow Day“

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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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• Matt Nathanson: „Sky High Honey (Decibelle Session)“

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• Joy Kills Sorrow: „Was it you“

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• Rachel Platten: “Fight Song”

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• San Fermin: “Casanova””

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• Oscar and the Wolf: “Strange Entity (Rock Werchter 2014)”

 

• Travis: “Warning Sign”

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• Shannon McNally: “Pale Moon”

 

• Ozark Henry: “Indian Summer”

 

• Danny Michel: „Ashes to Ashes“

 

• Matthew Barber: “Revolution of the Sun (live)”

 

• A-Ha: “Lifelines”

 

• Admiral Fallow: “Guest of the Government”

 

• Withered Hand: “Love in the Time of Ecstasy”

 

• Die Heiterkeit: “Wohin gehst du, Cary Grant?”

 

• Hoozier: “Someone New”

 

• Mark Kozelek & Jimmy Lavalle: “Gustavo”

 

• Peter Broderick: “More and more (Mouth Trumpet Version)”

 

• Glen Hansard/The Swell Season: “Drown Out (live)”

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• Roxette: “Spending my Time (live, acoustic)”

 

• Dadafon: “Slow Day”

 

related Links:

• 2014: Death of a Friend (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)