Uwe Batke

#NovemVerbs 1. Begin R.E.M. - Begin the Begin youtu.be/IfVvgQb6MC8?is=sUG-…

#MonthInMyEars 1. Name a song by a solo artist with a one-word stage name Sting - Fortress Around Your Heart youtu.be/OiPiRKbNCWY?is=YxRf…

#1WordFor1Music 1. Parade Randy Newman - Jolly Coppers on Parade youtu.be/H3AC8NNFR-k?is=GTFE…

All was silent, all was gloom, Abroad and in the homely room Down she sat, poor cheated soul! And struck a lamp from the dismal coal; Leaned forward, with bright drooping hair And slant book, full against the glare. John Keats

#1WordFor1Music 31. Costume The Velvet Underground - All Tomorrow's Parties youtu.be/nfAK-IAlcsY?is=tpm2… What costume shall the poor girl wear

#MonthInMyEars 31. Name a song that perfectly fits Halloween Lou Reed - Halloween Parade youtu.be/aCsuDcQujJ8?is=JtY9…

London is a woeful place, Shropshire is much pleasanter, Then let us smile a little space Upon fond nature’s morbid grace. Ezra Pound

Die Winde bringen einen schwarzen Abend. Die Wege zittern mit den kalten Bäumen Und in der leeren Flächen später Öde Die Wolken rollen auf die Horizonte. Georg Heym

#MonthInMyEars 30. Name a song that was later re-recorded by the same band R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe youtu.be/B7Dekd24kMM?is=Rauc…

#1WordFor1Music 30. Candy The Raveonettes - You Want The Candy youtu.be/uA0do9e33Rg?is=K4Fh…

#MonthInMyEars 29. Name a song from a live album Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Powderfinger youtu.be/NXSVa5ltk-8?is=n6Rg…

#1WordFor1Music 29. Barricade Jackson Browne - Barricades Of Heaven youtu.be/BF2y5SOsd6M?is=toct…

Outside, it was soft English weather; mist in the hollows and pale sunshine on the hills; the coverts had ceased dripping, for there were no leaves to hold the recent rain. Evelyn Waugh

#MonthInMyEars 28. Name a song with an abbreviation or acronym in the title Cream - N.S.U. youtu.be/fvPC4uJ3pok?is=kTix…

#1WordFor1Music 28. Pumpkin Bob Dylan - Country Pie youtu.be/TmRUQpqKqBU?is=myRO… Apple, cherry, pumpkin and plum

Low, shaggy clouds scudded over that part of the horizon where the sea lay, behind the marshes and the beach shanty settlements, and raindrops darkened the black mackintosh I had bought that morning. Sylvia Plath

It is no night to drown in: A full moon, river lapsing Black beneath bland mirror-sheen, The blue water-mists dropping Scrim after scrim like fishnets Though fishermen are sleeping Sylvia Plath

#MonthInMyEars 27. Name a song that fades in Roxy Music - Virginia Plain youtu.be/jg9b2PnmgxY?is=AwAB…

#1WordFor1Music 27. Grave Johnny Cash - Ain't No Grave youtu.be/9zE4-LX0wrY?is=jWI8…

She hopes for nothing except fine weather and a resolution. She wants to end properly, like a good sentence. Zadie Smith