Lowlifes in the Basement #65

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"This heaven gives me migraine."

01. Lunch - Johnny Pineapple
02. Tinner - Får man ta crusthunden med sig in i himlen?
03. Shit Dogs - Can Opener
04. Itzhak Perlman - Caprice Op.1, No.1 in E Major (Paganini - 24 Caprices)
05. The White Wires - Down On My Own
06. Lydia Loveless - Everything's Gone
07. Gang of Four - Natural's Not In It
08. Urinals - I'm Like You
09. Faxed Head - Exhumed At Birth
10. Davey Mac Sports Program - Untitled
11. The Blanche Hudson Weekend - Crying Shame
12. Charles Caldwell - I Know I Done You Wrong
13. Pleasure Industry - Drunk at Work

George Downing

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The Pussy Collectors - Go Ahead

Garage punk from Germany. The song is from their upcoming album Collecting Agents.

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Lowlifes in the Basement #64

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01. White Wires - Let's Go To The Beach
02. Nightmare Boyzzz - You Have No Friends
03. Social Disease - Today
04. Eddie Cochran - Cut Across Shorty
05. Dinosaur Jr. - Kracked
06. Lost Sounds - Read A Requiem Mass For Me
07. Joanna Gruesome - Do You Really Wanna Know Why Yr Still In Love With Me?
08. Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft - Als wär's das letze Mal
09. Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats - Poison Apple
10. Iron Witch - Death Was The Colour
11. Kraftwerk - Endless Endless
12. The Screamers - 122 Hours Of Fear

Night Beats - At the Gates

Edward Kienholz

Lowlifes in the Basement #63

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01. The Men - Captain Ahab
02. Hüsker Dü - Flexible Flyer
03. Фонија - Тука си
04. Dead Ghosts - I Sleep Alone
05. No - Done Good Wrong
06. Kylesa - Scapegoat
07. FxPxOx - Можам да замислам што ќе се случи
08. Black Flag - Wallow In Despair
09. Self Defense Family - Mistress Appears At Funeral
10. Cheater Slicks - Refried Dreams
11. Royal Headache - Girls
12. Milk Music - No, Nothing, My Shelter

Homeless in Tilburg

Dave (35) lost his home due to a depression preluded by alcoholism. "The bills were stacking up and even if I thought about the consequence of not paying them: I just couldn't be bothered." Slowly he's getting his life back together, he's eligible to get housing again within a couple of months. The alcoholism remains an issue however. Dave is as friendly and social as one can be, the bigger the surprise when he talks about being an angry drunk. "When I have a few drinks with friends it's all fun. But sooner or later I'll be alone again sitting in my room. Then my mind starts playing tricks on me, I start questioning everything and all the bad memories come to haunt me." Three times a week he helps cleaning up the streets in the city for five euro. "You don't have to do a lot of thinking when you collect trash. That's why I love this work, I can just empty my head while doing this."

Nico (63) is often seen at the central station where he tries to sell cards and newspapers. Skilfully he erases 'not for sale' with a marker first. He says he's been doing heroin since his twenties. "I don't have any regrets. I never liked it when people told me what to do." Waking up early is the reason why he detests even the idea of a steady job. Nico seems content with his life. With much passion he talks about his old days when he lived in a farm with a squatting community. "When we were out of food I would just break a chicken's neck. We took care of ourselves." And often they weren't short of food and money at all. "We used to break into offices. Sometimes they left thousands of guldens in old locks that were easy to open." Meanwhile he has left his criminal past behind him after spending many years behind bars. Even in prison there are too many rules for him to abide to. Nico is maybe one of the last who deliberately chooses to live the life of a junkie.

Sick Thoughts - Blood Red

Indian - The Impetus Bleeds

From All Purity (2014)