Midnight Gems - Your free weekly Mix-Tape with a story - E 02 "Postmodern Punk & Piano Lies"

What is it with German ladies, is that all because I used to listen to Nena, is it that couple of liters of German blood? IDK? But this song caught me, it´s like discovering Anette Louisan all over again.

Lina Maly - Als du gingst

To die by your side is such a heavenly way to die....
The Smiths did an amazing job, but little Sara stole my heart this is such a gem.

Sara Lov - There is a Light That Never Goes Out

Now let´s go deeper down that road, didn´t one of these specials recently die? Yes, last December the singer passed away, who also was part of Fun Boy Three once the Specials got to successful because of this next song. Sorry, I think it is going to be one of those nights that I just gonna sink deeper into that youtube loop.

The Specials - Ghost Town

OMG, why have I never heard of these guys??? They have been around as long as I have but somehow we never met??? So lazy, so funny, so trippy

Television Personalities - Happy All The Time

Now, this was a so-called post-punks Super Group, and I so get them wanting their baby to scream, they want to make her happy all of the time. I can get into that and love the silky darkness of the lords.

The Lords of the New Church - Pretty Baby Scream

Where did that post-punk go nowadays, is post-punk dead...nope not yet. Like anything it evolved:

Zola Jesus - Sea Talk

I promised no more clowns, but damn this one ain´t scary. he´s funny and maybe even amazing. Enjoy the pity party!

All The Small Things (Blink 182 Sad Clown Cover) - Postmodern Jukebox ft. Puddles Pity Party

Headset on and start tripping, because moments like these are not coming back. Damn do me a plate of this and I am a happy boy. Say it ain´t so because daddy is not coming home!

Typh Barrow - Daddy's Not Coming Back

Katie is another gem I recently discovered, I might have found her sooner if I would be on Tik Tok, but amazing music has a way of finding me without going through the TT garbage. I prefer YT garbage.

Katie Gregson-MacLeod - white lies

Encore

Let´s have a bit of dessert tonight. A little bit more of this very tasty Belgian Chocolate

Youtube Playlist

All these gems were added to the YouTube playlist.

All Midnight Gems Playlist can be found here

Spotify Playlist:

The Spotify playlist might not capture the whole show but is meant to represent it as well as Spotify makes it possible
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7u7cSTSsZoiEZiaM2zPQBo

Riddle Me This

Guess What, No One Guessed [My Riddle])! So you still stand a chance to get that $1 boost on your next post.
These are the songs you need to connect!

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The hints:

• Now let me help you, the connection is not that they sing in Fries, nor that they are songs from the Grutte Pier movie or soundtrack.
• I wish that before the night is over somebody figured it out

Seemingly that was not enough, so let me help you this night, and I will make it too easy: Tuomas Holopainen.

What the fluff is midnight gems?

Somewhere lost in time, trying to escape out of the rabbit hole back into the rat race there is a vacuum..... that´s the place where midnight gems are found.

My Midnight Gems will try to uncover & recover those beautiful songs that nobody ever noticed or might have been forgotten.

Who the fluff am I?

Being a former DJ playing about everything and having an uncompleted study of radio journalism. I have been wanting to do this for years...Thought about it many nights and guess now it´s time to finally take it to the streets.

Hope you enjoyed this well-known wave of fantastic music and that you still feel like joining me on the next Midnight Gems Session coming soon.

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