Dirk's Garage Sale

Good news for you is that all items in my garage are in mint condition - as new ;o) Good news for me is that I don't actually have to give them away, instead I can sell them over and over again!

Indochine
Indochine - L'Aventurier
A French New Wave classic. This is a must-have gem, but they continued to make some interesting stuff later on.
Classic track: MP3L'Aventurier
$12,49
Buy in Germany
DM 21,99
The Cure
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
Before The Cure became fat, famous and fatiguing, they created a classic - this one.
Sing-along favorite: MP3Killing An Arab
$13.99
Buy in Germany
DM 31,99
The Monochrome Set The Monochrome Set - Volume, Contrast, Brilliance
Unique and... brilliant British New Wave. This rare compilation contains my
Favorite track: MP3Eine Symphonie des Grauens
$13.27
Buy in Germany
DM 24,99
fehlfarben Fehlfarben - Monarchie und Alltag
Best German album of all times.
Favorite track: MP3Paul ist tot
$16.49
Buy in Germany
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playloud The B52's - Play Loud!
That's what the sticker on the original vinyl said. And it was so right.
Favorite track: MP3Planet Claire If you think this is just Peter Gunn without the sax, check if you're still alive.
$11.97
Buy in Germany
DM 21,99
wildplanet The B52's - Wild Planet
Somewhere on a planet with pink air the party goes on.
Favorite Track: MP3Private Idaho
$11.97
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DM 21,99
logans_run_dvd Logan's Run
This SciFi movie marks the turn of the century in Germany. How so? Once in the 70's German television let the viewers choose between Logan's Run and Grosse Freiheit Nr.7, a film with Hans Albers, a famous star from the 40s... nobody in school had any hope that there would be Logan's Run on TV on Saturday. And then there was... by a vast majority. So we knew that the old farts where all dead in their armchairs :)
Favorite scene: Jenny Agutter in a very short skirt in the styrofoam ice cave
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German PAL version
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thespecials_de The Specials
The dawning of Ska! Were we skanky!
Favorite track: MP3Gangsters
$9.99
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DM 19,99
morespecials_de The Specials - More Specials
The demise of Ska...
Favorite track: Stereotypes
$11.97
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thebeat The Beat - I Just Can't Stop It
...because Ska was so damned cool
Favourite track: MP3Mirror In The Bathroom
$13.99
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Zardoz Zardoz
This movie is just steaming...
Favorite scene: See Sean Connery in a wedding dress. Or maybe the closing scene with the Beethoven score. I guess this is the only movie where they live happily ever after while you're still in the theatre...
$17.99
German PAL version
DM 28,99
LOTR J.R.R. Tolkien - The Lord Of The Rings
You may have heard that this is the antagon of modern fantasy. What you might not have heard is, while many books owe to The Lord of the Rings but have their own charm, you can not buy another book like this. It is a singular masterpiece not only of the genre but of the 20th century.
$22.37
Buy in Germany
DM 78,-
andromeda_strain_DVD The Andromeda Strain
Michael Crichton's first.
Favorite scene: When they cut off the guy's finger and his blood is like sand. (I guess this was mighty impressive when I was 5)
$12.74
English PAL version
DM 38,99
battlestar_galactica Battlestar Galactica
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You might say that this was just a cheap TV space opera. But in fact this is the only cheap TV space opera ever made!
Favorite scene: When the girl confesses that she's a sociolatrice... or maybe the singer with the three eyes and two mouths...
$21.23
English PAL version
DM 47,99
German PAL version
DM 40,99
star_trek_series_DVD Star Trek TV series
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I'm still homesick for the Enterprise (I can't go back because I lost my Sense Of Wonder)
Favorite scene: When the guy you never saw on the bridge before dies (any episode)
WavHe's dead Jim
$16.99
German PAL version
DM 47,99
planet_of_the_apes Planet Of The Apes
Favorite scene: When Taylor finds the statue of liberty
English PAL version
$13.99
German PAL version
DM 64,99
STTNG Star Trek Next Generation
MidiTheme
The better Emergency Room ;)
$17.99
German PAL version
DM 47,99
Brazil Brazil
Full of congenial ideas and bizarre design. Or vice versa.
Favorite Scene: Two guys at the same desk...
$21.23
English PAL version
DM 38,99
hitchhiker The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The day I had built my own detector radio I plugged in the ear phone, carefully aligned the ferrite core, adjusted the condensator and listened anxiously. Suddenly there was a voice... it talked about a pot whale appearing in space and then mutating into a flower pot (or vice versa). It was the BBC radio play Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy... I guess I was the first boy in Germany to read the Hitchhiker :)
Don't Panic!
$14.99
Buy in Germany
DM 12,90
Lair_Of_The_White_Worm Lair of the White Worm
No this is not a noteworthy movie though it's quite hilarious. The more interesting thing about the movie is that Ken Russell seems to share my obsession for female forearm hair ;)
Favorite scene: Catherine Oxenberg in a SM bondage scene, backlit! Maybe I can get my wife to buy the DVD because Hugh Grant is in it... hehe
$25.48
German PAL version
DM 28,99
daf
DAF - Alles Ist Gut
The German forefathers of Techno.
If that's too generic a description, figure a frenetic sequencer and a powerful disco drum, garnished with sexy German grunts. Pure Energy.
Favorite tracks: MP3Der Mussolini, MP3Der Räuber und der Prinz
$15.19
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DM 23,99
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Sparks - Gratuitous Sax & Senseless Violins
I thought I told you to wait in the car! The Sparks are able to make an opera out of an overheard conversation... Each and every track on this album is a gem of it's own.
Favorite track: MP3Hear No Evil, See no Evil, Speak No Evil
$14.49
Buy in Germany
DM 21,99
JTQ_The_Money_Spyder
The James Taylor Quartet - The Money Spyder
This is like the score to a 60's spy movie, but actually it isn't :) JTQ rulez!
Favorite tracks: MP3Mr Cool's Dream, MP3Buzzy Bee (like The Shadows on acid)
$14.22
Buy in Germany
DM 31,99
John_Dowland_Collected_Works John Dowland - Collected Works
A boy and his lute. If you think that pop music was invented in the 20th century - this is pop music from the 16th. It's somewhat demanding to hear the groove in lute music if you're not accustomed to it... so I recommend the recordings of Anthony Rooleys Consort of Musicke, they arranged the songs for voices - with a vengeance.
Favorite Tracks: Unquiet Thoughts, Burst Forth My Tears
MIDI sample: MidiForlorn Hope Song
$76.92
Buy in Germany
DM 145,99

Or get the First Booke Of Songes first - not quite as pricey as the collected works - but only available in Germany)
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More to come...

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