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Hail to the kings of movie soundtracks

Posted on Thursday, 22. February 2024 by hmvh

Last Saturday I closed a loop that had started 40 years ago: I watched the movie Footloose. Some of you may remember that the movie as well its soundtrack were huge hits in 1984; the catchy title song, in particular, was all over the radio and TV. It was almost as big as previous year’s Flashdance. Kenny may have been dubbed the “King of Movie Soundtracks” in the eighties but it was ultimately Giorgio Moroder and Harold Faltermeyer who were pulling the strings. Continue reading →

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A thousand contributions

Posted on Saturday, 12. March 2016 by hmvh

Last night I made my 1000th contribution to the Discogs database. It’s a landmark achievement. One thousand new audio entries. It’s also baffling why it took almost 12 years to get to this stage. Continue reading →

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Announcing hmvh.net

Posted on Tuesday, 27. October 2009 by hmvh

Certain is that someday we’ll get our own domain and server space. Certain is that it’ll include a blog of some sorts. Certain is that it’ll include and feature content that can be seen here. Certain is also that it’ll include links and pages of mine that are spread all over free-hosting land – past, present and certainly future. How exactly it’ll all be tied together remains uncertain. Uncertain is also when this is all going to take place. Well, it’s certainly taken place now. Continue reading →

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Finding Bora

Posted on Monday, 3. July 2006 by hmvh

In Europe, the Jetta Mk4 is known as a Bora. It’s an attractive car. It has a large boot, ample interior space, good performance, adequate handling, fair fuel consumption, and sufficient features. Strangely, the Bora is a bit of a dark horse around these parts and not nearly as popular as its Golf IV counterpart. Continue reading →

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History 202: The Jetta gets louder

Posted on Saturday, 1. July 2006 by hmvh

Disturbing thoughts and ideas that had become increasing louder in my mind resulted in a spontaneous drive down to Western Bazaars in Klerksdorp where a head unit / CD shuttle combo were purchased. The price was good, and so was … Continue reading →

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History 201: Car 2 = Jetta 2

Posted on Saturday, 1. July 2006 by hmvh

Getting first pick for what was once my father’s company car (and the family car), it was a 1990 Jetta (Mk2) CSX that came into my official possession on the 31st of October 1995. Although the car was really nothing … Continue reading →

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