I am a huge fan of old Dutch expressions, for instance
the one about the importance of relaxation (which contradicts the
remains of our calvinist background that so many people, when it
gets stuck to their sandals and leaves traces all over the hallway
that can't be erased, still seem to honor and cherish) - clean your shoes, you lovely creatures, it's SUMMER!
Anyway. Our
new high is based on an old principle: take out the trash, take
it outside..... Well, outside and then inside again, especially
inside a ladies' gym ('cause i'm a laaaady) and work that poor, alcohol-and-nicotine-drenched
body until you step out on the streets un-trashed, with
glowing skin and muscles of steel, holding your guitar with
only two fingers and playing like a divine heart(rock)body.
Welcome
back, Pat Bateman, we love the eighties! Within weeks we'll be making
cheap, clean, materialist, synthy discopop that serves as an exterior
layer over a world that's rotten to the core. As I said, it's summer,
let's enjoy flipflops, sandals, bikinis, short dresses, muscles
and relaxation. I guess we deserve it.
Adios!
White Leather Jacket(2005)CD
9 tracks written and performed by The Skills and recorded and mastered at 3 Sun Recordings, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
The Old Dirty Carpet Rock
Tobacco
Blond Pink And Blue
"BRAND
NEW CD: WHITE LEATHER JACKET! First there was the drawing on a
piece of brown paper, then the text on my pc, then the euforic yet
doomy song & now there's the shiny silvery disc that brings it
all together: the words and music, the images and characters. Here's
the poetry: 1.White leather jacket, 2.Tobacco, 3.Urgent
dutje, 4.The old dirty carpet rock, 5.Blond,
pink and blue, 6.Veilige hoes, 7.Trash, 8.Out
of my head, 9.Drinking part I. It's not only about hotties
and cuties you know (but some of it is)"
Brash & Vulgar (2009)CD
'Svelte Blonde' lyrics and vocals Simone. In Flagranti / Codek Records, New York, USA.
Svelte Blonde
It's not all electro instrumentals there are some killer glam new wave punk tracks on here like the awesome 'Svelte Blonde'. You need this LP while it's fresh. It's almost certainly going to become a future classic. - vainzine.blogspot.com
Mind The Gap / Track13 (2006)CD
'White Leather Jacket' by The Skills.
Magazine Gonzocircus, Amsterdam/Voerendaal, The Netherlands.
White Leather Jacket
"HEY!
We proudly would like to pay at least some attention to the fact that we, The Skills, will contribute our song White Leather jacket **about the inability of dealing with our own happiness, and ‘foute’ eighties garments** to the next ‘Track 13’ cd that comes with the beautiful magazine Gonzo. It will be available from the 10th of October. See also www.gonzocircus.com"
Oddpop sampler (2004)CD Compilation 3 years of Oddpop, festival for strange pop music. With The Skills, Paul Devens, Thuth, Felix Kubin, Candie Hank, People Like Us, Matt Wand and others. Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Veilige Hoes
"We recorded our anthem 'Veilige Hoes' for the first time in a
real studio and it will be on a compilation cd with strange pop music..."
