Wednesday 17 June 2009

Gangsters Of Love : The Gypsy In Our Soles


  1. Los Mozambiques - Viva Tirado
  2. Dusty Springfield - Spooky
  3. Liza Minnelli - When It Comes Down To It
  4. Martha and the Muffins - Was Ezo
  5. Caetano Veloso - Irene
  6. Julio Iglesias - Schenk Mir Deine Liebe
  7. Maria Luiza Jobim - A Felicidade
  8. Dosh - Um, Circles and Squares
  9. Dinah Shore - The Gypsy
  10. The Soul Stirrers - End Of My Journey
  11. Wylie And The Wild West - Odessa Yodel
  12. Benjamin Biolay - Billy Bob a Raison
  13. Stephen Stills - The Love Gangster
  14. Isley Brothers - Love The One You're With
  15. Marinella - I Ipirotisses
  16. Clora Bryant - Gypsy In My Soul
  17. The Love Substitutes - Give The People What They Want
  18. Dif Juz - Pass It On Charlie
  19. Girma Hadgu - Ené Alantchi Alnorem
  20. Cibelle - Noites de Carnaval
  21. Pepeu Gomes - Arco-Iris
  22. Herman Dune - I Wish That I Could See You Soon
  23. Magnetic Fields - I Think I Need A New Heart
  24. Frédéric Chopin [piano: Boris Berezovsky] - Etude No. 3 In F Major, Op. 25

The Gangsters of Love ended their 2006 reunion tour on good terms. The Penguin’s orphanage was saved. SammyG and Blasikin went back to their fry cook jobs at Aretha's southside diner; Tornadoz reluctantly returned to his position as maitre at chic restaurant "Chez Paul".

Just as the boys were settling back into the daily grind, a mysterious letter landed on the doorsteps of Gangster Tornadoz:

Dear Sirs,

Your polka-funk remix of song Mac Arthur Park is wonderous hit on Albania radio! We wish to have you tour our country! Gangsters of Love are famous here!…

Before the Gangsters knew it, they were back on tour, trekking across Eastern Europe. Crowds of children followed them everywhere with glee, shouting their online handles. The Gangsters had not experienced this kind of excitement since their 70s heyday in South El Monte.

Valentine's Day morning at a Montenegro train station, a young girl, head wrapped in a flowery scarf, ran after the band's train as it departed. She stretched out her arm, holding a flat package. Blasikin reached out the window and took the package, thanking the child. As the train sped on, Blasikin unwrapped the gift and pulled out a homemade cd case. The other Gangsters leaned in as he popped the enclosed cd into the band’s boom box and pressed play.

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