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I AM TRYING TO BREAK YOUR HEART || aka, every song that xabi alonso has ever linked, recommended, or mentioned on twitter, 2011-2017. (Spotify)

warning: this playlist is possibly the most pretentious hipster white dude musical collection ever assembled. this playlist lives in bushwick, brooklyn, although it’s loudly considering moving to berlin. this playlist rides a fixed-gear bicycle and is brewing its own kombucha tea in its apartment, in violation of the local building codes and the landlord’s rental agreement. this playlist is a democratic socialist and rails against capitalism, while still scrounging off its parents. this playlist has strong opinions about craft beers.

so basically, it’s my 20s in digital music form. damn it, xabi.

track listing below. enjoy.

  1. Galaxie 500 | Isn’t It A pity
  2. Lou Reed | Perfect Day
  3. The Velvet Underground | Pale Blue Eyes
  4. The Brian Jonestown Massacre | It Girl
  5. Dinosaur Jr. | Don’t Pretend You Didn’t Know
  6. Teenage Fanclub | Neil Jung
  7. Spiritualized | Little Girl
  8. Tame Impala | Feels Like We Only Go Backwards
  9. Howlin’ Wolf | Goin’ Down Slow
  10. Quique González | Tenía que decírtelo
  11. Richard Hawley | Soldier On
  12. Swans | Song For a Warrior
  13. The Flaming Lips | Waitin’ For A Superman
  14. Cass McCombs | The Same Thing
  15. Dan Magan | The Indie Queens Are Waiting
  16. The Black Keys | Little Black Submarines
  17. Low | Try to Sleep
  18. The XX | Intro
  19. Walk the Moon | Tightrope
  20. Arcade Fire | Half Light II (No Celebration)
  21. Phoenix | 1901
  22. Pavement | Gold Soundz
  23. Pavement | Shady Lane
  24. Bon Iver | Blindsided
  25. Arctic Monkeys | Mardy Bum
  26. of Montreal | Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games
  27. Alabama Shakes | I Found You  
  28. Steven Malkmus | Animal Midnight
  29. The Stone Roses | I Wanna be Adored
  30. Pixies | Where is My Mind?
  31. Dean Martin | My Rifle, My Pony and Me
  32. Band of Horses | Laredo
  33. Billy Bragg and Wilco | California Stars
  34. Belle & Sebastian | Another Sunny Day
  35. James | Getting Away With It (All Messed Up)
  36. Radiohead | Creep
  37. Wilco | You And I
  38. The Shins | Simple Song
  39. Massive Attack | Paradise Circus
  40. Emiliana Torrini | Gun
  41. M83 | Midnight City
  42. Kavinsky | Nightcall
  43. College & Electric Youth | A Real Hero
  44. The Verve | The Drugs Don’t Work
  45. Leonard Cohen | Show Me The Place
  46. The Clash | Jimmy Jazz
  47. Iggy Pop | Lust for Life
  48. Red Hot Chili Peppers | Under the Bridge
  49. Morrissey | Everyday is like Sunday
  50. My Bloody Valentine | only tomorrow ((not currently available on spotify))

all of you who keep tagging this with "why is xabi alonso back on my dash" .... imagine how i feel right now.

(also i fixed the playlist to add the last song now that mbv's on spotify.)

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just…. reminiscing about great moments of clasicos past….

truly, the beautiful game.

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“Marcelo did not play in the game but joined a handful of team-mates in a warm-down session around 20 minutes afterwards. At that stage the only supporters left in the Santiago Bernabéu stadium were around 500 Atlético fans high in the north stand. As Marcelo ran towards them, they launched into monkey chants which were clearly audible in the virtually empty arena. Marcelo stopped immediately below the fans and, motionless, gazed up at them before contuining his exercise. They then chanted: “Marcelo is a monkey.” When Marcelo’s young son came out and hugged his father soon after, the chant changed to: “May your father die.””

Sid Lowe’s match report of Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid, 2014 (x)

in case you’re wondering why marcelo always seems a little more ….passionate during el derbi madrileño.

reminder: atletico fans have pulled this racist shit before.

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According to Varane, one day in June, 2011, he was living at his Mum’s house in Hellemmes, next to Lille, when at half past seven his phone rang….
But this call was special, because it was none other than Zidane at the other end of the line.
“It’s me, it’s no joke, it’s really me,” Zidane kept saying and it was then that Varane recognised his voice. He was offering him the chance to sign for Real Madrid.
“I didn’t realise it was actually him, I didn’t know what to say. So I told him very politely I was busy studying for my exams and asked him to call me back a bit later. When I’d put the phone down I thought ‘balls’ and I went to tell my older brother about it. He told me I was mad to have hung up on Zidane.” (x)

This is the Diligent Student Raphaël Varane!

Reblog for 5 years of good luck on your midterm exams / dream job offers / surprise phone calls from your idols.

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every year, christmas comes around, and every year, i have the same christmas wish:

release the real madrid christmas greetings bloopers reel, you cowards

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so how do i contact the writing staff of “ted lasso” to suggest they include a plot based on the time real madrid really had to delay sacking their manager because the club’s official press room was rented out for a children’s birthday party?

i am very worried you might think this is a joke

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real madrid players as animals from the gfycat file-naming system

gfycat is a gif-hosting site that uses three random words to rename every gif uploaded to their servers according to a specific, weird format: 

[adjective][adjective][name of animal].gif

why does matter at all, you ask? well, it doesn’t.... except when it comes to the names of some of the files in my giant folder of real madrid gifs.  

allow me to introduce:

“IllfatedPleasingEnglishPointer”

“BigheartedValiantAsianPorcupine”

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“AlienatedPotableBrownBear“

“UniformFreshAmericanRiverOtter”

“AridDownrightBunny”

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“DisastrousUniqueBird”

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are these their animagus forms? the animal they’ll transform into if they don’t find their soulmate, like in “the lobster”? the start of the strangest zoo? i have no answers, only a 7GB gif folder i should have organized years ago.

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happy madrid pride, everyone!!!

while real madrid hasn’t made an official pride statement (disappointing), at least three of our favorite wags have made pride-related posts on instagram:

i also love how both marcelo and isco liked their respective partners’ posts (although obviously i wish they’d make statements of their own!). clarice has been especially vocal about gay rights over the years, celebrating the us supreme court’s legalization of gay marriage and standing up for the LGBTQ community after far-right homophobe jair bolsonaro was elected president of brazil. 

since pilar’s post was part of her story, there’s no direct response from sergio.... but remember, our boy was one of the first footballers to openly express his support for gay marriage, all the way back in 2007!!!

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According to Varane, one day in June, 2011, he was living at his Mum’s house in Hellemmes, next to Lille, when at half past seven his phone rang….
But this call was special, because it was none other than Zidane at the other end of the line.
“It’s me, it’s no joke, it’s really me,” Zidane kept saying and it was then that Varane recognised his voice. He was offering him the chance to sign for Real Madrid.
“I didn’t realise it was actually him, I didn’t know what to say. So I told him very politely I was busy studying for my exams and asked him to call me back a bit later. When I’d put the phone down I thought ‘balls’ and I went to tell my older brother about it. He told me I was mad to have hung up on Zidane.” (x)

This is the Diligent Student Raphaël Varane!

Reblog for 5 years of good luck on your midterm exams / dream job offers / surprise phone calls from your idols.

good luck to all you guys with finals out there!

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