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38.000.000

For those people who do not know yet, I will win the record breaking German lottery jackpot of around 38 million Euro tomorrow. This should be enough money to pay the costs for this blog during the next 380.000 years. Which is possibly a long time so we all might end up with even more trivial posts. Maybe I´ll change to handling ten blogs at the same time, making it a mere 38.000 years. Word up!

Half A Page Of Scribbled Lines

Every year is getting shorter

Never seem to find the time

Plans that either come to naught

Or half a page of scribbled lines

Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way

Eye Of The Storm

A sort of blue hole in the clouds, taken in Cologne today.

Publick Announcemento

Sorry to those folks that see snippets of lyrics or music recommendations posted here, but I don´t send tracks around just because I like them or have them in my collection! I do help people researching and finding rare stuff on and off the internet, but by no means I´m a jukebox waiting for a coin to be dropped via an mail. So please use Google and see you local dealer, the next internet shop or a p2p network if you´re feeling adventurous. Thx!

Suntan Never Fails

I know a crowd who only live after midnight
Their faces always seem so pale
And then there's friends of mine who must have sunlight
They say a suntan never fails
I know a man who works the night shift
He's lucky to get a job and some pay
And I like every minute of the day

Kool Keith

Someone pointed this shot out today, I never saw it in m life before!

Distraction

While you wait or the "mini-recession" that has recently been announced for 2008, the Euro to rise beyond 1,50 $  or yet another oil price record to happen, why not read some books or listen to some good music? Some more recommendations have been added to the sections on the right hand side!

The End

Even the video screens in  the local subway do mention today, that the Cold War ended in November 1990. Rarely anyone wants to be reminded of the shit load of hot insanity that followed ever since. Looking at the Bushs, Putins and all the others longing for maximum power, minimal oil supply problems or whatever material or "idealistic" goods, we doubt we have seen the worst already. Remember no one seems to be really concerned that the arctic regions might see a major meltdown, BUT some powers are already concerned they might not get their share of the arctic cake. A major war in the polar regions...that would be a cold one, or?

Fried Egg Makes Me Sick

I'm coming down
Got home on the very first train from town.
My dad just left for work
He wasn't talking.
It's all a game,
'Cos inside I'm just the same,
My fried egg makes me sick
First thing in the morning.

Unexplained Blue Cloud

How daft can one be? Reading this story in various magazines (reprinted even in Europe), there seems to be no limit for daftness these days. At least in and around Ohio... I mean if you look at the video, it´s easy to spot insect like movements rather than a ghost or an angel floating about. If they would come up with explanations like, the ghost was checking out the recent gas prices - now that would be cool. But no, spiritual America sees an angel rather than some insect on the camera lens. Who you gonna call? Mythbusters!

Empty

Empty restaurant facilty of a Swedish bank in Frankfurt, taken two weeks ago.

Japan?

The Underworldlive site lists, erm, dates in Japan at the end of November. Well, has the health of the group been restored? And what about the cancelled concerts in Europe? December lists no gigs whatsoever of our favourite live act. We haven´t given our tickets back, so we would like to see them soon!

Quite Unreal

Looking at the graphics of the just released Unreal Tournament 3 one really wonders how we ever enjoyed less detailed worlds in former computer games. But clocking in at nearly eight (8!) gigabytes we know what the price for those graphics is. And the graphics card in my computer usually keeps silent, but UT 3 surely makes the fan run an extra mile. So what will games look like in ten years from now on? Maybe the ditched the "Un" in their title by then...

Be It Dead Or Alive

Down at the Astoria the scene was changing,

Bingo and rock were pushing out x-rating,

We were the first band to vomit in the bar,

And find the distance to the stage too far,

Meanwhile its getting late at ten oclock,

Rock is dead they say, Long live rock.

Fade To Grey

An office building in Frankfurt, photographed today. The weather was likewise.

Berengar Pfahl

I´m always intrigued how many people in Germany are quietly searching for the 70s and 80s movies of Berengar Pfahl. You spot them at eBay, you see them posting on internet boards, you meet them in specialist video shops. But still there is no solid DVD box, no revival of his TV productions, no cinema specials whatsoever.

But for people born in the 60s his productions where literally everywhere during the next two decades, including endless reruns on television. His seminal works like Britta, the sequel Neues von Britta or Jerusalem Jerusalem offer an instant time warp to this very phase of German history. A social democratic panorama of the 70s, being clumsy and unique at the same time. If you want to find out more about this guy see this site. And no, you sadly can´t watch the movies there...

Taste Forbidden Pleasures

You can live a life of luxury
If thats what you want
Taste forbidden pleasures
Whatever you want
You can fly away to the end of the world
But where does it get you to?

Graph

This graph is actually the upside down Cologne cathedral, taken on Friday.

Straw Fire

The straw fire of the latest intervention of the Fed is merely smouldering. So once again we kindly ask you watch your depots and the money in it. Could have been the next Black Friday today, but somehow it was not the perfect time for it. So watch gold and oil rocket while you wait for the dive! And the Bush vs. Iran stage raising it´s curtain...

Bioshocked

The game Bioshock features the most immersive atmosphere of any games I played during the last five years. The attention to details in it´s underwater world Rapture, the suspense and surely the outstanding grafix have to be experienced. "Art Déco under the sea" could have be the motto of the designers. The unique mixture of a horror scenario shooter, role playing elements and an easy to get into interface is simply striking. It does install more than six gigabyte on ones computer, but it´s well worth it. So let´s get back under the sea...