A personal recount of a life within Berlin, Venice and the EU

Friday, December 21, 2012

Resolutions 2012 accomplished

Get the driving license 
Leave the old job  
Find a new job  
Find a new flat
Swim in an open waters competition 
Quit smoking completely  
Get a wetsuit


I am considering options for the 2013 resolutions.
Any idea is welcome. Silly ideas more than ever.


Tuesday, December 18, 2012

My top 30 of the year as far as I can recall: #annushorribilis

1 Yet Again -- Grizzly Bear
2 We Take Care of Our Own -- Bruce Springsteen
3 Leviathan -- Mark Lanegan Band
4 I Found You -- Alabama Shakes
5 No Banker Left Behind -- Ry Cooder
6 VarĂșĂ° -- Sigur Ros
7 Deep Cover -- Sun Araw
8 1904 -- The Tallest Man on Earth
9 The Star of a Story -- Vijay Iyer Trio
10 Cold Dark Eyes -- Tombs
11 Sixteen Saltines -- Jack White
12 Cowgirl in The Sand -- The Byrds
13 Driftin´ Back -- Neil Young and Crazy Horse
14 Nightcall -- Kavinsky & Lovefoxxx
15 Wild -- Beach House
16 Sleeping Ute -- Grizzly Bear
17 Elephant -- Tame Impala
18 Cherokee -- Cat Power
19 Random Call -- Random Axe
20 Said the People -- Dinosaur Jr.
21 Oh My Love -- Riz Ortolani 
22 Moskovskja okna -- Lida Goulesko & Schnuckenack Rheinard Quintett
23 Blue Black -- Andrew Hill
24 Kinski Assassin -- Ariel Pink´s Haunted Graffiti
25 Tell Me A Tale -- Michael Kiwanuka
26 Mladic -- GYBE!
27 Headache -- Metz
28 Clouds -- Deep Time
29 Rework -- Beck / P. Glass
30 I. Moderato -- Bruckner 2.nd Symphony / Barenboim 

Help Greece, Help Greeks

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Back on track

Having being offline much longer than usual for more than two weeks, without my beloved and outdated Ipad1, made me realize I did not miss that much.
A rather personal understanding of stuff happened lately:

- Lakers´negative streak in the league so far
- Berlusconi´s embolic attack, III
- 3000 "best ofs" of every possible thing, item or person you can imagine
- Christmas´ boredom for some, war on Christmas for other.
- Snow
- Pollini in Berlin
- Augustiner nostalgia

http://www.npr.org/event/music/165674353/metz-a-royal-headache