The embarrassment of tuning |
Do you play the guitar? How do you feel when standing in front of a vast audience and tuning your instrument? I bet most of you do not even realize any more you are doing it. From the viewpoint of the...
Posted by on Thu, 25 Dec 2008 01:40:00 GMT |
Hotel Berlin - Whisk(e)y in the Jar |
I get to spend a night in Berlin. On World Aids Day. There is probably a huge party going on here right now, commemorating the many victims of this vicious virus and at the same time battling the fear...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:33:00 GMT |
Warning! Wet Paint! |
Edinburgh is a great city with an impressive castle. Right at the foot of the hill the gates to Castle Rock Hostel invite the unwary visitor to spend a night in the frivolous company of young people, ...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:54:00 GMT |
Pick and hammer |
Just when I started to practice some easy picking patterns on my Ukulele I noticed that two of the fingernails on my right hand grow curved like scimitars. Am I a freak? Well, probably not just on acc...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:38:00 GMT |
Art and science |
Yesterday I realized what it is all about. I had it all figured out, the answers to the greatest mysteries and the way to ultimate bliss. Then I woke up.What I remember from the dream is a statement w...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:33:00 GMT |
Microtainment - Beer and Music |
Today I realized we are in the middle of another silent revolution. The advent of the world wide web marked a massive change in the way the masses (that would be us, folks) are entertained. I am not s...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Oct 2008 03:48:00 GMT |
Romeo and Carmen at Hooters |
I have seen new places. And things. And met new people, mostly of the fascinating kind. Of all the impressions of the past two months there are three that you could actually share. Well, at least you ...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:17:00 GMT |
Its goodbye - but not forever |
So this is it. Another milestone, another leaving and arriving. I noticed recently:As you get older and mature,the sighs and sweat, the cries and moansof lustful pleasing will be increasingmutating bi...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:33:00 GMT |
Tribal music |
Here is a tribute to the warriors of the tribe of Six-String. Their chants and their relentless assault of the air with their strings of steel gives me hope that there is still good in this world. So ...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:12:00 GMT |
New Olympic Discipline |
Looking at the current games, I think playing the ukulele should definitely be promoted as a new discipline. Beach volleyball ... pfffft! Just try and play a F sharp minor seventh and disentangle...
Posted by on Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:26:00 GMT |
