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Mathias

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About Me

Star of my life is my daughter (born 1998) who lives with her mother. My top favourite is playing the lute(s). Other favourites are ancient languages and alphabets (being a part-time lecturer for ancient Hebrew at university), classical astrology, Sumerian and Babylonian cultures, mysteries and riddles. I'm happy to say that I got some real friends and a lot of friendly people around me. Please feel free to contact me!

My Interests

Music for the lute and the theorbo, ancient languages, astrology, European religions

I'd like to meet:

Sincere, friendly people

Music:

Denis Gaultier, Prélude

Movies:

Sixth Sense, Twelve Monkeys, Syriana

Television:

Aint got no f***ing tv box

Books:

Lord of the Rings, Breath of Snow and Ashes (Gabbaldon), HP i-vii

My Blog

Awesome, Hamburg

Hamburg was awesome. All those friendly people, making music together. Ulf, Michael, WolfgangW, Werner, Ursula, Gisela, WolfgangM, Ingrid, Albert, Carsten, Heike. Lutes, theorbos, recorders, voices. J...
Posted by Mathias on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:09:00 PST

When do weekends start?

IMO weekends start on Fridays. According to Rebekka's mother's decree, weekends don't start before Saturday 9:30 am. That's when I'm supposed to pick Rebekka up from her mother's flat every two weeks....
Posted by Mathias on Sat, 15 Dec 2007 07:41:00 PST

Hebrew?!? Arabic!!!

Funny, two female persons addressed me during the last three days with questions about Hebrew, and what they actually showed me was Arabic.The first was an elderly woman who had found a pile of loose ...
Posted by Mathias on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 01:50:00 PST

slow motion

I confess I spent this Sunday at home. On my new couches, to be precise. Because the boys and me had visited the last night of Bremer Freimarkt the night before and had lots of fun (well, yes, and loa...
Posted by Mathias on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:21:00 PST

Behind Schedule

They were due yesterday. And didn't even call. Today I called them. Mr Schwartz said he'd call back, which he did. Told me they are planning to deliver the furniture not before Oct 10th because of sh...
Posted by Mathias on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 05:38:00 PST

Furniture

Friday I felt strong enough to drop by with IKEA furnishing house. Within some three hours, I made it to choosefor my living room and for Rebekka's roomAlso, I chose so as to finally have Rebekka's cl...
Posted by Mathias on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 02:51:00 PST

B-day lying ahead

Birthday is close-by. Like each year I'll have to fix some things. The buddies who I use to meet in the pub have developed a custom of collecting money in order to buy birtday presents. It's a plague ...
Posted by Mathias on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 11:58:00 PST

Kids ’n Lutes

Kinderzeit, a children's programme which will this time include a short report / interview on the lute, will be aired this forthcoming Sunday at 8:00 - 9:00 am (CEST). Livestreams are available here o...
Posted by Mathias on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 05:18:00 PST

Bulgarian Blues

So that was it. I'm not exactly sad we're back. It was hot, maximum temperatures around 40° C, with our room facing south-east. From the third day on, temperatures got down a little toward 30° C, whic...
Posted by Mathias on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 04:13:00 PST

Lute and Flute

Seven weeks ago, on my mother's birthday party, my sister and me performed Sonatine breve by Alain Bonnard. Instead of playing the guitar, I did it on the wandervogel lute, which worked just as well.T...
Posted by Mathias on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 03:38:00 PST