Monthly Archives: February 2004

Yesterday I went to see an exhibit in Hamburg called Verbrechen der Wehrmacht. This controversial exhibit deals with the crimes committed by the German army during WWII. When one thinks about all the nasty stuff that went down back then, … Continue reading →

Weird. I see an ad in “Der Spiegel” for Mazda. There is a red sports car, the new RX-8, blasting around a corner. Up in the right corner there is a barely visible face of the communist revolutionary Ernesto “Che” … Continue reading →

the taxman taketh away and then, umm, giveth back? D00d1!! Tax refund for 2002: 1.166,75 EUR I actually had to officially “leave the Catholic church” in order to get the Kirchensteuer back. Don’t worry. As far as the Pope is … Continue reading →

The Ball Is Dead! Long Live The Ball!

No wonder they couldn’t find him.

So I downloaded the Grey Album that everybody is talking about. It’s ai-aight. I wish a different rapper would released something called “The Black Album”. I really don’t like Jay-Z’s style. His flow is kinda like a wagon with broken … Continue reading →

Today I was again on the Musikalisches Quartet, a radio show hosted by my friend Ingo. I introduced AIR’s Talkie Walkie. The others brought Tasty by Kelis, the self-titled debut from Franz Ferdinand and Blah Blah Nonstop by Stoppock, which … Continue reading →

One more while we’re at it IHT: Giving science the brushoff: “Although the Bush administration is hardly the first to politicize science, no other U.S. presidency in recent memory has so shamelessly distorted scientific findings for policy reasons, or suppressed … Continue reading →

It’s the link that is sweeping the world! Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Now the Pentagon tells Bush: climate change will destroy us Secret report warns of rioting and nuclear war Britain will be ‘Siberian’ in less than 20 … Continue reading →

Yesterday Karstadt had a super sale on CDs. They had 5 or 6 huge bins full of CDs, each for 4€. Most were total crap but there were a few gems to be found. For a total purchase price of … Continue reading →