Notes from Germany
I am an American expat living in Germany. It's a far away land on the other side of the ocean. It's interesting and often weird here. If you read this and want to comment then email me at nate(the at symbol)chillmost.com. If you find any spelling or grammar mistakes, you can keep them.
Saturday, April 16, 2005
Coming of Age: For 3 Girls and Their Nation, Sober Parallels
From the New York Times Here:
In many ways, their lives are quite similar to those of middle-class young people from the former West Germany or even the United States. They watch "Friends," "Sex and the City" and "The Simpsons," dubbed in German. They have cellphones, they Google, they have traveled - Anna as far as China, and Sarah several times to America.
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
One man's trash...
Ah Sperrmüll time again! This huge pile of junk piled up in front of my building today. Basically Sperrmüll is just junk that you would normally take to the dump but once a month they pick it up for you. I think in some cities you may have to pay for it to get picked up, but, as far as I know, in Lüneburg it is free.
There are always scavengers driving around and sorting through the junk to see if there is anything worth having. In the case above they are about to attempt to take this brown desk/table thingy somewhere. They will give up soon after and walk to the next pile. Still many drive around with small trailers attached to their cars or mopeds. If they find something interesting they throw it in back of the trailer and move to the next pile. I've heard many of the hunters come from Poland and make a nice profit repairing washing machines etc., then turning it around and selling them back home.
I myself have recovered perfectly functioning RAM chips, 3.5 floppy drives and IDE cables as well as 2 great designer chairs from the 60's, a few small tables, lens caps, a power adapter for my camera and someone's diary.
The last time I tried reading the diary my German wasn't really good enough to understand much of it. Maybe I should try to find it and post some translations here.
Now playing: Neu!, Seeland
Update: A mere 12 hours later...
Tuesday, April 12, 2005
Recording
M is away in Ireland for a week so once again I have rebuilt Chillmost Studios and have transformed the apartment into a sonic palace. Well, there are no floating floors or base traps, no acoustical treatment on the walls, no vintage plate reverb chamber in the basement but I got vibe. Tons of it. I got cables all over the place. To the bedroom aka Amproom/Vocal booth 1 and to the bathroom aka reverb chamber/Vocal booth 2. Sends. Returns.
It looks like a snake pit but I love it. My neighbors are lucky I don't have a drumset.
Sunday, April 10, 2005
U-bahn
I went for a walk today to get a coffee and get some fresh air and exercise. Lo and behold what did I see? A Subway will be opening soon. Hmm, will it be a hit with the Lüneburger Jugend? Only time will tell.
Here are some other pictures I took today.
