As you might know, I have a raging boner for the musical stylings of Mr. Devin Townsend, especially his latest output through the Devin Townsend Project. The 4 albums, all brilliant, have been re-released in a ridiculously high production value box set, called “Contain Us”. I just got that delivered, and this is the shining [...]
So Martin and me went to see Red Fang. More on that later. But that was the very first time that I went to the Columbiaclub instead of the Columbiahalle, and the fact that there are two venues with such similar names right next to each other cause much confusion and subsequent amusement that night… [...]
Entry 31. The one that marks the first month of the little adventure that I have set out to accomplish here. Let’s see how it went. What I do like is that the topics are varied. Nerd stuff, reviews, more journal like texts. It feels like a playground. I also like the fact that the [...]
Ever blog needs it’s “I should blog more” entry, right? Sigh. This is where the learning, the training and the hard part of this little mission is showing through. I have slacked on updating the 366-Project for about 2 weeks and now I have to play catch-up. That means at least 2 posts per day, [...]
… and I’m cheating again by repurposing contend posted elswhere.
Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds (German version here) is one of the most fascinating, interesting and entertaining Hard-SF novels that I have ever read. Captain Bella Lind and the rest of the crew of the starship “Rockhopper” are pushing ice. That is their job and their mindset. Mining icy asteroids and attaching rocket engines to send them [...]
My roommate gave me “The Hunger Games” as a Christmas gift (German version here). Finished it, and it’s alright. What we have here is a young adult novel that is following the wake of the Twilight novels, in the sense that it takes a fairly normal trope, a teenage girl torn between 2 boys, and [...]
While I am typing this, The Big Bang Theory is on the TV. Dubbed. I know, English is not that prevalent in Germany, but this is a disgrace. None of the jokes work. The translations are so bad that they are distorting the meaning of the dialogue! Sure, it’s a silly comedy show, but isn’t [...]
Just got home from seeing the Dropkick Murphys in the Columbiahalle in Berlin. Support where the Bouncing Souls, and all you really need to know about them is that they should be called The Green Blink 41 Springs. American Pop Punk, as generic and stupid as it gets, played fairly competently though. Dropkick where fun. [...]
The words from the man himself. You probably heard about the MegaUpload bust and the waves it made around the file locker scene. Apart from my personal satisfaction that another Kim Schmitz (I refuse to call him by his new last name) venture went belly up I have some very confusing thoughts and emotions about [...]