Most hated phrases

1. I take it as a compliment.
2. Da ziehts. [untranslatable]
3. I really like you...as a friend.
4. Das sagt einem der Hausverstand. [This is simply common sense]
5. This is a 'See you' not a 'Good bye'.

Northward ho!

Long time no post. Busy at the moment. Tomorrow Sweden and Finland. God, so looking forward.

Heja Sverige, moi Suomi!!!

Arcade Fire reloaded

'No cars go' in Vienna

Impromptu 'Wake up' in Porchester Hall

Still goosebumps.

...and if the snows buries my, my neighborhood

Severeal years ago i was in Vienna with my then best friend, C. Of course i was in love with her, more than with anyone before. Of course i confessed her my love, and of course she felt just friendship towards me. She leaned her head against my shoulder and i was...sad. Days later i needed a jacket and took the one i wore that very night. While putting on the garment, i was suddenly overwhelmed by something i wasn't sure what it was in the beginning, my heart started beating, my skin was covered with goosebumps. The jacket had taken on her odor.

Saturday i was in Vienna, once more. I saw Arcade Fire. Today i jumped into my car, and they suddenly played one of their songs on the radio. Heart started beating. Goosebumps all over. The air had taken on the odor of Arcade Fire.

I have probably seen the best concert of my live this weekend. I don't want to give here any interpretations of their lyics, or discuss this 'collective'-band-concept. I would fail. What i can do, is interpreting people's faces at the concert, the joy they expressed, the passion they shared. Music can change so much, not that i didn't know that before, but i has been a long time since a single event gave me such a big impetus.

Of course it was snowing that very night, almost all over Austria.

Public Enemy No. 1 (in Linz)

This blog is definitely much too much into music involving rock-and-roll-guitars. But hey, I'm running this site from Linz, which is not only known for it's quality-steel and fresh air, but also for the large number of the hip-hop crews residing here.

Therefore it was once characterised in German magazine 'Der Spiegel' as being [quote] 'Austria's ghetto-city, the thoughest one Austria has'. Linz, so the author of the article continued, that's basically drugs, chemical industry and violence. Me personally, i never leave the flat without my Uzi and a pocket fully of hand grenades.

So, what was I up to? Ah, yes, a shamefully on this page underrepresentated genre: hip-hop. More exactly: Public Enemy. Luckily these guys have nothing to to with the gangsta-cliché, but a lot with attitude, protest and the highest quality of modern music. So, as some sort of compensation, and more importantly, because the song is really really worth it, i present you Public Enemy with 'Harder than you think'. Enjoy!



mp3: Public Enemy - Harder than you think

Old friends, glory old days

Thx to all you lovely people for a great night! Was nice seeing you again, hope that we can rejoin soon.

Hugs,
Bernie

Bloc Party go rave

Bloc Party go back to the 90ies and recorded this bewildering song: Flux.



I love the video. Nice trash : ) It's so good to see that Bloc Party take another route than all those young British rockers. Keep going off track!