Category Archives: media

Rainy Day Links

Posted on 05/04/2012 by

The first shoots are coming up in the garden Archaeological researchers have suggested that several dozen Stone-age tools from six locations along the US east coast are “European-style”. [N]ewly-discovered and recently-dated early Maryland and other US east coast Stone Age … Continue reading →

Posted in America, assimilation, blogs, culture, current events, environment, history, literature, media, science | 3 Comments

Mid-Week Potpourri

Posted on 20/03/2012 by

I’m in dress rehearsals again. Some discussion is going on about the fact that almost all of blogosphere action on the European economy is taking place on American blogs, not European ones, and why that is. Although the article deals … Continue reading →

Posted in blogs, culture, environment, history, lives of others, media, science

Way Better In (synchronized) German.

Posted on 18/03/2012 by

The other night on the arte channel, a documentary about the Italian actor Carlo Pedersoli, aka Bud Spencer. Now, this was an area of film history of which I have been almost completely unknowledgeable. “Spaghetti westerns” meant Sergio Leone to … Continue reading →

Posted in America, culture, Germany, Italy, lives of others, media

I’m Getting My Act Together And Taking It…

Posted on 26/02/2012 by

…online. That’s a musicals reference for you kids too young to know. By which I mean to say, no alpine photos or interesting links this weekend, as I have spent the entire time (when not rehearsing, or performing, or, uhm, … Continue reading →

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Read A History Book Or Ask Your Grandparents

Posted on 29/01/2012 by

This photo is making the rounds on Facebook (over 19,000 likes and 11,000 shares). I don’t know the original source or where this photo was taken, but the form of the message is something with which every German speaker is … Continue reading →

Posted in Germany, history, media, memory, politics