Miscellanea
Untersberg
When I first came to Salzburg in 1992, 15 years old, I lived in a small room on Moos Strasse that had a beautiful view on the Untersberg. From that first day on, I wanted to climb this mountain which casts its shadow over the town on sunny days (and believe me there aren’t many […]
The Muezzin’s Silence
In Turkey five times a day all music stops. The loudspeakers on public beaches stop pounding dancing rhythms, the DJs in bars and clubs grant their audiences some time to get new refreshments, the shopkeepers’s radios cool down their tubes: all of Turkey listens to the Muezzin’s call to prayer (click here to hear a […]
Ästhetik des Performativen
Imagine a world in which there is no way to record music. Imagine a world in which there is no possibility to broadcast sound. A world without CDs, radio, cell phones that play mp3s, websites that stream music. A world in which music sounds only in live performances. Most people would find this world terribly […]
Concrete Balls
It’s all over. Yesterday night Germany lost against Italy. While I am trying to get over this, you should rush to DER SPIEGEL to read this news story about footballs filled with concrete. As soon as I feel better I’ll come up with something more illuminating.
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