Easter Holidays have started!
And on Thursday we're going to see His Bobness in Muenster, Germany! I'm quite agitated already. One of the most exciting things are considerations about the setlist.
Mary posted the setlist of the Stockholm show on March 28.
1. Cat’s In The Well (Bob on electric guitar, Donnie on violin)
2. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
(Bob on electric guitar, Tony on standup bass)
3. Watching The River Flow (Bob on electric guitar)
4. It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
(Bob on electric guitar, Tony on standup bass)
5. When The Deal Goes Down (Bob on electric guitar, Stu on acoustic guitar)
6. Honest With Me (Bob on electric keyboard)
7. Girl Of The North Country (Bob on electric keyboard and harp)
8. Tangled Up In Blue (Bob on electric keyboard and harp)
9. Country Pie (Bob on electric keyboard)
10.Nettie Moore (Bob on electric keyboard, Donnie on violin)
11. Rollin’ And Tumblin’ (Bob on electric keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin)
12. A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
(Bob on electric keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin)
13. Summer Days (Bob on electric keyboard)
14. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on electric keyboard)
Will he keep to this? It has been reported from other tours that he loves a change every now and then. The above list would be fine with me. Well, I'd love to hear "Spirit on the Water", "Workingman's Blues" and "Beyond the Horizon", too. And of course "Ain't talking"...
And here's a review by Steinar Dale.
3/30/2007
3/26/2007
Reading footballers!
Here's a list of books read by footballers of the English Premier League clubs.
Every one of the 20 Premier League football clubs selected one of their players to act as a "reading champion" to encourage their fans, both children and adults, to read. Surprising choices,it says in the article.
Every one of the 20 Premier League football clubs selected one of their players to act as a "reading champion" to encourage their fans, both children and adults, to read. Surprising choices,it says in the article.
Europe - lady in her midlife crisis?
27 short statements in a photo-gallery of 27 European politicians, writers, celebrities, among them Bono,Vaclav Havel, Leon de Winter, Dario Fo, Frederick Taylor. Occasion: the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome. (in Spiegel/International).
Kate Ryan, a Belgian singer, says: "For me personally the EU is a success story. I have travelled all over Europe to perform and I have noticed that it is easier to travel and to get in touch with people now. There are less political and cultural barriers and there is more common ground."
Wolfgang Petritsch, Austria's ambassador to the UN wants a more courageous Europe, Bono would want more poetry, whereas crime-writer Liza Marklund wants to tear down the iron curtain we are building between ourselves and the third world.Sylvie Goulard sees Europe in its midlife crisis and Dario Fo thinks, it is good that Italy is forced to keep up with the pace of the other members because many events in Italian politics are evidence of bad habits.
Kate Ryan, a Belgian singer, says: "For me personally the EU is a success story. I have travelled all over Europe to perform and I have noticed that it is easier to travel and to get in touch with people now. There are less political and cultural barriers and there is more common ground."
Wolfgang Petritsch, Austria's ambassador to the UN wants a more courageous Europe, Bono would want more poetry, whereas crime-writer Liza Marklund wants to tear down the iron curtain we are building between ourselves and the third world.Sylvie Goulard sees Europe in its midlife crisis and Dario Fo thinks, it is good that Italy is forced to keep up with the pace of the other members because many events in Italian politics are evidence of bad habits.
3/24/2007
Yves Klein, again
BEAU-TI-FUL!
I went to the Yves Klein-Exhibit today! Those monochromes in gold, blue, pink! Those smoky compositions! Those sponge sculptures!
Much much better than I had imagined.
I'm not one for too many earthly possessions, but for a moment I thought: Oh, if I could only be a collector of paintings...
I went to the Yves Klein-Exhibit today! Those monochromes in gold, blue, pink! Those smoky compositions! Those sponge sculptures!
Much much better than I had imagined.
I'm not one for too many earthly possessions, but for a moment I thought: Oh, if I could only be a collector of paintings...
Right s of Scholars: Shloss v. Joyce Estate
The lawsuit Carol Shloss v. Estate of James Joyce has settled. Details can be found in Lawrence Lessig's blog. The settlement agreement established the right of Stanford Professor Carol Shloss to use copyrighted materials in connection with her scholarly biography of Lucia Joyce: "Lucia Joyce: To Dance In The Wake". As Lessig points out, Shloss suffered more than ten years of threats and intimidation by Stephen James Joyce, who purported to prohibit her from quoting from anything that James or Lucia Joyce ever wrote for any purpose.
Lessig sees this as a remarkable victory and expects a series of cases defending the rights of academics against improperly aggressive copyright holders. The Fair Use Projectdefends the rights of scholars and academics.
Lessig sees this as a remarkable victory and expects a series of cases defending the rights of academics against improperly aggressive copyright holders. The Fair Use Projectdefends the rights of scholars and academics.
3/22/2007
Hometown Baghdad
There's a quite interesting web documentary series about life in Baghdad, called hometown Baghdad - to "show the world what life is like when your hometown is a war-zone".
The fourth episode can now be seen on salon.com.
The fourth episode can now be seen on salon.com.
3/20/2007
Vocal cords made of tweed
Stephen Fry, the actor who is so very British, that he has vocal cords made of tweed (his own quote) thinks that the Americans confuse British accents for talent.
Commons Pictures of the Year 2006
The Commons Picture of the Year is the „Aurora Borealis“, followed by „Sans domicile fixe in Paris“ and „Blue Jay“ and „Hoverflies mating in midair“. The „Lunar Libration“ is very impressing, too.
3/19/2007
Thomas Pynchon - Wiki
There's a Pynchon-Wiki, with four sub-wikis, for "Against the Day", "Mason & Dixon", "Gravity's Rainbow", and "The Crying of Lot 49".
3/12/2007
For bibliophiles
The "Rare Book Room" is something for bibliophiles - digitized photographs of some of the world's greatest books (about 400), e.g. books by Newton, Galileo, Einstein, Darwin, lots of Shakespeare quartos, rare editions of the Gutenberg Bible, and much much more.
I like the different illustrations in the various editions of Alice's adventures in Wonderland.
I like the different illustrations in the various editions of Alice's adventures in Wonderland.
3/08/2007
The Blue Revolution - IKB =PB29, =CI 77007
This is a tribute to Yves Klein: one webpage entirely in the Klein Blue!
The Blue Revolution can be seen in Vienna from today until 3 June 2007. There's an Yves Klein retrospective in the MUMOK in Vienna, in cooperation with the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
I haven't seen it yet, but will do so ere long.
Yves Klein is the "inventor" of monochrome painting, concept artist, performative artist. He painted in pink and gold, but later almost exclusively in this deep blue you can see via the link on top - patented as International Klein Blue. To him, this was the purest of all colours. The exhibit comprises more than 120 paintings, sculptures, manifestos and drawings from important private and public collections in France, the USA and Japan plus original films and documents.
Take a look at Mumok's Image Gallery to see those beautiful blue things.
In the Klein Archives you'll find some more.
The Blue Revolution can be seen in Vienna from today until 3 June 2007. There's an Yves Klein retrospective in the MUMOK in Vienna, in cooperation with the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
I haven't seen it yet, but will do so ere long.
Yves Klein is the "inventor" of monochrome painting, concept artist, performative artist. He painted in pink and gold, but later almost exclusively in this deep blue you can see via the link on top - patented as International Klein Blue. To him, this was the purest of all colours. The exhibit comprises more than 120 paintings, sculptures, manifestos and drawings from important private and public collections in France, the USA and Japan plus original films and documents.
Take a look at Mumok's Image Gallery to see those beautiful blue things.
In the Klein Archives you'll find some more.
3/05/2007
Graphic Novels
Brian Appleyard writes in the TimesOnline about Graphic Novels and who reads them.
Some of our students do, the boys read Sin City, the girls Mangas.
I can only agree with his conclusion: "Good thing, bad thing? Who knows? For me, these books are hard work. I can't relax into their images in my mind, as I do with a conventional novel. The author's versions keep dragging me back. But I guess they're
not for me. They're for the kids sprawling in the graphic-novels section."
Some of our students do, the boys read Sin City, the girls Mangas.
I can only agree with his conclusion: "Good thing, bad thing? Who knows? For me, these books are hard work. I can't relax into their images in my mind, as I do with a conventional novel. The author's versions keep dragging me back. But I guess they're
not for me. They're for the kids sprawling in the graphic-novels section."
3/04/2007
Inge Morath
Yesterday, as I was busy feeding books into Libarything.com (great site, by the way!) for "my library" I found - yes, it's almost unbelievable - a wonderful volume, a collection of portraits by the Austrian photographer Inge Morath, in my possession. I've NO idea, where this book came from, or on what occasion I got it. However, I'm thankful, dear unknown giver! Respond, if you're out there and reading this!
I've wanted to know more about Morath since I saw a documentary on TV about her a few weeks ago, called "The Last Journey", which was also made into a book. During her last journey (on which she died of cancer) she discovered the land of her ancestors, once divided on political and ideological grounds - and now slowly reconciling and becoming friendly with each other: the borderlands of Styria und Slovenia. Not far from where I come from. She had always a camera in her hands and always a smile on her face, despite her illness.
What few people know:
Inge Morath was not only one of the world's best photographers, but also the second wife of the author and playwright Arthur Miller.
She traveled extensively, around Europe, the Middle East, to North Africa. Wonderful are her portraits: Saul Steinberg, Victoria Sackville-West, Pablo Picasso, Igor Strawinsky, Marilyn Monroe, Henry Moore, Allen Ginsberg, Edward Albee, Doris Lessing, Vladimir Horowitz, to name but a few, and of course her teacher, Henri Cartier-Bresson.
Here's a link to her books.
I've wanted to know more about Morath since I saw a documentary on TV about her a few weeks ago, called "The Last Journey", which was also made into a book. During her last journey (on which she died of cancer) she discovered the land of her ancestors, once divided on political and ideological grounds - and now slowly reconciling and becoming friendly with each other: the borderlands of Styria und Slovenia. Not far from where I come from. She had always a camera in her hands and always a smile on her face, despite her illness.
What few people know:
Inge Morath was not only one of the world's best photographers, but also the second wife of the author and playwright Arthur Miller.
She traveled extensively, around Europe, the Middle East, to North Africa. Wonderful are her portraits: Saul Steinberg, Victoria Sackville-West, Pablo Picasso, Igor Strawinsky, Marilyn Monroe, Henry Moore, Allen Ginsberg, Edward Albee, Doris Lessing, Vladimir Horowitz, to name but a few, and of course her teacher, Henri Cartier-Bresson.
Here's a link to her books.
3/03/2007
Moon 3
Ok, here's to the moon! Songs and lyrics connected with the moon! It's incredible, there are thousands of Moon-Songs!
Older ones you can find on this special Moon-Songs-Website, e.g. Moondance (Van Morrison), Moonshadow (Cat Stevens), Song About the Moon (Paul Simon), Moonage Daydream (David Bowie), Yuri-G (PJ Harvey).
More recent ones: Pink Moon (Nick Drake), Shadows On The Moon (Vanilla Ninja),
Shadow of the Moon (Blackmore S Night), Moon Pix (Cat Power).
And even Bob Dylan sings in "Thunder On The Mountain" (Modern Times): ..There's fires on the moon ...! And of course, Belle and Sebastian are: Waiting for the Moon to Rise.
Now, will we see the eclipse or not? It's raining, it's cloudy, it's stormy, and the moon is veiled, but can still be seen. Hm.
Older ones you can find on this special Moon-Songs-Website, e.g. Moondance (Van Morrison), Moonshadow (Cat Stevens), Song About the Moon (Paul Simon), Moonage Daydream (David Bowie), Yuri-G (PJ Harvey).
More recent ones: Pink Moon (Nick Drake), Shadows On The Moon (Vanilla Ninja),
Shadow of the Moon (Blackmore S Night), Moon Pix (Cat Power).
And even Bob Dylan sings in "Thunder On The Mountain" (Modern Times): ..There's fires on the moon ...! And of course, Belle and Sebastian are: Waiting for the Moon to Rise.
Now, will we see the eclipse or not? It's raining, it's cloudy, it's stormy, and the moon is veiled, but can still be seen. Hm.
Lunar Eclipse
“Picture this: The year is 2025 and you're on the moon. "Home" is 100 meters away—an outpost on the rim of Shackleton Crater. NASA started building it five years earlier, and it is growing fast. You're one of the construction workers.
As always in these polar regions, the sun hangs low, barely above the craggy lunar horizon. You adjust your visor. It amazes you how bright a low sun can be when there's no atmosphere to dim it.
Suddenly, the lights go out.
Up in the sky, a big black disk covers the sun. A red "ring of fire" appears where the sun was only moments before, and its glow turns the ground red beneath your feet.”
You can continue reading this little story on the NASA Science page with a beautiful picture of the red moon, because on the moon, the ground turns red during a lunar eclipse.
Must be awesome, to be there, on such an occasion!
The eclipse begins at 2018 GMT. I wonder if the effects of the moon on all kinds of beings will stop during the eclipse. Is not seeing not affecting?
As always in these polar regions, the sun hangs low, barely above the craggy lunar horizon. You adjust your visor. It amazes you how bright a low sun can be when there's no atmosphere to dim it.
Suddenly, the lights go out.
Up in the sky, a big black disk covers the sun. A red "ring of fire" appears where the sun was only moments before, and its glow turns the ground red beneath your feet.”
You can continue reading this little story on the NASA Science page with a beautiful picture of the red moon, because on the moon, the ground turns red during a lunar eclipse.
Must be awesome, to be there, on such an occasion!
The eclipse begins at 2018 GMT. I wonder if the effects of the moon on all kinds of beings will stop during the eclipse. Is not seeing not affecting?
3/02/2007
Full moon as seen from my window
". . the moon gazed on my midnight labours, while, with unrelaxed and breathless eagerness, I pursued nature to her hiding-places".
Mary Shelley (Frankenstein).
No wonder, I'm a little deranged.
An abridged version of a LUNAtic.
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