I was quite surprised when I found an article recently, that described pretty well how a a woman in her late 40's feels about her life. This was a very honest and moving piece of text, that you don't find that often, certainly not on the strong opinionated, spoiled western part of the internet. 

This is not coming from a woman that has a devastating life, nor money problems, or a person that ruined her life and get's the blame. This was just a self reflecting story, with a bitter side note of society as a whole.

Then of course, some ranting again on my behalf, to fill this episode :-).

after some digging on the web, I did find the original article, since it was gone from my browser history.

link

use a translator if you must. In case I have misread a part or falsely translated a portion of it, I apologise in advance. However, I think I did point out correctly what was worth mentioning.

Take care and have fun!

Well guys and gals, this is it. After so many years of waiting and hoping for something better to hit the market, then the typical boring slabs of ugliness we face everyday when we go out into the world. Communication has become steril and generic, flat and underwhelming in its design by design actually...

Patience from die hard fans such as myself has been for nothing. I understand that we all have other problems currently, but I don't want to talk about that. This just smashes yet another nail in the already rotten coffin of a failed attempt to bring nostalgia back to people.

Because apparently nobody gives a shit but us.

As usual I will be ranting a bit once again about the old BlackBerry history, TCL doing it half right, (D)o(w)nward Mobility's inability to present anything substantial during 2021, and the fact that I honestly thought of buying myself an Iphone... But I won't.

I pull my hat to anybody who will listen all the way through.

As a quick info I wanted to push in here... Some links to other qwerty phones out there, if you are interested:

PlanetCom

fxtec

Unihertz

Back again and going through the fourth album. A solid step forward IMO from the previous works, aside from the pretty damn good third album. We can hear Gabriel coming closer to his true self during production.

However, I did mention some remixed songs that become better than the original, again speaking purely of my own taste and subjective response to his music.

I have the touch - Phenomenon soundtrack 

lay your hands on me - from an italien tv special. Best backing vocals to the song from Gabriel.

Lay your Hands on me - live from Athens. Breathtaking performance!

At the end I just close this part by ranting about nonsense of my old friends life, and that is it.

Will be back for part 4 :-)

Today, I am getting back to the Peter Gabriel discography run. going mostly through albums 2 and 3 (scratch and melt).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VGoTAyxkbc

I'll be back for more stuff... Take care and good night!

A friend of mine has some troubling times ahead. His wife is trying to force him to fully dive into christianity and accept an entirely Christ focused lifestyle. More church, more bible, more Jesus. He is clearly unhappy and needs a solution. He is even thinking about divorce.

Today I want to address that and take his unfortunate issues and point out the obvious flaws of a faith crazed woman and her family. I normally don't like talking about stuff like this, because I am agnostic/atheist at best. But since I know this dude, his story is pretty devastating and shocking, due to the obvious pressure, lack of common sense, and manipulation.

Happy new year everyone! Today I wanted to start the year off with Peter Gabriel, my favorite musician and songwriter of all time. I will talk about why I listen to his music, how I first got to the first CD in my youth and some other stuff. Then briefly talking aboout the first album, but not diving into the old Genesis days too much.

Some stuff out of my life, but mostly talking about working on a sample drawing I did for a friend in Affinity Photo on the Mac, while using my Wacom tablet.

I love using this setup, it's quite fun and you have incredible possibilities using this Software. Better investment than Photoshop, but that is just me.

Merry Christmas!

Cheers

Dean

https://www.instagram.com/p/CXzD6X2IVHq/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Some small update on me and my bike tours... Then complain about valves inability to get the cheating issues under control. Or why I personally believe, that they don't want to change it.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CXYZqdADyKV/?utm_medium=copy_link

The above link shows what my area looks like right now since snow fell. And how I am rocking that forrest on my trusty mountain bike :-)

just some heads up on life, the covid crisis in Germany, my work, some new whisky bottles to try, Harold Ramis and the new Ghostbusters movie, as well as being upset and pissed about the cellphone manufacturer Unihertz an their missfire with the Titan Pocket.

Not much else, just rambling because rambling is fun :D

Cheers!

Dean

The cliché that Germans have no humor is somehow true. But that is due to a more complex and dark mental mindset, that has influenced the majority of the population. Younger generations most likely not that much...

I talked about some fine examples of comedians, that shaped the comedic face of this country. Back in those days, 50 to 80's, the greatest men (for what ever reason, funny women are hard to find), have given us a good reason to laugh. Today we find mostly just poor examples on stage or on TV. Comedy in Germany is pretty much dead, with very few exceptions.

A few worth mentioning:

Heinz Erhardt - One of Germanys most successful comedians. Originally born in Russia (fun fact). Heinz Erhardt made a huge impact in the business during the 1950's.

Harald Juhnke - This dude rocked in our country. He was once one of the largest entertainers Germany has ever known. His life took a tragic turn in his last years. Used to be known for his singing talents as well as acting. But his was, above all, a damn good comedian.

Heinz Rühmann - Haven't mentioned him here in this podcast, but he popped into my head. Great influence to the industry with a lot of charm.

Karl Dall - One of the more provocative personalities, who sadly died not too long ago. He was on of a kind.

Jürgen von der Lippe - I haven't talked about him here, but he is one of the last great comedians alive. 

Dieter Nuhr - This guy is the sharpest comedian we have in the mainstream business. He got a lot of heat for criticizing the corona rules and regulations. Open minded and not afraid to share his opinion, tears our lives apart and can find humor in anything that makes us human.