Two down, two to go ... I'm working on Music for a While now. I love it, but I did not realize just how difficult it would be. How do I get the sense of a priest conjuring a ghost, and all Alecto's fury, in this little tiny piece? This is by far the most imagery-loaded of the four songs I have to do.

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This time, it's for a programme composed of the music of John Dowland and Henry Purcell, and some of the songs are to be recited in Czech after or before they're sung in English. I find the poems absolutely beautiful. I've finished one of four, so far.

Not all my torments can your pity move ( Read more... )

I'm still reading Thorsten Havener's Denken sie nicht an einen blauen Elephanten. I'm about half way through the book and I think it's one of the best books I've read lately. Yes, despite the unfortunate Chopra beginning ( Read more... )

Bah ( Read more... )

I've just finished reading Konrad Paul Liessmann's Theorie der Unbildung. Die Irrtümer der Wissensgesellschaft (Theory of non-education. The errors of the Information Society) - it's a very pessimistic, but also a very wise book ( Read more... )

So I got my mum a sonic screwdriver toothbrush for X-mas.

Seriously, a sonic toothbrush. Mom wanted an electric toothbrush, and since I'm in high-tech Germany, I decided to get her the best there is. When I asked the shop assistant what are the very good toothbrushes of this kind, he said I would recommend the sonic one, it's much better than the ( Read more... )