Lyrics: “Das Übermensch” – Operation Mincemeat, 2023
The “old” media – established newspapers, public service broadcasting – are still not paying enough attention to the Coup going on in the US, I think. I try to keep up through newsletters and some social media, without getting to overwhelmed by it all. Similar with the election / general campaigning / motions in parliament / public discourse here in Germany at the moment. I also try to keep up with reading a liberal and a conversative Sunday paper and finally make a dent in the ton of bookmarked articles.
In the past I have rarely watched candidates debate on TV, because I was so fed up by the stock phrases and all. In 20 minutes the first of a few TV debates between the chancellor and his challenger will start and I will tune in after all. For a while anyway, until I might just have enough.
I wanted to share happy thoughts though and am now almost running out of time.
I plan to be be back in Paris for a few days in July to finally, finally see Brandi Carlile live on stage. Wooohooo! I admit I haven’t listened to her all that much in the past 8 – 10 years, but she’s always been on my radar. About 20 years ago I was a huge fan of the TV show “Grey’s Anatomy” which had a great soundtrack in the early seasons. I got to know some of Brandi’s songs through that and I loved her music.
In 2010 I had bought a ticket to see her in Cologne in May. A few weeks before that date the vulcano erupted on Iceland which led to lots of air traffic across the Atlantic being shut down for a while, which then led to the cancellation of that tour. Brandi has been back in the UK and Scandinavia since then, but it never really worked out for me. She will be in Berlin and Amsterdam as well, which would be closer than Paris, but those dates won’t work for me. So I booked the ticket for Paris and will spend a few days. Now that I have an idea of the city again. I can’t wait.
