all these cups of tea...

...

we had in the winter sitting by the heater, reading a book while listening to Grizzly Bear or other indie-gods

did change to ice-cold lemonade with weird exotic and funny flavours.

The authors of the books changed as well.

So I traded Tolstoi and Dostojewski for Michel de Montaigne and Muriel Barbery lately.

Russian authors are not meant to be read in the sun. Sun is reserved for french literature and daydreams of far away cities where boys with beautiful collarbones walk along the sidewalks and fireworks mark the end of a day and the start of a new night.

What is it with animal-metaphors in all the indie-folk-bandnames?

Toy Horses

Seabear

Grizzly Bear

Fleet Foxes

Timid Tiger

Frightened Rabbit

Are animal and nature related bandnames the new "THE" ?

photography by nicholas haggard



...fight, flee or freeze



Sometimes I'd like to freeze when a complicated situation comes up.

Most of the time I pick fleeing.

Running away seems to be my favourite instinct.

It seems to be the favourite instinct of more than half the worldcivilisation.

The rest picks fight.

So I decided this morning to add a fourth option to get out of a dangerous or complicated situation.



...the real new is what's not becoming old, despite time passing.

How come that they are and always will be great and amazing?

I seriously wish I could jump a timemachine and go back to see one of their first concerts in liverpool at 

"the Cavern".

Everytime the world brings me down the Beatles get me of the ground. The Beatles and something Oscar Wilde said:

"In the end everything is going to be allright. And if it's not allright yet, it isn't the end."

...the remains of a festival

So the first episode of festivals ended for me while the next one started in Great Britian. Glastonbury!

What remains in my head is a little headache from having seen too much and drunken too less. My skin is teint by now and my mind is filled with music and pleasant anticipation for the upcoming event.

My all time favourite festival. Just characterised as beautiful.

The Haldern-Pop Festival.

It's one of the finest and best indie-events of the year. The people are amazing and sweet, the acts are brilliant everytime and to top all this, there is a lake just a stone's throw away to swim and cool down a little when the sun is shining high and hot.

The Haldern-Pop-People are famous for their weird and lovely little ideas. This year it's about short stories, love, photography and a sparkling mind.

 "Warm Ums Herz"

I fall in love with beautiful boys for a few minutes every seven footsteps, cause it seems that every indie-guy around is walking on the grass there, enjoying bands like Isbells, Fleet Foxes, Alexi Murdoch and the Wombats. I can't wait to blow bubbles there and wear pearls in my hair or just lie on the ground on a blanket surrounded by my dearest friends, listening to the tones and chords that are floating over from the stage.

I can't wait to collect smiles and quotes.

I can't wait to get the first Interview-confirmation-Mails and build a radio special around all the things, that bands told me.

I CAN NOT WAIT!!!

Maybe I'm too excited, but it's worth it.

photography by Zora Beer

rubber boots on rainy days

It's raining all day and I'm pretty sure that the world is drowning outside while im inside listening to the Eels' "Daisies of the Galaxy"

daydreaming of sunier days and being a little excited for the upcoming ones.

Gonna spend the next weeks on Festivals in Austria and Germany interviewing Bands - some of them more legends than musicians - taking pictures and naps on the green while someone is playing on stage i don't need to see live.

The first Festival is NovaRock.

Top 5 Things you need to pack for Festivalseason.

1. Rubber Boots - to enjoy even rain and feel like a little child while jumping and running through puddles.

2. Sweets and bubbles - to make time pass quicker while waiting in front of or backstage.

3. Vintage sunglasses - to cause a summer mood.

4. Any camera - to save some amazing moments.

5. Music - to be prepared.   

I can't wait.

photography: not even maybe by Chronotype