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23 Best Songs of ’23

My favorite songs discovered (though not necessarily released) in 2023.

44phantom – Cherry Cigarettes

The 1975 – About You

The 1975 – I’m in Love with You

All Time Low – Blinding Lights

All Time Low – Modern Love

All Time Low – Tell Me I’m Alive

Billy Joe Armstrong – I Think We’re Alone Now

Blue October – Shut Up I Want You To Love Me Back

flor – Gotta Do Something

Jukebox the Ghost – Wasted

JW Francis – Swooning

Lemony Rug – Unpack Your Bags

modernlove. – Follow You

The Midnight – Heartbeat

The Midnight – Sunset

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – Bauhaus Staircase

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark  – Kleptocracy

A Story Told – Better Than Heaven

A Story Told – Feed Bad

The Strike – Miles Ahead

Thea Gilmore – She Speaks in Colours

Tiny Microphone – Holiday

The Wombats – Is This What It Feels Like To Feel Like This?

22 Best Songs of ’22

My favorite songs discovered (though not necessarily released) in 2022.

Adrian Sieber – Unglued

Blackfield – Under My Skin

Blaenavon – I Want You

Brian Fallon – Rosemary

Brimheim – Can’t hate myself into a different shape

Dave Hause – We could be kings

Ethel Cain – American teenager

Girlhouse – A long december

Gretta Ray – Human

Homeschool – Smartest Man (feat. Samia)

Kyla La Grange – Neverland

The Menzingers – Lookers

mxmtoon – Blister in the sun

The National – Somebody desperate

Prinze George – Take Off

Pronouns – I’m right back in it

Silicone Boone – Found you

Sir Simon – Smoke Alarms

the Sunset Kids – I wanna be

Taylor Swift – All too well (Taylor’s version)

Vancouver Sleep Clinic – Middle Of Nowhere

YUNGBLUD – The funeral

Summer 2021 Playlist

  1. Ben Lee – Love Me Like The World Is Ending
  2. Better Than Ezra – In Your Eyes
  3. Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day – That’s Rock’n’Roll
  4. Ethan Gruska feat. Phoebe Bridgers – Enough For Now
  5. Everything Everything – Violent Sun
  6. Feeder – Youth
  7. The Howl & The Hum – Hostages
  8. Inhaler – Ice Cream Sundae
  9. James – Sit Down
  10. The Killers – My Own Soul’s Warning
  11. The Menzingers – Anna
  12. The Naked and the Furious – Bury Us
  13. Night Traveler – Burn
  14. Our Lady Peace – As Fast as You Can
  15. Phoebe Bridgers – Motion Sickness
  16. The Struts with Albert Hammond Jr – Another Hit Of Showmanship
  17. Taylor Swift – August
  18. Taylor Swift – Betty
  19. Tonic – To Be Loved
  20. Travis – Waving at the Window
  21. VNV Nation – Armour

Spotify Playlist 1h19min 

Central Perk Café

Central Perk Café

While I’m binge-watching Friends episodes (again) in self-isolation, I remembered visiting Central Perk in Beijing in 2015 (on my birthday, no less). Totally made my day. I never put the picture up anywhere, so here they are. The full gallery is here. Could the place BE any more awesome?

Just do it

David duChemin

David DuChemin
By Yogesh Sarkar,
used under cc license

David duChemin – world & humanitarian photographer, best-selling author, and international workshop leader (his words, not mine 😉 ) – had written a blog post that I really needed right now:

You can generate idea after idea, fill your Moleskine notebooks so jam-packed with great ideas the world would fall down at your feet if only they knew how creative you were. But the trap lies in thinking that coming up with the ideas is where the value is. It isn’t. The value lies in your ability to execute. Forget all the hundreds of ideas. Pick one. And do it. Then pick another, and do it too.

We get paralyzed sometimes by too many options. A million ideas and we’re stuck because we can’t pick one. Stop it. Pick one. Move forward.

How does this apply? For working photographers or those who aspire to it – pick one project and do it. Finish it. Then do another. Which one? Who cares! Pick the one you most want to do, the one your dog wants you to do, or the one on the top of the list. But pick one, and do it. Because picking the “wrong one” and getting it done puts you in motion and is better than doing nothing at all. … Don’t stare at it, don’t whine. Just pick the thing at the top of the list – or better – the one you most dread doing, and begin. Just begin.

… That old adage about creativity being 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration? It’s true. Don’t let your piles of notes and your great-sounding ideas lull you into thinking you’re making progress. You make progress when you begin. Ideas are great, but they’re no substitute for the thrill of creation, of seeing that idea become real. All you need to do is begin. And then finish. But beginning is the hard part. There are a million excuses – we’re too busy is the best one.

Halifax

Finally, I finished post-processing (most of) my pictures from Halifax. I experimented a bit with very strong sharpening, too much proably for some pictures, but most are ok, I think.

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Wahl-O-Mat

Bulgara Wahl-O-Mat

Wahl-O-Mat?
By 0ze,
used under cc license

Ich hab mal wieder den Wahl-O-Mat angeschmissen und aus Spaß ein paar der kleineren Parteien mit ins Boot genommen. Die Ergebnisse haben mich (wie bisher immer) in meiner Wahlentscheidung bestärkt. Allerdings fand ich es überraschend (erschreckend?), dass unter ferner liefen die NPD und die Partei Bibeltreuer Christen besser zu mir passten als die Union. Komisch, komisch.

Kurzer Geburtstag Update

Ok, würden wir statt mit unseren Fingern nur mit Fäusten zählen, wäre ich jetzt 100.000. Gar nicht so übel. Auch der Tag selbst konnte sich sehen lassen:

  • Die Leber wächst mit ihren Aufgaben geschenkt bekommen
  • Neues Portemonnaie, just als mein altes seinen Geist aufgibt
  • Lecker Kuchen zum Frühstück
  • Käsekucheneis
  • Ein Tag im Siam-Park mit total coolen Rutschen und einem Hammer-Wellenbad – das weckt das Kind!
  • Nur ein sehr leichter Sonnenbrand
  • Viele liebe Grüße – Danke!

Neues Handy

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Das Samsung i8910 rockt!
By tnkgrl,
used under cc license

Unsere neuen Handys sind da! Und was für feine Geräte! Jetzt hab ich endlich wieder einen Grund, das Handy mit mir rumzutragen, d.h. man kann mich in Zukunft auch wieder außerhalb von Büro und zu Hause erreichen. Die neuen Nummern schicke ich die Tage zu!