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“Kochkraft durch KMA” delivered epically! From songs that made me tear up to Rage-Against-The-Machine level irresponsible hate against the system, they pushed a great many of my buttons. #concerts #music

“I don’t feel at home. […] and there’s nobody waiting for me there anyway”. The warmup band “Gescheitert3000” is pushing my tear-duct buttons. #concerts #music

Donnern! Donnern! Und nochmal Donnern!Dezenz. Ist. Schwäche. 🕺🏻🧷 Tomorrow already! Very much looking forward!#neverTooOld #music #concerts #punk

🐼🎙️: I’ll never changeAnd you’re still the same[…]I am so tiredOf everyone that’s breathing down my neckMaybe you shouldn’t be like that[…]Stop keeping this alivePlease be silent for just once[…]There is so little roomTo understand my thoughts[…]Are you ready?Why are you running?I am standing […]

The sunset at #Düsseldorf’s #Rhine was incredible tonight. #nofilter necessary on the 1st photo. The 2nd picture is a neon-glitched image I’ve created from the scene.

Diary time, finally. #düsseldorf #rhine

TIL: since folks were using Amazon gift card voucher codes as pseudo-payment for their friendly online-neighborhood fraudster, Amazon made it more difficult by removing the easily shareable voucher code from the email you could send to yourself. But since nothing is safe from a determined fool […]

Google: “Oh, so your kid’s tablet traveled to another country within the EU? How dare you expand their horizon! We won’t be accepting any more App Store purchases from you until you’ve signed these gazillion forms and waited a few weeks for us to process them. And BTW, did we mention how unhappy […]

Now that our #Düsseldorf primary school’s headmistress sent an email, declaring that #Halloween is not a real holiday, won’t be celebrated & is all about sweets anyway, continuing with instructions on how to celebrate St.Martin in honor of her Lord+Savior who transforms into a cookie at regular […]

“Kochkraft Durch KMA” with a brilliant Hardcore Punk song on our ill-fated work worship, art vs. money and burnout. They’re performing in Cologne on 20251108 with their brilliantly named album “Hardcore Never Dies Das”, in case you want to pogo to this with me. #music #concerts #art #punk #work

I may or may not have bought my kids powerful Nerf guns & am now covered in small, circular bruises. I regret nothing!!1elf1! #kids #parenting

When in conflict & facing weighty decisions, it helps me to look at clock faces drawn by people with “Hemispatial Neglect Allochiria“. It’s an impactful way of visualizing thought being limited by our brain. If another person’s thoughts feel “unthinkable” to me, it’s because my brain is wired […]

Now that I’ve fed ~400 artists into BandsInTown to get gig alerts, it stands to reason that I HAVE TO go to five #concerts in November, right? In unrelated news, people keep pestering me about my workload, burnout & hyperactive lifestyle. Ain’t nobody got time for that! #ignoranceIsBliss

That! Was! Fun! Always feels great to dance Gabber & Hardstyle swimming in a crowd crazy about music. #music #concerts

“Vroeger Was Alles Beter” with 20.000 other old farts. 🧙‍♂️ #music #concerts #vwab #hardstyle

♫ And still I cling to that which is goneIgnore the warnings I never saw[…]Think about what I thought you could beYou want your flowers but you threw out the seeds[…]I figured out what you told meDidn’t connect to what you showed me ♫

Obrigado, Madeira! Até logo!

“Das Mudas” at Vila De #Calheta is such an amazing location! Wonderful Bauhaus / Mies Van Der Rohe architecture, #art exhibition, great vistas along #Madeira’s south coast and, of course, a perfect place for Hide & Seek with the #kids.

The right Amazon is on fire for once. #aws #outage #fascist #billionaires

Rusty technique, salty messaging. #arico #calheta

Mother Nature is painting beautifully again. #sunset #madeira

Decided to paint it like something from “Día De Los Muertos” and released it in a wall (“Muro Pedra“) to be discovered. #art #crafting

First engraving of this holiday done: skull in black volcanic rock. Very fitting that the ashtray in the back recommends to expire. 😜 #art #crafting

The collection is coming along nicely: a stone with a heart-shaped worm enclosure, silvery snail shells & some pretty barnacles. Also some good material for Engraving. #madeira #ocean

We collected “Potpourri of the Ocean” at low tide. #madeira #ocean

While the offspring was enjoying the swimming platform in the bay, I swam beyond the wave breakers for my first proper open water swim of the year: 1.7m swells at fast intervals made me feel small & provided a nice experience outside my comfort zone. Us #webperf folk are all cast from a similar […]

Red in tooth & claw. #madeira #ocean #nature

Stephen King’s “It” has a strong subtext about child abuse: something monstrous is happening to kids in the town of Derry and adults turn a blind eye. I knew that. What I only just now realized is how this ties in with “We all float down here” and Georgie’s boat: he gets advice how to […]

It’s good to be back.

“Refused” were amazing last night! Excellently staged performance, powerful political message & loads of fun. 🧷🤘 #concerts #punk #cologne