2012 in Review: Top 10 albums
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Sebastian
Lots of music last year. Not enough time to listen to everything yet. But here it goes (see 2011 here): Flying Colors – Flying Colors Van Halen – A different kind of truth Black Country Communion – Afterglow Paul Gilbert – Vibrato Steve Vai – The Story of Light Alicia Keys – Girl on Fire […]
Trivium will become this generation’s Metallica if…
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Sebastian
If Trivium manages to put out a decent follow-up to “In Waves” then there will be no stopping them. With their relentless touring schedule they have put themselves in a prime position to be heir apparent to Metallica. Just an observation.
Work-Life-Balance? Work-Work-Balance? Eine Träumerei?
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Sebastian
Vor knapp 10 Tagen (als es die FTD noch gab) erschien der Artikel “Macht die Arbeit unser Leben kaputt” in der Claus Gorgs und Nikolaus Röttger versuchen Engelchen und Teufelchen zum Thema Work-Life-Balance zu spielen. Versuchen, weil Gorgs pro argumentiert und Röttger sich an der Terminologie stört. Eigentlich sagen beide doch sehr ähnliches: Das heißt […]
November 16, 2012
Review: Black Country Communion – Afterglow
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Sebastian
This is a review I didn’t expect to write. Not that I don’t mind writing bad reviews or anything but I’d rather write about records that trigger some kind of emotion. And I didn’t expect Black Country Communion’s (BCC) Afterglow to do that for the simple reason that I am not such a big fan […]
What’s next for Apple? My guess:
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Sebastian
It has happened before. Apple has released a new product line and the stock price is going down a bit. These days, following the iPad Mini Special Event, the stock price is sinking just like that but a lot more than usual. Mostly, because Apple is sending mixed signals. Sure, the iPad mini is selling […]
App-Updates from Thomas Sixt, Sleep Cycle and eBay
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Sebastian
My friend Thomas Sixt, chef and cookbook author (check out the headcam cooking videos) not only has a bunch of German cookbooks in the Apple Bookstore but also some English versions. A couple of weeks ago he launched The Perfect Wiener Schnitzel as English ebook. 15 pages with great high quality and of course a […]