Congrats ...

... to Thomas Vogler, the owner of Jazzbar Vogler - the #1 jazzbar of the world. you could celebrate its 10 year anniversary yesterday. The bar definitely is a great place to spend the evening at.

And thanks to Frau Klugscheisser for the information (in German).

Search Terms 4

Another set of search words which led to my site.

• distract me stop me doing work I hate
• Jazzbar Vogler Munich (one of the best days this year - or the past years??)
• "the lady has me temporarily off the bottle"
  
• Christine Castro naked (I´m not sure whether she thinks that it is funny, when people are looking for nude pics of her.)
  
• "you love blow"
• pushed you aside when you entered ( entered where?)
• dita von teese tied up (I want to see her like this too ;) )
  

Through the eyes of a child...

The son of one of my friends made a drawing of Benjamin and myself. As Benjamin blogged about it today, I´m posting the card for the people to see.



It shows Benjamin and myself standing near the Sukkah. Every year during Sukkot we invite the Kindergarten children to the Sukkah for a pancake breakfast. I guess that left an impression on them. I´m glad that he drew us smiling.

Fantasy Filmfest 2007

The Fantasy Filmfest - the 21. International Festival for Science Fiction, Horror and Thriller is running in Munich right now. Our babysitter didn´t have any time during the festival week, but yesterday one of my best friends took care of the kids. We left them at her place for more than 5 hours and watched 3 movies non-stop. I always enjoy going to the movie theaters and I love horror and thriller - though there are almost no good movies in these categories. But we were lucky with this years selection:

NIMMERMEER
Toke Constantin Hebbeln
One night he will “fetch the silver from the night sky” – Jonas loves his father’s magical stories. When Helge dies, Jonas ends up in an orphanage whereupon dreariness and discipline rule his life … until a group of circus performers appear in the village.

KALTMIETE
Gregor Buchkremer First-timer Gregor Buchkremer puts himself on the map of German directors to watch, with this impressive mood piece. Inhabitants of a shared flat slowly go nuts over a roommate, who has locked himself up in his room. With subtle use of stylistic means Buchkremer creates an eerie atmosphere and tops his tale with a brilliantly surprising ending.


THE BOTHERSOME MAN
DEN BRYSOMME MANNEN / Jens Lien
“For office drone Andreas, suicide is preferable to a world where everything is spotlessly clean, everyone’s nice, and every home looks like an Ikea showroom. [This] delightfully droll sophomore feature by Norwegian helmer Jens Lien creates a surreal dystopia that’s only a taupe-colored shade from a realist depiction of contempo Scandinavia.” – Variety “Hell, heaven or dark mirror of urban yuppie life today, Lien’s Bothersome vision makes you feel Andreas’ cold sweat and quiet desperation – which may be our own as well.” – Chicago Tribune

Eisbär by Nouvelle Vague

This is a cover version by Nouvelle Vague of a NDW (Neue Deutsche Welle = New German Wave) song by Stephan Eicher Grauzone. I have never been fond of the NDW music (there are exceptions) though I have been to a lot of NWD parties in my teens. Somehow my friends never seem to like the same music I like.
But this cover version sounds very different from the original and it fits wonderfully to my current mood. I wish I were an ice bear somewhere in the quiet loneliness between all the ice and snow.
Thanks to Umino for this tip. I hadn´t heard of Nouvelle Vague before.



Nouvelle Vague - Eisbär

Ich möchte ein Eisbär sein im kalten Polar
Dann müßte ich nicht mehr schrei'n
Alles wär' so klar

Ich möchte ein Eisbär sein im kalten Polar
Dann müßte ich nicht mehr schrei'n
Alles wär' so klar

Eisbär
Kaltes Eis

Ich möchte ein Eisbär sein im kalten Polar
Dann müßte ich nicht mehr schrei'n
Alles wär' so klar

Ich möchte ein Eisbär sein im kalten Polar
Dann müßte ich nicht mehr schrei'n
Alles wär' so klar

Eisbär'n müssen nie weinen
Eisbär'n müssen nie weinen
Eisbär'n müssen nie weinen
Eisbär'n müssen nie weinen
Ich möchte ein Eisbär sein im kalten Polar
Eisbär'n müssen nie weinen
Dann müßte ich nicht mehr schrei'n alles wär' so klar

Greeting Cards

It is nearly the end of the Kindergarten year. Friday afternoon we had fun on the summer fest we celebrate right before the beginning of the summer holidays.
In addition to the Kindergarten teachers every year we have a new guy (doing voluntary work in the social sector during a gap year) taking care of the kids. As he is leaving soon he received a gift and I drew this card for him with all the kids and parents as fish on it. Anybody has an idea, which is my fish family? ;)



And here are the cards I drew for the Kindergarten teachers:

Diary 2008 Project

Lucy started the Diary 2008 Project. Every page of the diary will be designed by a different artist. Here´s the tree I drew first:



And here is the final page for the diary (with date and web address):

Happy Birthday, Casey!

Today is Casey´s Birthday. Hope she has a great day with lots of pink champagne and french pastry.



Here´s your tree of life. Hope you´ll experience a lot more of those 21 years. ;) In case no one has sung for you yet, listen to this. :)

Final Call for llustration Contest

Only 9 more days left to send in your images for the illustration contest. Check out the rules here.

Only some of the entries to give you an idea of the contest:

Art Video by BLU

This animation was done in Berlin. More of blu´s artwork here and a link to his blog.