...you go to a metal club in a car park somewhere on the outskirts of the city, and there's a man in there wearing lederhösen, casual as anything, just on a night out, and then another man appears behind the bar and swigs petrol from a JD bottle and starts spitting fire everywhere, to the soundtrack of "Feuer Frei" by Rammstein, and you'll only accept beer if it's in a 1 litre vessel because mere pints just feel inadequate now. And then you wake up early the next day to visit a huge fantastical castle in the mountains, built by an insane king who was inspired by Wagner. And for breakfast you fancy a pot of pickled cabbage, and your friend eats one ginormous greasy Bratwurst covered in mustard that cost €1.
Ich liebe München!
Monday 22 August 2011
Wednesday 17 August 2011
BOOM!
Boomtown was excellent! Dancey and sunny and drunken. Now a quick stop-off in Kirdford before Germany - I have been doing essential tasks like mass-baking crumbles, cross-country running with Elsa, and binging on curry and Martini at Becci's house. My parents have bought a cool TV thing where you can watch iPlayer on the TV, and I found these excellent documentaries on Great Thinkers, with old BBC archive footage of amazing people like Jung and Russell talking on British politics and society. I love a good documentary. It directed me to this interview with Russell – as with everything he says and writes, it’s plain-talking, nail-on-the-head stuff.
Tuesday 9 August 2011
Move, Learn, Eat, Zombies
I recently came across these three videos, described as "3 guys, 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, 38 thousand miles, an exploding volcano, 2 cameras and almost a terabyte of footage... all to turn 3 ambitious linear concepts based on movement, learning and food ....into 3 beautiful and hopefully compelling short films....."
They were commissioned by STA Travel; I'm slightly reluctant to give STA the free advertising by reposting them, since I think the company is a load of wank, but in fact the videos are so emotive and eclectic in what they show, as well as being beautifully shot and edited, so I had to share the love on my blog. Whenever I find my wanderlust waning, I come across something like this, and I'm drawn back to my backpack and planning dream itineraries in my head.
My desire for travel and novelty fortunately coincides with the need to leave this fucked-up country; I don't think there's much point in adding my opinion to the confused jumble of both anger and sympathising to be found on Facebook statuses, let alone the rest of the Internet...suffice to say, it really is all going to shit. Whatever your opinion on the rioters and their motivation, it seems like another nail in the coffin of a country in complete disarray.
Peering out between the shutters of a kitchen in Islington last night, 'hoodie-spotting', definitely felt like I was in 28 Days Later. "Loitering! Two hooded figures loitering at 9 o'clock! Quick, put the chain on the door!" It was pretty exciting.
Life update for anyone interested: I'm finishing work here tomorrow, then going to a festival over the weekend, before going to Germany next Thursday until the 26th. There may be brief windows of my free time to be enjoyed, if you book early.
They were commissioned by STA Travel; I'm slightly reluctant to give STA the free advertising by reposting them, since I think the company is a load of wank, but in fact the videos are so emotive and eclectic in what they show, as well as being beautifully shot and edited, so I had to share the love on my blog. Whenever I find my wanderlust waning, I come across something like this, and I'm drawn back to my backpack and planning dream itineraries in my head.
My desire for travel and novelty fortunately coincides with the need to leave this fucked-up country; I don't think there's much point in adding my opinion to the confused jumble of both anger and sympathising to be found on Facebook statuses, let alone the rest of the Internet...suffice to say, it really is all going to shit. Whatever your opinion on the rioters and their motivation, it seems like another nail in the coffin of a country in complete disarray.
Peering out between the shutters of a kitchen in Islington last night, 'hoodie-spotting', definitely felt like I was in 28 Days Later. "Loitering! Two hooded figures loitering at 9 o'clock! Quick, put the chain on the door!" It was pretty exciting.
Life update for anyone interested: I'm finishing work here tomorrow, then going to a festival over the weekend, before going to Germany next Thursday until the 26th. There may be brief windows of my free time to be enjoyed, if you book early.
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