From Napoleon to Napoleon

It’s been two months since my last post. A lot has been happening. Nothing people would care about. But perhaps it’s time to sum up a bit, yes, I agree. Just to keep this blog alive. Most notable and eligible for this blog are just about three things that happened since August.
Napoleon’s Battle at Razdrto [...]

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The Spectaculum

For three days in July the Austrian medieval town of Friesach returns to the Middle Ages. Window shops are covered, electricity turned off. The town centre is closed for traffic. Knights, tradesmen, buffoons, chesters, medieval dances and music, fire breathers, even witches (I guess they’ve yet to fall from grace). Set against a backdrop of [...]

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Sinead O’Connor in Križanke

Much has been said already about her. The acoustic concert was quite intimately set in a small outdoor venue, and her opening Emperor’s New Clothes pretty much introduced her barefooted and wearing a T-shirt with the word “Sinner” written on it. Goes well with her provocative nature, but the world should have more of such [...]

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Metallica’s Death Magnetic in Vienna

Every once in a while there’s a concert on a day when the planets are strangely aligned and are screwing up the world, making it almost impossible to do anything. Metallica played in Vienna, presenting their Death Metallic album on the day that everything went wrong, and I’m not talking the usual “everything” where it [...]

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The Usual End to April

It’s been a while. I’ve been busy. And in no mood to post anything. Because it wasn’t just busy, it was a lot more, and it still is. Anything but good. This country kills. Basically everything but excessive drinking, stupidity, corruption etc. You get the picture. But that’s just half of the story.
Anyway, a few [...]

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