MLT Club Member Jürgen
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Every day and every chime
a blink of an eye in the course of time
but all together
and here forever
a moment not to be forgotten
long after time of life is rotten
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For Halloween, a quick pumpkin pie recipe:
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Halloween actually has no great tradition with us. Not to say: actually none at all, until one evening, in a dark stormy night the following happened:
I heard a ringing at my front doorbell and when I opened it, two small, strange figures were standing in front of me with a large bag. „Sweet or Sour”, they wanted to know (in Germany it is not said „Trick or Treat“, but: „Sweet or Sour“) and so I answered: “I would like chicken sweet and sour but not as much rice as last time”. But as it turned out, it was not the delivery service of the local Chinese restaurant, but my neighbor’s children. No one could have guessed. Since then, I also know: This is Halloween.Tim Burton. Always wonderfully weird. “This is Halloween” from his classic movie “Nightmare before Christmas”
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An old man with something to say:
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Before the whole Helloween hustle and bustle starts here, I would like to quickly get rid of two last autumn themes:
Some more colorful foliage and an almost fairy-tale atmosphere.
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The choice of your topics is starting to scare me Jung. 🙂 Off the top of my head, I can think of something you could scare your parents with: The Rocky Horror Picture Show. (Less because of the scary moments in the movie, but more because of the scary moral from some parents’ point of view. A good school friend of mine was not allowed to see the movie, because of this. Clear case of scared parents).
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We have a saying: „Aller guten Dinge sind drei“ (all good things should happen three times ). That’s why here is the third version of „Autumn Leaves“ in this topic. This time a nice jazz interpretation of the song.
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„Kalte Winde“ (Cold winds). The song describes how a beautiful autumn with blue sky and bright sun slowly gives way to winter and the year draws to a close. Finally a white blanket of snow will cover the land until everything is wrapped in oblivion, but the love of the people close to us brings the world to new life.
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Dr. Frankenstein. You’ve given me an idea, Tom:
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Tim Burton has not only created animated films, Tom (“Corps Bright” is my personal favorite, a bizarre love story), but also live-action films together with Johnny Depp. The most famous films of the two are: “Edward Scissorhands”, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and “Alice in Wonderland”. I personally love the Pirates of the Caribbean series of films. But Burton was not involved in those movies.
Thanks for sharing the Dr. Frankenstein video. I’m just scared that there are many politicians whose brains have also been replaced.
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That sounds like a wonderful idea, Jung. A musical round trip through Austria and Germany. This is one of the dreams that you should definitely realize (if it fits time and financially). I was years ago on the island of Borneo, this I always wanted to have seen once. And the memories I took home from there will accompany me all my life. Whatever happens, no one can take these memories away from me. Vienna, the Alps, Bonn and Hamburg. You’ve got your work cut out for you. How long is the trip supposed to last? And if you’re ever in Hamburg, you really have to visit the „Miniatur Wunderland” in Hamburg. It’s probably the largest model railroad in the world, and it’s absolutely worth a visit even for people who don’t normally go in for model railroading. The layout is located in the historic warehouse district of Hamburg and there you can see all of Europe. The Swiss Alps (20 feet high in total), Berlin, Rome, Scandinavia (the fjords filled with real water and remote controlled ships) and even parts of the Grand Canyon are reproduced there. Large model planes take off, land and you can watch them taxi down the runway. The space shuttle in Cape Canaveral takes off every hour and flashing fire engines regularly go on missions in downtown Hamburg. Every half hour the sun sets and everything is fantastically illuminated.
If you ever travel to Bonn, get in touch beforehand (I’m serious now). Bonn is about an hour’s drive from me. That’s not much. Nur ein „Katzensprung“ (just a cat jump away). Then we visit a nice restaurant there and have „Rheinischer Sauerbraten mit Kartoffelklößen und Rotkohl“ (I can’t translate that). A local specialty. Very tasty. And maybe you’ll take me to the Beethoven House in Bonn, then I’ll finally learn something more about Beethoven. True. Beethoven was born in Bonn. I have somehow pushed that out of my memory (oh, how ignorant I am…). Then he is a Rhinelander, just like me. Who knows, maybe a lot of music flows in my veins and I don’t even know it.
PS: „Leberkäse mit Spiegelei, Röstzwiebeln und Bratkartoffeln“ („Liver loaf with fried egg, fried onions and fried potatoes“) tastes good. Schnitzel, Knödel, Mehlspeisen (Kaiserschmarrn), Gullasch I would eat better in Vienna or Austria. Hamburg cuisine prefers fish dishes like Labskaus, Finkenwerder Scholle, Hamburger Aalsuppe.
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Tom, „The Rocky Horror Picture Show“ enjoys great popularity in our country. In Berlin, Cologne, Munich and other major cities, there are cinemas that show the film permanently at fixed times. The musical will be back on tour next year. In February 2022, even right around the corner from me. Many spectators are dressed up, throw rice at each other and “Time Warp” is danced along. Just like you do. Yes, Susan Sarandon was very charming.
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Thanks Jung. Very nice photos. I think Vancouver is a very beautiful place. I like the course of the river very much. The third photo could also be a park right near me. In general, the whole vegetation looks like ours. Probably you have a very similar climate in Vancouver. I also like to take pictures and I like to film. Crazy enough, mostly only on vacation. I capture the magic of my own landscape far too seldom. A pity, actually.
This is what it looks like here with us. Industry, nature, culture. A little bit of each. It wasn’t always like this.
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The instrument you mean, Jung, is a so-called “Drehleier” or “Radleier”, in french “Vielle à Roue”, or in english “Hurdy-gurdy”. The hurdy-gurdy is a mechanized stringed instrument from the class of lute instruments, known since the Middle Ages, in which the strings are struck by a built-in wheel that is turned by means of a crank. The vibrating length of one or more melody strings is shortened mechanically via keys in order to change the pitch. So much for the theory. In practice, the Hurdy-gurdy is often used in the medieval music scene. This includes for example also the group Blackmore’s Night, which uses historical instruments, but no hurdy-gurdy as far as I know. You’re right, the music sounds Celtic, Germanic or Gallic. The theme of autumn, medieval times and medieval markets also fits very well together. Imagine this:
The smell of freshly baked bread is in the air and small, colorful market stalls nestle close to the massive masonry of a half-ruined city wall. Travelling merchants in wide motley robes offer pottery and hand-turned candles, right next to a stall serving fresh mead and chestnut beer in bent horn cups. A troupe of jugglers has gathered under a massive old oak tree, its foliage shimmering yellow and gold in the warm autumn sun. The musicians of the group play a cheerful melody on their shawms, accompanied by bulbous, four-sided stringed instruments, to the rhythm of flat fur drums and a tambourine. A few steps away lets a juggler rotate burning torches in a circle and bows elegantly to the applause of his numerous spectators. Directly across the paved street, a blacksmith’s hammer sounds as he shapes the blades of small daggers on his anvil, while a few steps away a young woman is selling baked goods. Wrapped in a wide robe and hiding her face under a hood so no one can see her bright blue eyes, she offers deliciously fragrant, golden-brown cinnamon buns from the distant land of Arrakis. With an extra helping „Spice” and fresh out of the oven, as her well-traveled guests prefer to eat it.
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I don’t know if you knew “Blackmore’s Night” before. The guy with the guitar is Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple), the singer is his wife. The two of them have been producing medieval-inspired songs for many years. There are really nice songs on it and he can still play guitar.