Frau Schade schaut in die Sterne • Miss Schade is stargazing • Astrologie & Sympathy since 2014
It’s december 25 and I’m preparing an interesting ritual for the 12 following nights. Those twelve nights from today until january 6 – the shakespearian 12th night – are called “Rauhnächte” in Germany, which actually refers to the word “Rauch” meaning “smoke”. In “the old days” people used to burn essences to clean the house […]
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Last week I did something I hadn’t for the past 17 years: I went to a small town in northern Bavaria to see quite a lot of german or international movie premieres (in fact 18 long feature films, 2 one hour features plus 8 shortfilms during the 4 days of my stay) at the 49th […]
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When it comes to Doctor Who I’m very much like Sheldon Cooper: Source: ShitSheldonCooperSays on tumblr 😉 Despite being a cult series since the 60s in England (and in fact the longest running sci-fi show of all times), the Doctor was really practically unknown in Germany until the early 90s, when I saw my “first […]
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Anyone who says that German sounds just awful hasn’t listened to Max Raabe’s velvety voice! He is in fact a legitimate opera singer (bariton), but chose to sing slightly different songs (and often in head voice) 😉 Some may know the 20s orchestra “Comedian Harmonists” – Max founded the Berlin “Palast Orchester” in 1986 and […]
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When I saw Olen Steinhauer’s tweet with a pic from a Berlin café a couple of days ago, something in me snapped. It’s been about 15 years now, since I’ve last visited “the capital” but there were times in the 30 years before, when I was there almost every month. As much as I love […]
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Three days ago I happened upon a tweet – you know the sort – what if I could invite “4 famous people for dinner”? There were already some answers: “Jesus of Nazareth, Martin Freeman, Moses and Richard Armitage” and “Henry VIII, Chrissie Evert, Nelson Mandela and Richard Armitage” … normally I just skip such nonsense, […]
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This is the first song Siouxsie Sioux made in 8 years (together with Brian Reitzell). It’s for the final episode “The Wrath of the Lamb” in the 3rd season of NBC’s “Hannibal”. Something like the opening credits from a Bond movie in reverse, as it was on during the final scene. It sounds totally crazy […]
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After two chocolate bars and a pizza (I’m not talking slices here) I’ve decided to occupy myself behind my desk to distract me from heading to the fridge again … Men who claim to be “moody” have literally no idea what female hormons can do to your mind combined with a full moon … No. […]
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In about 5 hours the moon will be full. Since I woke up this morning I’ve been trying hard not to follow her example: So only coffee but no breakfast before walking the dogs! Ha! The breakfast after walking the dogs however included two big slices of toast, soaked in maple sirup, with custard and […]
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