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Other Artists / Re: Currently Listening to
Last post by dsanchez - July 25, 2024, 14:20:00
Great song, didn't know there was this version with Dido

#2
Something else / Re: What's On Your Mind Atm??
Last post by MeltingMan - July 24, 2024, 10:18:16
That brings me to the Austrian pilgrim hospice in Jerusalem. On their website you can also marvel a ceiling painting with crusaders (www.austrianhospice.com).
#3
Something else / Re: Russia attacks Ukraine
Last post by dsanchez - July 22, 2024, 13:39:18
Finally people talking about ending the war

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Something else / Re: What's On Your Mind Atm??
Last post by Ulrich - July 21, 2024, 10:16:05
Still stuff to be found in unexpected places...

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/258316/crusader-treasure-unveiled-medieval-altar-found-in-jerusalems-holy-sepulcher

QuoteResearchers have unearthed a Crusader-era altar in Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulcher in a serendipitous discovery that sounds straight out of an Indiana Jones plot.

The find, announced by the Austrian Academy of Sciences, offers a marble-clad window into medieval Christian artistry and papal power projection.

The altar, consecrated in 1149, is an impressive 3.5 meters (about 11 feet) wide, according to the academy, making it the largest known medieval altar to date.
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Something else / Re: Currently Watching (Docume...
Last post by MeltingMan - July 17, 2024, 18:49:32
Documentary: Night train instead of plane? – The harsh reality behind the night train comeback (NZZ)

Another advantage of the night train is that there are no restrictions on bringing drinks and food with you, i.e. as food for the journey, and no annoying, time-consuming checks like at the airport. However, I doubt that the Catalans will be happy about having to cope with even more pleasure tourists on the Amsterdam-Barcelona connection planned for next year, and the designs of the newest night trains certainly take some getting used to. However, it was absolutely right to forego wagons with three or four rows of seats. They are completely unsuitable for night trains.
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Other Artists / Re: Currently Listening to
Last post by MeltingMan - July 15, 2024, 20:06:17
#7
Other Artists / Re: Currently Listening to
Last post by Ulrich - July 14, 2024, 10:32:15
"Back on gasoline alley..."

Chrissie Hynde (with Neil Young on guitar!)

#8
Other Artists / Re: Musicians and attitudes...
Last post by Ulrich - July 11, 2024, 17:10:03
This is a good attitude (imho):
Quote...what are we doing here?
That is an excellent question. Personally, I do my best to move through life with a joy that is reconciled to the sorrow of things but is not subsumed by it, that apprehends darkness and is not afraid of it. I try to receive some form of salvation in this life by paying witness to, and being lifted by, the great, uncontested value of existence. I feel duty-bound to unearth, enhance and promote the world's beautiful things rather than obsess, worry and agitate over the worst of things. I believe in creation over destruction, compassion over cynicism, mercy over vitriol, friendship over hostility, truth over lies and love over hate.
https://www.theredhandfiles.com/how-do-you-know-who-you-are/
#9
Music and Lyrics / Re: Which Cure song are you li...
Last post by Ulrich - July 07, 2024, 09:55:11
Didn't know about this "mix" (a bit different):

#10
Other Artists / Re: Happy Birthday,Vince Clark...
Last post by MeltingMan - July 03, 2024, 09:31:37
Congratulations! What a remix, great. :D