David Rovics, one of America's most prolific left-wing singer-songwriter, has another gig in Heidelberg. And it's next week already, but I guess nobody is surprised by this given my lackluster blogging efforts.

David has written a large number of really good, thoughtful songs, most of which you can get for free here. My favourites are I'm a ( Read more... )

Looks like David Rovics' performance in Heidelberg this Sunday (April 15th) is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. It's in the Prisma Common Room (Richard-Wagner-Str. 6) and can be reached easily with public transport (Tram Stop Kapellenweg). As the Prisma website is kind of confusing I'm not sure how much time to talk there'll be beforehand, but I guess ( Read more... )

David Rovics, my favourite left-wing singer-songwriter, has a gig in Heidelberg! Who'd have thought I'd be attending something music-related this year? Missing Georg Kreislers last (non-music) performance last year was bad enough.

David has written a large number of really good, thoughtful songs, most of which you can get for free here. The only ( Read more... )

By now, most people will have heard about about Frank Miller's very inane attempt to denigrate the Occupy Movement (Link). It's nice to see that Alan Moore feels the need to say something more coherent about that. Not only that, but he's actively supporting the movement by contributing to Occupy Comics.

It's always good to know that your own ( Read more... )

Georg Kreisler died yesterday at the age of 89, Kreisler was one of the few German-language singers/cabaret artists who managed to be funny, sad and acerbic at the same time. Kreisler who was forced to flee from Nazi-era Austria before the war was - for me - one of the few precious remnants of Jewish wit that had returned to post-war Europe. For ( Read more... )