Not Rock On

Vor Kurzem habe ich auf einer amerikanischen Seite einen Beitrag zu Madsen gesehen, der auf mein Blog verlinkt war. Dem konnte ich hinsichtlich der Texte weiterhelfen. Ich habe dadurch allerdings auch erfahren, dass Madsen am 5. Juli in Lüchow spielen werden. Außerdem dabei 2 Laid, Herrenmagazin und DJ Stefan Blanck. Ob allerdings der Busbahnhof so stimmungsvoll sein wird? Ich hoffe, dass ich es trotzdem dahin schaffe. Wie ich gerade sehe, feiert Lüchow dieses Jahr 850 Jahre! Hier gibt es weitere Info! Madsen is a great band from the Wendland, my place of birth. They will soon be playing there again. I already have my ticket for only 9 Euro for their concert in Lüchow on July 05. You can find out more and some videos at Madsen's page and some more in my previous post .

As you may have seen in my previous post on the fantastic success of the PayPal action, only one person in the whole world felt inclined to donate a few Euros. This special person is Kristen Haynes from Brisbane, Australia. Imagine that, I ask for support sitting in Germany and someone from as far away as Australia answers. I LOVE the internet! She is not only a very nice person from what I found out during our recent e-mails, but also a very talented singer and songwriter. She has a MySpace site here . Some of the songs there are also featured in the file you can download below. Spread the word! Some of her faves: Nina Simone, Gillian Welch, PJ Harvey, Björk, Jeff Buckley, Marvin Gaye, and on and on. I'm really into Talking Heads, solo David Byrne, and Paul Simon circa Graceland - all that percussive cross-cultural mash-up. Afro-Brazilian, West African, South African, Middle Eastern, Eastern European... I loved being introduced to Lizzy Mercier Descloux. Other favourite bands i...