Väterchen Timofej, Munich's Hermit

Born on the same day as me but almost a hundred years earlier, Timofei Wassilijeitsch Prochorow, called Väterchen Timofei, emigrated to Munich in the 1950s in order to build his home in what was later to become the territory of the Olympic Games of 1972. After the "Olympic Hermit" did not agree on moving his garden, house and church and with the public behind him, he forced the organizers to change their plans.

I remember having visited him at least once in the 1990s and I completely forgot about this "Methusalem of Munich". I am sad to read that he died in 2004 (allegedly) at the age of 110.

Or Weitzman's Art Blog

Check out Or Weitzman's cute, non-offensive caricatures in his online portfolio. He is an amazingly talented young Israeli artist with great and quick eye and hand.

Update: Josa Peit on Offtrack Radio Show

I totally forgot to mention that Dirk Rumpff used Josa Peit's Cheat (see post) to round off his most recent Offtrack show, which also features a great guest mix by Âme.

OFFtrack February 20th 2009 by dirkrumpff

Fünf Sterne Deluxe Nostalgia - Bo's Dumm Aber Schlau

I had a trip down memory lane when they played some Fünf Sterne Deluxe, the great end-1990s German Rap superstars, at a cafe the other day. Check out D(umm)A(ber)S(chlau) BO and the smart guy's latest weirdo output.

Zeitgeist - The Movie (part 1 and 2)

Zeitgeist refers to "the spirit of the times" or "the spirit of the age and its society".

I recently watched the Zeitgeist movie series (thanks, Eugenio), a three times two hours audiovisual epos about -say- the institutional control of the modern individual.
In fact, I have the same comment as on Das Netz - The Net two years ago (btw - here's the working link): "Leaving aside the fact that it's sometimes a little bit too close to conspiracy theories and its being too deep and too shallow at the same time, it's an interesting documentary."

Part 1 (Zeitgeist: The Movie)


Part 2 (Zeitgeist: Addendum)

Wie funktioniert Geld? (German)

How does money work? German designer and animator Max von Bock has created a neat little documentary to answer this question (sorry -- German only).

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

For that matter I can also recommend the (again German) book die tagesschau erklärt die Wirtschaft, a very readable (and visually appealing) basic introduction to economics and the financial system.

Warren's Thy Kingdom Reprise Mix

Having met the creator of thehumansare.com/ing yesterday, I felt reminded that I should really catch up with my blog readings (especially as I am not using an RSS reader at the moment). By checking manually, I noticed that I missed this grant mix from late 2008.
So check out the Thy Kindom Reprise mix, an eclectic "ambientfolksteptronica" selection.

Thy Kingdom Reprise by The Healing Arts