Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Music's Immune to Parody


The brilliant Tim Minchin is armed with a grand piano in his stand-up comedy. His monologue consists of a series of songs, filled with satire. So, his music is parody, but it doesn't matter. It's still sweet, sweet music.


The essay has been moved to my personal website:

Music Is Immune to Parody


Sunday, November 27, 2011

With One Person I Never Got Bored


We come to this world, don't ask me where from, and we leave it after dancing on it for a while, don't ask me where to. But some of us are otherworldly all through. I had the fortune to get to know one of them: Charlotte Zutrauen, who passed away this spring after more than a century on the planet.


The essay has been moved to my personal website:

With One Person I Never Got Bored


Saturday, November 26, 2011

Time Flies Past a Building


This year I revisited Monaco after almost 40 years. Oh, how time flies! I didn't remember much more from my first visit than the odd decorative patterns on the facade of a house.

I took the above photo of the Monaco house in 1972, and the below photos on my revisit in late October, 2011. Actually, it was right in front of my hotel. New buildings have appeared around it, but that funny house stays the same.


The pattern on it looks like wallpaper, doesn't it? As if someone had turned the whole house inside out.


Apart from that I rediscovered that Monaco is a ridiculously expensive place to be. The pyramid of have and have not remains. It is older than the actual pyramids and more solid than any building. And not that funny.

Sunday, November 6, 2011

The Poodle Bites


Recently, I was in Romania for an aikido seminar. That was my first visit to the country, and a delightful one. Something that I found odd was the great number of stray dogs in the streets, running free and somehow finding their way to survive and reproduce.


The essay has been moved to my personal website:

The Poodle Bites