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Michael is back! Thriller 25th Anniversary.

// February 13th, 2008 // 1 Comment » // Music

“Dangerous” was probably the album I listened to the most as a young, dumb boy. And I absolutely loved Michael’s great music videos on Mtv, too! I guess I’m one of the hardcore fans from him. Anyway, his last two or three albums were really bad, so I had almost forgotten about him. Well, his music, in the news he appeared more than enough, didn’t he?

I listen more to Blues, Hip-Hop and House nowadays anyway (weird combination, I know), so when I got the iTunes Newsletter today stating something about a new Michael Jackson album I was immediately interested. It got even more fascinating when I read the track list - many songs featuring artists like Kanye West and Fergie? Cool shit. After listening to it just now, I can only recommend you to buy it (or not). Beat It 2008 (25th Anniversary Remix) [feat. Fergie] for example is really old school, but at the same time a bit enhanced and just… fun. And Billie Jean (25th Anniversary Remix) [feat. Kanye West]? If you liked the Daft Punk mash-up with Kanye and are a MJ fan, you’ll absolutely love it.

It’s really fresh and also it’s just good to have his best classics in your library, too.

Eric Claptons Konzert in Shanghai war super!

// January 22nd, 2007 // No Comments » // Music, People's Republic of China, Photography, Photography - Shanghai

Geduldig wie ein Buddha habe ich am Wochenende meine Fotos des Eric Clapton Konzerts auf flickr geladen, und natürlich Berichte geschrieben - den deutschen Bericht gibt es hier, den englischen hier. Geduldig, weil das Internet hier immer noch so lahm wie der Film Speed Demon ist und es vor Mitte Februar wohl auch nicht repariert sein wird.

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Clapton live in Shanghai.

// January 21st, 2007 // 3 Comments » // Music, People's Republic of China, Photography, Photography - Shanghai

I don’t remember the exact year, but it must have been at least four or five years ago. Billy Crystal was the host of the academy awards that year and a hilarious clip was shown before the show or as advertisement: Billy Crystal goes to the cinema, buys a popcorn, goes to his theatre, sits down, watches the commercials and as soon as the movie begins, he pulls up a tripod with a camcorder attached to capture the movie. That was a brilliant joke, back then this crazy sport was just getting famous. What the hell has this to do with Eric Clapton, you ask?

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