Monthly Archives: August 2007

Wir nennen es Arbeit

Noch ist der BLOGDAY 2007 nicht an des langen Schwanzes Ende , da beginnt bereits BEST OF THE BLOGS , vom netten “Zeigt her eure Füsschen” – SHOW ME YOUR FEEDS gar nicht zu reden . Paraden , Paraden , Paraden ::: “barabern” bedeutet im Österreichischen so viel wie ( schwer ) arbeiten . Wahr…

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Blog Day 2007

O. K. , Freunde , Amigos , Companeros und Genossen of The Blogosphere , in|ad|ae|qu|at playz the game and sings along*** the lines of Blog Day 2007 . 1. Find 5 new Blogs that you find interesting 2. Notify the 5 bloggers that you are recommending them as part of BlogDay 2007 3. Write a…

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070830 Santa Monica, CA

Cul- de- sac , Auflaufen , Ende : Das Meer ( ja : der Pazifik – jetzt liegt Japan ja so nah ! ) setzt dem Automobilisten eine unüberwindliche , bisher nicht gezogene Grenze . Und die ist so platt , dass es nicht mal fuer einen ordentlichen cliffhanger reichen wuerde . End of the…

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Route Reporting Roadblog

You write to your own Blog daily ? fine . You like to compose comprehensive blog entries , with plenty of links , pictures , formating , tags and comments ? good . You have high-speed internet , a decent computer with 19″ screen and plenty of storage at home ? great . You are…

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Als das Beste an der FAZ …

… erweisen sich regelmässig deren Leser . Wie Tobias Rüthers Auslassungen ueber die Musikindustrie ( unter dem telltale- Titel Wenn Musik verwässert ) konkret lauten , sind für denkende und hörende Zeitgenossen lässlich . Der ZEIT indes immerhin sarkastisch erwähnenswert . MP3- Anarchie statt honoriger Label , Netzwerk- Selbstbedienung statt Charts und Kanon , Downloadziffern…

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Blogscout.de wird geschlossen

So schnell geht das . Was für ein Jammer . Diskussion @ rivva.de . QUOTE Dirk Olbertz 4:48 Seit heute sind Neuanmeldungen nicht mehr möglich, ab sofort wird nicht mehr gezählt und der Login funktioniert nicht mehr. Am 30. September werden die Server von Blogscout.de dann ganz geschlossen. Bis dahin sollte jeder den MailMe-Button, sowie…

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Heartbreak Hotel III

Heartbreak Hotel is written by Mae Boren Axton / Tommy Durden / Elvis Presley and recorded on January 10, 1956. The first release was on single. ( ElvisPedia) Well, the bell hops tears keep flowin, And the desk clerks dressed in black. Well they been so long on lonely street They aint ever gonna look…

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Heartbreak Hotel II

Heartbreak Hotel is written by Mae Boren Axton / Tommy Durden / Elvis Presley and recorded on January 10, 1956. The first release was on single. ( ElvisPedia) And although its always crowded, You still can find some room. Where broken hearted lovers Do cry away their gloom. WIGWAM MOTEL – HAVE YOU SLEPT IN…

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Heartbreak Hotel I

Heartbreak Hotel is written by Mae Boren Axton / Tommy Durden / Elvis Presley and recorded on January 10, 1956. The first release was on single. ( ElvisPedia ) Well, since my baby left me, I found a new place to dwell. Its down at the end of lonely street At heartbreak hotel. ROUTE 66…

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Trail To Isis

Ouch , dear Isis , there are terrible things U tell us in memoria of Las Vegas …. and of your … trabajo del amor perdido .  “xxxx happens” , you always used to say – so I want to invite you into my trailer home . And we could talk everything over . According…

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DIAL 911 : Lanu | Umblaetterer dringend uebernehmen

Hey , Lanu , sag’ was ! – Und Paco & Best of rest @ Umlaetterer : Auf, auf und im Dauerlauf zum Foetong ::: Dringend zum Schaybenwische(l)n nach Bayern , wo nach dem blogisch- notischen Mr. B. jetzt.de Dirk VON Gehlen dem unbedaften MSM- Firmlingen per Neuer Netzwelt- Kolumne die Leviten die Regeln des…

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The Paradoxon of Marked Benches

As we were talking about the All- American tendency towards Graphomania – that is to cover whatever , weherever surface with words , signs , pictures , promos and messages – I’d like to muse about the paradoxon of those benches which are lettered with some sort of propaganda . Installed at one more or…

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A Road is a Road is a Road

… or is it? – Today´s Route 66 is a puzzle of sections and stretches from various stages of street surface technology. As the extremly interesting “Route 66 Study Act of 1990″ remarks: “It can be argued that the miracle of the 20th century was not the automobile, but the construction of the vast network…

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Support Our Troops | Have Fun

While Albuquerque Journal – left box @ Weather Section – daily indicates the Level of FLYING THE COLORS ( see czz scrapbook below ) … Iraq- Veterans have to be glad if they may rise back on their legs at all . Mother Jones shows the fotos . Be a strong Boy : Face it…

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PITSTOP # 12 : Route 66- Laundromats

Time to do some laundry , eh ? – Time to lay out the cards ? – Time to slow down the EXTREME FILING …. inventing “pitstops” and sub- “pitstops” and further “parts’ n pieces” with “sequels” and sub- “sequels” ? – Touché ! – Righty right , Ladies and Gentlemen : The Grand Tour…

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PITSTOP #11 : Paradis Artificiels 3 : Vegas Slot Shots

Talking ’bout Belief : I am proud to introduce Honorable Vegas , aka City of Sin , to this Sunday Morning Service . Don’t tell me , you’re still into your Hippy- Grandpa’s FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS yet ! – This whole Gonzo- conception ( even though celebrated by Terry Gilliams’ 18,5 Million-…

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PITSTOP #11 : Paradis Artificiels 2 : Movie Theatres

Driving through back- door America on the tiny highways of the olden dayz , one doesn’t necessarily stumble upon old fashioned Movie Palaces anymore . They (as every sort of go- with- the- flow business ) packed up their things and hauled them out there into the vicinity of Business Loops, Malls , or some…

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PITSTOP #11 : Paradis Artificiels 1 : Belief

“Attend the Church of Your Choice“: This message welcomes the traveller @ the typical entrances of Smalltown America. Even @ Grand Canyon, you may choose between the servics of seven denominations every sunday. Offering their blessings , some parishes and churches (as in TX , below ) come up with quite catchy slogans in order…

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PITSTOP #10 : Fuel / Gas / Body / Collision :

Station / Garage / Service Mobility, mobility, mobility : This verbalism seems to capture the American Spirit better than any other . Whenever we asked ourselves : “… wovon leben die Menschen hier eigentlich ?” , the only possible answers seemed to be : Selling cars , repairing cars, granting loans on cars , vending…

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