tt’s humble bushwa

aus Köln, für den Rest der Welt: Veedelsradio!

That veedelsradio is streamed form Cologne, seems to be the only relation to Cologne (and of course their nice picture). The music is more or less chart’s pablum, heavly spiced with the sounds of the 80’s . Not my favorite taste. According to their guestbook, they also provide moderated shows, I never listened to that.
Stream is mp3 @ 128kbit, metadata is supplied, but songs are crossfaded. The connectivity is good.

• homepage: http://www.veedelsradio.com
• stream:
• http://stream.veedelsradio.com:8000/
• http://www.veedelsradio.com/stream.pls

at least one of the below mentioned songs of thepartyparty is back as mp3-file: listen / download .

yesterday i installed skype. it works nicely out of the box, even under linux. but linux version is quite old (1.3.0.53 vs 3.1.0.144). therefore my client maybe not support all features like yours (keep this in mind). especially video calls. if you are interested to skype me, drop me a line, i will send you my skype-name. by the way i’ve also a sipgate account with cologne landline number. sipgate has joint network with freenet.de and strato, therefore you can call free from there.
If you are not familiar with skype, it is a proprietary implementation of VOIP (voice over ip). that means, if your computer has a mike and can make sounds and is connected to internet, you can use it for phone calls . this service is free for calling other skypers.
Reference:

• http://www.skype.com/, skype homepage, here you can download the needed software
  
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype, wikipedia about skype

picture was taken by M.R. (just keyed by me), therefore she maybe helds copyright

Nice african bushhopper, looks rather created by Japanese Manga designer, than a creation of nature. The size was a few centimeters. The picture was taken Dec’06 in Noetzie / Knysna Castle (located here)

For someone like me, grown up with that what civilization has left over from German nature, this nice Caelifera (Kurzfühlerschrecken) looks like a freak of nature. If you see them, it is not too hard to imagine, that they were the main actors of one of the plagues, mentioned in the splatter stories of the old testament (אַרְבֶּה / Exodus 10:1-20).

If you think it is a yucky creature, I will oppose Cmdr. Spock’s most famoust quote: “Fascinating!”

To be complete I also provide a pic of his German colleague:

by the way size was comparable, picture was taken summer’00, Bergisches Land / Germany

References:

• What’s that bug (Grasshoper page), scroll to middle of page for Phymateus Leprosus
  
• Wikipedia: Grasshoper, go to gallery section, look for African bushhopper
• Ingrids Welt: Noetzie, a really nice travellogue!
• Google Maps, showing up where picture was taken

die musik reisst mich ja nicht vom hocker, aber:
… wurde Söllner zur Zahlung von 90.000 DM verurteilt. Es handelt sich hierbei um die höchste bisher in Deutschland wegen Beleidigung verhängte Geldstrafe. Seine gesamten Geldstrafen belaufen sich mittlerweile auf über 150.000 Euro… (wikipedia)
ich glaub er kann mein eintrittsgeld gut gebrauchen,
armes bayern

Hans Sölnner -Homepage (unter Neuigkeiten gibt’s auch Hörproben)

Wenn sich der Zwiebelfisch jetzt auch mit Trierer Eigenarten beschäftigt, sollte man sich das doch anhören:

Wo holen seliger denn nehmen ist

• event link

nachtrag: ausverkauft, keine karte bekommen 

hard polka again

• last.fm: event page

• band homepage: The Shanes

nachtrag: war krank, war nicht da