ghost of nature.

symmetries in the parking lot on our way to krnov. visiting the czech republic was not a first time for me, but it had been maaaaany years since i last stepped foot into this country adjacent to germany. i was a wee kid back then, and my memories of that are spotty at best. only pictures of our time there in the 90ies are reminders and proof of our actual visit and a story that's been retold again and again over the years: me getting stung by a bee while licking icecream and the subsequent drama where czech women made a fuzz and wanted to call an ambulance, where in fact i just needed half an onion to put on the sting for soothing. there's a photo of me with a swollen upper lip looking miserable somewhere in my parent's many photo albums and everytime i stumble upon it i remember that sunny day in that random spa town in the mountains, licking my ice happily in one moment and then feeling the fuzzy body of the bee in my mouth and one second later the sting. it burne...

david de beyter . concrete mirrors when one world is lost a new one is born. a music mix for mourning the old and developing a hunger for the new. playlist peaches . lose you james blake & moses sumney . tell them sampha . indecision researcher . following burial . distant lights jon hopkins . neon pattern drum peach . faxing jupiter tr/st . capitol tv on the radio . wolf like me bat for lashes . the hunger faun . räven bon iver . hey, ma laura marling . soothing sleater-kinney . the center won't hold hüsker dü . don't want to know if you are lonely teleman . düsseldorf rita & the tiaras . gone with the wind is my love hot chip . melody of love clipping . nothing is safe kate tempest . keep moving don't move gabe gurnsey . i get harder robyn . fembot carpenter brut . obituary

near the rosengarten in mainz you can find this art nouveau gem. like i wrote before, going on long strolls with the dude was one of the things i loved most in our dating time. it always resulted in discovering the most wonderful places, and experiencing them in breath-taking light ( or through rose-coloured glasses ). on one of our last walks together ( before a big vacation trip my parents and i made to the czech republic ) we explored a little more of mainz, which was basically his home base ( he lived outside the city in a smaller village, but could practically roll into the city with ease, as that village was only a few kilometers away from mainz ). again, i realized how much this city has to offer in terms of architecture and history and how lucky i am to live in close vicinity of this remarkable city ( and, you know, the rhine-main region in general ). it ensures that i will have things to explore for a looong time, without ever getting bored of it, as of course city life...