Daniel Pietzsch

Personal blog. Mostly photos.

Incredible drumming by Gavin Harrison. (via 10 best prog drummers in the world today)

Sascha Lobo über das deutsche "Wir"-Gefühl - SPIEGEL ONLINE

Sascha Lobo mal wieder:

Keiner emotional zurechnungsfähigen Person kann etwa eine Freundschaft mit NPD-Anhängern zugemutet werden. Diese Freundesfilterung lässt sich aber als Symptom betrachten - je mehr man über Bekannte weiß, um so schwieriger lässt sich das “Wir” aufrecht halten. Die fluffige Gemeinsamkeit am Stammtisch des Sportvereins in prädigitalen Zeiten war auch eine Illusion - genährt durch die Annahme, man sei sich einigermaßen ähnlich. Die sozialen Medien können diese Wir-Illusion gefährden, indem sie die Gnade des Nichtwissens zerstören.

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Ok, let’s do this.
I took this photo at our friends’ place in Ratingen shortly after the beginning of the new year. We had a great time. We didn’t leave until 5am.
And so this scene was very defining for the first day in 2015 and for the...

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Ok, let’s do this.

I took this photo at our friends’ place in Ratingen shortly after the beginning of the new year. We had a great time. We didn’t leave until 5am.
And so this scene was very defining for the first day in 2015 and for the condition my condition is in for the rest of today.

Happy new year!

Tesseract: Another good one!

And I learned about Djent-Metal and what a tesseract is.

Happy new year, New Zealand!

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Coffee on La Gomera: not recommended, unless you know where it’s good. They often use the island’s tap-water, which contains lots of chlorine.
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Watercress soup with Gofio.
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Nicole in Vallehermoso.
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Vallehermoso.
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Sign at a campground.
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Lots of forest trails to walk in the National Park in the center of the island.
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Playa de Santiago
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Panorama of Valle Gran Rey, La Gomera.

Panorama of Valle Gran Rey, La Gomera.

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Seen from a day-long walk.
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There are lots of little towns like this on La Gomera.
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A significant part of La Gomera’s National Park was destroyed by a fire a couple of years back. You can still see this a lot.
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View on the part of Valle Gran Rey where we stayed for 11 nights. We had an appartment in the white building in the center of this photo.
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View from our roof-terrace.
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Nicole on our day-long walk.
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The beach of La Playa, Valle Gran Rey. We spent lots of sunny days here.
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Often, you could see Teide on Tenerife from La Gomera.
This is how signs look on La Gomera to indicate a point of interest and photographic opportunity.
I wonder how many people recognise the symbol pictured.

This is how signs look on La Gomera to indicate a point of interest and photographic opportunity.
I wonder how many people recognise the symbol pictured.

And of course, the latest Mastodon album rocks!

Havoc: Thrash!!!

Priestess: another good band discovery this year.

Martin Parr’s Homepage

Currently browsing the excellent homepage of Magnum photographer Martin Parr and enjoying what I see, read an hear very much.

I took a few photos on our walk through Düsseldorf today. The weather was cold and beautiful.

I took a few photos on our walk through Düsseldorf today. The weather was cold and beautiful.
I took a few photos on our walk through Düsseldorf today. The weather was cold and beautiful.
I took a few photos on our walk through Düsseldorf today. The weather was cold and beautiful.
I took a few photos on our walk through Düsseldorf today. The weather was cold and beautiful.
I took a few photos on our walk through Düsseldorf today. The weather was cold and beautiful.
I took a few photos on our walk through Düsseldorf today. The weather was cold and beautiful.
I took a few photos on our walk through Düsseldorf today. The weather was cold and beautiful.
I took a few photos on our walk through Düsseldorf today. The weather was cold and beautiful.
I took a few photos on our walk through Düsseldorf today. The weather was cold and beautiful.
I took a few photos on our walk through Düsseldorf today. The weather was cold and beautiful.