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I just saw some new pictures of Banksy - one of the greatest artists ever! If you don't know him, have a look!

If you got a(n unknown) sequence of integers and you would like to know their meaning, then try your luck on the on-line encyclopedia of integer sequences. Probably you will get an answer or more than you expected. Do you know what 6, 0, 7, 9, 2, 7 is for?

The Mars Volta will be playing at Huxley's new world in Berlin at the end of February. I bought already a ticket - it costs 31 euros. I have also read that Current 93 try to give two concerts in Berlin around April.

Anathema, one of my favourite bands, has put three new songs online. They can be downloaded (and listened) for free. Check them out, because they are great.

Since I have stated my favourite playlist, I also want to state my favourite books from 2007. It's hard to decide but: 1. Neal Stephenson - "Snow crash" I read this book several years ago, but decided to reread it after I found it in a second hand bookstore and especially because I only remembered that I really liked it but couldn't remember the plot. 2. George Orwell - "Down and out in Paris and London" I read this (together with his book about the Spanish civil war) during my trip to Bosnia and it is absolutely worth reading. He describes his contact with poverty in a honest but also humorous way. Somehow it gave me strength while I was traveling alone in Bosnia. 3. The books from Béla Hamvas.

Here you can see the old and new Colosseum in Rome. I suppose everyone knows the first. The second was built for the world exposition (that didn't take place because of the second World War) during the reign of Mussolini.