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Beauty is nothing other than the promise of happiness. (Stendhal)

I saw the great performance "AutoAuto" last Friday. Five years ago I saw it on the city festival in Dresden for the first time and it was such a great evening that I did not forget about it. It is subtitled as "a smashing car symphony" which is definitely true. AutoAuto is one of the best and most entertaining performances I have seen.

Above us, stars. Beneath us, constellations.
Five billions miles away, a galaxy dies
like a snowflake falling on water. Below us,
some farmer, feeling the chill of that distant death,
snaps on his yard light, drawing his sheds and barn
back into the little system of his care.
All night, the cities, like shimmering novas,
tug with bright streets at lonely lights like his.

There is a lot going on in the world of music. Joanna Newsom has a new record. She will play a concert in the Passionskirche in May.

Crystal Castles will come to Berlin in April!

I will also go to London to see the anniversary concert of Current 93 at the end of May. And last but not least: Jonsi, one of the members of Sigur Ros, will play in Berlin at the beginning of June.

One of my favourite bands from Scandinavia, DU - formerly known as Bogus Blimp and Det Är Jag Som Är Döden, has recently published their new record "risk and investment". You probably have not heard about them - which is a pity...