Thursday, July 14, 2005

no public wlan

I am still waiting in Zürich and wonder why the sign says public wlan and then you have to pay. I did not pay and that's why these texts appear a day later. I wish they would offer it for free on public spaces. They can track my paths on the web and create profiles and therefore it should be free (eventually I should be paid for the information I provide to them together with my flight dates and so on, with which infrastructure providers can make money) I am just tired and want to surf through the Internet without paying :|

Besides that, my storage battery runs out of energy and they seem to have different power outlets here :(

K&D or Thievery Corporation?

Waiting in Zürich I am listening to the last album of the Thievery Corporation titled "The Cosmic Game". It's an amazing masterpiece of electronic music in the area of dub, drum & bass with some I think Indish influences. So far (also due to the fact that I am Austrian) Kruder & Dorfmeister have been the kings of electronic music for me. Their K&D Sessions album from 1998 is still the electronic music album. So far Tosca, the current project of Dorfmeister, could not continue where K&D ended. They also have great tracks and so far I have not listened to their album JAC, but I think they are not reaching the quality of K&D. (Neither does Kruder with his Peace Orchestra project). However, the Thievery Corporation is the first band which I would consider as the real successors and new kings of dub. Maybe they are a little bit softer but their Indian and Spanish beats top what I've heard before. Such music might not be that "cool" anymore but I love it.

cheap flights?

I am back from Brussels currently waiting in Zürich for my flight back to Munich. It's amazing that flying from Munich to Brussels costs only half the price when you fly via Zürich. It's even more interesting because it's the same airline that offers flights from Munich directly to Brussels. What kind of world is this in which we are living in?