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Quiz #22 Coming Soon
Well, not soon as compared to tomorrow but soon as compared to the day we send a spaceship to Jupiter.
The OM Quiz is going on a summer hiatus. The blog will continue as normal and will hopefully include more essays and actual opinions “the state of things” rather than just links, cartoons et [...]
Philharmonie Firefighters Get Free Tickets
Reports today from Deutsche Welle and Bloomberg confirm that worst case scenarios being bandied about yesterday will remain firmly in the realm of the imaginary.
It took until early this morning (ECT) for the fire to be extinguished completely with nearly 1,600 square meters (17,200 sq ft) of the roof destroyed since 2pm ECT [...]
Fire Today At The Philharmonie, Berlin
(photo credit: DDP)
from Der Speigel:
The fire was reported shortly after 2 p.m. and 21 fire engines and 110 firefighters immediately rushed to the building, which is located next to Berlin’s central Tiergarten park. Visitors who had been attending a lunchtime concert were evacuated from the building, and musicians could be seen rushing from the [...]
Can You Hear Me Now?
Opera Chic brought this exhibition to Miss Mussel’s attention the other day. All the images on the site seem to be un-right-clickable due to Flash, so none are available to repost here. Miss Mussel could pinch the one from OC but it’s actually the worst of a fairly awkward bunch. To be fair, hearing [...]