Nectarious Night

And I'll dance with you in Vienna
I'll be wearing a river's disguise
The hyacinth wild on my shoulder,
My mouth on the dew of your thighs . . .

Es wird Nacht, Señorita

 

Udo Jürgens (30 September 1934 – 21 December 2014)

The Impossible Dream

 

Bryn Terfel * 9 November 1965

Beers & Books CCCLIII – Vater und Sohn unterwegs

Vater und Sohn unterwegs
Feðgar á ferð / The Old Man and His Sons

Heðin Brú (August 17, 1901 – May 18, 1987)

Faroe Islands

Friday is Skyday

Very Sottish, eh? ;-)

 

Beers & Books CCCLII – Arno Schmidt Reader

Arno Schmidt
The great reading book

Arno Schmidt (18 January 1914 – 3 Juni 1979)

Beers & Books CCCLI – Der Lauf der Dinge

Collected Stories

Peter Stamm * 18 January 1963

Beers & Books CCCL – Let there be Dancing

Let there be dancing

William Heinesen (15 January 1900 – 12 March 1991)

Faroe Islands

Beers & Books CCCXLIX – The Moonstone

The Moonstone

A very happy 200th Birthday, Mr. Collins.

Wilkie Collins ((8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889)

Happy New Year!

May the best in 2023 be the worst in 2024.
After all, it's okay to wish, eh?

Same procedure as every year

If I've counted correctly, Germans can/could watch Dinner for One (The 90th Birthday) 14 times today on different TV channels, between 9:40 and 23:40, and also nine times in different German dialects, including Schwiizerdütsch.
And this year there is a big show on two channels, celebrating the 60th anniversary of Dinner for One.
Very strange folks, the Germans. Well, judge for yourself.

Tiny tip-off: Be absolutely determined not to laugh.

Dinner for One

Saturday Night Music – Brahms' Symphony No. 2

Kurt Masur (18 July 1927 – 19 December 2019)

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

Johannes Brahms (7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897)

Symphony No. 2

Beers & Books CCCXLVIII – The Nazi & the Barber

The Nazi & the Barber
also published as The Nazi Who Lived AS a Jew

Edgar Hilsenrath (April 2, 1926 – December 30, 2018)