Category Archives: Music

North Korean Motivational Music

Posted on 2022-01-06 by Andreas Moser

We just had this one day in the year, whence everything will improve. Eat more healthily, get up earlier, study harder, work more productively and of course plenty of exercise. All of these endeavors require the right kind of music … Continue reading →

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A Postcard from Arequipa

Posted on 2021-01-11 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung. When I disclose that I am from Germany, I am always asked about soccer, cars or Nazis. Sometimes, I would rather pretend that I am from Lithuania or some other little known country. But in Peru, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Food, Music, Peru, Travel | Tagged | 4 Comments

Marienbad Eulogy

Posted on 2020-05-30 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung dieses Artikels. It seems that the Corona virus will impede long-distance travel for quite a while. In that time of need, maybe we’ll finally discover what has always been so close. Writing for an international audience, it’s … Continue reading →

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Ceaușescu in North Korea

Posted on 2019-06-19 by Andreas Moser

When I lived in Romania, some people said about the long-term dictator, who was overthrown in 1989: “You know, in the beginning, Ceaușescu was not even that bad. After he came to power in 1965, he distanced Romania from the … Continue reading →

Posted in Cold War, Economics, History, Music, North Korea, Politics, Romania, Travel | 16 Comments

“Wild”, not a hiking movie

Posted on 2019-01-28 by Andreas Moser

It’s winter and I am in a big city, so I felt like watching a movie about the outdoors and about hiking in anticipation of the coming summer. Wild, the story of Cheryl Strayed’s hike of the Pacific Crest Trail, … Continue reading →

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At the Cigar Shop – 50 Years later

Posted on 2018-10-12 by Andreas Moser

I had gone to Huéscar for market day, thinking I might as well look for my favorite Spanish newspaper, El Pais. It would find it at the tobacco shop, I was told. As I entered the store, just around the … Continue reading →

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Aretha Franklin (1942-2018)

Posted on 2018-08-16 by Andreas Moser

Sad news can be a reason to (re)watch one of the best films of all time.

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Playing the concertina is exhausting

Posted on 2018-03-13 by Andreas Moser

That calls for a break every now and then. Photographed in Cochabamba, Bolivia.

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Video: A Chapel in the Mountains

Posted on 2018-01-17 by Andreas Moser

Hiking in Montenegro, there is always something to discover, even deep in the mountains. But more often than not, the places have long been deserted. Did you notice how perfectly I synchronized the music to the action? On my first … Continue reading →

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“Secret Agent Man”

Posted on 2017-04-04 by Andreas Moser

Finally, I found the song that describes my life: The film clips show Sam Neill as Sidney Reilly in Reilly – Ace of Spies. I came across this series in a very convoluted way: listening to Dmitri Shostakovich’s Gadfly suite, I … Continue reading →

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