Javi Navarro is raising the soccer UEFA Cup on 16th May 2007 in Glasgow. After a thrilling penalty shootout, FC Sevilla wins the minor European crown against their Spanish rival Espanyol Barcelona. Why do I mention that? The song which…
Truck Stop – Liebe, Lust und Laster
Even though we are currently struggling in Germany to build a (modern) country music scene, there has always been some quite popular and commercial country music in my home country. While acts doing modern country music are typically labelled as…
A Walk Through Zeche Zollverein (Pictured Story – Essen, Germany)
If an industrial site is jokingly called the Eiffel Tower of the Ruhrgebiet Region, it seems to be quite an impressive landmark. In fact, the Zeche Zollverein made it from a mining area to a UNESCO World Heritage. It received that status…
Songs Of My Life: John Miles – Music
Though a lot of Song which shaped me have been recorded in the 1980’s and 1990’s, I want to move through the decades and genres as long as I can in the Songs Of My Life here on Flyctory.com. This time…
Escher In The Palace (The Hague)
I am a huge fan of the works of the Dutch artist M.C. Escher, wo worked a lot with geometric stuctures and perspective. In a former palace of the Netherlands’ capital The Hague / Den Haag, a museum is honoring…
MeerExpress – Flying the Air Shuttle to Norderney & Juist
Despite the limited travel situation in Germany due to Covid-19, there are some quite interesting virtual airline projects in Germany in early 2021. One of them is MeerExpress, who connect the largest metropolitan area in the nation, the Ruhrgebiet, with…
Manntra – Monster Mind Consuming
Croatian folk–rock with a metal touch? Sounds quite interesting, doesn’t it? And, indeed, when I scanned one of the music promotion networks I have access to, I just had to give the band Manntra and their new album Monster Mind…
Tyler Braden – What Do They Know EP
If you released two songs, which exceed ten million Spotify streams each, you are definitely in the music business. Not too surprisingly, Tyler Braden, who is the artist of this review, is described as such in his Spotify profile with…