The last show of my Weird Al Yankovic tour-chasing in April 2022 took place in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Thus, after I started the day in Boston, I was looking for a night in the region on that fifth day of…
Sharjah Off Road History Museum
National Emirati people love cars – and if they are close to the reigning families, they are typically also rather rich. Thus, it is not that surprising that there are a couple of excellent, privately driven car museums in the…
Cruising on the Herjolfur Vestmannaeyjar Ferry
The Vestmannaeyjar islands and especially Heimaey, the main island of the “West Men Islands”, are a key tourist attraction of Iceland. Most visitors (and locals) use the very frequent ferry connections to connect to Iceland mainland. I did the trip…
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 3 June 2022)
I am still in the process of recovering from illness – not sure if that had any influence on my music selection this week. I guess that this edition of the Songs of The Week is indeed the most rocking one I…
Fräulein Frey – Ein Wagnis
Fräulein Frey names her music “Freien Hanseatischen Pop” – Free Hanseatic pop. On 3rd June 2022, she is releasing a new eight track album, Ein Wagnis, an album about daring to to change things in life. I ran into the songs…
Christa Fartek – Nashville and Me
Schlager, pop and country – that’s how Christa Fartek brands herself on her latest seven track album Nashville and Me. Indeed, the album has been recorded at the Cumberland River, so that I was really curious about this release (I always…
Dan O’ Clock – Seelenhippie EP
The German language has the nice opportunity to simply combine two noun to a new word. Seele means soul in German and a Hippie is just the same as in English. The combined word Seelenhippie is the title of Dan O’ Clock’s new EP…
Epsilon Hotel London-Stratford
For a Saturday evening show at The O2 in London, I have been looking for a reasonably priced hotel with good connections to London’s largest indoor arena. I finally opted for a place, which I had once stayed in a…