Tornillo is already the sixth studio album by Whiskey Myers. After their predecessor hit the top of the US Country Album Charts, I expected a really interesting listen when I received the album a few weeks before release. Here is my…
LWL Open Air Museum Hagen
At the beginning of July, my wife and I visited the LWL Freichlichtmuseum Hagen, the LWL Open Air Museum in Hagen. The place is a collection of historic buildings, which have been moved to the museum and re-arranged so that they illustrate…
Icelandic Aviation Museum (Akureyri)
Flugsafn Islands – or the Icelandic Aviation Museum – has of course been a attraction I just could not miss while visiting Akureyri in my 2021 trips. Nonetheless, it took a while to gather all my thoughts into a posting –…
easyHotel Frankfurt City Centre
Going to Frankfurt by rail after work, watching a concert there and taking an early morning train back to Cologne, where my employer is based – this schedule for a July 2022 one-night stay in the German financial center felt…
DAF Museum Eindhoven
Van Doorne’s Automobiel Fabriek is typically known as DAF. The company has been founded in 1928 in Eindhoven. While the company has its roots in manufacturing trailers and later was also rather strong in cars, it is nowadays one of…
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 22 July 2022)
Typically, I first collect tracks for my Songs Of The Week and, once the set is complete, pick my favorite and create an order of songs. As I gather tracks for several future dates in once, I am sometimes quite surprised…
She & Him – Melt Away: A Tribute To Brian Wilson
After six years, the duo She & Him are about to release a new studio album. However, Melt Away is a cover album, honoring one of the founding members of the legendary Beach Boys, Brian Wilson. This setup sounded interesting to…
Dawes – Misadventures Of Doomscroller
Misadventures Of Doomscroller is already the eighth album by the band Dawes. As their last six album all made it to the Top 5 of the US Folk album charts, this album was definitely very interesting to me, when I received…