Magnetfisch
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8/16/2007 7:48:09 AM
Elephants, trees and a flood
Last week, I had the opportunity to visit both the Hortus and Artis in Amsterdam. Two very interesting places indeed, the first being a botanical garden and the second a zoo. In the garden, reams of plants from all over the world were exposed. Huge trees and palms, some of them over 300 years old… Some fern species already growing on this earth 500 million years ago… A pine believed to be extinct but found in a national park in Australia… In this sense, it was just like a time travel. And at the zoo, crocodiles and roaches gave another idea of primitive times, while asian elephants displayed both impressive largeness and intelligence...
Thinking of endangered or extinct species always makes me both sad and upset. How come humanity could be this ignorant and inconsiderate? Let us hope our strengths like creativity, empathy and adaptability will to gain the upper hand when it comes down to it. Talking about our faculty to adapt: I saw a floating home near the naval museum – a novel construction type the Dutch are developing in anticipation of rising sea levels. Meanwhile, my residential quarter was flooded for the third time since 1999… Back home, I found authorities had learned from the major 2005 event: several technical protection measures prevented the worst. But then, how will poor countries in Asia, Africa and South America cope?
Timo / Magnetfisch
Some more news:
We met with producer Breandan Davey, label founder Heiri Duerst and our manager Janine Arnold for lots of planning and some beer. Aim is to prepare our next recordings and concerts: We will record a cover of "Roulette", a song by UK-cult band "And Also The Trees" for their fan site sampler in October 2007, and begin the recording sessions for our next studio album in December 2007.
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Verity
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8/16/2007 8:57:49 AM
Thanks for that interesting blog Timo, there's nothing like a visit to the zoo, nature reserve, gardens etc to get you thinking about the 'real' world and what it all means. Life is such a delicate balancing act with everything and everyone's future dependent on something or someone else. You live is a lovely Country, maybe you are in a good position to see all around you from there :)
Your band page is a good place to visit too, I particularly like some of your song titles and descriptions. Good luck ;)
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