This pic proves again how big “The Settlers Of Catan” has become in the US. Couldn’t have imagined that when I bought the game on the board games convention in Essen in 1995, where it won the price of the best board game of the year.
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Settlers of Catan - Ore (Zach), Wool (Courtney), and Lumber (Matt)
Courtney, Matt, me, and several others recreated a human-sized version of the board!
via zachklein
Built To Spill are among the founders of american indie music. Modest Mouse and Death Cab For Cutie opened for them in the nineties. This is one of my favourite songs: “Going Against Your Mind”, too bad the sound quality isn’t perfect..
Really catchy even though I still don’t know what to think about it. The video is a bit too high class for this song..
6 years of c/o pop. Looking forward to next years edition. This video gives you a good impression what’s going on around Cologne in August.
c-o-pop Blog by Mitch, Tobias and me 
I am blogging and twittering live from c-o-pop Festival and Convention.
Patrick Wolf - “Hard Times”
He did a great show a couple of weeks ago at Melt! Festival. He changed his outfits a couple of times and is a great entertainer. Good to have him back.
I saw him the first time in 2003 at Haldern Pop Festival, during my big time Bright Eyes period that was started by the fantastic “Lifted” album. Back then I didn’t like Patricks gig that much. It was a bit dark and too weird for me at that time. Or maybe too early in the day to get inspired by him alone his violine and some electronic tools.
I started liking him with his second album “Wind In The Wires”, especially the song “The Libertine”. Two years ago after releasing his poppy third album “The Magic Position” on a major label he decided to quit music for good after having a fight with his drummer on stage.
Now he is back with his fourth album “The Bachelor”, I recommend it highly just like his upcoming show in Cologne during c-o pop Festival.
Melt Festival 2009 Rückblick auf Crazewire
ausführlich und informativ geschrieben von Christopher Szwabczynski und Kai Töpel. Gute Arbeit Jungs!
I love watching self filmed documentaries by bands I like. This one is special to me because it shows Modest Mouse right before releasing “Crowded Lonesome West” in 1997 one of my favourite albums and their breakthrough. They are still so young and enthusiastic in this video.
It also includes interviews with Built To Spill and everybodys favourite Elliott Smith. It shows how even bands from different music backgrounds connect through their similar attitude.
This is just part one of four.
