Auslandspraktikum in Princeton

So I did it. One month without any blog entry. Why is that ? I barely have time, so much is going on. And since I lost my camera, I need to gather pictures first before I can write about anything we did. Anyway, a small overview of what happened recently:

- LOTS of parties, farewells and barbecues.
- A weekend in Washington DC
- I moved into a new Siemens building.
- I booked my flight back

I’ll update my gallery asap, I got many pictures but I still have to sort them. I can’t believe it’s almost over, the last 11 months flew by too quickly ! Stay tuned…

Finally, I’ve done it. I’ve been waiting for this moment for quite some tome now, and yesterday was the D-Day: I went to see Eddie Izzard live ! For his current “Stripped” tour, 3 dates were scheduled in NYC, so there was no way I was going to miss that. For those who don’t know Eddie Izzard, check Wikipedia. He happens to be one of my favorite stand-up comedians, just before George Carlin, let’s say.

The tickets were not cheap at all, but what the heck, we only live once, don’t we. And money is there to be spent after all. So of course I wanted a good seat … well I got one The show took place in the Radio city music hall, a very nice location. The show was hilarious, even though Eddie did not dress up as a woman this time and some jokes were “old” jokes he recycled from his former shows (Dress to Kill, Circle, Glorious, Sexie…). I’ve always loved his intelligent humor and his smart puns. As usual, he jokes about culture, history, religion, and of course the USA. I will definitely watch this show again as soon as it’s available in DVD, in the meantime you should take a look at some of his sketches. I only picked a few, but all of his shows are really good.

I could go on for hours, but that’s it for now. If you want to have a good time, watch his former shows. I think that he is brilliant and hilarious

George Carlin, one of my favorite stand-up comdian passed away on june 22th. I really wanted to see one of his live shows, but I missed it . Here is a link to the dedicated NY Times article

Here are some youtube videos of some sketches I really like :

R.I.P George !

I just updated and added some links to the blogroll. I’ll add some new pictures soon, we are dying here in almost 100 degrees. It’s a good thing americans don’t give a damn about global warming, everything has it’s own air conditionner Solong …

Even though it’s a bit later than expected, here I finally update my blog. So let’s see … Arch Enemy ! Right. So with my two metal buddies Florian and Georgios (unfortunately Lothar was sick that week-end), we went back to NYC to see Arch Enemy at the Fillmore. We’re getting used to it by now For those who don’t know Arch Enemy, have a quick look at what wikipedia says. Basically it’s a band I’ve been listening to for a long time now, and I did not hesitate when I heard about their NYC concert.

The particular thing about Arch Enemy is that even though they play melodic death metal, their main singer is a … woman. Unusual enough to get the attention needed, especially when their music is more brutal and faster than some “normal” death metal bands (if there is such a thing ). So this is what it looks like, live:

Three other bands were playing as guest bands, and among them were Dark Tranquility and Divine Heresy (!). This was probably one of the loudest “acid” guitar sound I’ve ever heard. The mosh pit was kind of brutal for American conditions, and as their music is more Metalcore-ish, it was fun to watch but I don’t really enjoy this kind of “music”. Although their drummer is known to be one of the fastest in the world, him and Dino Cazares (from Fear Factory) were amazing.

Here are some random pictures I took with Silvia’s camera (which, by the way, I had to give back because someone stole hers):