Pictures at an Exhibition - Mine Flowers

On the way from Bucharest to Timisoara on E70, you may visit "Flori de mina" ("Mine Flowers") exhibition at Iron Gates I hydro power plant museum.

The photos does not indicate the scientific names. They are rather oriented towards our senses!

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition is quite appropriate as musical background while watching the photos on this page. Enjoy!

Melancholia

Passionate about astronomy, about stars, about classical music? Are you in a blue mood? Melancholia
is the movie for you!

Warning: afraid of apocalypse? Well, then... skip this movie!

Anyway, it has a breathtaking ending!

A film by Lars von Trier.

Music: Tristan and Isolde by Richard Wagner.

Casting:

• Kirsten Dunst
• Kiefer Sutherland
• Charlotte Gainsbourg
• John Hurt
• Charlotte Rampling

Good Morning!

Sunrise near Domasnea, Caras Severin county, Romania.

And here's Norah Jones with her... Sunrise!
 Norah Jones is the daughter of Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar and Sue Jones.

Heaven On Earth

This photo was taken on the ring road of Drobeta Turnu Severin, Mehedinti, Romania.

It looks like... Heaven! Don't you think?

Beauty and The Beat, Bucharest - postponed

We've received that sad news about Tarja's severe case of laryngitis in front of Sala Palatului, Bucharest, when we expected to enter to the show. Now we have a video confirmation from Mike Terrana. Fortunately this illness is temporary! I am glad that the show was postponed and not cancelled!

We are barely wait for The Beauty and The Beat, so get well soon, Tarja!

See you on the 7th of May!
Best health wishes to both of you!

Light Pollution

In the Hidden Cost Series, Light Pollution drawn my attention.
Words like light, neon, insomnia, extinction, melatonin, breast cancer, migration, night sky deserve our attention!

EDolutionary - two more steps (ahead)

After the albums One Step Ahead and The Soundtrack, two newly released singles are emphasising Edmund Sobczak's modern, sophisticated and innovative style!
If you're in a mood for a unique Jazz sound, taste it right now!
Well, if you're not, taste it anyway! You'll be pleased of what you'll hear!
Simply go to EDolutionary.com!
I've discovered the above site almost a year ago, but that's another story, a story called Jazz Trumpet!

Restaurants With a View... Over the Danube River

From Pensiunea Melba (Dubova Bay, Mehedinti, Romania) one can see the steep slopes of the mountains on the Serbian side of the Danube. If you like to spent in the area, I am recommending the following review:
"From Drobeta Turnu Severin to Dubova".

From Restaurant Porec (Restoran Poreč, Donji Milanovac, Serbia) you can enjoy the view of the sunny side of the Romanian side of Danube.

You may serve pancakes with cottage cheese and raisins at Pensiunea Melba.

... and baklava with chopped nuts and jam at Restaurant Poreč!

In order to reach the above locations, here are the Google Maps for Dubova and Donji Milanovac.

Have a nice trip!

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Drobeta Turnu Severin - Downtown - 2013

I've managed to take some new photos in order to make a comparison betwen these and those shot back in 2006. For musical background I propose Black Sabbath - Changes. Speaking of changes I am noticing fewer people on the (same) streets... Perhaps the photos were taken at some different hour of the day... And I've changed the cell phone...

Sound City - the Movie

Sound City is David Grohl's directorial debut, and "it's the most important thing I've done, because it's not for me", as David states in a RollingStone.com interview.

In this age of technology when you can manipulate anything, how do we retain that human element?

The conversation became something much bigger: how do we keep music to sound like people?

I am very delighted to see that such a kind of production! Being directed by a musician adds genuine music feelings!



Here are the links to the official websites of some of the bands mentioned in the above trailer:
Tom Petty
Fleetwood Mac
Neil Young
Cheap Trick
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Pat Benatar
Guns 'N Roses
Johnny Cash
RATT
Metallica
Rick Springfield
NIRVANA

Let's not forget about Foo Fighters!

and the show must go on!