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Paper flood at dusk
our machines, they judge themselves
Kamo water keeps flowing

Floppy disk art in one of the computer pools at Martin Luther University.

日༺❦༻ Notes on Leipzig / Berlin / Weimar area, Japan, science, music, books, old places, interesting places, and any things worth keeping. ༺❦༻月

꧁ Symphonic & power metal ballads + midtempo epics ꧂

Hand-picked over many years.

Anything missing? Suggestions welcome!

Goth rock / darkwave / dark culture playlist, hand-picked over 15 years.

Classics, gothic metal, dark electro, industrial, 90s/2000s goth, ethereal bits, and WGT-adjacent music.

Anything missing? Suggestions welcome!

Enjoy :)

Got a chance to visit Göttingen for a talk. Observatory and workplace of Carl Friedrich Gauß.

春（はる）はあけぼの。
やうやう白（しろ）くなりゆく山際（やまぎわ）、
少（すこ）しあかりて、
紫（むらさき）だちたる雲（くも）の
細（ほそ）くたなびきたる。

In spring, it is the dawn.
As the light gradually brightens the mountain edge,
slightly glowing -
with slender trails of clouds
tinted faintly purple.

(Sei Shōnagon)

(kamogawa card & photo by yobab, RedBubble)

Earth at UT Connewitz, Leipzig.

This year’s Kagi supporter swag. Maybe the package left a bit of brightness in the day of whoever handled it on its way from the US ;)

Fingers crossed they will manage to stay good - particularly their AI features (webpage summaries, quick answers, Kagi News & Assistant) are quite useful.

MPI CBS rooftop in winter sun. The scanners are in the circular buildings.

result of a close-to-Leipzig upbringing + a sister 9 years older who drilled me on 80s culture ;)

Berlin’s new Samurai Museum kind of appeared out of nowhere, but it turns out it’s actually legit.. and very good. It’s built from a private collection, and every item feels hand-selected with deep love for detail and genuine respect for Japanese craft. I probably spent one hour with the sword guards alone (tsuba; it’s its own art form). Also appreciated the well-placed interactive bits and the many Inari messengers 🦊 It honestly rivals some museums in Japan..

Mana designed a tarot deck (n = 22) together with visual kei artists during the pandemic. Also has a guidebook with more photos and descriptions.

I had been listening quite a bit to Malice Mizer during school (…to anything you could get hold of in Europe in the 2000s). Their work quietly appeared on streaming services this year.. still fascinating and unique, and apparently for many out there :)

I had the lucky opportunity to see Mana live once during WGT 2006 with Moi Dix Mois; they headlined late at night after Deine Lakaien.

Lab retreat in Rathen, Saxonian Switzerland.

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Park an der Ilm, Weimar in morning hours.

(been there again for Themenjahr Faust 2025 exhibitions)

Primal Fear at Hole 44, Berlin.

Mortiis at Hellraiser Leipzig tiny stage, with A. Kaschte in disguise as support. During blood moon 🔴🌑 

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Pocket-sized thoughts / notes / scribbles. Tiny A6 notebooks kinda really balance practicality and charm..

Thank you for tracking down the always-sold-out violet one again :)

In Chemnitz for Wardruna…