There's No Place Like London

School holidays have just started and instead of spending my time the way I should - learning - I'm going to revisit a city that has grown very dear to my during my last (and first) stay. The fact that I had no clue as to all the various great British television shows etc. last time leaves a great number of unexplored activities for this time - plus we have enough monetas to finally visit the Warner Bros Harry Potter Studio Tour!

I might be able to put up one or two posts a week later... but rather don't expect anything. A new episode of the podcast will be online next week though, you'll be able to check it out on Nik's and Sofia's blogs and as always on iTunes and Podomatic.

In case anyone has some you-must-do-this-in-London or a great movie to watch that doesn't release in Germany for the next few months, please tell me. And remember...

Because it's going to be cold in London.

HAPPY NEW MONTH!

Wrapping up September 2013.

I still didn't write an instant cult classic novel, didn't learn Japanese or gained world supremacy last month - but it wasn't a complete waste either. I wrote a few poems and appeared on two episodes of the LAMBcast as well as of course our very own Across the Universe podcast. In case you haven't noticed yet, I put up a little note on the sidebar announcing a little half-hiatus that is going to be going on here for the following months - I feel a lot better now that these news are out. This way I don't feel the pressure to blog more despite my lack of time and energy, at least not as much as before. After all, school is what counts right now. And coming of age in general. And the fact that I'll be in my favorite part of the world on Sunday.

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Across the Universe Podcast, Eps 10: I Want Candy (A Sofia Coppola Retrospective)

It's our 10th episode already - can you believe it? This little project has grown very dear to me though, so perhaps it isn't so weird that we're celebrating our first jubilee this week. Another thanks to my podcasting companions Nik and Sofia - we did it!

We tried something slightly new for this episode and talked about one of our favorite directors of all time, Sofia Coppola. From Lick the Star to The Bling Ring to her Miss Dior ad, we've tried to cover as much as possible and hope you'll have as much fun listening as we had recording.

Content: 

00:27 - Chick Chatter

02:45 - Trailer

03:19 - Movie of the Fortnight

21:37 - Coppola Time

1:16:27 - Plus and Goodbyes

Music: 

Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy

Azealia Banks feat. Lazy Jay - 212

Cilla Black - Across the Universe

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- The Bling Ring

Across the Universe Podcast, Eps 9: Crushcrushcrush

The chicks are trying to hold on to the last straws of summer by honoring some of the biggest heartthrobs film history ever saw, as we list our top 5 greatest crushes on movie characters. Giggles were frequent this time and we tried to keep this an easy-listening episode. As always, we talked about the "Movies" of the Fortnight, which were a surprise tv show for Sofia, Shaun of the Dead for Nik (which I have finally seen by now) and This is the End for me.

For those tuning in for the first time, please notice that we have run out of storage on our host Podomatic and have had to delete the first episodes from the site, so they also won't show up on iTunes. We've decided to do this since it seems common practice with many movie podcasters, and we're working on realizing a way for you to download archived episodes. For news, check our facebook page frequently.

Content:

0:23- Chick-chatter

4:07- Trailer

4:48- Interesting Movie of the Fortnight

25:11- The chicks discuss each of their Top 5 Cinematic Crushes

1:20:29- Plugs and Goodbyes

Music:

Paramore - Crushcrushcrush

The Cardigans - Lovefool

Cilla Black - Across the Universe

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HAPPY NEW MONTH!

What I've been watching, re-watching, reading and listening to in July 2013.

New month resolution: watch more movies. Seriously, I have about 9 DVDs I borrowed from one of the ISHQ editors in July left to watch and another bunch I bought myself. ... August has been pretty movie-less since I'm working a lot. Like, a lot lot. But what I did see was good and I also managed to prop in some tv shows - they're much more practical when you're home very late.

Oh, and did I mention I'm going to London again in October?

Yeah. I'm pretty excited.

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