more content in German | mehr Inhalt auf deutschThe “Killer Monkey Angel” from BadAstronomy.com was seen this morning above Germany as it was jumping down on Stuttgart with his arms raised, lusting for battle:
(Image from WetterOnline.de)
Friday the 13th
…but I’m not superstitious, because that only brings bad luck… 
Quote of the Day (2)
This is about Harry Potter, see “The Cross with Religion” on Spiegel Online (German):
“[Children] are quite able to tell the difference between right and wrong as well as between reality and illusion.”
Religion pedagogue and Protestant theologian Matthias Frohmann (my translation)
(And I agree with him there.)
The Churches see it (surprisingly?) rather relaxed, whereas fundamentalist “religiously motivated critics” rather see a “seduction into satanism, mockery of Christianity, playing down occultism.” Well, the former Cardinal Ratzinger is quoted to have written of “subtle seductions that have an imperceptible and especially for that reason deep effect and subvert Christian faith in the soul before it could even grow properly” in 2003 (my translation).
Well, they’re obviously afraid that the children (and adults) might use their mind also to critically and scientifically look into the “miracles” from biblical and later times and discover more about reality than fundamentalist and maybe “normal” Christians might like…
No Opening Band, Start 19:00
And what did start last night in Munich’s Olympic Stadium? SEVENTY-FIVE MINUTES OF MUSIC VIDEOS AND COMMERCIALS! 
Outrageous! 
(Volvo will rather have achieved the opposite effect with about a dozen commercials…)
If the organizer requires commercials to co-finance big concerts, then okay, show it at 20:00 and set 20:00 as starting time, and don’t annoy the paying waiting audience with numerous music videos. And all that in part in pouring rain. (Okay, that’s not the organizer’s fault.)
Alright, let’s get to the positive part that this post is rather about: the Genesis concert.
And that was really great! 
The rain had stopped,
good mood also on stage, good music and musicians, great show with great lighting (especially when it had become darker) – yes, also these old boys still rock!
(Was that a too excessive use of smilies?)