Have you heard about the Italian new wave band called Temple of Venus? About a year ago I reviewed their album Messiah Complex, an impressive masterpiece, which became from then on a constant in my playlist.
Some days ago I got a message from the band that Temple of Venus just released a live album. Freshly out of the post box I am listening now to the record. Usually, I am not a big friend of live albums. I appreciate The Who‘s Live at Leeds and Emerson, Lake & Palmer‘s Pictures at an Exhibition. Well, I guess, Temple of Venus‘ Live 19.04.13 CPA FIRENZE-SUD will be the third on this list, then. Read More →


Again I return to the topic of Polish new wave/coldwave. This time a legendary band, maybe my favourite among many amazing Polish bands, will be featured. It is called ‘Tysiąc dziewięćset osiemdziesiąt cztery‘. For non-native speakers of the Polish language this name might be a little difficult to pronounce. It means 1984.



In 1976 Richard Dawkins coined the term ‘meme’ in his book The Selfish Gene and by that caused a revolution in thinking in several fields, most notably in sociobiology and sociology. Although often criticised the term stayed and became a concept to work with. His theory of memetics has since then been developed further, here Susan Blackmore with her book The Meme Machine (1999) shall be mentioned. 

















