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Or: Brain Salad Surgery
#macromonday
#inice
Explored 16 February, 2021
Waldorf salad, probably. The brainiest salad out there? Maybe for a melting skull that is pondering about The Meaning of Life... It certainly was a surgical challenge to extract a whole, undamaged kernel from those particularly small and hard Brandenburgian walnuts. There are many methods for opening and shelling walnuts and keep the nutmeat intact, and I tried something new after several failed (but delicious and healthy – walnuts are brain food, aren't they?) attempts: I soaked a few nuts in water overnight (to soften the shell) and then used the nutcracker from the top, not along the shelling line like I usually do – for the shelling line I used a knife. Sounds like quite the massacre, I know, but it worked :) As for the ice "cube"... Sorry, but I couldn't resist. I had to buy icecube trays online for this theme anyway, because I don't use ice in beverages (and therefore I didn't have an icecube tray at hand). And when I saw those skull-shaped trays, I knew I had to get them. I also ordered more traditional cube- and orb-shaped ones, so now I'm properly equipped when it comes to all things ice ;)
What I had in mind, of course, was a crystal-clear, perfectly-skulpted skull, and a perfectly placed walnut. At least I got one nicely placed brainy walnut (or nutty brain?) and a fairly recognisable skull out of four attempts. And boy, these ice skulls melt fast (and they move while doing so! Creepy...). I have images where you can see more of the walnut, but by the time more of that was visible, the skull was molten almost beyond recognition. So I chose the image where you can only see a little bit of the "walbrain" emerging from the skull, still covered by a thin layer of ice, and I hope that's enough "In Ice" to qualify for the theme. A rather charming small detail is the tiny (walnut) "hornlet" that appeared on the skull's forehead first – oh dear, who knows whose skull this once was... ;)
HMM, Everyone, and stay safe and cheerful!
Nüsse, ganz besonders Walnüsse, sind ja sehr gesund, Nervennahrung pur, besonders gut für die kleinen grauen Zellen – und ein halber Walnusskern sieht auch noch so aus. Aber eigentlich fing alles ganz harmlos an: Ich wollte was für's Thema machen, da ich aber nie Eiswürfel verwende, hatte ich auch keine entsprechende Form im Haus. Und mangels anderer Beschaffungsmöglichkeiten blieb mir nichts anderes übrig, als mich beim großen Piranha-Fluss umzusehen, wo mir prompt diese Schädelformen angezeigt wurden. Dabei hatte ich doch bloß "Eiswürfelform" eingegeben. Ob das was mit einer Suchanfrage für ein anderes MM-Thema ("Spiky") zu tun haben könnte? Und andere Leute bekommen lustige Tierformen angezeigt, wenn sie nach "Eiswürfelform" suchen? Egal, ich konnte natürlich nicht widerstehen, habe aber Alibi-halber auch noch Würfel- und Kugelformen mitbestellt. Denn wer weiß, was mir demnächst sonst noch auf die harmloseste Suchanfrage vorgeschlagen wird...
Was mir hier natürlich vorschwebte, war ein perfekt geformter, kristallklarer Schädel mit einem darin perfekt platzierten Gehirn, aber das wollte mir als Eiswürfel-Neuling noch nicht so recht gelingen. Immerhin hatte ich am Ende ein Exemplar, bei dem nicht nur der Schädel noch als solcher zu erkennen war, sondern auch noch ein Stück der Walnusshälfte sich in Relation zur Schädelschmelze rechtzeitig aus selbigem herauszuschälen begann (und das charmante kleine "Hörnchen" auf der Stirn hatte sich als Erstes hervorgewagt) – was übrigens einfacher war, als eine unversehrte Walnusshälfte aus zwar sehr schmackhaften, aber auch besonders kleinen und festen Brandenburger Walnüssen herauszuknacken. Eine fürwahr harte Nuss.
Foo Fighters at Stade de Suisse in Bern, Switzerland (Concrete and Gold Tour 13.06.2018).
Leadsinger Dave Grohl behind the Drums, like in the old days with Nirvana.
Taylor Hawkins from the mighty Foo Fighters hitting the drums hard at "where the action is 2008" festival. Stockholm Sweden.
1000 musicians play Learn to Fly by Foo Fighters to ask Dave Grohl to come and play in Cesena, Italy
I've watched the video countless times now so thought I'd dig my guitars out and have a jam myself.
Nate Mendel on stage with Foo Fighters, headlining the "Where The Action Is" festival 2008. Stockholm . Sweden.
Dave Grohl & UK Foo Fighters front man Jay 'Fake Dave' Apperley
American rockers Foo Fighters played the first of three last-minute UK club shows at Brighton’s 600-capacity Concorde 2 venue in Sussex ahead of a headline slot during the closing ceremony of the first Invictus Games at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London.
Posing under the pseudonym 'The Holy Shits', tickets for the show were announced at 4pm the previous day and sold out (almost) instantly. Using the small capacity of the venue and loyal fan base as a precedent for choosing a mixed setlist, Dave Grohl, Nate Medal, Taylor Hawkins, Chris Shiflett, Pat Smear and Rami Jaffee tore through a 2-hour set peppered with tracks less-often played live including opener Enough Space, Up In Arms and Big Me.
Pointing out the presence of tribute band UK Foo Fighters in the audience, Grohl called up front man Jay Apperley to the stage to sing a song – ”Come up here brother, let’s see what you’ve got!”. Apperley scrambled through the sweaty crowd to the stage but went green as the opening riffs of screamer White Limo were strummed, however he did the song justice as Grohl relinquished vocal duties on one of the more vocally challenging songs in the Foo Fighter’s repertoire.
The main set was closed out with Hey, Johnny Park! and Everlong from second reconrd The Colour and the Shape before the band returned to the stage for a one-song encore of classic One by One track All My Life which was dedicated to all the fans outside the venue, who had been listening through the windows the entire night. Grohl requested the blinds be lifted so the fans outside could catch a glimpse of the magic on stage, requested the main audience quieten down so he could hear the outside screams and often drifted over to play to them during the closer.
All in all a fantastic re-introduction to one of the best touring rock bands of today and while no new material from the band’s forthcoming studio release ‘Sonic Highways’ was played, we very much look forward to the live experience with new material.
Thanks for the explore!
"Do you remember the days
We built these paper mountains
Then sat and watched them burn
I think I found my place
Can't you feel it growing stronger
Little conquerors
I'm learning to walk again
I believe I've waited long enough
Where do I begin?
I'm learning to talk again
I believe I've waited long enough
Where do I begin?"
(Foo Fighters)