Aqualion's Daily Blues

In my quest for new sounds and noices
to use when composing music on my computer,
I have finally found adequat vocal samples.

However, putting music to vocals is not easy.

I decided to test the temporary results in puplic.


So, I bring you

The Daily Blues International Song Contest

I've made it easy for you.

We have only two contestants:
a female and a male vocal.

Listen to the songs
and give your vote.

You have only one vote.

The contest runs exactly one week,
and the result will be revealed at
20.00 hours on Friday the 13. of November.

Enjoy!


Number One


Number Two


PS: You are, of course,
welcome to leave any sort of comments.


If you have trouble with watching embedded objects,
you can find the YouTube link
in the right hand side bar.
The songs are the last two videos posted there.

Denmark is world champion in press freedom.

At least if you believe a new ranking from Reporters Without Borders.

The organization has assessed the degree of press freedom in 175 countries and puts Denmark top notch at a first place. However, we must share with Finland, Ireland, Norway and Sweden.

At the bottom of the list is Iran, where journalists, according to Reporters Without Borders under President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are having harder and harder times. Iran scores nonetheless just above Turkmenistan, North Korea and Eritrea where the media, according to the organization, are so oppressed that they really do not exist.

U.S. has jumped 20 places up the list to a 20th place, but America is still blamed for not treating journalists in Iraq and Afghanistan properly. Because of its strategy towards the media the the Gaza war, Israel has at turn lost its position as the country in the Middle East with most press freedom. Israel slids 47 places down the list to a 93rd-place and is surpassed by Kuwait, Lebanon and United Arab Emirates.

In France, press freedom has been seriously weakened by politicians in recent years, and both the Mafia and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is drawing development in the wrong direction in Italy, says Reporters Without Borders.

France is number 43, while Italy occupies a 49th-place. China is again far down the list being number 168, and is second by both Iraq and Afghanistan, respectively number 145 & 149

As some of you already know, my wife and me have moved into new quarters.

About one week after a succesful relocation, the postman came with a parcel. It was a present from a couple of old friends. It contained the item, depicted in the image below. As you can tell, it is now situated outside the frontdoor of our new home.

The message is partly true.

When I meet new people, strangers, one of the first questions I get is 'What do you do?'. I believe this goes for everybody, wherever you live.

I am on disability pension, and for the moment I'm not doing anything at all, because I don't have to work. The rent of the place where I live with my wife is so unbelievably cheap, that the pension itself is enough, and we even have money left for those things that make a life. So, I am enjoying the freedom of not having to have a job.

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Do you remember 'The Cleaner'?

Finally, he's back! However, due to economical circumstances, there will be no cinematic entertainment.

In stead we bring you an exclusive: experts from the 1976 comic book series on which The Cleaner's story line is build.

We hope you enjoy...


This is from Issue 34, 1978, 'The Cleaner Strikes Back'.





This is from an appendix to Issue 45, 1981, called 'Deep Space Dumping'.