Scorpions – Crazy World (1990, Mercury Records)

1. “Tease Me, Please Me” … 4:44
2. “Don’t Believe Her” … 4:55
3. “To Be With You in Heaven” … 4:48
4. “Wind of Change” … 5:10
5. “Restless Nights” … 5:44
6. “Lust or Love” … 4:22
7. “Kicks After Six” … 3:49
8. “Hit Between the Eyes” … 4:33
9. “Money and Fame” … 5:06
10. “Crazy World” … 5:08
10. “Send Me an Angel” … 4:34

Band:
Klaus Meine – Lead Vocals
Rudolf Schenker – Guitars, Backing Vocals
Matthias Jabs – Guitars, Backing Vocals
Herman Rarebell – Drums
Francis Buchholz – Bass

Additional Musicians:
Jim Vallance – Keyboards
Koen VanBaal – Keyboards

Producer: Keith Olsen & Scorpions

One of the band’s best moments in my opinion is this album which spawned the massive international hit power ballad “Wind of Change”. 1988’s Savage Amusement was slightly disappointing, but Scorpions fired back in 1990 with one of their most infectious albums (it is also their second best-selling release). I can get into every song and sing along each time I play this one.

Scorpions were still in a very polished hard rock mode, but so what? Except for their earliest oddball releases, they’ve always been a commercial hard rock band. Nothing is quite as heavy as “No One Like You” or “Rock You Like A Hurricane” but “Don’t Believe Her” and “Crazy World” come close. The band has always done great ballads as well and the case is no different here — “Wind of Change” is of course an all-time classic and I’ve always been a huge fan of “Send Me an Angel” which is an even more commercial take on the haunting ballads Scorpions are known for.

All told, this is one of my favorite Scorpions albums and definitely light years better than anything else they released in the ’90s.

Highlights: “Tease Me, Please Me”, “Don’t Believe Her”, “To Be With You in Heaven”, “Wind of Change”, “Restless”, “Lust or Love”, “Crazy World”, “Send Me An Angel”

   Şi un rock bun de dimineaţă .

¡Vaya! Esta página web que llegó hoy a mi correo electrónico es bastante apañada. Pinchas en una letra y te encuentras cantantes cuyos nombres empiezan por esa letra. Escoges una canción y te sale la letra y el video clip uno al lado del otro. Siempre es bueno tener una canción a mano para animarse… Os dejo la página en la S de Scorpions, con, como no, Still Loving You.

Todo un clásico.

   Şi puţin Scorpions în fapt de seară că să mai uit de una, de alta …

Bom, aí está nossa segunda edição, prometi que seria freqüente. Sem mais delongas:

Ano que vem teremos em mãos (ou em HDs) mais um disco dos veteranos do Scorpions. Obviamente se trata de mais um disco de Hard Rock, em que todo mundo sabe onde vai começar e onde vai terminar. Mas talvez no caso do Scorpions haja uma expectativa um pouco maior, já que Humanity: Hour I é um senhor disco e pelo menos não soa gay.

Ahh é mesmo, o álbum. Ele se chama “Sting In The Tail” e deve sair logo no começo de 2010.

Uli John Roth

Ci si può emozionare sino alle lacrime ascoltando il suono di una chitarra? A me è successo. Proprio ora. Non pensavo potesse accadere, eppure è successo. Anche questo è il potere della musica.

Credo che la grandezza di un artista che si esprime senza usare le parole valga doppio perché doppio è il rischio cui si espone: quello di non essere capito e quello, ancora peggiore, di essere frainteso. Difficile usare la musica per comunicare, difficile eppure possibile. Qualcuno ci riesce. Ci riusciva Jimi Hendrix, ci riesce Ritchie Blackmore, ci riesce Brian May e ci riescono tanti altri maestri che hanno formato la sensibilità musicale di chi scrive. Da qualche giorno ne ho scoperto un altro di questi maestri, ancora una volta un protagonista degli anni settanta. Favolosi e terribili quegli anni la cui anima vibra ancora, presente, viva, inquieta. Non va via, forse perché dannata. Benedetta sia quell’anima dannata. Bruci ancora a lungo.

Conoscevo Uli John Roth ma non il suo suono, ero a conoscenza della sua militanza negli Scorpions degli anni d’oro, quelli a cavallo tra il 1973 e il 1978, ricordo di averne sentito parlare per la prima volta nel 1998 in quanto membro di una delle tante incarnazioni del G3 di Joe Satriani. Pensavo, misero e presuntuoso, che fosse uno dei tanti guitar hero che popolano il variegato mondo della musica rock. Quanto sbagliavo! C’è voluto l’entusiasmo di una persona preziosa quanto l’emozione che muove ora le mie mani a farmi scoprire che dietro quel nome si celava un chitarrista geniale e raffinato come pochi. La musica di Uli John Roth è commovente e poetica come una poesia di Alda Merini. Così come commovente e poetica è  la passione di Cecè, lo splendido untore di cui sopra, che mi ha iniziato all’ascolto di Tokyo Tapes in una serata autunnale che farò davvero fatica a dimenticare.

Tra qualche giorno potrò ascoltare dal vivo la poesia musicale di Uli John Roth e, sono sicuro, altre lacrime righeranno il volto invisibile dell’anima mia, e non me ne vogliate se tornerò su questo spazio per parlarvene ancora. Le emozioni sono più belle quando sono condivise. Buona musica a tutti.

Giorgio Castriota

Emperor scorpions Pandinus imperator have long been one of the easiest and most popular arachnids to keep in captivity.  Their acclaim existed even before they made their large screen debut in the Universal Pictures wildly popular movie The Scorpion King. Since that time, many people have pursued the dream of obtaining one of these fascinating creatures.  Within the herpetoculture industry, these scorpions are already well known.  They have been kept, maintained, and even bred for quite some time.  That being said, it is widely accepted and acknowledged that most of the Emperors Pandinus imperator in captivity today are wild caught imports.  After all, it is far easier and more cost effective for wholesalers to import these coveted arachnids than it is to search and find people who are breeding them in captivity with any regularity that could be depended upon.  It is due to this fact alone that today they are listed on the CITES II index; meaning that this and the other two species of Pandinus spp being imported for sale are now considered a “species to be watched.”  My observation is that since CITES made this proclamation, I have seen a marked decrease in the sheer quantity available in the pet trade.

Description

If for whatever reason you have somehow managed to avoid seeing the movie or previews and trailers for “The Scorpion King,” then I will describe Pandinus imperator for you.  P. imperator is sometimes described by some, as a huge black scorpion with pincers (properly known as pedipalps) that look as though they could snap a pencil or perhaps even an unwary finger.

I describe them as a larger, almost lacquered, black-looking scorpion with large pedipalps and fine sensory hairs that cover the body.  Speaking of pedipalps, it is a known fact that if a Scorpion has large pedipalps, the venom is always less toxic when compared with those species that have smaller pedipalps.  A technical description would be that they measure at an adult size of 20cm; pregnant females have weighed in at 32 grams and all P. imperator are black in color.

Describing the specifics of the scorpion’s physiology is somewhat difficult.

Looking down on any scorpion, the first part of the body most would notice are the “arms.”  The large, somewhat bulbous shape where the claw is located is known overall as the “chela.”  The movable piece of the chela is the “tarsus” while the other is called the “manus.”  From the tip of the chela or pincers to where it meets, the body is known as the pedipalps.  The mouthparts are located directly in between the pedipalps and are known as “chelicerae.”  These are what the scorpion uses to tear off bits of food that it has caught.

The next most recognizable section to most would be the “metasoma” or tail, which are the segments that begin immediately at the edge of the body and stretch to the all too-famous stinger.  The stinger itself is actually two separate parts; the large bulb where the scorpions’ venom is stored is known as the “Vesicle” while the stinging point itself is known as the “Aculeus.”  The two parts together are known as the “telson.”

Taxonomy

The taxonomy of the genus Pandinus is one that currently holds within it 24 species,[i] three of which are readily available in the herpetoculture industry.  Pandinus imperator, P. cavimanus, & P. viatorus are the most common available species when it comes to African scorpions.  The P. imperator is the Emperor scorpion, which this article covers.  The two other species that are commonly found for sale are the P. cavimanus, which is normally sold under the name of “Tasmanian Red Claw Scorpion” while the other P. viatorus is commonly sold as the “African Red Claw Scorpion.”  These other two species are somewhat easily identified because they are an accurate physical representation of their common names and they have an obvious reddish hue to their chela or front claws.  The Red Claws are also usually more aggressive and slightly smaller than the P. imperator.

Natural Habitat

P. imperator is chiefly located in Western Africa.  , Additionally, they’ve been known to be found in the countries of Gabon, Senegal, and Togo as well as other countries near the equator.  In these countries, they are found in the humid rainforests living in tunnels near the surface of the rainforest leaf litter.  They have also been said by one source to be found near stream banks[ii].  The same source also claims that if prey is plentiful enough, they can be found in large colonies.  One study by D. Mahsberg says that one colony was discovered containing 15 separate individuals[iii].

Selecting a Healthy Scorpion

When shopping for a new pet scorpion it can be difficult to decide which is healthy and which are sick or diseased.  To tell the truth, I do not know of anyone who can accurately select a healthy scorpion simply by sight alone.  As stated earlier, most if not all scorpions found within the trade, unless specifically labeled, are probably wild caught and will have some type of internal parasites.  Currently there are no medical or practical ways available to rid the scorpions of these parasites.

Stress is a common term used when dealing with pets of all sorts within the pet industry.  We must understand however, that scorpions are an ancient animal which has traditionally lived and thrived under stressful conditions.  Stress as defined by humans is an emotional state of mind, which involves nervous signals and different brain chemistry.  For the scorpion, however there is no emotion involved according to scientists.  If the claims made by the scientific community are accurate, then the scorpion is simply reacting to instinctual survival skills that it’s developed over the millennia.  The same survival skills that have allowed them to populated the earth.

When I go to purchase a scorpion in any retail shop.  I will usually ask the sales people some general questions.  My inquiries typically begin with surface subject matter such as the scorpion’s feeding habits.  If the scorpion happens to be in a communal enclosure, which I have seen them kept in many of the local pet shops, I will usually ask for one or two of them to be removed from the enclosure and housed or placed in a different enclosure so I can examine it more closely.  I will typically look for one that is alert and readily assumes a defense posture when it is disturbed.  Sometimes when I have doubts if the particular scorpion that I am looking at is alert, I will ask the salesperson to feed it or gently prod it and then I’ll monitor the reaction.

I will then compare it to the others in the enclosure it was removed from.  Does it appear to have the same weight?  Does it react sluggishly?  Etc.  It is usually a safe bet that if the scorpion reacts quickly to being disturbed and has what appears to be the same weight as its peers, then you can be relatively sure that you are looking at a healthy scorpion.

Captive Enclosure

Now that you have purchased your new pet, it’s time to consider where you’re going to put it.  This may very well be one of the most important decisions you will make to insure the well-being of the scorpion.  In the description area of this article, I mentioned that the body and pedipalps were covered in sensory hairs.  Believe it or not, these fine hairs can detect vibrations in the air itself.  As you you’ve probably already deduced, placing your new pet in an area where you and your friends regularly hold band practice would not be a prime piece of real estate.

Personally, I have my scorpions placed in a low foot traffic area where the music and any other such loud “noise” would not be a disturbance to them.  That being said, I would highly recommend that you house any scorpions separately from each other and not let them come together except for breeding, which will be covered later.  I am of the opinion that a single adult Pandinus imperator can be housed in a 10-gallon breeder tank which measures 20 ^¼” x 10 ^½” x 12 ^9/16”.  This enclosure can house an adult P. imperator and all the accessories that you may need in order to keep it in a healthful state.

Substrate

As with the keeping of any enclosed arachnid, the choices for substrates are as varied as the opinions of those who own them.  A number of keepers recommend a peat and vermiculite mix.  Others recommend a mixture of sand and peat.  There are still others who maintain that potting soil works just fine.  There are a number of substrates commercially available, making the deliberation process of mixtures a moot point.  I will mention a few here just for the sake of completeness.

Forest Floor Bedding and Eco Earth® both by Zoo Med are humidity-holding substrates that will work well for P. imperator. In my observations, however the Eco Earth® tends to compact over time and dry out relatively quickly.  I’ve concluded that this phenomenon may be exacerbated by the fact that I live in a very dry climate.  The Forest Floor Bedding tends to hold moisture well enough, but with its large pieces of shredded wood, it’s not aesthetically pleasing.

Jungle Bed, Cypress Bed, and Forest Bed by T-Rex® are all great products, which I have used in several if not all of my enclosures.  If you want to do a planted vivarium with your P. imperator then I would recommend going with the Jungle Bed.  The Cypress Bed will also work, but again, it is a little too chunky in appearance for my tastes.  Forest Bed does not seem to compact as quickly as the Eco Earth® and it seems to retain it’s its moisture better, even in the drier climates.

As for my personal collection of Emperor Scorpions P. imperator, I use nothing more than groundcover bark, which can be purchased at most home improvement stores.  This substrate not only costs less than the ones mentioned above, but it also retains moisture, is easily spot-cleaned, and can dry out quickly if needed.  While the concept of “drying out quicker” may seem an oxymoron, let me explain.  There are times when with the best of intentions, we tend to overdo the basics of care.

Trying to increase and decrease humidity in some climates can be somewhat of a chore.  There is either too much heat or not enough moisture, or too much moisture and not enough heat to create the needed humidity.  I have found that in my particular climate, the groundcover bark works extremely well at maintaining a nice balance between the heat and humidity.

Burrowing

Emperor Scorpions P. imperator is known as a burrowing species, which will dig their own burrows if given the proper substrate.  I have never attempted the method recommended by some keepers, which is to start a burrow for them by digging down into the substrate.  On their behalf supposedly, if you begin a burrow for them in a substrate of mixed peat and sand, when they dig the rest of it out for themselves, the burrow will hold its shape and not collapse.  As I stated previously, I keep my collection of P. imperator on groundcover bark.  The only negative side effect of this material is that it simply will not readily hold a burrow unless it was mixed with some other type of substrate.

In order to provide them with a burrow, you can do one of two things.  You can buy a reptile hide of the appropriate size and place it in the bottom of the enclosure.  By establishing the entrance slightly angled towards the surface, the scorpion can enter it easily.  The other option, which is much more cost effective, is the one I use.

Appropriate an old toilet paper tube, strip any remaining pieces of paper, place it in the corner of the enclosure with about a ½” of substrate beneath it, and then bury the entire tube with only the entrance exposed.  The scorpion will quickly discover this new hide, immediately enter it, and make use of it.  As with any paper- based product, moisture will eventually break it down.  For this reason, I usually keep an extra few on hand.  Paper towel rolls can also be used after they are cut and fashioned to the appropriate size.

Décor

When it comes to decorating any vivarium, I will always strive to make it as natural looking and feeling for the creature as possible.  While I’m interested in making it as aesthetically pleasing as possible, the basic living requirements of the scorpion need to be the priority.  With the Emperor Scorpion P. imperator, selecting decor can be somewhat troublesome.  If you choose to make a natural vivarium for your new pet, or if you’re considering upgrading your old vivarium to a new and improved design, the following should help.

The enclosure size should be a regular 10-gallon fish tank with a screen lid, which can be clipped in place.  Now it comes time to make choices regarding hydration.  You never want to have standing water on any substrate for more than a day.  This could cause a fungal or mold bloom within the enclosure, which might harm your pet.  In order to counteract this, I recommend using a layer of pea gravel, Hydro stones by Zoo Med, or aquarium gravel at about 1” in depth.  Next add a layer of 2 ½ -3” of Jungle Bed by T-Rex®.  With the Jungle Bed in place, you are now ready to plant live plants of your choice.  There is nothing that I can find that says or documents that specific plants will cause harm to scorpions, but to be on the safe side of things, I use reptile-safe vivarium plants.  These can be Pothos, and various other tropical type plants such as ferns, etc.  Some of my clients have chosen to avoid maintenance issues associated with live plants and instead use plastic.  They use the artificial plant life in the same set-up as described above.

Lighting

If you are going to do a natural set-up, then one of the most important is a full-spectrum fluorescent bulb set for a normal 12 hr cycle, which will provide the needed light for the plants to stay healthy.  Since Emperor Scorpions P. imperator are a nocturnal species without bones, they do not require a source of UVB.  To add some interesting effects to the enclosure and your pet itself, I highly recommend acquiring a black light.  This actually causes any Scorpion to fluoresce an eerie bluish green color.  As far as I have discovered, usage of the black light has no  observable negative effects on the plants themselves.  I have yet to discover any documentation that addresses the scorpion’s inherent capacity to fluoresce.  More importantly, little discourse is given regarding why they developed this capability or what purpose it would serve.

Heat

Most keepers recommend a temperature somewhere between 78-82˚ F.  Depending on how warm you keep the room where your Emperor Scorpion(s) P. imperator is to be kept, you may be able to get away without using a heater at all.  For the rest of us an Under Tank Heater will suffice because it only raises the temperature by about 10˚ F.  However, you must be careful and observant that you remember to unplug this U.T.H. during the summer months.  Otherwise, you will cause undue stress and even worse, possibly “cook” your pet.  U.T.H. in my opinion should never be used with plastic terraria as it may melt the artificial terrain.  While I’ve yet to hear any first hand reports of this phenomenon, there are documented incidents that have appeared in various magazines and blogs on the internet.

Feeding

Emperor Scorpions P. imperator in the wild eats a varied diet of arthropods and other insects including.  This can include other scorpions.  In captivity, I would recommend a diet comprised of crickets, with the occasional mealworm or roach thrown in just to add variety every once in awhile.  I feed my scorpions once a week, usually three or four crickets at a time.  Now, I am sure everyone has heard of P. imperator eating pinkies or has seen a web broadcast video of such feats.  While this might seem a viable choice to some readers, it should be noted that this is not a recommended food source for the Emperor Scorpion P. imperator.  

Maintenance

In my experience, daily maintenance is not required.  That being said, I personally perform and recommend a weekly regiment of spot cleaning.  Additionally, a more intense cleaning should occur monthly, or at the very least, bi-monthly.  This includes completely emptying the contents of the enclosure and disinfecting it with a mild bleach solution.

Water

There are those of the opinion that a constant supply of fresh water must always be available to the Emperor Scorpion P. imperator. Other sources tell us that leaving a shallow dish with pea gravel in it to prevent drowning offered once a week is more than sufficient to quench the occasional thirst of our pets.  As for myself, I once again try to make the environment as natural as possible.  This means building depressions in the substrate that I am using and misting the enclosure either daily or every few days to allow the scorpion to drink as it would in the wild.  Meaning, ingesting fluids from the ground or the droplets that catch on its tiny hairs that cover the body.

Breeding

As you become more comfortable with the Emperor Scorpion P. imperator, you may find that your confidence leads you to start thinking of breeding these interesting arthropods so that future generations may enjoy them.  This is a great thought and one I encourage any scorpion owner to consider.  We can never tell when the CITES committee will decide that the endemic populations are so threatened, that they close the proverbial door to any export of Emperor Scorpion P. imperator.

As with any attempt at breeding animals, the very first thing that should be done is to insure that you have a viable pair.  This means we need to get up close and personal with our scorpions.  Normally I address this awkwardness with humor.  A few knock-knock jokes grease the situation to my advantage, granting me access to viewing the full range of their “equipment.”  The best way to sex any scorpion is to look at adults.  Typically speaking, males will have longer pectines, which can occasionally be slightly curved.  These pectine will also have more “teeth” than females of the same species.  This classification process can be even further facilitated if you are able to examine several scorpions at the time of purchase, providing that they are all relatively the same size.

Another clue as to the sex of the scorpion is that of size.  Males are smaller than their female counterpart of their species.  Another clue as to the gender can also be found on the pincers or chelas.  The granularity or bumps on the chela themselves are more in number on the males of P. ssp than they are on the females.

Cooling

It has not been proven beyond a reasonable doubt that scorpions, much like snakes and lizards, must undergo a winter cooling period.  However, it would appear that the success rate is much higher when they are cooled for a couple of months during the winter season.  It is also a generally accepted practice to allow the scorpions to fast during these cooling periods.  When cooling scorpions, it does not seem necessary to gradually drop the temperature as you would with reptile species.  With mine, I simply follow the normal cycle of the seasons, meaning that during the winter my home is generally cooler than it is during the summer and spring.  It is at this time that I cease feeding and spraying, allowing the temperature to drop about 10 to 15˚F.  The photoperiod or lighting is also adjusted to simulate the seasonal change.

Winter Nap

Under normal circumstances, I will not try to cool my scorpions until January or February.  This is because I wait until the advent of spring to prompt me to reintegrate heating and spraying them again on a regular basis.  In the months prior, and during the cooling months, the entire enclosure is not cleaned at all and a flat rock or piece of bark is placed into the females’ enclosure.  Then both the male and female enclosures are placed into a dark closet where they will remain undisturbed.

I strongly suggest placing a shallow dish of water within the enclosure to avoid dehydration during the cooling periods.  The only thing I do during this near-hibernation process is that I’ll open the closet and check to make sure that there is water available.  Even then, I’m doing this with great care and only once a month.  Any “major” disturbance at this time may be detrimental to the health of scorpion.

Spring Wake Up

At the advent of spring, I will bring the enclosures out and begin heating again to normal temperatures for a few days before I offer food.  When food is eventually offered, the males will sometimes not feed and appear to be constantly agitated.  However, their female counterparts have a much different perspective.  Instead, the females will be gluttonous in their feeding.  This is all considered to be normal behavior and should be no cause for alarm.  Feed the scorpions as much as they will eat for the next month or so.  During the second week of the spring wake-up process, begin spraying the enclosures as you would normally during the year.  This can be likened to a simulation of the spring rains that would accompany higher prey availability.

Bringing the happy couple together

This is the part where keepers really have to be careful.  As we already know, scorpions have no issues about eating their own.  So what is a scorpion keeper to do?  There are a couple of measures we as humans can do to prevent our unfortunate male scorpions from becoming just another meal for our females.  I wish I had been granted similar advice with my first wife!

First, the adult Emperor Scorpion P. imperator should not be bred until they are about four years in age.  Most breeders believe that they reach full maturity at this age.  Although there have been reported cases of them breeding much earlier, I believe the stress of doing this would be detrimental to the long-term health of your pets.

The male should always be placed within the females’ enclosure.  While this is not a documented and proven method, it’s one that has been successful for me in my experiences.  This works because the female lays sexual pheromones throughout her enclosure as she wanders around.  Males encounter these chemical cues in the wild when they crossed a females’ burrow.  These chemical cues excite the male so much that he begins vibrating his body and the female sensing these vibrations, charges the male in a mock combat situation.  While this may seem alarming at first, you should not interfere.  Allow them to lock pedipalps and stand back and watch.  This may be a good moment to obtain some tasty popcorn.  The male will typically search for a suitable place to drop or place his spermatophore and then drag the female over it.

When this is done, she will pick up the sperm with her own pectine, forcing it within her operculum.  During this process, the male may sting the female.  This is apparently to save his own life as it only anesthetizes the female long enough for him to lay the spermatophore and pull her over it.  After she inseminates herself, they will unlock and the male will attempt to beat a hasty retreat.  Here’s where the popcorn munching becomes more frantic, because now is the time when the female will typically attempt to kill the male.  Should you be so lucky or patient enough, as soon as they unlock the pedipalps, you may want to take mercy on your male scorpion and judiciously remove the male from the potential melee.

Gestation & Birth

After a mating, the female should be fed regularly as she may absorb the embryos if she is not.  During the gestation, there will be little if any noticeable change in the female.  However, within the last month of the gestation, the females’ body will increase in size and it may be possible to see tiny babies within her through the skin between the plates of her chitin shell.  It is at this time you should heat the enclosures basking area to at least 82˚ F and keep it there constantly.  Gestation will last anywhere between seven and nine months long.  A normal birthing of anywhere between 10 to 32 young have been recorded.  The larger birth number is probably attributed to the more mature females.  In addition, it is worth mentioning that scorpions do not lay eggs and that they indeed give live birth.  The female usually goes off feed for a week or so and becomes very reclusive, usually refusing to exit the hide.

Then after the babies are born, she will appear from the hide and should be fed as much as she will eat.  This is done for two reasons.  Not only will she be weak from the birth process but she will also cannibalize the babies if she is not fed properly.  When the babies are born, they immediately climb onto the mothers back and ride around with her for about a week until their first molt also known as the first “instar”.  Instars are the number of molts for any arachnid until they reach sexual maturity.  You should also be careful to remove any uneaten live crickets from the enclosure, since they can act as predator on the baby scorpions.  If this does need to be done, you must be very wary of the female who may take your movement as signs of a hostile invasion, and attempt to attack in order to defend her offspring.

Raising the Little Folk

With baby Emperor Scorpions P. imperator, I usually keep them with a basking spot of 90˚ F and 100% humidity with the entire enclosure, as they are highly susceptible to desiccation.  Other than those two specifics, there is really nothing out of the ordinary for keeping the little guys growing.  Obviously, they will not take as large a prey as their adult parents so I feed them small crickets and or mealworms.  Most will not survive to adulthood no matter what amount care is given.  This doesn’t mean you should give any less amount of care; I only mention this so it will not be a shock when it does happen.  I also recommend keeping a very shallow dish of water with a sponge in it to prevent drowning of the babies.

Emperor Scorpions as Ambassadors

Pandinus imperator could possibly be the number one ambassador into the world of keeping arachnid pets.  They are easily cared for by both the novice and advanced keeper.  Their lack of aggression also appeals to most of those who have never kept a scorpion species as a pet.  Although they are not as readily available in numbers as they once were, they are still found relatively easily and should be viewed as truly unique pets that will bring many years of enjoyment to the conscientious keeper who is willing to take on an interesting and unusual species.

[ii] Rubio Manny, Scorpions A Complete Owners Manual Barron’s Educational Series 2000

[iii] Mahsberg, D. (1990) Brood care and family cohesion in the tropical scorpion.  http://md1.csa.com/partners/viewrecord.php?requester=gs&collection=ENV&recid=2456547&q=Mahsberg%2C+D.+%281990%29+Brood+care+and+family+cohesion+in+the+tropical+scorpion+&uid=791887046&setcookie=yes

Königspalast in Krefeld, Heimstätte des DEL-Schlusslichtes

Die Eisbären Berlin bleiben trotz einer 3:7-Klatsche gegen die Metro Stars weiter Spitzenreiter. Nachdem bereits gestern auch die Adler Mannheim vor eigenem Publikum verloren hatten, kassierten auch die Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg zu Hause eine Pleite.  Gegen die Nürnberg Ice Tigers hieß es am Ende 2:3. Nürnberg verhinderte dadurch den Sturz ans Tabellenende, denn auch das bisherige Schlusslicht, Hannover Scorpions, kam zu einem 3:2-Auswärtssieg. Die Niedersachsen behielten in Straubing die Oberhand. Neues Schlusslicht sind die Krefeld Pinguine, die gegen die Iserlohn Roosters 2:4 verloren.

Thanks to Oana who have found this interview with Lauri made by Aamulehti.fi talking about parenthood, touring with Alice Cooper,Scorpions and Kingdom come, and previous experience at the Linna Celebration on Independence Day of Finland (6th December). You can find the translation of the article below, and since it is made by me please link us if you repost it. Thank You!

Lauri Ylönen promises to behave this time at the Linna Celebrations
The Rasmus Lauri Ylönen made a picture of himself with his phone’s camera for Aamulehti.
The Rasmus celebrates their 15th anniversary with releasing a collection album and with a gig in the sports hall of the Suutarila High School.
Where can we find the most fanatic The Rasmus fans?
-Maybe in Britain. There are a couple of girl fans who have been at 62 gigs. They are a bit older, oh well aged around 30 who wanted also to come to the celebration gig.
What is the strangest thing ever you have done during your career?
-In Taiwan i was live on the TV drinking some snake poison drink.
During the summer you’ve been touring with Alice Cooper, Scorpions and Kingdom Come in Russia. What kind of experience it was?
-It was great to be around our childhood heroes. Everyone was nice and really open. The 30-years of age difference wasn’t disturbing at all. Sometimes it was weird to see the same aged guys put the same make-up on their face…it was both sad and cool in the same time.
Who is taking care of your son if the mother PMMP’s Paula vesala and you are at a gig too?
-There haven’t been too much of those situation recently, because most of us band members have young children and been at kind of a paternity leave.
So you will be going to the Linna Celebrations?
-While i have been on my Asian trip i have got some couple of dresses that would do fine for the Linna Celebrations. This time i will go to the party with a partner. Last time i took a friend with me, Siiri Nordin. I thought you don’t have to bring at the party your lady. But apparently i have been forgiven. And i promise that this time i will behave.
The Rasmus will have their 15-year anniversary concert on the 23.11 in the Gym Hall of the Suutarila High School. Their Best of 2001-2009 compilation album appears on the 23.11.
Read more questions and Lauri Ylönen’s answers in Wednesday’s Aamulehti.

Huomenta!

Keskiviikkoisilla sitseillä Ilkka Kärrylä & The Downtown Fiven vetämä setti jäi varmasti mietityttämään useita. Ollaan aika hipstereitä ja koska humalatilassani en muistanut spiikata näitä suurella yleiselle kenties tuntemattomia underground-tekeleitä, niin ollaan mielestäni lukijoillemme velkaa vähintään tämä MERISITSIEN SETTILISTA – s’il vous plait (ranskaa).

1. Lady Gaga – Poker Face

Hulvaton P-p-p-pokerinaama-sovituksemme epävireisellä mandoliinilla, solisti-Ilkan perkussioilla, leden taustastemmoilla (NAILED IT!) ja MELODICALLA (mitä vittuu?!) sekä virtuoosimaisella kuoropojan äänelläni kuorrutettuna pisti bileet käyntiin.

Laulu kertoo tulkintani mukaan naisesta, jolla on vakava peliongelma.

“Russian roulette is not the same without a gun, and baby when it’s love if it’s not rought, it isn’t fun.”

Öö, okei.. hullu.

2. Bon Jovi – Livin’ On A Prayer

80-luvulla breikannut Jon “Bon Jovi” Bongiovi on kasari-indietähtien aatelia. Tätä biisiä syytän ääneni menettämisestä. Myös bnth sekä Leijonakuningas-laulut aamun pikkutunneilla pelasivat roolia (spelade en rol).

Laulu kertoo uskovaisesta pariskunnasta (Tommy ja Gina), jotka ovat ilmeisiä sosiaalipummeja eläen “rukouksen päällä”. Tommy voi kiittää ay-liikettä ahdingostaan, sillä liiton ollessa lakossa menettää mies työnsä telakalla. Lukekaa sanat, jos ette usko!

Lisäksi Tommy ei päästä naistaan lähtemään, vaikka Gina panee selvästi jotain toista MIESTÄ, joka pystys elättämään tän.

Gina dreams of running away
When she cries in the night
Tommy whispers: Baby it’s okay, someday

3. Scorpions – Wind Of Change

Moni väittää tämän biisin liittyvän Berliinin muurin murtumiseen ja siitä seuranneeseen (ja edeltäneeseen) ns. RAUTAESIRIPUN säröilyyn 1989. En ole tuosta ihan varma, mielestäni kyseessä on jonkinlainen oodi Moskovan maamerkeille sekä ilmastolle. Video saa minut itkemään, mutta se olisi emotionaalisesti vieläkin vahvempi, jos siinä ei kuvattais jotain HISTORIAA.

Tämä biisi meni sitseillä huonoiten, mutta Leden soittama Melodica-intro puhalsi tosiaan MUUTOKSEN TUULIA haltioituneen sitsikansan kasvoille.

“Skorpparit” ovat yhä aktiivisia. Jos olet onnekas, voit löytää bändin levyn esim. Stupidosta!

4. Eagle Eye Cherry – Save Tonight

Merisen settimme päätti yleisön jopa AGGRESSIIVISESTI vaatima encore, singer-songwriter KOTKASILMÄ KIRSIKAN “Save Tonight” -hitti, jonka musavideo jaksaa hämmentää! Myös tässä kappaleessa nainen itkee. Mikä märinäfantasia näillä biisintekijöillä on?! Biisi kertoo hetkeen tarttumisesta, muijien juottamisesta känniin sekä sääliheruttamisesta.

Itse poistuin sitseiltä tunteja ennen pilkkua. Fight the break of dawn, my ass.

Olen aika varma, että Eagle Eye on kuollut heroiinin yliannostukseen.

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Tänään menen PUNTILLE, jos kipeä kurkkuni antaa myötä. Eilisestä krapulasta tuli aika hirveä ja voin pahoin vielä nukkumaan mennessäni. Tarkoituksena tänään illemmalla olisi myös haudata rakas yhteiskuntahistorian laitoksemme (symbolisesti, rakennus säilyy) Kampin Kannas-baarissa, jossa ei varmasti kyyneliltä säästytä. Kotkista Antsa tulee paikalle, Lede lähtee Keski-Suomeen MUMMOLAAN. Watch out, Jyväskylän bithces!

Minulla on tänään suuri tarve pelata lautapelejä ja leipoa. Se oli hienovarainen ehdotus blogin kautta juuri sinulle.. mutta ei sulle.

KEEP YOUR EAGLE ON AND SPREAD THOSE WINGS!

Our life is one big parody of what we were capable of becoming but have instead chosen to piss away all the promise that lay in front of us all because of the choices we were forced to make.
We also take things way too seriously than it actually deserves and forget to laugh at ourselves. Everything is scrutinized to the tiniest details and the real meaning could be lost in the midst of the conversations that takes place.
Let’s bring back the sound of laughter and the word parody back into our lives – because imitation serves as the best form of flattery but to really get back at people who are good at what they do is a parody.

Just like this the little bird has done.

Here’s the lil birdie’s rendition of Scorpions’ “Still Loving u”.

Popdose Report:

Click here to go to Popdose to check Bob Seger “Feel Like a Number”, “Horizontal Bop”, “Old Time Rock n Roll”, “It’s You”, and “Miami”…also check two from 707 “Megaforce”, and “I Could Be Good For You”…and The Scorpions “No One Like You”, “Still Loving You”, and “Rhythm of Love”

Herman Rarebell, German drummer for Scorpions

By Chris Sullins (November 16, 2009)

“This is going to sound kind of funny,” began my wife as she massaged my bare feet as I lay stretched out on the couch, “but your feet smell kind of sweet.  Did you put some lotion on them today?”

“No,” I replied as I reflected first on a rather long day before thinking back over our nearly too decades together and the fact I’d never heard her make a comment like that.  Truth be told she had sometimes stated the aromatic qualities of my feet were quite the opposite.  However, much had been on my mind over the last few days and I added out loud “Maybe they’re sweet for a reason.  I’ve been walking through this life with one foot in the spirit world.  Maybe more so than usual recently.”

“Why?” she asked as my feet rested on her lap.  “Is something the matter?”

“No, it’s nothing new,” I said.  “Not something that’s bothering me or burdening me.  It’s just this time of year.  It’s when I remember the medic I worked with who was killed in Iraq, then coming home only a couple weeks later and demobilizing over Veterans Day weekend.  Just a lot of things I remember and how I see things differently now.  How I know our world could be different for people if they saw things –if they really saw things — and simply chose to act differently from that next moment on.  But then I realize that few things have really changed, that the majority of people haven’t had life changing moments of true insight, and the changes that I wish for will probably not happen in my lifetime.”

My wife was silent.  It occurred to me a few seconds later that I had probably missed her intent for a conversation that was standing more stationary in the present.  But, I had noisily wandered off on one of my introspective and well-traveled footpaths in the fallen leaves of the past while searching for the distant mountains of the fabled future.

She had sat through many of my longer rambling monologues, especially with my far less than sweet feet on other occasions.  My wife’s patience has been both a true testament of tolerance and a direct benefit to the longevity of our marriage.  If we could somehow bottle how this marital chemistry has successfully worked and give it to other couples, it might lessen the divorce rate of 85% for military officers and recent veterans currently being suffered nationwide.

Many soldiers continue to wear their combat boots for weeks or months after returning home.  I did so as well until the following summer when the boots looked too out of place at the civilian office.  I still wear them when I hunt, target shoot, do outdoor work, or just to go around town.  Some recent veterans also wear a military belt with their civilian clothes, but you don’t see the military outdoor jackets worn by this latest generation of demobilized soldiers like the Vietnam generation did.  But, it’s quite possible over the next few years that economic conditions may force this nation’s former service members, and who find themselves increasingly homeless, to make expedient use of their issued clothing rather than worry about a possible fashion faux pas.

Veterans Day and Memorial Day were set aside for public remembrance for this nation’s military service members.  One day dedicated to the living still among us, the other day reserved for our honored dead.  However, for veterans and surviving family members, both days trigger recall of those who have fallen beneath the thin black line into the shaded place of memory.

Stored feelings are often shaken back into daylight and stirred with pain on those days.  But another long drag across the slow passage of time and the sharpest points on the serrated edges can be dulled again.  The veteran who has learned to adjust grit and spit on the whetstone can fall back on the familiar sense of stony fatalism; but we too still wonder how family members who suffered losses cope in the dark valleys between the sunny peaks on their personal roller coaster ride.

On those days, we speak or write our words, march together, and light our candles often alone in the silent evenings.  Whatever symbols or rituals we used were all important, but may change over time as well.  I remember the wreath I made from evergreen boughs tied with rawhide strips which I gave to a tribal elder to lay in the waters of the river.  It was helpful for me both to make and to give away, but just as helpful for the elder to place it in the water.  Everything had its place and everyone their role.  All of this was connected.

The veteran more than many others understands the connection between cause and effect when it comes to human life –that decisions can have fatally permanent consequences.  The separations and losses, both downrange and at home, while on a long deployment cause irrevocable changes physically, mentally, and emotionally.  People who have recently returned from a deployment often have yet to realize their idealized home of the not too distant past has vanished like smoke from yesterday’s campfire.

Today’s veterans and family members are actively encouraged to step into what is called the “new normal”.  If they try to crawl back for a lost past, they may soon find themselves shackled by an ankle on an increasingly shortened chain.  They have yet to learn there is no way to go back and recycle the old normal.  More pain will be in store if they can’t move forward.

The Native Americans and other tribal societies from around the world once had purification ceremonies for their veterans upon return home from war.  It was understood and acknowledged that a change had taken place.  Modern psychologists research this and try their own version of collective reprogramming and community reintegration, but they will miss many of the necessary symbolic elements.  It’s not that they fail to listen to the modern warrior, but that the modern warrior like those from the past may have little to say at first.

But what can a veteran say when wars have yet to end and evil continues to evade justice.  The youthful veteran who asks what more can be done may continue to serve in uniform, put an individual life on pause, and if necessary sacrifice that life.  The aged or weary veteran who has meditated upon personal revelations and seen historical cycles repeat may do little more than wonder what his society as a whole has learned and fear for its future.

Many veterans have been far too humble to ask tough questions in public.  Likewise, many civilian leaders don’t ask them either as they hit one easy softball after another in the mainstream media.  Unfortunately, there are times in history when asking hard questions, seeking real answers and making the cold-blooded decisions necessary to unconditionally vanquish an enemy can be misinterpreted by a pampered public or purposely maligned by internally corrosive political factions.

War was not, is not, and will never be glorious in any storybook sense.  Its description can never be entirely caught between the writers’ worn pendulum of boredom and terror.  The use of mass physical force, though applied in varying combinations of science and art, always approaches the vulgar rather than the eloquent in its display.  One who has seen both slaughterhouse and surgery in action understands the difference between monstrous tools, monsters, and the necessary actions of good people.

At some point in our journey though we ask what was this all for?  This was not asked in the sense of the expenditures of “blood and treasure” on the kingdom’s balance sheet.  That was never the sort of knowledge we as veterans and our associated family members sought.  At the end of it all when some sage puts pen to scroll or keystroke to screen, we just wanted to know if we made a difference and someone gave a damn about it after the last of us are gone.

What frustrates the hell out of us, though, is seeing the same tired patterns repeated of political games and infighting in the present tense.  Observers then act surprised when the rug is pulled out from under soldiers during the war and again later for veterans.  And sometimes living veterans and their recent wars can fade from public memory faster than the flags do at the military cemeteries.  More times than not someone who had no “skin in the game” (their words not ours) decided that the conditions needing security had changed and it was simply time for a cessation of active force.  There will be some inside talk of how the tools had served their usefulness when it comes to the soldiers and later this will turn to those same tools exceeding their productive service life when it comes to veterans.

Note that I did not use a phrase to imply an end of war or a beginning of peace.  Anyone around long enough knows there is no such thing as lasting peace when it comes to our worldly governments built upon the current human minds which want to play king of the hill.  Periods in human history known as peace have simply been lulls in hostilities as one or more sides re-equip their people with better arms.  The sides then re-engage from perceived positions of superior strength and try again to win more battles.  The best that might be achieved is a temporary sense of victory during that generation’s time of war.

Given what sounded like my earlier ethereal call for peace and understanding, it may now seem that I took you the reader in a circle of roulette with a bouncing ball of personal paradox.  The main reason for this is that I have yet to see anything which indicates a real lasting change in collective human attitude; although I honestly long for it as indicated at the very beginning of this essay.  But, if you were looking for that warm fuzzy feeling seed planted by today’s green crop of sound bite motivational speakers, be advised you already slipped off the gore-spackled edge and planted yourself into what you might consider my mentally contradictory mix of crunchy charred bones and sticky squishy flesh.  Please wade with me a bit further.

I will try to illustrate this deep dimly lit place using an actual dream that I had a few nights ago right after Veterans Day.  Telling you the dream will be more important than me having the dream.  The dream doesn’t hold any mysteries for me.  I painted it.  However, it will explain the perspectives of a veteran, the struggle between generations over understanding the cycles of time which includes war and peace, and why in many ways the passage of time and the death of memory itself has been humanity’s main problem.

The dream goes like this:  You are sitting in a very dark room, but you can still see the floor around you and the chair you’re sitting in.  Your frail elderly father is resting on a couch not far away.  In the hazy light you see a scorpion slowly crawling on the floor toward you from the side.  Your first thought is to stand up and step on it with your boots, but you immediately find your wrists are securely tied to the chair.  The chair itself is also firmly bolted to the floor.

The scorpion continues to slowly move toward you.  You yell to your father warning him there’s a scorpion in the room.  You advise him to immediately come over and untie your hands before it gets any closer.  There’s still time for you to safely stomp on the scorpion if he does this right now.  However, your father replies that he can’t even see you in the room let alone the scorpion crawling around somewhere on the floor.  Your father has sat up, but really can’t see his way and won’t leave his couch.

Just before the scorpion disappears from your view on the floor to your left, you try to reach over with your foot.  The scorpion is too far away and leaves the edge of your view somewhere beneath the chair.  You and your father sit silently in your respective places for another minute.  You then see the scorpion crawling up your left bicep.  At that point you wake from the dream.

The understanding of that dream comes from walking with one foot in the spirit world.  If it’s possible for both of us to take the journey together without pain, then I would like to do that.  However, I suspect one of us may have to suffer the sting of the scorpion as long as one or both are unable or unwilling to take action at the right moment.

I’m conscious that the last two entries have been a bit grim so I’ll try and make this one a bit lighter.

It’s been a busy couple of weeks going up and down the country but I’m hopeful that the coming week will be a bit quieter. The last few days I’ve been in Blantyre (named after David Livingstone’s hometown), Malawi’s commercial centre. In fact, it could almost be called a proper city. I went down to help out on an exchange visit – a load of paediatric nurses from Lilongwe’s Kamuzu Central Hospital were paying a visit to Blantyre’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital to look at different ways of working.

We set off in the hospital bus and headed south full of jokes and good cheer. Not even getting done for speeding could put a dampener on the party spirit. The plan was to spend one night in Blantyre and then drive back the next day. The visit went fairly well with lots of differences identified and a plan for improvements put together.

However (you knew there was a but coming, didn’t you), the small matter of an unpaid muli-billion kwacha bill has meant that there has been a national shortage of fuel the last couple of weeks. The driver had spent the whole day queuing up and finally managed to get some diesel around 5pm. It’s a good 4-5 hours’ trip back to Lilongwe and driving in the dark is not recommended, what with all those ramshackle vehicles with no lights, drunk drivers, random pedestrians, cows and dogs on the road. Arrive alive was very much on my mind so I decided to spend another night in Blantyre rather than take the risk. The nurses set off into the night and duly arrived back in Lilongwe about 1am.

The unexpected bonus of this was that I got to see “Octopussy” on the telly in the hotel. I’d forgotten how corny it was and how bad Roger Moore was as a Bond. And watching it through a blue mosquito net didn’t really help matters. The other plus was the chance to see another episode of Taggart while having my breakfast. Doesn’t get much better!

After making sure that yet another Glasgow murrrrdurrrrr had been solved I paid my 3000 kwacha and hopped on the shiny new express bus. For this you get comfy seats, aircon, piped Westlife and complimentary drinks and snacks. This compares with the 600 kwacha you could pay for the minibus, for which you get broken seats, natural aircon (similar to a hairdryer in your face), piped chicken squawking and complimentary stops at every tomato stand along the route.

The only other exciting news from the tropics this week is a new wildlife spotting. I’m used to geckos, ants and mosquitoes dotting around the house but, imagine my surprise when I put on some trousers today only to find a scorpion in the pocket! Probably the sort of excitement I could do without.

Hace unos días hizo 20 años de la caída del muro de Berlín y se me vino a la mente éste tema genial.

Ouvir música pode ter efeitos benéficos para o sistema cardiovascular – mas só se for música agradável e da preferência do ouvinte. A afirmação é de um estudo feito por pesquisadores da Escola de Medicina da Universidade de Maryland, nos Estados Unidos. Segundo os autores, músicas selecionadas por voluntários entre as que produziam a sensação de bem-estar, ao serem ouvidas, ajudaram a promover a dilatação dos vasos e a aumentar o fluxo sanguíneo.

Por outro lado, músicas consideradas “estressantes” levaram à contração dos vasos e à redução no fluxo sanguíneo. “Havíamos demonstrado anteriormente que emoções positivas, como o riso, são boas para a saúde vascular. Desta vez, decidimos verificar se outras emoções, como as evocadas pela música, teriam efeito semelhante”, disse Michael Miller, um dos autores do estudo. “Como sabíamos que os indivíduos reagem diferentemente a tipos diversos de música, permitimos que os participantes escolhessem o que queriam ouvir, com base em seus gostos pessoais”, disse.

Continue lendo…

A música sempre esteve presente na minha vida, quando era pequeno, costumava ouvir o que pode é considerado j-pop hoje. O tempo foi passando, e resolvi comprar uns cd’s pra conhecer mais bandas: Titãs, Raimundos, Ramones, Green Day, Kiss, Pearl Jam, e muitas outras…

Hoje, ouço j-rock, heavy metal, industrial e hard rock, e algumas outras bandas de rock, e o resto é lixo! Mas gosto é gosto, não dá pra discutir futebol, religião, política e música. E muitas vezes tudo isso se mistura!

Pego o exemplo de Wing Of Change dos Scorpions, que se converteu no hino dos protestos, que levaram a queda do Muro de Berlim. A música é muito foda, é um clássico! E agora, eu pergunto, o que a próxima geração vai ouvir, ou o que vão contar aos netos, sobre o que toca nas rádios hoje?

Meus tios me contaram sobre bandas que fizeram história: Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Van Halen, Bon Jovi, Judas Priest, Kiss, Iron Maiden, Scorpions. Algumas delas continuam fazendo, mesmo depois de 30, 40 anos.

Espero que dure pra sempre! =)

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Sometimes there’s a time you must say goodbye
Though it hurts you must learn to try

Potongan lirik favorit saya dari lagu Here In My Heart yang dinyanyikan oleh band Scorpions duet dengan Lyn Liechty diiringi Berliner Philharmoniker di album Moment of Glory.

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German Reunification 20 Year Anniversary (Kimya Dawson & co):

Ieri si è festeggiato il ventennale dalla caduta del muro di Berlino e avrei voluto scrivere un pezzo per il blog, per ricordare questo evento che per il mondo, ma soprattutto per la mia generazione che all’epoca aveva più o meno una ventina d’anni, è stato un momento di grandi speranze di pace.

Purtroppo in questi giorni non ho  molto tempo da dedicare al blog e perciò, non potendo scrivere un articolo più lungo, vi metto un video musicale che sintetizza le speranze della mia generazione all’indomani della Caduta del Muro: Wind of change dei tedeschi Scorpions.

Purtroppo la speranza di pace globale che si respirava in quegli anni si è scontrata con la dura realtà degli anni ‘90 dove la violenza è cresciuta (guerra in ex-Yugoslavia, genocidio in Rwanda, guerre in Medioriente, globalizzazione selvaggia, disastri ambientali, etc…). Ma se, nel mio e nel nostro piccolo, continuiamo a lottare per la pace, per la solidarietà e per la giustizia, lo facciamo anche  perchè abbiamo  ancora negli occhi e nel cuore le immagini e i volti dei nostri coetanei di Berlino Est del 9 Novembre 1989.

p.s. Il video riprodotto sopra contiene una rimasterizzazione con immagini tratte dalla guerra del Golfo del 2003. Se volete vedere il video originale del 1991 dovere guardare questo video sotto direttamente da You Tube (non è possibile incorporarlo nel blog).

Na continuação das comemorações dos vinte anos da queda do muro de Berlim, eis aqui uma referência musical de um grupo que fez época, neste caso tocando com uma orquestra clássica, este “Wind of change”…e porque a mudança tem de estar sempre presente, eis então: The Scorpions!

I was in 5th grade when the Berlin Wall came down. My friend Aimee’s dad brought her back a piece of the wall, and I was so jealous. I didn’t really know why at the time, except that it was something special and no one else had it. Two years later at a slumber party, we were watching MTV and I saw the video for Wind of Change for the first time. I’m not sure, but I might have cried. (I also might have cried for the video to Everything I Do, I Do It For You. What can I say? I was a 13-year-old girl.) Twenty years later, and it’s still a great song.

Scorpions: Wind of Change

But tonight in New Orleans, the news is all about another Scorpions song.

Rock Me Like a Hurricane.

Although it has become more of a Rock Me Like a Windy-and-Kind-of-Rainy-Night. It’s just that no one has told the weather team that.