Jan Reetze
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Jan Reetze
@cosmicpulses.bsky.social
Books, Radio, Screenplays. Author of "Die Geschichte von Kraftwerks "Autobahn" (2024), "Der Sound der Jahre" (2022), "Times & Sounds" (2020) and others.
Lives in Pittsburgh, PA.
janreetze.com
Good Times, Dezember 2025, über "Joe Meek":
December 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
OX über "Joe Meek -- Ein Portrait":
December 1, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Michael Engelbrecht über "Joe Meek - Ein Portrait":
flowworker.org/2025/11/29/e...
Ein paar gute Gründe, Jan Reetzes Portrait über Joe Meek zu lesen – flowworker.org
flowworker.org
November 30, 2025 at 11:51 PM
"Laut.de" über meine Joe-Meek-Bio:
laut.de/News/Best-of...
Best of 2025 : Die Musikbücher des Jahres – laut.de – Seite 19/51
Jan Reetze - "Joe Meek - Ein Porträt"
laut.de
November 17, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Some thoughts on a new book again / Mal wieder ein paar Gedanken zu einem neuen Buch:

janreetze.blogspot.com/2025/07/loud...
Loud and Clear
(English see below)   So also sah sie aus, die legendäre "Wall of Sound" mit der die Grateful Dead bis Mitte der 1970er unterwegs war...
janreetze.blogspot.com
July 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Ein paar Gedanken zu einer soeben erschienenen Jacques-Tati-Biografie / Some thoughts on a just published biography about Jacques Tati.
janreetze.blogspot.com/2025/07/jacq...
Jacques Tati
(English: please scroll down)  Jahrelang war er schon ziemlich vergessen: Jacques Tati .  Kein Wunder, denn seine großen Erfolge lagen in ...
janreetze.blogspot.com
July 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Ein paar Tage zu spät, macht aber nichts. Ein paar Gedanken zu Hanns Dieter Hüschs Hundertstem.
janreetze.blogspot.com/2025/05/der-...
Der Hüsch
Am 6. Mai hätte Hanns Dieter Hüsch seinen 100. Geburtstag feiern können. Möglicherweise hat er das ja auch, wer weiß, wo. Als Christenmensch...
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May 28, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Reposted by Jan Reetze
we cannot kick the US out of NATO, no?
Elon Musk called a U.S. senator from Arizona—a Navy veteran—a "traitor" for supporting Ukraine.

The senator fired back: "Traitor? Elon, if you don’t understand that defending freedom is a core principle of what makes America great and keeps us safe, maybe you should leave it to those who do."
March 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Reposted by Jan Reetze
The University of Pittsburgh has ordered a hiring freeze for faculty and staff as it braces for continued federal funding uncertainty. The hiring freeze comes weeks after the school paused admissions to its Ph.D. programs.
The University of Pittsburgh orders a hiring freeze for faculty, staff
The University of Pittsburgh has ordered a hiring freeze for faculty and staff as it braces for continued federal funding uncertainty. Just weeks ago, the school paused Ph.D. admissions.
www.wesa.fm
March 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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"Soft Machine founding member and keyboard player Mike Ratledge has died aged 81, after a short illness, his former bandmate and current Soft Machine guitarist John Etheridge has confirmed."

#SoftMachine #Prog #Fusion
"He was the backbone of Soft Machine." Founding member and keyboard player Mike Ratledge dead at 81
Soft Machine's longest-serving member Mike Ratledge, who also worked with Syd Barrett and Kevin Ayers, has died after a short illness
www.loudersound.com
February 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
February 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Reposted by Jan Reetze
The new „New Yorker“ had just arrived.

Now I know what laughing through tears means 😳😂
January 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Reposted by Jan Reetze
Yes, Mr. Musk, of course the National SOCIALISTS were socialists. It's right there in the name.
Just like FUNerals are always fun.
January 10, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Some thoughts on Leah Kardos' book "Kate Bush's Hounds of Love": janreetze.blogspot.com/2024/12/33-1...
33 1/3: Hounds of Love
(Scroll down for English version)   Hätte mich bis jetzt jemand gefragt, welches ich für das beste Album von Kate Bush halte, ich hätte ...
janreetze.blogspot.com
December 5, 2024 at 8:29 PM