Dr Hugo Fagandini
@sonetlumiere.bsky.social
PhD on Krautrock in the New German Cinema. Lover of films and music of all kinds. Collector and occasional reader of books. Writings on film music @ sonetlumiereblog.wordpress.com.
Mystery solved - there was me thinking that Echoes had dissolved into light again...
www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/2563607...
www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/2563607...
November 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Mystery solved - there was me thinking that Echoes had dissolved into light again...
www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/2563607...
www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/2563607...
Neologismus / #WortDesTages: "Arschlochisierung"
#Arschlochisierung als Wettbewerb: welches privilegierte Land kann am unmenschlichsten sein?
"Innenministerin Mahmood will das automatische Recht von Asylbewerbern auf Unterkunft & finanz. Unterstützung abschaffen, um 'irreguläre Migration' einzudämmen."
"Innenministerin Mahmood will das automatische Recht von Asylbewerbern auf Unterkunft & finanz. Unterstützung abschaffen, um 'irreguläre Migration' einzudämmen."
UK to curtail asylum seekers’ automatic right to accommodation
Home secretary on a ‘moral mission’ as she battles clandestine migration
www.ft.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Neologismus / #WortDesTages: "Arschlochisierung"
Reposted by Dr Hugo Fagandini
The latest threat to UK modern languages is yet another faux pas. Nottingham and Leicester are taking a swing at language departments. But those proposing closures have taken their eye off the ball, say four linguists. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/late... via @timeshighered.bsky.social
The latest threat to UK modern languages is yet another faux pas
Nottingham and Leicester are taking a swing at language departments. But those proposing closures have taken their eye off the ball, say four linguists
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The latest threat to UK modern languages is yet another faux pas. Nottingham and Leicester are taking a swing at language departments. But those proposing closures have taken their eye off the ball, say four linguists. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/late... via @timeshighered.bsky.social
Oh no 😰 It's awful enough that these issues are affecting unis all across the country, but literally this combination was my undergrad degree, and it hits hard. I don't think many of my old lecturers are still there, but they set me on a good path, such a shame to see their legacy wrecked like this.
November 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Oh no 😰 It's awful enough that these issues are affecting unis all across the country, but literally this combination was my undergrad degree, and it hits hard. I don't think many of my old lecturers are still there, but they set me on a good path, such a shame to see their legacy wrecked like this.
I don't know Pasolini or his films nearly as well as I feel I should, and don't think I can ever bring myself to watch "Salo", but he is nonetheless a fascinating individual, and his "wide-awake-ness" is especially urgent today. Worth a read!
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
What did Pasolini know? Fifty years after his brutal murder, the director’s vision of fascism is more urgent than ever
With mystery still surrounding Pier Paolo Pasolini’s death, the poet and film-maker’s warnings of corruption and rising totalitarianism offer a chilling message for our times
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:29 AM
I don't know Pasolini or his films nearly as well as I feel I should, and don't think I can ever bring myself to watch "Salo", but he is nonetheless a fascinating individual, and his "wide-awake-ness" is especially urgent today. Worth a read!
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Reposted by Dr Hugo Fagandini
Verrohung, respektloses Verhalten und rechtsextrem motivierte Übergriffe: In den #Gedenkstätten nehmen Probleme mit offenkundig rechtsextrem beeinflussten Jugendlichen massiv zu. Politik, Schulen und die gesamte Gesellschaft sind gefordert.
www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/kz-g...
www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/kz-g...
Rechtsextremismus: Schüler provozieren häufiger beim Besuch von KZ-Gedenkstätten
Übergriffe auf KZ-Gedenkstätten gab es schon immer. Doch seit einigen Jahren nimmt ihre Zahl stetig zu. Neu ist, dass sich ganze Schülergruppen und Klassen danebenbenehmen.
www.sueddeutsche.de
October 29, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Verrohung, respektloses Verhalten und rechtsextrem motivierte Übergriffe: In den #Gedenkstätten nehmen Probleme mit offenkundig rechtsextrem beeinflussten Jugendlichen massiv zu. Politik, Schulen und die gesamte Gesellschaft sind gefordert.
www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/kz-g...
www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/kz-g...
Such a sad loss - I was reflecting just the other day on his energetic, propulsive, but also incredibly supple style of drumming. Listening recently to some of the numerous ECM sessions he sat in on over the years with Kenny Wheeler, John Abercrombie, Dave Holland et al was a revelation. RIP.
1/Noch vor wenigen Stunden postete Jack DeJohnette dieses Foto - nun ist er im Alter von 83 Jahren verstorben. Mit ihm verliert die Musik- und Jazz-Welt einer ihrer Allergrößten, der nicht nur mit Jazz-Größen wie John Coltrane, Charles Lloyd, Miles Davis, Keith Jarrett, Pat
October 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Such a sad loss - I was reflecting just the other day on his energetic, propulsive, but also incredibly supple style of drumming. Listening recently to some of the numerous ECM sessions he sat in on over the years with Kenny Wheeler, John Abercrombie, Dave Holland et al was a revelation. RIP.
She will probably be remembered for one or two certain things, but I watched "Hobson's Choice" for the first time a short while back and thinking she was incredibly assured in what was one of, if not her first major film role. RIP.
October 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
She will probably be remembered for one or two certain things, but I watched "Hobson's Choice" for the first time a short while back and thinking she was incredibly assured in what was one of, if not her first major film role. RIP.
An essential listen for those who need to hear it (or be reminded) from Timothy Snyder of the insidious games that the Tr*mp administration is playing with historical awareness and facts.
snyder.substack.com/p/when-anti-...
snyder.substack.com/p/when-anti-...
When Anti-antifa means Pro-Nazi (video)
Notes from a Presidential "Roundtable"
snyder.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
An essential listen for those who need to hear it (or be reminded) from Timothy Snyder of the insidious games that the Tr*mp administration is playing with historical awareness and facts.
snyder.substack.com/p/when-anti-...
snyder.substack.com/p/when-anti-...
Reposted by Dr Hugo Fagandini
35 years ago, Germany was reunified.
October 3, 2025 at 6:15 AM
35 years ago, Germany was reunified.
Whaaat, did not realise this had happened 😢 I won a ticket to see Hermeto Pascoal at the LJF a few years back having never heard of him before, and it was one of the most life-affirming gigs I've ever been to: he seemed to spend half the time hugging people on stage. He will truly be missed.
BBC Radio 2
The Jazz Show with Jamie Cullum
Jamie pays a small tribute to Brazilian great Hermeto Pascoal who has passed away at the age of 89. He also has an archive session track from Cherise and a classic from Joe Pass.
The Jazz Show with Jamie Cullum
Jamie pays a small tribute to Brazilian great Hermeto Pascoal who has passed away at the age of 89. He also has an archive session track from Cherise and a classic from Joe Pass.
September 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Whaaat, did not realise this had happened 😢 I won a ticket to see Hermeto Pascoal at the LJF a few years back having never heard of him before, and it was one of the most life-affirming gigs I've ever been to: he seemed to spend half the time hugging people on stage. He will truly be missed.
There really needs to be a GIF of Max Giermann as Klaus Kinski saying "Soll das ein Witz sein?" precisely for this sort of occasion, but this will have to do for now (ignore the captions at the top): youtube.com/shorts/UXvQA...
September 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
There really needs to be a GIF of Max Giermann as Klaus Kinski saying "Soll das ein Witz sein?" precisely for this sort of occasion, but this will have to do for now (ignore the captions at the top): youtube.com/shorts/UXvQA...
I thought I had seen her name mentioned on here a couple of days ago and wondered if something had happened, but it seems to be official now, so: RIP #ClaudiaCardinale - anyone who can take on Klaus Kinski for screen presence earns my immediate respect
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...
Claudia Cardinale, glamorous star of The Leopard and Once Upon a Time in the West, dies aged 87
The husky-voiced, chain-smoking actor had a reputation as a fiercely independent, free-spirited woman
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I thought I had seen her name mentioned on here a couple of days ago and wondered if something had happened, but it seems to be official now, so: RIP #ClaudiaCardinale - anyone who can take on Klaus Kinski for screen presence earns my immediate respect
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...
Reposted by Dr Hugo Fagandini
‘Resistance is when I put an end to what I don’t like’: The rise and fall of the Baader-Meinhof gang www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se... via @theguardian.com @jasonburke2.bsky.social
‘Resistance is when I put an end to what I don’t like’: The rise and fall of the Baader-Meinhof gang | Jason Burke
In the 1970s, the radical leftwing German terrorist organisation may have spread fear through public acts of violence – but its inner workings were characterised by vanity and incompetence
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:52 AM
‘Resistance is when I put an end to what I don’t like’: The rise and fall of the Baader-Meinhof gang www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se... via @theguardian.com @jasonburke2.bsky.social
Interesting how this MI6 promo opens literally with the SIS Building at Vauxhall in a crosshairs - is it that no one remembers the rocket launcher attack in 2000, or are they just riffing on it...?
www.linkedin.com/posts/foreig...
www.linkedin.com/posts/foreig...
September 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Interesting how this MI6 promo opens literally with the SIS Building at Vauxhall in a crosshairs - is it that no one remembers the rocket launcher attack in 2000, or are they just riffing on it...?
www.linkedin.com/posts/foreig...
www.linkedin.com/posts/foreig...
I've always regretted not taking the opportunity to visit while just up the road in, but wanting to make up for it now after reading this - love those lines 😁
'It landed like an alien spaceship’: 100 years after Bauhaus arrived, Dessau is still a magnet for design fans www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/... via @theguardian.com @kate-mann.bsky.social
‘It landed like an alien spaceship’: 100 years after Bauhaus arrived, Dessau is still a magnet for design fans
The German city is celebrating the renowned art school’s centenary with exhibitions, digital tours and bike and bus routes connecting landmark Bauhaus buildings
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I've always regretted not taking the opportunity to visit while just up the road in, but wanting to make up for it now after reading this - love those lines 😁
It's actually a little spooky rereading Roszak's foreword to the 1995 edition and seeing so much foreshadowing of what we're now experiencing 30 years later, indeed as it was seemingly happening back then all in plain sight:
September 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
It's actually a little spooky rereading Roszak's foreword to the 1995 edition and seeing so much foreshadowing of what we're now experiencing 30 years later, indeed as it was seemingly happening back then all in plain sight:
I've often thought how big tech and AI display totalitarian attitudes towards the individuality invested in identity, creativity etc (ie breaking down to build up again), and @leaypi.bsky.social hits the nail on the head just how key dignity is to this - or rather its denial in the name of profit.
My weekend essay for @financialtimes.com on grandmothers from lost worlds, dignity and surveillance (then and now)…
Lea Ypi: How to think about surveillance
A picture of her grandmother posted on social media sent the author to the archives of Albania’s former security services — and raised difficult questions about who watches us today
on.ft.com
September 7, 2025 at 9:10 AM
I've often thought how big tech and AI display totalitarian attitudes towards the individuality invested in identity, creativity etc (ie breaking down to build up again), and @leaypi.bsky.social hits the nail on the head just how key dignity is to this - or rather its denial in the name of profit.
Sad news to hear obviously, but a (semi) retirement well deserved after years of service and dedication to what continues to be a fantastic show and a fixture of my listening week.
All the very best and thanks to Melvyn, and excited to see how the programme will evolve under a new host!
All the very best and thanks to Melvyn, and excited to see how the programme will evolve under a new host!
‘It’s been quite a ride!’ Melvyn Bragg to step down from Radio 4’s In Our Time after 27 years
‘It’s been quite a ride!’ Melvyn Bragg to step down from Radio 4’s In Our Time after 27 years
The broadcaster is leaving the hit BBC programme after presenting more than 1,000 episodes and having ‘enriched the lives of millions’
Melvyn Bragg has announced that he will be leaving BBC Radio 4 show In Our Time after hosting it for 27 years. He launched it in October 1998, after being asked to present a programme during what was known as “the death slot” because of its low Thursday morning audience figures.
The show, which explores the characters, events and discoveries that have shaped our world, has proved extremely popular. It celebrated its 1,000th episode in 2023 and is regularly one of the BBC’s most listened to on-demand programmes worldwide. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 4, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Sad news to hear obviously, but a (semi) retirement well deserved after years of service and dedication to what continues to be a fantastic show and a fixture of my listening week.
All the very best and thanks to Melvyn, and excited to see how the programme will evolve under a new host!
All the very best and thanks to Melvyn, and excited to see how the programme will evolve under a new host!
"Gunterdammerung", anyone?
'Ganz unten': Mehmet Ergen and Sabri Tuluğ Tırpan's new docu-opera tells the story of how German journalist Günter Wallraff posed as a migrant worker in the 1980s. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a... via @theguardian.com @philipoltermann.bsky.social
Opera tells story of German journalist who posed as migrant worker for two years
Docu-opera explores encounters and ethics of Günter Wallraff’s undercover work in 1980s, which he now describes as an existential necessity
www.theguardian.com
August 29, 2025 at 9:45 AM
"Gunterdammerung", anyone?
Reposted by Dr Hugo Fagandini
I wrote this with the aim that it would be a durable piece, relevant every time there's a flare-up of far right violence or as far right ideas make further advances into the mainstream. Hope people find it useful.
‘Are we, as Richard Seymour suggests, “in the early days of a new fascism”? In 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮, Seymour argues that in trying to understand the new far right, we have been looking in the wrong places.’
@trillingual.bsky.social on far-right populism:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@trillingual.bsky.social on far-right populism:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Daniel Trilling · Is this fascism?
Are we, as Richard Seymour suggests, ‘in the early days of a new fascism’? In Disaster Nationalism, Seymour...
www.lrb.co.uk
August 26, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I wrote this with the aim that it would be a durable piece, relevant every time there's a flare-up of far right violence or as far right ideas make further advances into the mainstream. Hope people find it useful.
Reposted by Dr Hugo Fagandini
Die Mohrenstraße ist Geschichte. Seit heute gibt es mitten in Mitte die Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Straße. Unter den Augen vieler Menschen wurden die neuen Straßenschilder feierlich enthüllt. Zahlreiche Redebeiträge, Diskussionen und musikalische Beiträge erinnerten an den langen Weg zur Umbenennung.
August 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Die Mohrenstraße ist Geschichte. Seit heute gibt es mitten in Mitte die Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Straße. Unter den Augen vieler Menschen wurden die neuen Straßenschilder feierlich enthüllt. Zahlreiche Redebeiträge, Diskussionen und musikalische Beiträge erinnerten an den langen Weg zur Umbenennung.
Understandable outrage in Germany as the last surviving member of the NSU terrorist cell - and the only one to face justice for their crimes - is being considered for a rehabilitation programme that may bring forward their release, despite still withholding key details about the group's activities.
Kein Ausstieg für Zschäpe! Angehörige und Betroffene bezweifeln, dass die NSU-Mörderin ehrliche Absichten hat. Keine ihrer Fragen hat sie beantwortet, Reue zeigte sie nie, die Abkehr vom Rechtsterrorismus kauft man ihr nicht ab. 1/2
Kein Exit für Nazis!: Angehörige fordern Ausschluss Zschäpes von Ausstiegsprojekt
Die inhaftierte NSU-Terroristin nimmt an einem Aussteigerprogramm für Nazis teil. Angehörige von Opfern fürchten dadurch ein vorzeitiges Haftende.
taz.de
August 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Understandable outrage in Germany as the last surviving member of the NSU terrorist cell - and the only one to face justice for their crimes - is being considered for a rehabilitation programme that may bring forward their release, despite still withholding key details about the group's activities.
Some definitions/explanations here - just don't look up "goonen": www.giga.de/tech/sybau-w...
So how long until "skibidi" becomes "Jugendwort des Jahres" too...?
So how long until "skibidi" becomes "Jugendwort des Jahres" too...?
August 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Some definitions/explanations here - just don't look up "goonen": www.giga.de/tech/sybau-w...
So how long until "skibidi" becomes "Jugendwort des Jahres" too...?
So how long until "skibidi" becomes "Jugendwort des Jahres" too...?
"Lord, grant me the confidence of" etc etc
„Hitler war ein Linker“ und die Hitlerjugend quasi Antifa: Der Geschichtsrevisionismus der AfD kennt keine Grenzen. Die Behauptungen mögen lächerlich und absurd klingen, doch sie folgen einer gefährlichen Strategie und sind brandgefährlich. Es geht ihnen darum, die Geschichte umzudeuten.
AfD-Politikerin Höchst: „Hitlerjugend kämpfte gegen Rechts“
AfD-Politikerinnen deuten gerne Aspekte des extrem rechten Nationalsozialismus als „links“ um. Ähnliches macht die Bundestagsabgeordnete Nicole Höchst.
www.fr.de
August 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
"Lord, grant me the confidence of" etc etc