Michael Zeigermann
@michaelz79.bsky.social
Film editor, based in Germany. Lived in England 1994-2010. Music, film, football (Borussia Dortmund, QPR) & everything else.
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We got chatting to a guy in a cafe a few years ago and he said he lives in Schwabenland but was originally from Dresden, and moved in 1979. My husband said 'Huh? 10 years before the Wende?'
'Yes', said the man, 'My family escaped from the DDR in a small airplane'.
'Yes', said the man, 'My family escaped from the DDR in a small airplane'.
How two families fled the GDR in a home-made balloon www.derstandard.de/story/300000... via @derstandard.at
Wie zwei Familien mit einem selbstgebauten Ballon aus der DDR geflüchtet sind
Günter Wetzel ist 1979 mit einem selbstgebauten Heißluftballon aus der DDR entkommen. 36 Jahre nach dem Mauerfall blickt er zurück auf seine unglaubliche Flucht
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November 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
We got chatting to a guy in a cafe a few years ago and he said he lives in Schwabenland but was originally from Dresden, and moved in 1979. My husband said 'Huh? 10 years before the Wende?'
'Yes', said the man, 'My family escaped from the DDR in a small airplane'.
'Yes', said the man, 'My family escaped from the DDR in a small airplane'.
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RIP Tatsuya Nakadai
Incredible career.
I guarantee that you will not guess what happens at the end of this epic stare down. Preposterously brilliant.
youtu.be/UkkF6Zz67TE?...
Incredible career.
I guarantee that you will not guess what happens at the end of this epic stare down. Preposterously brilliant.
youtu.be/UkkF6Zz67TE?...
Sanjuro (1962) — The Final Samurai Showdown
YouTube video by Fix Me A Scene
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 7:51 AM
RIP Tatsuya Nakadai
Incredible career.
I guarantee that you will not guess what happens at the end of this epic stare down. Preposterously brilliant.
youtu.be/UkkF6Zz67TE?...
Incredible career.
I guarantee that you will not guess what happens at the end of this epic stare down. Preposterously brilliant.
youtu.be/UkkF6Zz67TE?...
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Took this about six years ago at a local garage. Seeing it now, I wonder just how much this tattered piece of VW history might be worth? Bet it’s a fascinating browse.
November 11, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Took this about six years ago at a local garage. Seeing it now, I wonder just how much this tattered piece of VW history might be worth? Bet it’s a fascinating browse.
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Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
April 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
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A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
#90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
20. Dubstar - Stars
Their debut single and still my favourite Dubstar song. (The original UK video of this song is surprisingly hard to find.)
#MusicChallenge
20. Dubstar - Stars
Their debut single and still my favourite Dubstar song. (The original UK video of this song is surprisingly hard to find.)
Stars
YouTube video by Dubstar - Topic
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 7:34 AM
#90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
20. Dubstar - Stars
Their debut single and still my favourite Dubstar song. (The original UK video of this song is surprisingly hard to find.)
#MusicChallenge
20. Dubstar - Stars
Their debut single and still my favourite Dubstar song. (The original UK video of this song is surprisingly hard to find.)
#90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
21. Aphex Twin - #3 (Rhubarb)
Probably one of the most influential artists of the decade. I could have picked a dozen other songs (Come To Daddy, Windowlicker, etc) but went with my favourite ambient track of all time.
#MusicChallenge
21. Aphex Twin - #3 (Rhubarb)
Probably one of the most influential artists of the decade. I could have picked a dozen other songs (Come To Daddy, Windowlicker, etc) but went with my favourite ambient track of all time.
#3
YouTube video by Aphex Twin - Topic
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 8:53 AM
#90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
21. Aphex Twin - #3 (Rhubarb)
Probably one of the most influential artists of the decade. I could have picked a dozen other songs (Come To Daddy, Windowlicker, etc) but went with my favourite ambient track of all time.
#MusicChallenge
21. Aphex Twin - #3 (Rhubarb)
Probably one of the most influential artists of the decade. I could have picked a dozen other songs (Come To Daddy, Windowlicker, etc) but went with my favourite ambient track of all time.
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Ken Burns drops some knowledge: "People always complain in our, in our divided, dialectical, preoccupied world that, you know, oh, you're taking away my history. No, we're not. We're just pulling back and we're just saying, there are a lot more people here than you think."
November 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Ken Burns drops some knowledge: "People always complain in our, in our divided, dialectical, preoccupied world that, you know, oh, you're taking away my history. No, we're not. We're just pulling back and we're just saying, there are a lot more people here than you think."
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My theory about Joyce Carol Oates is that all her bad posts are her charging up like Godzilla's spines until she lets loose with a radioactive blast that leaves the world's richest Nazi a pile of ash
November 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
My theory about Joyce Carol Oates is that all her bad posts are her charging up like Godzilla's spines until she lets loose with a radioactive blast that leaves the world's richest Nazi a pile of ash
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The is the sort of symbolic erasure one might expect of an insanely hateful regime intent on genocide.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The is the sort of symbolic erasure one might expect of an insanely hateful regime intent on genocide.
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In #Berlin wird am Sonntag an die Opfer der #Novemberpogrome von 1938 erinnert. In der Nacht vom 9. zum 10. November 1938 hatten die Nationalsozialisten eine Gewaltwelle gegen Juden begonnen. www.rbb24.de/panorama/bei...
Gedenken an Opfer der Novemberpogrome von 1938
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November 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
In #Berlin wird am Sonntag an die Opfer der #Novemberpogrome von 1938 erinnert. In der Nacht vom 9. zum 10. November 1938 hatten die Nationalsozialisten eine Gewaltwelle gegen Juden begonnen. www.rbb24.de/panorama/bei...
The Lemonheads - It's A Shame About Ray (Official Video)
YouTube video by firerecords
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 8:37 AM
#2000SongsTop20
#MusicChallenge
🥇1. Godspeed You Black Emperor - Sleep
Two decades since I first heard it and this song still leaves me speechless. I suppose monolothic is a good way to describe it. Brilliant, in any case. Absolute genius.
#MusicChallenge
🥇1. Godspeed You Black Emperor - Sleep
Two decades since I first heard it and this song still leaves me speechless. I suppose monolothic is a good way to describe it. Brilliant, in any case. Absolute genius.
Godspeed You Black Emperor - Sleep
YouTube video by sonikku dammit
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
#2000SongsTop20
#MusicChallenge
🥇1. Godspeed You Black Emperor - Sleep
Two decades since I first heard it and this song still leaves me speechless. I suppose monolothic is a good way to describe it. Brilliant, in any case. Absolute genius.
#MusicChallenge
🥇1. Godspeed You Black Emperor - Sleep
Two decades since I first heard it and this song still leaves me speechless. I suppose monolothic is a good way to describe it. Brilliant, in any case. Absolute genius.
#2000SongsTop20
#MusicChallenge
🥈2. Radiohead - Idioteque
Just noticed that I seem to be behind with this, so without further ado, here’s my favourite track on Kid A.
#MusicChallenge
🥈2. Radiohead - Idioteque
Just noticed that I seem to be behind with this, so without further ado, here’s my favourite track on Kid A.
Idioteque
YouTube video by Radiohead - Topic
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
#2000SongsTop20
#MusicChallenge
🥈2. Radiohead - Idioteque
Just noticed that I seem to be behind with this, so without further ado, here’s my favourite track on Kid A.
#MusicChallenge
🥈2. Radiohead - Idioteque
Just noticed that I seem to be behind with this, so without further ado, here’s my favourite track on Kid A.
#nowplaying
The Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine
I know people who aren’t into Motown. I will never understand them. This music is pure joy!
The Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine
I know people who aren’t into Motown. I will never understand them. This music is pure joy!
The Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You) (Lyric Video)
YouTube video by TheIsleyBrothersVEVO
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
#nowplaying
The Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine
I know people who aren’t into Motown. I will never understand them. This music is pure joy!
The Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine
I know people who aren’t into Motown. I will never understand them. This music is pure joy!
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#90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
23. The Prodigy - Out Of Space
Tbh I love the silliness of early Prodigy, plus this was my gateway to rave, happy hardcore (and by extension dub, reggae, old school hip hop). So definitely a #MostInfluential track in the Life Of Mike.
#MusicChallenge
23. The Prodigy - Out Of Space
Tbh I love the silliness of early Prodigy, plus this was my gateway to rave, happy hardcore (and by extension dub, reggae, old school hip hop). So definitely a #MostInfluential track in the Life Of Mike.
The Prodigy - Out Of Space (Official Video)
YouTube video by The Prodigy
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 8:40 AM
#90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
23. The Prodigy - Out Of Space
Tbh I love the silliness of early Prodigy, plus this was my gateway to rave, happy hardcore (and by extension dub, reggae, old school hip hop). So definitely a #MostInfluential track in the Life Of Mike.
#MusicChallenge
23. The Prodigy - Out Of Space
Tbh I love the silliness of early Prodigy, plus this was my gateway to rave, happy hardcore (and by extension dub, reggae, old school hip hop). So definitely a #MostInfluential track in the Life Of Mike.
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All this stuff is 10-20 ft below London. It just appears. Left is a Roman dining room floor, probably an inn, discovered in Southwark 2022; then an intact mausoleum, also at Southwark, 2023; then a Roman shop floor in St Bride's Fleet St, which appeared when the Germans blew it up.
November 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
All this stuff is 10-20 ft below London. It just appears. Left is a Roman dining room floor, probably an inn, discovered in Southwark 2022; then an intact mausoleum, also at Southwark, 2023; then a Roman shop floor in St Bride's Fleet St, which appeared when the Germans blew it up.
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Green, the band’s 6th studio album, was released this week in November 1988. What’s your favorite song on the album?
November 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Green, the band’s 6th studio album, was released this week in November 1988. What’s your favorite song on the album?
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One of the things I appreciate most about living in Norfolk is the fact that it induces a near-constant state of bewilderment. 1/3
November 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
One of the things I appreciate most about living in Norfolk is the fact that it induces a near-constant state of bewilderment. 1/3
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Did you know that the original version of Sit Down had a completely different video? It's just been uploaded to the official James YouTube channel - watch now: youtu.be/cJG8VBpqOnQ NBL x
#James #SitDown #MusicVideo
#James #SitDown #MusicVideo
November 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Did you know that the original version of Sit Down had a completely different video? It's just been uploaded to the official James YouTube channel - watch now: youtu.be/cJG8VBpqOnQ NBL x
#James #SitDown #MusicVideo
#James #SitDown #MusicVideo
Moloko - The Time Is Now (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by Moloko
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 10:59 AM
#90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
24. Adamski & Seal - Killer
Memories from that time include seeing videos on MTV that were at once inexplicably strange and incredibly cool, and this was no exception. Also, it was no. 1 for ages so the general public in 1990 clearly had taste.
#MusicChallenge
24. Adamski & Seal - Killer
Memories from that time include seeing videos on MTV that were at once inexplicably strange and incredibly cool, and this was no exception. Also, it was no. 1 for ages so the general public in 1990 clearly had taste.
ADAMSKI - Killer
YouTube video by OLD TAPES
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 8:07 AM
#90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
24. Adamski & Seal - Killer
Memories from that time include seeing videos on MTV that were at once inexplicably strange and incredibly cool, and this was no exception. Also, it was no. 1 for ages so the general public in 1990 clearly had taste.
#MusicChallenge
24. Adamski & Seal - Killer
Memories from that time include seeing videos on MTV that were at once inexplicably strange and incredibly cool, and this was no exception. Also, it was no. 1 for ages so the general public in 1990 clearly had taste.