To be fair, I think even best of friends would be wise to ask a question or two first. I’m sure the other M will agree!

You had some devil!

Through the window at Geiegnbau Löffler. Nearby Haidhausen hosts lots of creative businesses.
#Munich #München #Haidhausen #nightlystroll #dailywalk

Carrot cake without cream cheese frosting is like an empty bra. It’s missing a vital component.

The Tollwood Music Festival takes over the Olympic Park each summer. Headlining this year are the remaining members of some A-List acts. Plus, your chance to see a famous meme in the flesh. #Munich #München #dailywalk

Bolivia! Detroit! A globetrotting family. We must Zoom when you return.

Spring has arrived across southern Bavaria! The city of #Munich has broken out its customary festive signage, celebrating the change of season in a very German way. #München #Hofgarten #dailywalk

You might have to fess up to the wizards! Do at least three of them have a sense of humour?

Today’s Gratuitous #Denglish, City Council Election Edition:
So much Denglish to choose from! Let’s pick SAME.

The illustration jokes about needing glasses to tell the main parties apart.

#Munich #München #stadtratswahl #dailywalk

Today’s Gratuitous #Denglisch: Hey You.
#Munich #München #Altstadt #dailywalk

My phone is far too seldom out of my hands to lose it, alas.

You can get by without culture, but it’s all crap.

Without culture, everything’s the same.

A political group at the Munich city elections agrees with thee. My education in the #humanities gave me two valuable gifts. It made me highly economically productive, and built my character. Signs: 1. “You can get by without culture, but it’s all crap.” 2. “Without culture, everything’s the same”.

You can get by without culture, but it’s all crap.

Without culture, everything’s the same.

A political group at the Munich city elections agrees with thee. My education in the #humanities gave me two valuable gifts. It made me highly economically productive, and built my character. Signs: 1. “You can get by without culture, but it’s all crap.” 2. “Without culture, everything’s the same”.

7. Genuine thanks for sending me down this pleasant, nostalgic rabbit hole, @thno2009.bsky.social!

Bewitched - Rare Original Season 2 Theme Song YouTube video by California Chazz

6. Back on the subject of earworms. They switched to a more sophisticated, syncopated arrangement of the theme for season 2. While arguably a better, less cartoony, more adult piece of music, it wasn’t as catchy as season 1, and the show reverted back to it for season 3. …/7 youtu.be/pmYCqgGPQ8o?...

bewitched japan opening 奥さまは魔女 YouTube video by Yousri Zamouri

5. In the original version, the titles were actually animsted into the cartoon cell, and don’t appear to float or vibrate. Japanese Bewitched also animated the titles directly into the cartoon cell to avoid vibration; Japan knows about animation, after all. youtu.be/DQJrVt2TSy0?...

Bewitched Season 3 Opening YouTube video by snowpeck

4. Telecine was an imperfect process, because the film would physically misalign ever so slightly from frame to frame in front of the video camera. In DE, the titles were superimposed over animation on a separate price of film, they “vibrate” vs the US version…/5. youtu.be/XRZitnndpoY?...

Telecine - Wikipedia

3. I spent over for decades in Adland, and know a little about early video processes. Comparing the German vs US title sequences, what strikes me is the difference in “frame shake”. An artifact of Telecine, which was the process of transferring film to video…/4 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecine

Bewitched (From Bewitched) YouTube video by Steve Lawrence - Topic

2. Professor Google tells me the theme originally did have lyrics, which were never used on TV. …/3 youtu.be/N0VbMvcVaFM?...

VERLIEBT IN EINE HEXE 1968 YouTube video by Yousri Zamouri

1. Here’s an idle 2.00 am thought. In my mind, an English speaker hears “Bewitched, Bewitched” in the first four notes of the melody, even though the words are never sung. I guess speakers of other languages just hear a series of de-dums, right? …/2 youtu.be/PfDEzsHHtbA?...

2. To me, the class marker is important. The phrase generally gets applied a muscly, impulsive young male. The locomotive rugby player rather than the poised polo player. An upper crust guy who behaves with the strength—and even recklessness—of a young, healthy working class lad.

1. Born and lived in America til early teen years, then came of age in Australia. Yes, I know “in rude health”. But it’s consciously marked as British English, and posh British English at that, in both the US and Oz. …/2

@howardm.bsky.social, it’s great to see you in my humble feed. We must have an actual virtual chat someday, if you’re up for it. And a fan message to Sandra: just ordered The Men, and looking forward to reading it.

Roses are redde
Noble are the manatees
For a bettir future
Teach artes and humanityes

Today’s Gratuitous #Denglisch. A late improv on Happy Holidays. BTW, German has a perfectly serviceable word for “pistachio”, too. #Munich #München #dailywalk

Adventures in AI Image Generation. Not a wave in sight. Unless the bot has developed new powers of…irony! If that happens, we’re all screwed.

I Dream Of Jeannie - Bewitched - New Project Funk Orchestra & Marco Pierobon YouTube video by Luca Merlini

5. Earworms tend to use 3rd/4th/5th intervals. If you want a universal brain cleaner, find a piece that starts with a big interval. My go-to: the theme from I Dream of Jeannie. Warning: stop this video before the theme from Bewitched. The intervals are ultra-earwormy. youtu.be/6WLsEOrSGZQ?...

John Williams & Vienna Philharmonic feat. Anne-Sophie Mutter – “Hedwig’s Theme” From “Harry Potter” YouTube video by Deutsche Grammophon - DG

4. In a pinch, Hedwig’s Theme from Harry Potter will do. I like this version. Nice example of improvisation outside the world of jazz. …/5 youtu.be/qsCZP3wdF4w?...

My Baby Just Cares for Me YouTube video by Nina Simone - Topic

3. I needed to find a musical phrase that began with a perfect fourth, from a piece I actually like. Here’s Nina Simon’s My Baby Just Cares for Me. At 1:13, you’ll hear the two grace notes before the descending scale. The same chords, too. Works like a charm…/4 youtu.be/u5wj0iWyjhk?...

2. I was determined to find the source. Turned out, it’s the new MagSafe bedside phone holder. When you bekleber the phone to it, you hear a confirmation note followed by a chord at a higher interval. A perfect fourth, I recall from my time as a sullen, mail-it-in high school music student…/3