Stormy Monday, Episode 5: Backyard lightning

This one was served on a silver platter, on June 25, 2019, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. I just returned from shooting other stuff, and then the sky turned red . So I set up my tripod in the back of my truck in a parking lot (note: a truck is a concept that is completely useless to upright bass players, as the bass will not fit in ANYWHERE, but I just love driving them. I was delighted as a kid on Christmas morning when the guy at the car rental informed me that they were out of cars, and all that’s left is trucks). The show was over within half an hour. There’s no music to go with this pic, but hey, the lightning is gorgeous! Der Beitrag Stormy Monday, Episode 5: Backyard lightning erschien zuerst auf Alexandra Krings.

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Stormy Monday, Episode 1

So, here it is! Welcome to “Stormy Monday” on my website. As a few of you know, besides music, I like storms. I mean, I really like storms! So, in the summer of 2018 I was thrilled to put a check mark beside one of my bucket list items. I went storm chasi

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Stormy Monday, Episode 3: Dust Bowl

Honestly, you simply cannot run a “Stormy Monday” blog without at least one tornado song. So, for me, I’d say a piece inspired by a tornado definitely counts. To my knowledge, there’s only one “tornado song” with a tornado on the album cover… Joe Bonamass

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Stormy Monday, Episode 2: Timelapse Germany

Both states of Kansas and Oklahoma are part of an area referred to as “Tornado Alley”. It’s called that because of the sheer number of tornados there every year. America’s Tornado Alley is known worldwide as the ‘Holy Grail’ for storm chasers. I usually c

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Stormy Monday, Episode 4: Stormchasing Playlist, 2020 edition

Stormchasing means A LOT of driving. We left from Regina, Canada and I am not kidding when I say the first left turn we took was across the Canada/US border and about 800 km into the US. Over the course of the week, we probably listened to every 80s hit s

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Perfume Genius Remixes Live’s ‘Lightning Crashes’

Perfume Genius rang in the new year with a remix of “Lightning Crashes,” the standout track from Live‘s 1994 album Throwing Copper. Mike Hadreas stretches the iconic song to seven and a half minutes, but once it gets to the third line, &

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