Tag: Austria

The idea for a german blog has been in my head for some time now, but I never felt the urge to start one until a while ago. Since I noticed that quite a few people from good old Germany and even Austria visit this Blog I wanted to let you know that I started writting in my native language too. Behold – my german blog! http://homebeach.blogspot.com/

Mozart was born some 250 years ago in Salzburg and I wonder how he would feel about the year 2006. Just yesterday I watched a documentation on Austrian TV that claimed to unravel the truth about the skull of Mozart. There was a lot of hype about the show as the skull has been in the center of speculations ever since it appeared and the big question always was “Is it for real?”. Well, the TV show promised to bring a final answer to the question in true CSI style.

I guess Mozart would turn over in his grave if he’d knew what they did to his ancestors for the sake of this “grave-entertainment”. Apparently that’s exactly what the forensic scientist did. The dug up a few of Mozart’s presumed relatives, only to find out that no one of the “Mozarts” in the family grave was related to each other, and they did not match the DNA extracted from the skull or the hair-samples from – did you know his full name – Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus – Mozart!

So finally, there is the ultimate answer, that we know nothing, that the mystery became even bigger and that we have to wait another 50 years till the 300 year anniversary.

Maybe that’s when the scientist get permission to dig up Mozarts sister, Maria Anna Walburga Ignatia Mozart (Nannerl) at the St. Peter’s cemetery (which did not gave permission of an exhumation of her body this time), take samples from her bones and share once and for all the truth about the skull of Mozart.

But I’m sure more money is made by not knowing the truth rather then having a final solution. So enjoy your Mozart liquor, your Mozart balls, Mozart beer and whatever clever merchandise products will appear in the Mozart year 2006!

We Austrians are very proud of Arnold Schwarzenegger, no one else from our country had such an remarkable career as the styrian Oak. Though, there was one, I always forget his name, but I think he even made it on the front page of Time Magazin as person of the year. I think they call him the Upper Austrian brownie, but I could be wrong… But for good reasons we are not very proud of that guy and pretend that he was German…

Well, but back to Arnie, whos actions remind me of one of Britney Spears songs these days. Ooops, I did it again… But this is a very serious topic and I shouldn’t joke about. No clemency for Stanley “Tookie” Williams, a former Gang leader turned Child-book writer. Arnold was the last chance for Mr. Williams to be spared from a lethal injection. But Arnie was elected by the people of California and the people of Californa are pro Death peanlity (roughly 70 %) so there was little he could do (some people say because he wants to run for re-election).

Which brings me back to Austria, arguably his biggest fan club! Some over here where so proud of their most famous son, the even named a sport stadium after him, back in the old days, when he was running around with big guns, terminating bad guys on the silver screen rather then by signing a piece of paper. What a coincicdence… The pen is mightier the the swoard!

But since Arnie became Governator some Austrians are mad at him for doing what he has always done and they want the stadium renamed. A sport stadium can’t carry the name of a real killer, someone who is pro death penalty. But they are too late, Arnie drew his guns faster (and that’s what he is best in) and the Terminator told the major of Graz to find a new name for the sports stadium.

And today the Austrian green party lost their only chance to appear on the international news and make some noise about topics that are out of their league.