Adam sono: making a hobby of his profession

Adam sono: making a hobby of his profession

Adam sono – who is that? Called alexander schug by his burger name, he is known in ebern and the surrounding area mainly as a drummer and drum teacher. After studying all kinds of percussion instruments for almost a decade and playing as a drummer and percussionist in a wide variety of bands and orchestras for even longer, he had to come up with something new … Alexander schug became a songwriter and guitarist at the age of 27. A good sign? In any case, he has now gone from being a professional drummer to an amateur guitarist and singer, and has thus done something that only a few people do: turned his profession into a hobby. He finally gave himself the artistic name adam sono (pronounced in english) and also quickly began to prepare his first CD release. Now the work is finished and carries the name "toxoplasma gondii". The special thing about it is that schug recorded the songs as if a whole band was playing, i.E. With guitars, bass, organ, drumset, percussion and also vibraphone. Thus the circle closes and the drummer in adam sono did not come too briefly.

At his live performance on friday, 14. September, from 9 pm at the "toxic-toast in coburg, however, he will be on stage with guitar only. A very special highlight rounds off the evening: the concert with wastel kauz. Songwriter wastel kauz shows that french switzerland has more to offer than climbing rocks and beer. Biting, humorous and french, he sings his way through the country. On this evening in coburg, according to the announcement, "everything will be purely acoustical go. This evening he will be accompanied by Jeremia reinders on the concert guitar.Due to the performances at the music festival "rambazamba in der pampa in untermerzbach he has already become a local cult figure. With the accompaniment of jeremia reinders, the friends of guitar virtuosity will also get their money's worth this evening

Animal welfare association for meat levy of up to 20 cents per kilo

Animal welfare association for meat levy of up to 20 cents per kilo

In the discussion about higher meat prices, the german animal protection association has spoken out in favor of a special purpose levy on meat.

Association president thomas schroder told the "neue osnabrucker zeitung": "we need a fixed meat levy, which is added to the price. The money can be used to finance the necessary conversion of animal husbandry."

Minister muller: aircraft failures damage germany’s image

Development minister gerd muller says repeated technical problems with federal government aircraft are damaging germany’s image in the world.

The mishaps had an "enormously negative symbolic effect for the high-tech country of germany," the CSU politician told the german press agency during a visit to zambia. Muller had to cancel a planned visit to namibia at the last minute this week due to a technical problem with a government plane and extended his stay in zambia several times.

Criticism and optimism at vapiano’s annual general meeting

Criticism and optimism at vapiano's annual general meeting

The top management of the troubled vapiano restaurant chain has come in for sharp criticism from shareholders.

The company "burned" a lot of money during the expansion and was not able to pull the reins in time, said small shareholder matthias gabler at the annual general meeting in koln. Other shareholders were also dissatisfied and rated the situation as "very critical".

Canoeists and anglers quarrel about the wiesent

Canoeists and anglers quarrel about the wiesent

Anglers and boat rental companies on the wiesent currently have one thing in common: they are dissatisfied. So dissatisfied, in fact, that three boat rental companies and three fishing licensees have filed lawsuits against the new legal requirements from the district office. Now something is happening in the legal dispute between boat rental companies and fishing enthusiasts. Reinhard goller of the district office confirms that the two camps are currently working on a compromise in good faith proceedings at the behest of the administrative court in bayreuth. The district office mediates.

Compared to last year, since may only a maximum of 120 boats per day are allowed to paddle across the meadow. Last year, twice as many were allowed. The new navigation regulations go too far for boat rental companies. "It is like in a restaurant with 100 seats, in which you are allowed to entertain only 50 guests from one day to the next", describes martin maier, managing director of the canoe and leisure specialist "aktiv reisen in muggendorf, the situation. There are a total of three commercial boat rental companies in the county. The companies divide up the permitted boat contingent among themselves. "I'm allowed 60 boats a day between 9 a.M. And 5 p.M.", says maier, who has been renting canoes in muggendorf since 1993. "When we started," says, the 46-year-old continues, "very little was regulated." Since then, at intervals of a few years, there have been "constant" changes new rules.

Otto waldrich honored with donor bust

Otto waldrich honored with donor bust

The honor was crowned by the unveiling of the founder's own bust, crafted in terracotta by nurnberg sculptor eva hermann.

In front of a rough crowd of official congratulators, the director of the coburg art collections, klaus weschenfelder, the chairman of the state foundation, the coburg 2. Mayor norbert tessmer and vice-president petra platzgummer-martin of the government of upper franconia emphasized that the museum, which is respected throughout europe, would not exist without waldrich's three million donation and the association of a number of other sponsors in the glass museum foundation, which opened in 2008. They also emphasized waldrich's stubborn approach in the face of the bavarian locksmith's administration's firm rejection of the planned new building .

Tv habfurt starts with new board

Tv habfurt starts with new board

With a powerful board of directors that is once again complete, TV habfurt is now working on its "sportpark eichelsee" project to be realized in the next few years. However, members still need a little patience before they can play sports in a modern environment. Due to the rescheduling and the extensive conditions imposed by the habfurt city council when approving the 4.625-million-euro project last november, the start of construction after all preliminary work is conceivable in one year at the earliest – i.E. In may 2014, as the association announced in its report to the annual meeting of the tv.

98 members filled the gymnasium at the annual general meeting. The last general meeting was held 22 months ago. "After that the project got out of hand. We have become a "political", said helene friedrich, chairwoman for communications and public relations, in her review.
She took a critical look at the behavior of some of the habfurt city council members. The public turmoil over the sports park has put the TV leadership under a lot of strain. "It is hard to leave the past behind, but let's look ahead", said friedrich ringeisen, said friedrich.

Life in old age is worth living

Life in old age is worth living

There are sentences like "it is important that one still has a task in old age, is involved, belongs to it". Something like this generates nods of approval from the 250 guests in the rossini hall. There is no doubt that henning scherf speaks from the heart of many people when it comes to the topic of "age in transition goes.

Scherf, 75, was mayor of the free hanseatic city of bremen for many years, is a social democrat, gray-haired, vital – a picture-book hanseatic who forces his way through the cramped rows of chairs in the rossinisaal before the lecture and buries everyone with a handshake, a winning smile and a friendly word.

Bavaria’s justice minister defends herself in the mollath case

Bavaria's justice minister defends herself in the mollath case

This is what merk told the mollath investigation committee of the state parliament in munich on friday. In fact, the police acted immediately and very quickly, when it was legally possible for them to do so.

Mollath was committed to a psychiatric hospital in 2006 – because, according to the verdict at the time, he had severely abused his wife and slashed the tires of dozens of cars. Gustl mollath himself and his supporters believe that he is the victim of a conspiracy and of the judiciary because he has uncovered his wife’s black-money transactions worth millions of euros. The public prosecutor’s office has meanwhile requested the reopening of his case.

Customs should ruffle feathers against undeclared work and social fraud

customs should ruffle feathers against undeclared work and social fraud

To curb illegal employment and wage dumping, customs should get more staff and competences. The cabinet in berlin passed a corresponding bill by federal finance minister olaf scholz (SPD).

"We have found that there are quite of exploitative conditions," says scholz. He reports of construction sites where workers earn their wages "under very hard conditions", which are anyway much lower than actually prescribed. At the end of the day, they had to spend the night "under very unbearable conditions (…), in some mattress camps that do not comply with any of the regulations that we have in germany".