Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: birthday

Cologne is the fourth-largest city in Germany - and one of the oldest. A Germanic tribe, the Ubii, had a settlement here, this was named by the Romans "Oppidum Ubiorum". In 50 AD, the Romans founded "Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium", the city then became the provincial capital of "Germania Inferior". Franz Kafka is one of the of the major figures of 20th-century literature. His best known works include "Die Verwandlung" ("The Metamorphosis") and "Der Process". The term "Kafkaesque" has entered the language to describe situations that are puzzling, surreal and maybe frightening. I felt a bit Kafkaesque, when I recently found this obituary notice, pasted on a lamppost in Cologne´s Südstadt quarter. Franz Kafka was born 03.07.1883. Today is his birthday.

Since more than a decade Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux hosts the "Saint Paul Soul Jazz" festival. Brian Auger is a legend! I was very touched, as he brought back some memories to the late 60s, when I used to spend the summer holidays in "Swinging London", wearing proudly my "Marquee Club" button badge. About 40 years ago I had seen Brian Auger´s Trinity with Julie Driscoll in London - on a "Road to Cairo". - At midnight the music stopped and the audience started to sing. From now on, this was a birthday party, as Brian Auger turned 77 that night. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BRIAN! - Listen to Road to Cairo from 1968: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI0knMlifcw Listen to "Happiness Is Just Around The Bend" from 2016: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV1IfYrIN9M (thanks to Live Danishout)