Kharon8
Kharon8 t1_j91t3dk wrote
Reply to TIL that Kraftwerk got paid 200.000 euros for the official Hannover Expo 2000 jingle. It was 4 seconds long! by krisolin
Well, they didn't get paid because they made 4s of music, they were paid because they are Kraftwerk and Hannover Expo used that quite a lot in advertising, imagery and sounds and all.
Kharon8 t1_j91smy7 wrote
Reply to comment by krisolin in TIL that Kraftwerk got paid 200.000 euros for the official Hannover Expo 2000 jingle. It was 4 seconds long! by krisolin
.. .and released that as CD single (which I managed to buy at that time).
it says "Expo 2000 Radio Edit" and it's 3:36 long.
Kharon8 t1_j91qpru wrote
Reply to comment by greatgildersleeve in TIL that Simo Häyhä AKA the sniper White Death kept a Winter War diary, that was discovered in 2017 from his nephew's drawer, when a local museum was looking for memorabilia for an exhibition on Häyhä by Nopatme
That's actually very common in Finland and even more than 2 isn't rare. But I can say that 40% (2/5) is a bit much, even by local standards. ;)
Kharon8 t1_j63wcuu wrote
Reply to comment by Wang_entity in [OC] A map of the backroads in Finland, perfectly captured by OpenStreetMap and visualized with QGIS. This map is a definitive not-a-guide to rally driving in Finland! by Geodienst
Yes. All of those are gravel roads, so even minor paved roads aren't in the picture. I think this pic is also based on satellite images, so no car has visited those.
Even Google Maps doesn't show all gravel roads, but when they do, it looks like this: https://goo.gl/maps/6ehKRyfYjy3jzhX56
,,,,and typical rally speed on that: 100mph or more. I think they're nuts, but exciting? Hell yeah!
(That's near by my summer cottage, not all random place.)
Kharon8 t1_j91v3ey wrote
Reply to comment by SPACEMAN_B1FF in TIL that Kraftwerk got paid 200.000 euros for the official Hannover Expo 2000 jingle. It was 4 seconds long! by krisolin
Yes and all the other stuff too: Permission to use images and band name and all.
At some point in rising fame you are not paying to the venue to show your name, venue pays you to show your name.
IMHO Kraftwerk passed that limit in 1970s, after Autobahn. In Germany, at least. Globally after The Man Machine.
They had a number of records (3) before Autobahn and having 2 of them, I can say they are ... shall we say ... 'experimental'. I'm still not sure if they are horrible or brilliant .... but nothing between is possible. :)