Where is Handewitt?
a village in the North of Germany, 5 km off the border to Denmark, famous for the handball team,
this is where I live together with my wife and daughter. And it's close to the
beautiful town of Flensburg: 86000 inhabitants, nice harbour, beaches nearby. This is where I was born in 1971. I grew up in Satrup, a nice village close to here.
Radio:
is my hobby and my profession. You can find some information about "DXing" (listening to distant stations)
on these web pages, as well as about good music shows. A project into which I've invested very much time is
FMSCAN. I wrote the whole software for the maps and scan tools. FMSCAN creates automatic frequency lists (FM & AM) for any place in the world
and transmitter maps for any network or any region in the world.
Professionally I write and present regional news
and reports for the NDR (North German Public Radio) most of it appearing on the first network in Schleswig-Holstein
NDR 1 Welle Nord.
Music:
I like styles between songwriting, alternative country, rock, folk, southern rock,
guitar stuff mainly,
but also some soul, jazz, world music and even electronic music from chill-out to
progressive remixes.
In addition to that the internet and satellite radio have made it possible to listen to many interesting bands
from many countries, like from Russia to South Africa, who are only famous at home.
Own Bands:
Samstag der 14. (power rock and punk) started
at school and resulted in several festival gigs, then during the university times "The Midnight Breeze" (blues), since 1996 Princes On The Run (indie-folk songwriting) and
since 2005 Abraham's Zebra (unplugged music for pubs).
Among my favourite artists & bands
just fun compiling such a list... Listen to them, they're really worth it:
Counting Crows, Indigo Girls, Billy Bragg (his own stuff and his Woody Guthrie interpretations), Nick Drake,
Great Big Sea, REM, Chris Whitley, Beatles, Crosby, Stills & Nash, New Model Army, Dire Straits, Chris Cacavas & Junkyard Love, Outlaws,
Allman Brothers Band, Slaid Cleaves, Bob Dylan, Marillion,
Foo Fighters, Cure, Radiohead, Jackson Browne, Lynyrd Skynyrd,
BAP, Loreena McKennitt, Rio Reiser, Werner Lämmerhirt, Geraldine MacGowan, Lemonheads, Barenaked Ladies, Firehose,
Dizzy Mizz Lizzy, John Cougar Mellencamp, Gin Blossoms, John Hiatt, Waifs, Living Colour, Watchaclan,
Thin Lizzy, Travis, Mason Williams, Steve Earle, DAD, Luka Bloom, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Del Amitri
Questions? Corrections? Ideas? Comments?
Mail me:
PeerAxel@aol.com