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I´m highly sorry for my absence. 
Living takes time and first and foremost I´m trying to become someone who gets paid for talking big. So to still be able to have some content, I´ll cut the lengthy reviews into small pieces of 200-300 words. 

So less reading and more music – sounds good to me.

Thank You

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