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This is our fourth and final photolog of Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2025 held in Leipzig. We will be back to Wave-Gotik-Treffen next. You will find links to this year’s previous photologs, and to other editions next year. It was a pleasure. We will see you in 2026.
Other Years:
Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2024 coverage connection
In The Listening Room HQ, my men’s practice, I continue the deep dive into the male midlife journey with the second post in a four-part series: The Universal Midlife Crisis Script | The Midlife Crisis Loop.
This piece maps the repeating beats of midlife unraveling across psychology, mythology, addiction recovery, organizational burnout, and even astrology — showing how the same loop resurfaces in different guises.
It follows directly from our earlier feature on Mondo Bizarre Magazine: From The Listening Room HQ – Living the Archetype of Unsupported Male Midlife, where the groundwork for this series was laid.
The full four-part series on The Listening Room HQ:
Each post builds on the last, offering practical language and tools for noticing stages, making clearer choices, and moving through midlife with integrity and care.
Good morning with our Middle of the Week Song – When Will The Morning Come by Ron Sexsmith.
At The Listening Room HQ I offer sessions that help men, and Maps, and Readings to anyone who resonates.
These aren’t about performance, quick fixes, or abstract theory. They are about presence, clarity, and gentle guidance. About noticing what’s real, what’s moving, and what needs tending.
Sessions, are space for men to be met as you are. Presence is the practice, and clarity emerges from gentle, grounded support.
Maps & Readings are for everyone provide context and insight. They’re tools to see patterns, understand cycles, and reflect on life’s current. Not predictions, but mirrors for awareness. You can read more about The Listening Room HQ Sessions for Men, and Maps & Readings for everyone here.
Hi with Causeway by The Necks. Have a nice afternoon.
Hi and Happy Sunday with Still See Love from Cut Copy’s upcoming album Moments.
Good morning with In Your Head by Nation of Language. Have a nice weekend.
Here is our third photolog of Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2025. You can see the previous and last photologs of this edition of the festival below the photos. As well as find your way to other years we attended.
Other Years:
Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2024 coverage connection
In a culture that often sidelines the midlife journey of men, this first post in a four-part series on The Listening Room HQ speaks to the archetype of the unsupported male midlife — the absence of elders, the lack of guidance, and the quiet crises that unfold when these are missing.
Read the full piece here: Living the Archetype of Unsupported Male Midlife.
This note opens a series that continues with:
For the complete series as published, visit The Listening Room HQ.
Good morning with our Middle of the Week Song – Phantom by Marc Teamaker. Have a nice day.
Mondo Bizarre Magazine 