June 2014
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Music Montag: DENA – "Summer Doesn't Mean A Thing"
DENA at At SXSW13 / pic by Tonje Thilesen “Summer Doesn’t Mean A Thing” is about the disappearing feeling of warmth and the faded colours of the summer when love is gone. It’s a song I wrote while trying to hold on to the last glimpses of a feeling in the middle of a burning…
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Roamers
We love the quote that Neukölln café Roamers has adopted as its banner: “You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry, don’t worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.” The man who originally spoke those words, American golfer Walter Hagen, sounds like a chilled fellow, so we think he’d appreciate…
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Grunewaldsee
Our recipe for a perfect Berlin summer day: 1. Take 1 dog. We recommend a Bully, but any dog will do. 2. Add 1 blazing hot Berlin summer day. 3. Stew in a airtight S7 train. Time may vary, but our lump of dog took 50 minutes to cook through. 4. Leave to cool for…
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Music Montag: DYLAN III
DYLAN III is either insane or a visionary. Just check out the post-cyberpunk narrative about the “all-out computational arms race” that runs through “Quantum”, read with Gary Numan blankness over an oddly pastoral synth jam. Or the epic political rant that breaks down the lesson on “Iran”, like a 21st Century n-n-n-n-nineteen. “In this atomic…
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Win tickets to Quicksand at SO36!
By Mike T. West. Quicksand, one of the most influential post-hardcore bands of all time, re-enters Germany this month for some stinking festival appearances. But the real good news is that they are back in Berlin next week special like and we have a pair of tickets to give away to a lucky überliner! Find out…