überlin

December 2014

  • Music Montag: Nina Hagen, Naughty and Nice

    “Nina relajada” by inthesitymad, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 We’ve said it before: Nina Hagen is the queen. So we’re going to give her the spotlight on this Christmas edition of Music Montag, for a couple of naughty and nice renditions of Weihnachten-themed songs. First up, enjoy her doing what she does best, getting sacrilegious…

  • Cards Against Humanity: The Berlin Edition

    Kennst du Cards Against Humanity? It’s the “party game for horrible people”, where players attempt to one-up each other, by providing shocking and disgusting answers to seemingly innocuous questions. Naturally, we love it. The only problem is that you can’t buy it in Germany. The makers tell us that this is a distribution challenge, but we…

  • A Day in the Life

    A friend just asked what we do on a typical day now that we’re freelancing in Berlin, and we thought we’d share it here so you can get a picture of our “exciting” new life. Warning: contains offensive slippers. 1. James wakes up at 8am and makes coffee from a machine that sounds like a…

  • Ask überlin #2: Snap Chat

    Find out the secrets of Zoë’s success! For this week’s Ask überlin we help out a reader who’s looking for photography work here in Berlin. Listen in to learn about the humble beginnings of Zoë Noble Photography, how to set yourself apart from all the iPhone snappers out there, and which Berlin photo blogs and instagram…

  • Music Montag: J Mascis

    “j mascis 3″ by Allison Harger, under Creative Commons (CC BY-ND 2.0) Of all the indie icons currently spending at least part of their time in Berlin, J Mascis has to be our personal favourite. As the creative nucleus of 90s alt rockers Dinosaur Jr, he was responsible for slacker anthems such as “Feel the Pain”,…