September 2015
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Music Montag: Ballet School vs. Madonna vs. Beyoncé
Since Ballet School dropped this a couple of weeks back, it hasn’t left our virtual turntable: their cover of Madonna’s “Justify My Love” and Beyoncé’s “Partition”. Something of a statement of intent ahead of the band’s US tour, their dream pop mashup of Ms Ciccone’s critically-panned creative peak and undeniable, world-domination Bey comes with good…
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Music Montag: André Uhl, “Black Box/Outside”
André Uhl is one of Berlin’s most gifted electronic producers. Since we last featured him, he’s been working on getting his live performance tight, as evidenced by these shots of his moody audiovisual sets. His latest release, out today on Bad Panda records, is typical of his meticulous style, with darkly cinematic synthscapes woven through…
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überlin’s Epic list of podcast recommendations
The eagle-eyed* among you may have noticed that we’re currently “in-between” podcasts. *OK, “eagle-eared”. Actually, eagles’ hearing might suck. Which animals have good hearing? Bats, I guess. But “bat-eared” doesn’t sound right, does it? Anywaaaaay… We don’t have access to a studio at the moment, so Radio überlin is on hiatus until we can find another space in…
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How to work at a startup: 3. Cover letter and social media
By Federico Prandi. Ever wondered why cover letters are called cover letters? That’s because they’re a cover-up, a fraud, a final attempt to reinforce all the lies you’ve shamelessly written on your resume and spice them up with some hardcore lip service. A good cover letter is something you can’t have your wife and children…
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On blogging: The great “viral content” swindle
You may have seen this dashing fellow on the Internet recently. You might have even seen these photos. If you did, the site you were looking at stole Zoë’s photos, published them without her consent, and used them to generate traffic and, most likely, revenue. It all started when So Bad So Good shared…