{"id":1720,"date":"2021-04-14T06:14:05","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T06:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/january-2014-uberlin\/"},"modified":"2021-04-15T06:58:29","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T06:58:29","slug":"january-2014-uberlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/january-2014-uberlin\/","title":{"rendered":"January 2014 &#8211; \u00fcberlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post hentry\">\n<h5 class=\"postDate\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2014-01-23T01:41:05+0000\">January 23, 2014<\/abbr><\/h5>\n<div class=\"postContent\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"\/winter-wonderland\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Winter Wonderland<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"vcard author\">by <span class=\"fn\">Zo\u00eb Noble<\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p id=\"top\">As well as concealing countless drug dealers,&nbsp;Hasenheide Park contains many other hidden gems, such as\u2026 whatever this is. We suppose that, when temperatures reach positive Celsius, this turns into a fountain, but beyond that, your guess is as good as ours. What is clear though is that, during winter, it takes on an otherworldly aspect which makes for wonderful photos. Enjoy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MG_9156-650px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10303\" alt=\"hasenheide berlin park statue\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MG_9156-650px.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"975\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MG_9156-650px.jpg 650w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MG_9156-650px-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/a> <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MG_9164-650px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10304\" alt=\"hasenheide berlin park bench\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MG_9164-650px.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MG_9164-650px.jpg 650w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MG_9164-650px-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/a> <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MG_9181-650px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10310\" alt=\"hasenheide berlin park bench\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MG_9181-650px.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"975\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MG_9181-650px.jpg 650w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MG_9181-650px-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/a> <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MG_9176-650px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10309\" alt=\"hasenheide berlin park leaves\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MG_9176-650px.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"975\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MG_9176-650px.jpg 650w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MG_9176-650px-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/a> <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MG_9174-650px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10308\" alt=\"hasenheide berlin park frozen leaves in ice\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MG_9174-650px.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"975\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MG_9174-650px.jpg 650w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MG_9174-650px-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/a> <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MG_9170-650px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10307\" alt=\"hasenheide berlin park statue ball\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MG_9170-650px.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MG_9170-650px.jpg 650w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MG_9170-650px-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/a> <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MG_9169-650px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10306\" alt=\"hasenheide berlin park trees and berries\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MG_9169-650px.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MG_9169-650px.jpg 650w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/MG_9169-650px-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssb-share ssb-share-10302 defualt\" post_id=\"10302\">\n<div class=\"defualt-button-fb\"> <iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http:\/\/www.uberlin.co.uk\/winter-wonderland\/&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=false&amp;height=21&amp;appId=743541755673761\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; 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For our&nbsp;<a href=\"\/tag\/berlin-portraits\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', '\/tag\/berlin-portraits\/', 'Berlin Portrait');\" title=\"\u00fcberlin Berlin Portraits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Berlin Portrait<\/a>&nbsp;series, we\u2019re asking artists, musicians and other creative types to introduce us their corner of the city. Here the Swiss musicians behind the project <strong>OY<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/em><em>take us around Prenzlauer Berg.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/04-650px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10292\" alt=\"04-650px\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/04-650px.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/04-650px.jpg 650w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/04-650px-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Introduce yourself!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Joy:<\/strong> I\u2019m Joy Frempong, a singer and musician. As well as <a href=\"\/music-montag-oy\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', '\/music-montag-oy\/', 'OY');\" title=\"OY on \u00fcberlin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OY<\/a>, I\u2019m part of several bands and musical collaborations from&nbsp;electronic to improvised music, leaning towards pop \u2013 I\u2019m always on the search for a little twist and surprise within music.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lleluja-Ha:<\/strong> I\u2019m a musician, songwriter and producer. Over the years I worked as a composer for theatre and cinema and played&nbsp;electronic based dance music as well as pop and folk. Apart from OY, I\u2019ve been releasing music under the name <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunofmoon.com\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.sunofmoon.com', 'Sun Of Moon');\" title=\"Sun of Moon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sun Of Moon<\/a>&nbsp;through&nbsp;the label Motor Music here in Berlin. Joy is part of it as well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/21-650px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10295\" alt=\"21-650px\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/21-650px.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/21-650px.jpg 650w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/21-650px-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>How long have you been in Berlin?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We moved here five years ago.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What brought you here?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>J:<\/strong> Escaping from the neatness of Switzerland? \u2013 a country I still love \u2013 it might be the same love-and-hate relationship I have with my hair\u2026 &nbsp;or the opposite rather.&nbsp;In Switzerland on first sight everything seems to be quiet, neat, well organised and under control, but if you dig into scenes you\u2019ll find many wild, lovely and very creative&nbsp;people \u2013 Berlin of course offers a huge density of creative in- and output, and loads of space for body and mind.<\/p>\n<p><strong>L:<\/strong> I worked a lot in various European cities and at the end of the day Berlin just felt the best. Indeed it\u2019s first of all that space around and inside me&nbsp;that strikes me whenever I enter my new home town.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/08-650px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/08-650px.jpg\" alt=\"08-650px\" width=\"650\" height=\"975\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10299\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/08-650px.jpg 650w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/08-650px-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>What are your five favourite things in your neighbourhood, and what is so special about them?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Les Valseuses<\/strong>, a great French restaurant on Eberswalder Strasse with a very nice crew and a relaxed atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"\/tag\/mauerpark\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', '\/tag\/mauerpark\/', 'Mauerpark!');\" title=\"Mauerpark on \u00fcberlin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mauerpark!<\/a><\/strong> It\u2019s where Woodstock seems to have left its illegitimate child.<\/p>\n<p><strong>K\u00fcc\u00fck Kanarya<\/strong>, a beautiful little caf\u00e9 at Rhinower Strasse where I discovered the puppets that I use on stage as trigger objects. They were exhibited there. Coffee and small bites are great, as well the owner\u2019s taste in music.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shoemaker, Pappelallee.<\/strong>&nbsp;If you want to get high on a sniff of glue, bring a pair of your worn-out shoes to this shoemaker. Run by young people with a very old-school attitude.<\/p>\n<p><strong>El Rief<\/strong> for great falafel, quick and yummy \u2013 &nbsp;it keeps us alive during too-busy days, when we have no time to cook!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/26-650px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/26-650px.jpg\" alt=\"26-650px\" width=\"650\" height=\"975\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10297\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/26-650px.jpg 650w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/26-650px-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>For OY music, videos, updates and tour dates stay tuned to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oy-music.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">oy-music.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssb-share ssb-share-10274 defualt\" post_id=\"10274\">\n<div class=\"defualt-button-fb\"> <iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http:\/\/www.uberlin.co.uk\/berlin-portrait-oy\/&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=false&amp;height=21&amp;appId=743541755673761\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; height:21px;\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"defualt-button-twitter\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"\/berlin-portrait-oy\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postMeta\">\n<div class=\"postMetaCategory\">Category: <a href=\"\/category\/music\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Music<\/a> : <a href=\"\/category\/people\/\" rel=\"category tag\">People<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"postMetaTag\">Tags: <a href=\"\/tag\/oy\/\" rel=\"tag\">OY<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/portraits\/\" rel=\"tag\">Portraits<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">                                 <a href=\"\/berlin-portrait-oy\/#respond\">leave a comment<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post hentry\">\n<h5 class=\"postDate\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2014-01-13T07:25:23+0000\">January 13, 2014<\/abbr><\/h5>\n<div class=\"postContent\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"\/music-montag-benja-men\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Music Montag: The Benja Men<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"vcard author\">by <span class=\"fn\">James Glazebrook<\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p id=\"top\">\n<div id=\"attachment_10201\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/BenBW.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10201\" title=\"(c) Mirko Goletz\" alt=\"BenB&amp;W\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/BenBW.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/BenBW.jpg 796w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/BenBW-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(c) Mirko Goletz<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>We\u2019ve just got back from visiting my brand new niece in England, and while I\u2019m not exactly broody, seeing the little cherub melted my cold black heart a little. So it\u2019s only fitting that this week\u2019s MM features <strong>The Benja Men<\/strong>, who\u2019ve produced an indie-pop rock opera for children called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beeah-music.net\/releases\/016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Goodbye Smile Mile<\/em><\/a>. We love a good concept album, and reckon that even grown-up expats will identify with the story that runs through this pretty awesome double album:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>When fanatical singer Jolly Joe and his family leave idyllic Smile Mile, he faces the greatest challenge of his life so far: making new friends. Join him for a musical adventure about the heartache of moving, the joy of doing what you love, and the danger of infamous kid-eating bears! This double album for kids includes English and German versions of the exciting story in 12 songs to sing along.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Produced in Berlin by a talented bunch of American, English and German musicians led by Ben Arntz (who used to teach English and music to kindergarten kids), <em>Goodbye Smile Mile<\/em> is a lively collection of catchy, clever songs that manage to delight children while not actually annoying adults! <strong>We have a handful of copies to give away<\/strong>, so if you want to start your little one on the path of appreciating progressive concept albums \u2013 but think they aren\u2019t quite ready for <em>The Dark Side of the Moon<\/em> \u2013 just leave us a comment along with an email address we can contact you on below.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(Photo credit:&nbsp;Mirko Goletz.)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mNExQ0nMS3M\" height=\"366\" width=\"650\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssb-share ssb-share-10200 defualt\" post_id=\"10200\">\n<div class=\"defualt-button-fb\"> <iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http:\/\/www.uberlin.co.uk\/music-montag-benja-men\/&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=false&amp;height=21&amp;appId=743541755673761\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; height:21px;\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"defualt-button-twitter\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"\/music-montag-benja-men\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postMeta\">\n<div class=\"postMetaCategory\">Category: <a href=\"\/category\/music\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Music<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"postMetaTag\">Tags: <a href=\"\/tag\/music-montag\/\" rel=\"tag\">Music Montag<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/the-benja-men\/\" rel=\"tag\">The Benja Men<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">                                 <a href=\"\/music-montag-benja-men\/#respond\">leave a comment<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post hentry\">\n<h5 class=\"postDate\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2014-01-08T09:33:07+0000\">January 8, 2014<\/abbr><\/h5>\n<div class=\"postContent\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"\/shit-corruption\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Shit and Corruption<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"vcard author\">by <span class=\"fn\">James Glazebrook<\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p id=\"top\"><em>By <strong>Chloe Zeegen<\/strong>, an excerpt from the London-born author\u2019s debut eBook, <\/em>I love myself ok? A Berlin Trilogy<em>, available now from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mikrotext.de\/english-titles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mikrotext<\/a>.<em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10255\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Shit-and-Corruption.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10255\" alt=\"Shit and Corruption\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Shit-and-Corruption.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Shit-and-Corruption.jpg 480w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Shit-and-Corruption-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Chloe Zeegen<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hey, so when I was three my playschool had a nativity play and I was picked to be the angel I was freaking out like crying cos I didn\u2019t want it you had to put this long white dress on I hated the thought of my head going through it all the mums were like wtf why are you freaking out all the other girls wish they could be angels and you\u2019re gonna look so pretty but that shit just made me cry harder and all the other girls were like crying cos they wished they could be angels and it was like wah! little girl mutiny in a church hall in Pinner. When my mum picked me up she was like why don\u2019t you wanna be the angel I can\u2019t remember what I said something about the dress and I can\u2019t remember what she said something about the dress but she wasn\u2019t like wtf.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>My mum had a pretty fucked childhood she was born in 1946 in Berlin to a seamstress single mother go figure what that was like. Her father was a Soviet doctor she never knew him cos her mother just hung out with him after the war for protection and politics, you know? I dunno how they met mate it\u2019s not important my mother was always like what\u2019s the point? when people asked if she\u2019d ever track him down.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>My mum was a tough little street kid you had to ask her permission to play on her turf she saw some pretty hardcore shit people were like killing themselves left right and centre once my mum and her sister were walking down the street in Neuk\u00f6lln cos that\u2019s where they were from and the adults were like get back! get back! so of course they didn\u2019t cos duh child psychology but I guess the adults were freaking out as it was dragged out of the water and I didn\u2019t know this but Berlin has more bridges than Venice and the face was still there and the face was round and revealed something something close to despair and the sound brought the adults something close to despair and please no-one say it but it\u2019s right fucking there and shit someone say what to do what to do when you\u2019ve taken a thread and woven it through.<\/p>\n<p>I was in Kreuzberg yesterday at the Stra\u00dfenfest it was cool and it was raw I was with a girl she was cute and would send me texts full of smileys just like I like it. We go into a cafe and it\u2019s full of barrels of nuts and olives and smells good. Some guy has a big bowl of white things and I\u2019m like what are they and he\u2019s like have some and I\u2019m like I dunno they look weird and he\u2019s like eat some and I look closely and they\u2019re like the spent shells of seeds and the seeds have been eaten and the bowl is full of the shit you can\u2019t eat and he looks at me with no expression and is like eat them. We turn round and the girl is like he\u2019s taking the piss and I look down and we\u2019re walking on loads of spent shells and we go out and the music\u2019s loud and there\u2019s lots to see and I look down and we\u2019re walking on loads of spent shells.<\/p>\n<p>When my mum was eight she got TB and had to go to some fucking weird hospital in the mountains and on Fridays they\u2019d serve fish in jelly and she\u2019d throw it up and they\u2019d make her eat the vom and her family could visit but only through glass she was always cool with me when I was growing up she had no problem with trolls and games consoles and brands and babysitter books though she was pretty full-on about my grades. Trolls were fucking awesome they were so ugly and cute like pugs and they had friendly little eyes and their hair was a big bit of colour and they had loads of little outfits I even had a Jewish one that had a Star of David on it.<\/p>\n<p>When I was ten the school I went to had a choice between religion and ethics lol I know and my dad was like a devout atheist so I was in the ethics class. The teacher was like this half-assed dumb-ass and one time she\u2019s chatting about boys and girls and like what you should and shouldn\u2019t do and it\u2019s pissing me off and I think about who she is where she is why she is and I know just what to say and how to say it I can sense an open nerve I can see it spitting sparks I can feel it flicking round like an angry tail so I take it in my mouth put my little teeth round it and bite good and hard. She rises up goes a colour opens her mouth and loses it her eyes are like boiling and every word she says makes it worse and I just sit there in silence a smug little shit my face like ha ha. At the end the kids are like wtf and leave while she gives me one last bollocking then goes and finds my mum cos my mum was a teacher at the school fucking nightmare and was like \u201cYour daughter has been disrupting my class\u201d and my mum was like ha ha that woman\u2019s an idiot.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s got a tattoo of Sharon Tate on one arm and a Star of David on the other and I said I once thought about getting a yellow \u2018Jude\u2019 star tattooed onto my upper arm and he\u2019s like don\u2019t do it and I\u2019m like yeah no-one likes that idea except me repenting with a tattoo and he\u2019s like repenting is Catholic and I\u2019m like I know and he\u2019s like are you Catholic and I\u2019m like no and I\u2019m like tattoos aren\u2019t kosher and he\u2019s like I know and I\u2019m like are you Jewish and he\u2019s like no and I\u2019m like interpretation is creative and when Charles Manson got a swastika he trusted too much.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>My mum was like obsessed by the Holocaust she had shitloads of books and she would always wanna talk about it and she would get a lot of shit for it. When she taught her kids history they had a day where they all dressed up and spoke about who they were. It was hilarious there were loads of little Churchills Hitlers Mussolinis and Luxemburgs running round drinking Capri Suns and eating Haribo some of the other teachers were not into it at all but the kids seriously were.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>When she was fifty she got really fucking sick that was before people had the internet so you\u2019d spend your evenings in bewildered isolation it wasn\u2019t skin cancer but you could see it from the outside turning in on itself like something unbridged. It took ages to operate cos things were complicated she was vomming the whole time and getting poisoned and what you know slips away I was sixteen a self-absorbed little fuck I failed her I would tip- toe past her room when I should have gone in and been like mum! fuck! are you scared? I love you! but instead<br \/>\nI gave her the gift of bitter isolation and her life\u2019s love and her life\u2019s work said sorry you\u2019re wrong this is it now you\u2019re alone and she checked her options realised they were shit and kept breaking down in tears.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s feeling like summer now I buy an ice cream and go for a walk to the Bierpinsel. There\u2019s a fountain underneath it which doesn\u2019t suit it and when I moved here it was full of ice. A family come up mother child grandmother. The kid is playing around in the fountain, trying to grab a handful of water. When he chucks it there are only a few droplets left but the grandmother acts it up nice and reacts like she\u2019s just been hit by a water cannon. The kid\u2019s delighted I laugh we all smile.<\/p>\n<p>Give a gift of bitter isolation. Be the oligarch, your guy will call. He\u2019s found something, you\u2019re going to like it. You\u2019re a path she\u2019s degraded. See it sweep in. Look, a helicopter.<\/p>\n<p>Still here. Find a child. Drape it. Move it forward. There are other ways. Give it something. Now watch. Let me guess. Tell it to read our minds and then let\u2019s leave here. Yes let\u2019s leave here. Who washed it away? No com- ment, no more questions. No more questions now.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I go to a bar on Oranienstra\u00dfe. There\u2019s some random there and we chat for a bit but pretty soon he\u2019s like just moved here have you? think you\u2019re an artist? it\u2019s people like you who are destroying Berlin you fucking tourist. I laugh in his face give him the finger but I don\u2019t just give him the finger I pretend to run my tongue over it up and down to show him just how much of a creative little bitch I am and that really pisses him off and his friends are like leave it leave it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>When I get home my spell check is like wtf babe I can tell you\u2019re trying to say something but I can\u2019t figure out what. I consider uploading my entire fucking life to first-world-problems.com but I don\u2019t because that\u2019s bullshit. I reflect an image in Photoshop and it creates&nbsp;a skull. I Google \u2018Facebook Star\u2019 and take a screenshot because the returns are irrelevant. I update my status to find everlasting life and I tell you I mean it and I tell you it\u2019s real.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10256\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Blaschke-Chloe_Zeegen-035.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10256\" alt=\"Bilder der Schriftstellerin Chloe Zeegen in ihrer Wohnung. Maja Hoock, Journaistin, war anwesend. Fabian Blaschke f\u00fcr das Fr\u00e4ulein Magazine. 29.11.2013 Ready to print \u00a9 Fabian Blaschke\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Blaschke-Chloe_Zeegen-035-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Blaschke-Chloe_Zeegen-035-1024x682.jpg 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Blaschke-Chloe_Zeegen-035-300x200.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Blaschke-Chloe_Zeegen-035.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Fabian Blaschke<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Chloe Zeegen will be reading with Kevin Junk at OLFE OMG LITERALLY SO LITERARY, 19hrs Sunday 23 Feb, M\u00f6bel-Olfe, Reichenberger Stra\u00dfe 177, 10999 Berlin. <\/em>I love myself ok? A Berlin Trilogy<em> is available from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mikrotext.de\/english-titles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mikrotext<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssb-share ssb-share-10254 defualt\" post_id=\"10254\">\n<div class=\"defualt-button-fb\"> <iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http:\/\/www.uberlin.co.uk\/shit-corruption\/&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=false&amp;height=21&amp;appId=743541755673761\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; height:21px;\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"defualt-button-twitter\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"\/shit-corruption\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postMeta\">\n<div class=\"postMetaCategory\">Category: <a href=\"\/category\/opinions\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Opinions<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"postMetaTag\">Tags: <a href=\"\/tag\/chloe-zeegen\/\" rel=\"tag\">Chloe Zeegen<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">                                 <a href=\"\/shit-corruption\/#comments\">5 comments<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post hentry\">\n<h5 class=\"postDate\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2014-01-06T06:49:48+0000\">January 6, 2014<\/abbr><\/h5>\n<div class=\"postContent\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"\/metal-montag-safety-fire\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Metal Montag: The Safety Fire<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"vcard author\">by <span class=\"fn\">Guest Blogger<\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p id=\"top\"><em>Mike T West catches up with London tech-metallers <strong>The Safety Fire<\/strong> ahead of their upcoming Berlin gig in support of Protest the Hero. Moustache chat: engage.<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thesafetyfire.tumblr.com\/post\/67417868692\/playgle-this-one-time-jovendor-tattooed-my\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/25.media.tumblr.com\/7aef8659d81a7df46260c50ab3bb9878\/tumblr_mwhav0uA581qdwr9mo1_1280.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"650\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">thesafetyfire.tumblr.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Now that all that yuletide-kindness-to-your-fell<wbr>ow-man nonsense is over for another 12 months it is time to sober up (or down) and shed those Christmas pounds with some good ol\u2019 progressive metal from London. The very excellent The Safety Fire have begun the year trekking through Europe with the equally excellent Protest The Hero and TesseracT. We had a chat with guitarist and excellent chap, Derya \u201cDez\u201d Nagle about their assured (and indeed excellent) new album, <em>Mouth Of Swords<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>GO PROG!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hello Dez! How are you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m very well thank you. Enjoying a little break in between tours!<\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019re beginning 2014 on tour with Protest The Hero AND TesseracT! How does this make you feel?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Extremely excited! We are good friends with both bands, and they are just awesome guys to hang out with. Add us in the mix and a splash of lime and it\u2019s all going to be a lot of fun.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The line-up is unbearably excellent. Is there such a thing as too much prog-metal?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, I don\u2019t think you can overdose on prog-metal, so hopefully all should be well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have you been to Berlin before? And if so, then where do you like to go? And if not, why not?!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We have been twice as a band, and very much looking forward to our third excursion. We have friends in Berlin who take us out, so I wouldn\u2019t be able to name any of the bars we have been to, but all I know is I very much like the food, coffee, drinks and general vibe of the city. Definitely one of our favourite places to tour.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/31.media.tumblr.com\/a663944417ca6303622f214219ff2454\/tumblr_mkw11blIr31qdwr9mo1_1280.jpg\" width=\"650\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">thesafetyfire.tumblr.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Your moustache is epic. Do you think you would fit in amongst the more refined expatriates here?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thank you kindly. When I come to Europe I always feel like less of an oddity. There aren\u2019t many people in the UK rocking the \u2018stache, although being half Turkish I do feel I am fulfilling a national stereotype.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Berlin crowds are renowned for their polite indifference at concerts, what cheesy crowd encouragement does The Safety Fire incorporate to combat this?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Offer them sex.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your sophomore album, <em>Mouth Of Swords<\/em>, is bloody brilliant! Discuss.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thank you. We enjoy it muchly, so are very happy to find others agree! What we did with [debut album] <em>Grind The Ocean<\/em> was to make people aware of the band, and what we were doing as a band, so <em>MoS<\/em> was an extremely important release for us. I think our sound has matured since our first album and extremely proud of what we are doing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The blistering \u201cBeware The Leopard (Jagwar)\u201d features post-metal Jesus, Tommy Giles Rogers Jr., as a guest vocalist. How did this come about?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We toured with Between the Buried and Me last year in Europe and became good friends with the guys. We talked with Tommy about doing a guest vocal on stage with us during that tour, but it never came round, so I joked with him, \u201cnot to worry, we\u2019ll get you on our next album\u201d, which he agreed to. When I wrote that song the part felt like it suited him so sent it over and he was down. He is one of my favourite vocalists so it was a very surreal process.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JohiIyhwGD0\" height=\"366\" width=\"650\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>One of the reasons why I left the UK is that the metal scene was shit! Why is it now only started being brilliant again?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t really answer that, I suppose these things come in waves \u2013 almost reacting to the fact there is a gap that needs filling. I think the music scene in the UK in general is great at the moment with some incredibly interesting albums having been released in the last year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And finally, what does 2014 hold for the band?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As much touring as possible. We are having a lot of fun playing this new material so want any given chance to do so. Especially if it\u2019s on a boat! Which we are being given the chance to do in February with the Progressive Nation At Sea cruise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thank you very much for taking the time to answer these questions and good luck with the tour!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thank you!<\/p>\n<p><em>The Safety Fire are playing our second home in Berlin, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.magnet-club.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Magnet<\/a>, on Wednesday January 8th and across Europe throughout February.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssb-share ssb-share-10266 defualt\" post_id=\"10266\">\n<div class=\"defualt-button-fb\"> <iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http:\/\/www.uberlin.co.uk\/metal-montag-safety-fire\/&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=false&amp;height=21&amp;appId=743541755673761\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; height:21px;\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"defualt-button-twitter\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"\/metal-montag-safety-fire\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postMeta\">\n<div class=\"postMetaCategory\">Category: <a href=\"\/category\/music\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Music<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"postMetaTag\">Tags: <a href=\"\/tag\/metal\/\" rel=\"tag\">Metal<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/music-montag\/\" rel=\"tag\">Music Montag<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/protest-the-hero\/\" rel=\"tag\">Protest the Hero<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/tesseract\/\" rel=\"tag\">TesseracT<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/the-safety-fire\/\" rel=\"tag\">The Safety Fire<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">                                 <a href=\"\/metal-montag-safety-fire\/#respond\">leave a comment<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pageNav\">\n<div class=\"prev\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"next\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 23, 2014 Winter Wonderland by Zo\u00eb Noble As well as concealing countless drug dealers,&nbsp;Hasenheide Park contains many other hidden gems, such as\u2026 whatever this is. 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