{"id":1728,"date":"2021-04-14T06:14:11","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T06:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/april-2014-page-2-of-2-uberlin\/"},"modified":"2021-04-14T06:14:11","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T06:14:11","slug":"april-2014-page-2-of-2-uberlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/april-2014-page-2-of-2-uberlin\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2014 &#8211; Page 2 of 2 &#8211; \u00fcberlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post hentry\">\n<h5 class=\"postDate\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2014-04-11T08:09:40+0000\">April 11, 2014<\/abbr><\/h5>\n<div class=\"postContent\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"\/berlin-second-life\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Berlin in Second Life<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"vcard author\">by <span class=\"fn\">James Glazebrook<\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p id=\"top\"\/><img src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-gIilRCR4wD0\/UFz6FP2mYFI\/AAAAAAAAAZE\/UiaKTllKVcI\/s1600\/Berlin+-+Brandenburger+Tor+-+Cloud+Party-012402.png\" width=\"650\" class=\"alignnone\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Remember <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Second Life<\/a><\/strong>? Of course you don&#8217;t! I was watching a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aUwD7u7wwcY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">feature-length documentary about the super-immersive virtual world<\/a>\u00a0and I wondered, of all the places and people and lives that have been created there, if anyone&#8217;s bothered to make a version of Berlin. Turns out they have, and it&#8217;s imaginatively named newBerlin.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a showreel, inexplicably soundtracked by the <em>Dallas<\/em> theme tune.\u00a0Look out for\u00a0Alex, the\u00a0Fernsehturm, the Berlin Wall, and &#8211; naturally &#8211; a gross purple-breasted lady monster&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" src=\"\/\/web.archive.orghttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ak65AbrHEng\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and the &#8220;trashy trailer&#8221;!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" src=\"\/\/web.archive.orghttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OBA9DsMWigE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a fashion show that marked the opening of the virtual version of Alexa, which is at least as classy as anything that&#8217;s ever happened in the real-life mall&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" src=\"\/\/web.archive.orghttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AvG_Ocirfg0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;the newBerlin Art Festival 2008 &#8220;fire girls&#8221;, who may just blow your mind&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" src=\"\/\/web.archive.orghttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JQ3qQ3pOOrM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;there&#8217;s even a virtual <a href=\"\/berlin-gay-pride-2012\/\" title=\"Berlin Gay Pride 2012\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christopher Street Day<\/a> celebration!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" src=\"\/\/web.archive.orghttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F7xMptaW9So\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Think that&#8217;s weird? Check out <a href=\"\/berlins-final-frontier\/\" title=\"Berlin\u2019s final frontier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Star Trek&#8217;s version of New Berlin<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssb-share ssb-share-10554 defualt\" post_id=\"10554\">\n<div class=\"defualt-button-fb\"> <iframe src=\"\/\/web.archive.orghttp:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http:\/\/www.uberlin.co.uk\/berlin-second-life\/&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> \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"defualt-button-twitter\"> \t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"\/berlin-second-life\/\">Tweet<\/a>  \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/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\/second-life\/\" rel=\"tag\">Second Life<\/a><\/div>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<div class=\"comments\">                                 <a href=\"\/berlin-second-life\/#respond\">leave a comment<\/a>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post hentry\">\n<h5 class=\"postDate\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2014-04-08T09:05:48+0000\">April 8, 2014<\/abbr><\/h5>\n<div class=\"postContent\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"\/uberstyle-flash-of-red\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\u00fcberstyle: Flash of Red<\/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\"\/><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140405-114518-u.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10569\" alt=\"streetstyle of woman standing against graffiti wall\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140405-114518-u.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"975\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140405-114518-u.jpg 650w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140405-114518-u-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"\/><\/a> <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140405-114541-u.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10570\" alt=\"streetstyle close up of Dr Martens\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140405-114541-u.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140405-114541-u.jpg 650w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140405-114541-u-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"\/><\/a> <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140405-114549-u.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10571\" alt=\"streetstyle of woman headshot\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140405-114549-u.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"975\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140405-114549-u.jpg 650w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140405-114549-u-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photos by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZoeNoblePhotography\" title=\"Zo\u00eb Noble Photography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zo\u00eb Noble Photography<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssb-share ssb-share-10568 defualt\" post_id=\"10568\">\n<div class=\"defualt-button-fb\"> <iframe src=\"\/\/web.archive.orghttp:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http:\/\/www.uberlin.co.uk\/uberstyle-flash-of-red\/&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> \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"defualt-button-twitter\"> \t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"\/uberstyle-flash-of-red\/\">Tweet<\/a>  \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"postMeta\">\n<div class=\"postMetaCategory\">Category: <a href=\"\/category\/people\/\" rel=\"category tag\">People<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"postMetaTag\">Tags: <a href=\"\/tag\/street-style\/\" rel=\"tag\">Streetstyle<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/uberstyle\/\" rel=\"tag\">uberstyle<\/a><\/div>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<div class=\"comments\">                                 <a href=\"\/uberstyle-flash-of-red\/#comments\">1 comment<\/a>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post hentry\">\n<h5 class=\"postDate\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2014-04-07T08:45:08+0000\">April 7, 2014<\/abbr><\/h5>\n<div class=\"postContent\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"\/music-montag-cure\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Music Montag: The Cure<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"vcard author\">by <span class=\"fn\">James Glazebrook<\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p id=\"top\"\/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/web.archive.orghttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PHjEv9_t9aU\" height=\"488\" width=\"650\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Bet you didn&#8217;t know <strong>The Cure<\/strong> were once signed to Berlin&#8217;s Hansa Records. For like, a second&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>On the pointed club crossover 12-inch in question <em>(Boys Don&#8217;t Cry<\/em>), Smith balanced out its somewhat grotesque ambition by lampooning their early days: Included on the flipside were the slinking, original 1979 track &#8220;Plastic Passion&#8221;, the faltering pop\/punk stab &#8220;Pillbox Tales&#8221;, and an in-studio disco joke, &#8220;Do the Hansa&#8221;. Recorded under the name Easy Cure in 1978, the last two tunes were leftovers from the group&#8217;s first big break, a contract with Germany&#8217;s then-largest independent label, Hansa, whose interest in the band proved superficial. After being pressured to record covers of Paul Revere &amp; The Raiders&#8217; &#8220;Great Airplane Strike&#8221; and the Bobby Fuller Four&#8217;s &#8220;I Fought the Law&#8221; (which, by that time, The Clash were already well known for), Easy Cure took their \u00a31000, their tapes and their pride home with them, then recorded &#8220;Do the Hansa&#8221;, an embittered shot at the suits.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/1692-join-the-dots-b-sides-and-rarities-1978-2001-the-fiction-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Pitchfork<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssb-share ssb-share-10556 defualt\" post_id=\"10556\">\n<div class=\"defualt-button-fb\"> <iframe src=\"\/\/web.archive.orghttp:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http:\/\/www.uberlin.co.uk\/music-montag-cure\/&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> \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"defualt-button-twitter\"> \t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"\/music-montag-cure\/\">Tweet<\/a>  \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/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\/hansa\/\" rel=\"tag\">Hansa<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/music-montag\/\" rel=\"tag\">Music Montag<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/the-cure\/\" rel=\"tag\">The Cure<\/a><\/div>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<div class=\"comments\">                                 <a href=\"\/music-montag-cure\/#comments\">1 comment<\/a>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post hentry\">\n<h5 class=\"postDate\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2014-04-01T20:43:01+0000\">April 1, 2014<\/abbr><\/h5>\n<div class=\"postContent\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"\/nalu-diner\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Nalu Diner<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"vcard author\">by <span class=\"fn\">James Glazebrook<\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p id=\"top\"\/><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MG_6437-u.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10483\" alt=\"_MG_6437-u\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MG_6437-u.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MG_6437-u.jpg 650w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MG_6437-u-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are plenty of great places to get American food in Berlin &#8211; <a href=\"\/california-breakfast-slam\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', '\/california-breakfast-slam\/', 'California Breakfast Slam');\" title=\"California Breakfast Slam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California Breakfast Slam<\/a> and <a href=\"\/dirty-south\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', '\/dirty-south\/', 'Dirty South');\" title=\"Dirty South\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dirty South<\/a> are just two of them. But nowhere looks as authentically &#8220;American diner&#8221; as <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/naludiner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nalu Diner<\/a><\/strong> on Prenzlauer Berg&#8217;s hip Dunckerstra\u00dfe. You can just imagine Agent Cooper sitting at Nalu&#8217;s counter and enjoying a slice of pie and a &#8220;damn fine cup of coffee&#8221;. Sat in our booth, as soon as our generous meals were set down on the table covered in &#8220;Presidents of the United States&#8221; fact sheets, we knew we&#8217;d love the place. Nalu had me at their bursting-at-the-seams Reuben sandwich; by the third free coffee refill, I had promised them my first-born. All this place needs is a lady with a log, and it will be perfect!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MG_6444-u.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10484\" alt=\"_MG_6444-u\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MG_6444-u.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MG_6444-u.jpg 650w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MG_6444-u-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MG_6451-u.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10485\" alt=\"_MG_6451-u\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MG_6451-u.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MG_6451-u.jpg 650w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MG_6451-u-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MG_6461-u.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10486\" alt=\"_MG_6461-u\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MG_6461-u.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MG_6461-u.jpg 650w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MG_6461-u-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MG_6463-u.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10487\" alt=\"_MG_6463-u\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MG_6463-u.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"975\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MG_6463-u.jpg 650w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MG_6463-u-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MG_6465-u.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10488\" alt=\"_MG_6465-u\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MG_6465-u.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MG_6465-u.jpg 650w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MG_6465-u-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssb-share ssb-share-10482 defualt\" post_id=\"10482\">\n<div class=\"defualt-button-fb\"> <iframe src=\"\/\/web.archive.orghttp:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http:\/\/www.uberlin.co.uk\/nalu-diner\/&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> \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"defualt-button-twitter\"> \t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"\/nalu-diner\/\">Tweet<\/a>  \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"postMeta\">\n<div class=\"postMetaCategory\">Category: <a href=\"\/category\/places\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Places<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"postMetaTag\">Tags: <a href=\"\/tag\/brunch\/\" rel=\"tag\">Brunch<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/dinner\/\" rel=\"tag\">Dinner<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/food-drink\/\" rel=\"tag\">Food &amp; Drink<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/lunch\/\" rel=\"tag\">Lunch<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/nalu-diner\/\" rel=\"tag\">Nalu Diner<\/a><\/div>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<div class=\"comments\">                                 <a href=\"\/nalu-diner\/#comments\">2 comments<\/a>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"pageNav\">\n<div class=\"prev\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"next\"><a href=\"\/2014\/04\/\">&raquo;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 11, 2014 Berlin in Second Life by James Glazebrook Remember Second Life? Of course you don&#8217;t! I was watching a feature-length documentary about the super-immersive virtual world\u00a0and I wondered, of all the places and people and lives that have been created there, if anyone&#8217;s bothered to make a version of Berlin. 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