“America” by American singer-songwriter Bill Callahan (aka Smog) is maybe another great expat song – or maybe an appropriate Memorial Day song or an Anti-Memorial…
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Gardens of the World – In A Berlin Minute (Week 56)
Gärten der Welt (Gardens of the World) is a park in Marzahn, a neighborhood in the former East Berlin. It originally opened in 1987 as…
View More Gardens of the World – In A Berlin Minute (Week 56)MusicMonday: “Live Alone” – Debbie Harry Does Franz Ferdinand (and so does LCD Soundsystem)
“Live Alone” is a beautiful cover by American singer (of incomparable NYC band Blondie) Deborah (Debbie) Harry of a song by Scottish band Franz Ferdinand.…
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“All God’s Children – Germany Premiere” – In A Berlin Minute (Week 55)
“All Gods Children” – Germany Premiere – In A Berlin Minute (Week 55) from Luci Westphal on Vimeo. Big week for me: our 70-minute documentary…
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“All God’s Children” is streaming online!
The day has finally come: we have released our documentary film All God’s Children online for free streaming. Anyone anywhere with an Internet connection can…
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Big Day
Watch out, this is going to get personal and long. So you may want to skip this. Today is quite a significant day for me.…
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Three versions make this a timeless classic – but I suspect there are even more covers out there… Just heard the very fun song “Wordy…
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“Stuck – Part 2” or “Friend, Couch and Happiness”
Another reason why I feel so lucky to have such wonderful friends: My friend Judith Hecktor, after having stood by me step-by-step through all the…
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Stuck with someone else’s garbage…
… or the tale of finding an apartment in Berlin and making it livable. In recent months our lives have been quite… um… mobile. About…
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forgetters at Schokoladen – In A Berlin Minute (Week 54)
This past week, Brooklyn band forgetters played at Schokoladen and gave me just the right reason to finally check out (and film) this former squat…
View More forgetters at Schokoladen – In A Berlin Minute (Week 54)Berlin Premiere of “All God’s Children”
On Wednesday May 18th we will screen our feature-length documentary film All God’s Children at Kultursalon Roderich in Kreuzberg. It will be the German premiere…
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A Music Monday post on Tuesday – after having skipped a week or maybe even two? Life and work are quite time-consuming right now. So…
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May Day – 1. Mai – In A Berlin Minute (Week 53)
May 1st (1. Mai), or May Day, is a holiday known in Germany and other countries as the International Workers’ Day – a day for…
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Tschüß Mitte – In A Berlin Minute (Week 52)
After 52 weeks (one entire year!) it’s time to say goodbye again – but not quite yet to all of Berlin (although it was a…
View More Tschüß Mitte – In A Berlin Minute (Week 52)MusicMonday: “L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.” – Noah and the Whale
It seems that a song like “L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.” by British band Noah and the Whale always seems fitting – maybe some days a little more than…
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David Sedaris’ Easter Story…
… or “The Rabbit of Easter and The Easter Bell” Easter is my favorite holiday because I love spring and chocolate and being with family…
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