Can’t fight time – a quarter of 2011 is already over. But you can sweeten everything with a little bit of music. Here are some…
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Crosstown Train – In A Berlin Minute (Week 48)
Alexanderplatz seen from the S-Bahn Back by popular demand: another trip through the heart of Berlin. When I realized how many of you liked the…
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Interview Project (Germany)
I love this. In 2009 Jason S. and Austin Lynch (the son of David Lynch) went on a road trip through the United States and…
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MusicMonday: “Ich Bin Ausländer (leider zum Glück)” – Torpedo Boyz
Just discovered this song today and couldn’t wait to share it (even though I already had something else planned for MusicMonday). “Ich Bin Ausländer…
View More MusicMonday: “Ich Bin Ausländer (leider zum Glück)” – Torpedo BoyzSoviet War Memorial (Treptower Park) – In A Berlin Minute (Week 47)
Judith at the Soviet War Memorial in Treptow The Soviet World War Two Memorial in Treptower Park (Советский мемориал войны) in Berlin is quite monumental…
View More Soviet War Memorial (Treptower Park) – In A Berlin Minute (Week 47)What’s with all the ads?
So I finally broke down and set up Google AdSense for my blog. While I was looking into doing that I also discovered the Amazon…
View More What’s with all the ads?MusicMonday: The Kills “Satellite” (+ “Something Wild”)
“Satellite” is the first single from Blood Pressures, the new album by the British-American duo The Kills – coming out the first week of April.…
View More MusicMonday: The Kills “Satellite” (+ “Something Wild”)Ian McEwan – “Black Dogs”
Black Dogs by Ian McEwan My rating: 3 of 5 stars I’m still split on how much I enjoyed Black Dogs by Ian McEwan. First…
View More Ian McEwan – “Black Dogs”FilmKritikTV – Franc Tausch
Hopefully the absurdity of me writing in English about something that is currently only available in German will not be too distracting. I’ve just decided…
View More FilmKritikTV – Franc TauschMusicMonday: Skream & Example “Shot Yourself In The Foot Again”
There are mixed opinions about mixed tapes (or playlists), which offer a collection of mp3s as free downloads. A big advantage of such mix tapes…
View More MusicMonday: Skream & Example “Shot Yourself In The Foot Again”100 Bus – In A Berlin Minute (Week 45)
100 Bus – In A Berlin Minute (Week 45) from Luci Westphal on Vimeo. Fasten your seat belts… you’re about to embark on a super…
View More 100 Bus – In A Berlin Minute (Week 45)Create A YouTube Partner Click-able Image Map Banner
This post refers to the 2011 YouTube channel layout. It is now outdated. “Create YouTube Partner Click able Image Map Banner”… that’s quite a complicated…
View More Create A YouTube Partner Click-able Image Map BannerMusicMonday: R.E.M. – “Überlin”
It all fit so perfectly: this past week was Scott’s birthday, he returned to Berlin and Collapse Into Now, the new album of his old-time…
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Komische Oper – In A Berlin Minute (Week 44)
This week I saw the opera Rusalka by Antonín Dvořák at the Komische Oper with new friend, book critic and Book Slut editor-in-chief Jessa Crispin.…
View More Komische Oper – In A Berlin Minute (Week 44)Asterix Recommends: Erik Hassle “Are You Leaving”
My brother Asterix recommends a new song by Swedish singer Erik Hassle called “Are You Leaving”. It was co-written by Jocke Berg of Kent. This…
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My family is just not a musical family. And I don’t mean that we don’t like or play music; there’s a cellist and singer, a…
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