Entertainment
This past Tuesday I was lucky to attend the German premiere of the new Spike Jonze short film I’m Here at the Babylon Kino in Mitte. For those of you who need a little hint on the director and film maker: He made Where The Wild Things Are and Being John Malkovich. His new short is a little love story of two quirky robots. It’s actually Jonze first love story to date and I thought it was really sweet and charming. I liked it a lot. They agency who organized the premiere did a really nice job decorating the whole place in candles and rose petals. They also had all sorts of candy and popcorn and long drinks for our enjoyment. After the film there even was a buffet but I kind of wish I had known that beforehand because I was already a bit sick of eating too much candy and mixing it with vodka.
The movie will be released online later this month. But after the jump you can already watch the trailer and see some film stills. The website is really worth a visit.
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by Frank
on March 12th, 2010
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Do you ask yourself what the Bar 25 is doing in the winter? Did you sometimes wish you had yellow nail polish? Did you always wonder what records Hot Chip would put on at a party? Then we might have some answers for you in our party guide after the jump.
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by Frank
on March 11th, 2010
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Internet and amateur pornography seem to be a hot topic right now as I noticed browsing through my usual sites and blogs. Castor and Pollux discovered an interesting artist working with amateur clips and Amy&Pink made a list of the best sexual Tumblr blogs out there. Well, I am not the porn expert in town but some days ago a met one of the PR ladies of the Berlinale for a beer and she told me that there was a really hot Mitte-hippster-trashy-artsy porn movie from Berlin showed at the Berlinale and that i should definetly write about it. Since I am such a good catholic boy I will definetly not watch Bedways from RP Kahl myself but I asume that there might be some nasty little artsy pigs between our readers who might like it. More images and the trailer after the jump. Read on - Weiterlesen »
by C.R.
on March 9th, 2010
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I guess you all have seen some of these long exposure light writing photos that you will find all over the internet. It’s so easy to do you would hardly call it art. But in the case of Miam you might want to reconsider. Those guys have brought the light writing to perfection creating 3dimensional graffitis of light into urban and industrial settings. I especially like their work with LED lights that are more graphical but also look a lot like brush strokes.
This Friday they will open their new exhibition at We Make Stuff Good, the indoor gallery at Stattbad Wedding. More of their work and details after the jump.
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by Frank
on March 8th, 2010
in Art, Events
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I wear colored contacts, fake eyelashes, a blond Lady Gaga wig, I am covered in black paint and my voice is distorted. Can you still guess who I am? Hint: I like to get dirrrrty…
It all started with a weird video clip of trees with arms and legs anonymously posted on YouTube about three months ago. In the end of that video you could see a blonde woman in some sort of naturalistic, dark womb. During the next weeks more videos where posted under the name IamAmIWhoami showing more of this strange woman with fake eyelashes covered in dirt. People started to speculate that this is some sort of viral campaign for an upcoming album release which it obviously is. The guesses which artist it might be ranged from big pop singers like Christina Aguilera and Lady Gaga over cool semi-popular acts like Goldfrapp, The Knife and Santigold to smaller artists like Margaret Berger, Sia, Ladytron and Lykke Li. Just by looking at the videos it’s pretty obvious that it must be someone the record company spends a lot of money on. And judging from the music, it might sound dark and electronic, but it’s still so perfectly polished that it indicates to being parts or interludes of a pop record. I would consider it to be Goldfrapp if I hadn’t already heard their new album which is an 80s disco record and clearly not it. There are a lot of clues that point to Christina Aguilera (which you can read about here) and as she has a new album lined up I think she is the safest guess. I actually only like one of Aguilera’s albums which was her second: Stripped. It was quite brilliant and compared to the one before quite a change of style. So even if some people doubt it’s her because the mysterious videos are way too unconventional for a major pop artist like her I am pretty confident that she is IamAmiWhoami.
After the jump you’ll see all the videos in order of their surfacing. The animals that are shown towards the end of the video have been decrypted to point to a big revelation of the whole campaign this coming Monday 11am (Californian time, which means 20h here in Berlin). So stay tuned! I’m quite intrigued by the music you can here in the videos, especially the second one which sounds like vintage Goldfrapp glam rock!!
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by Frank
on March 6th, 2010
in Events, Music
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Jimbo Starlight
While it was kind of tricky to gather enough cool events for our weekly party guide lately this week is absolutely and it will be hard to decide where to go. Will we sip champagne in the Malzfabrik, go on a blind date at the Hoppetosse, get sick at Picknick or wasted at Panorama Bar? Oh what the hell, we are only young once, so let’s do it ALL! The parties after the jump.
Members of our iHeartBerlin.de Facebook Group have the chance to win guestlist spots for the DFA Night at .HBC this Saturday. So you better join now.
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by Frank
on March 4th, 2010
in Events, Parties
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photos: Thomas Aurin
There are some theater and dance companies that make me wish to have pursuit other career options. Since I am way too old to become a dancer I have to limit myself to watching their incredible perfomance and perhaps review them. One special company which is such a pain to watch because they are so incredibly good that you wish you could be on stage with them is the Costanza Macras ensemble Dorky Park. If you never heard of them and wish to experience my unbareable craving to be involved, they are playing their new piece Megalopolis this weekend at Schaubühne. More pictures, a trailer, a summary and details after the jump.
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by C.R.
on March 3rd, 2010
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This coming Friday another big event is going to take place at Stattbad Wedding. A multitude of artists, performers and musicians will come together to celebrate the golden youth. While one will will color the old swimhall with a stream of spirited and uplifting images, the other will improvise some grass roots electronic music on self designed analog instruments. While one will present a glamorous Electro Pop Extravaganza, the other will do a dance performance interpreting the night’s theme La Jeunesse Doree. And there will be lots of DJs and live concerts. What more could you wish for? Details after the jump.
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by Frank
on March 2nd, 2010
in Events, Music, Parties
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How I love supper clubs. This is already the third one we have been featuring here and if you asked me, the more the better! It has always been a unique, delicious and fun experience and a fantastic alternative to a regular visit to a restaurant.
The Lotería Supper Club is situated in Friedrichshain near Boxhagener Platz. We were lucky to be invited to the first dinner they made and it already made a very good impression! We hit the evening off with a tasty and strong Margarita, so I was practically drunk after the first 5 minutes and it kept on going like that for the rest of the night, as we constantly got our wine glasses refilled with every one of the 6 courses. The menu had a Californian and Mexican style including quesadillas, a pumpkin soup, a warm roasted beet salad with spinach, orange, and pickled red onions, a lime-pomegranate granita, silky soft and tasty lamb shanks as the main dish and a Mexican chocolate panna cotta. Yummie!
The next date for the Lotería Supper Club will be on Saturday March 6 at 19h. If you don’t want to miss out on this you should make your reservation now, as the supper club is limited to 10 guests. More impressions of our dinner after the jump.
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by Frank
on February 26th, 2010
in Events, Friedrichshain, Restaurants
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And the spring came along and we started to feel human again! Oh nasty winter, how you’ve been hated and cursed! Let’s kick asses, celebrate and dance! Your party guide will help you finding the best places:
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by Suz
on February 25th, 2010
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