Since Friday more and more seems to become THE day of the weekend in terms of a good party, I am struggling
to arrange my weekend.  I have to organize shopping before Friday night in order to be able to rest on Saturday before I go out again. Calling my parents before I go out, the gym…What’ you say? Staying at home on a Saturday night? Naa, think of all the exciting parties I’ll miss! Fool! Parties after the jump.

Friday

Funny gallery with endless rooms Reve General was planned to stay for 17 days and those 17 days are already over. Celebrate the closing with some art and music (I had tons of fun when I went there two weeks ago). I wonder about the police, are they gonna come again? Just in case, come early, just in case..! Behmstrasse 79 /Corner of Malmöer Strasse 24. With concert by Davidsson and with djs!

Another People Like Us at Monster Ronson’s. Dance and dream the night away with cosmic (Iam obsessed with cosmic!), italo, modern soul, synth pop,disco and new beat played by Spacelex, Jeffrey Sfire, Dimitri, Mr Vanderley and Emil Doesn’t Drive!
Iam you and Bondage Music label night for 6 Euros on two floors at Suicide Circus with Florian Meindl, Trapez, Beaner, Look-alike,
Dole&Kom, Drei.zu.Eins, PornBugs, Suzen and Live Vocals by Pete la Bomba!

Ultradisco! More cosmic (yes!), electro, acid, disco and wave with Massimiliano Pagliara, Gu Mascio and Franz Underwear at still new Kreuzberg-location Kleine Reise (Spreewaldplatz 8), a charming old bathhouse turned basement nightclub in the heart of Kreuzberg.

Saturday

Massive snow action happening in West Berlin on the Teufelsberg (S-Heerstrasse)!
It is during the day and there probably won’t be music (if yes, it would be awesome!!) but since this seems to be loads of fun it is mentioned here. Meet other crazy-for-snow fools and enjoy getting soaked in a massive snow disaster. Bring whatever you feel like can be used as a vehicle..

The price for the most ridiculous but definite promising party promo goes to Horst Kreuzberg for “Geile Weiber & Bier zwofuffzig”! You might have no idea what it means if you’re not a native speaker (sort of “hot chicks and beer for a pound” but in Berlin slang!).

Moonlight Express @ Stella, Holtzmarktstr. 15-17, behind the Bvg building/Hangar 49 with Claas Brieler(Jazzanova), Cheers Chris, Neeko, Johannes Maria Moser. The hosts of Moonlight Express have chosen original location Stella to keep it intimate, in order it to be a place for those who know and want to keep it non-tourist. “Less fashion more passion.”

Erm, Picknick goes 3 and Villa comes up with Munk live and the only dj who manages to be a “dirty sombrero” and everybody’s darling at the same time Hugo Capablanca?! And furthermore Retro Futuro@Hbc with Emil, Bottin, dsb and many more?! Is this a coincidence? However the audience of Picknick is not the one of Villa and not the one of Hbc or the other way around both ways and backwards, so we’ll all have fun either this or that way.
Sunday

Oh, you didn’t make it to leave the house for ANOTHER party on Saturday night? Go an have an easy Sunday in Hbc @ Sunday Extraordinare!

photos: Sandy Kim

If you are just like me looking for an antidote to the cold weather outside, check out the pictures of photographer Sandy Kim. Sandy Kim is based in San Francisco, her pictures appear in magazines such as Vice and Magic - Revue Pop Moderne, and if I look at her photos right now, I just have one wish: to be right there, in sunny San Francisco, on a party with these very people.

Check out a tiny interview and a selection of her wonderful photos after the jump.

How did you get involved with photography?
I used to go out every night and get blacked out wasted. I started to take photos so that I could remember what happened the night before.

Which photographers do you find inspiring?
Ray Potes, Nan Goldin, Colby Hewitt.

What was your most beautiful experience with photography?
Falling in love.

What is your definition of a good picture?
Capturing a moment that’s not forced but natural.

How important is Photoshop for you?
I try to avoid using Photoshop.

What or whom would you like to photograph? Make a wish!
David Bowie.

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Did I mention that the NYE party at .HBC was really nice? Like, really nice! Katja shot this wonderful video which is like the extension of party photography. Really nice, too!

Last night’s Kings & Queens NYE party at .HBC was seriously the best party I ever experienced in this location. We had so much fun and for once the party people finally complied to the dresscode as there were countless fancy kings and queens to be seen. Impressions of a great night after the jump. Happy New Year, everyone!

You’ll find more great impressions of the night over at Glamcanyon.

The same madness as every year! Where is the best party? What is best to wear? Where should I go to raise your glasses? Who else will be there? Will it be good? Questions over questions and I don’t make it easier for you guys cause this is my choice of the most promising NYE parties this year. To win tickets for the Bötzow Brewery/Deep super event and .HBC’s Royal party join our facebook group and take part in the raffles! Parties after the jump!

New Year’s Eve

New Years Eve all level action at the Bötzow-Brewery (Deep) with djs A Team vs Nite Shinin, superstar POSH! The Prince live, sexy boyish girl with perfect lips Mz Sunday Luv live, Channel X live, Justus Köhnke and many many more! We are happy to announce the most extravagant party to end this decade! The historic Bötzow Brewery, located at Prenzlauer Allee 242 will host the final exit into the new decade. With a multitude of rooms and a labyrinth of staircases you’re sure to lose your friends and meet new ones. The party begins at 22h in the top floor loft rooms, those of you wise enough to come before midnight will be witness to a panoramic view over central Berlin and its amazing war of fireworks !

And that is just the beginning, with the combined forces of Deep, Klangsucht, Play Plus, xocd & friends ( friends being, Appartement/Dinner For Friends, Tilt!, iHeartBerlin.de, Berlin Unlike, Dense Records) spread across this massive complex, the party will be going on long into the year of 2010.

Pre sales tickets December 28 - 31 at Bötzow-Brauerei, Prenzlauer Allee 242 in the little white house at the big gate, each day from 18-21h or @ Power Park Record Store, Niederbarnimstraße 11(Mon- Sat 12-20h) or @ Rotation Record Store, Weinbergsweg 3 (Mon- Sat 14-20h) or @ Bourbon: Fashion for ladies & their pimps, Schlesische Straße 38b (Mo - Sat 12-20h).

Hip venue Hbc goes royal on New Years Eve with a kings & queens dresscode! All you desperate princes and haunted virgins pay the royal entry of 15 Euros and let yourself go wearing your shiny costume with music by i.e. Princess Superstar , Hbc homies Paris Suit Yourself , (handsome) Diskokaine, Bar 25-Beaner, Un Homme et Une Femme, the Glamcanyon Dj Team bringing you charts and hiphop tunes!

The Villa offers New Years madness with a skyscraper long line-up, i.e. I Heart Sharks, Stadthund, Dj Wool, Andi Teichmann special Nye floor!

Rough place Ritter Butzke (where u can easily get a heart attack, like it happened recently) offers you Aka Aka, Chicks On Speed, A Guy Called Gerald, Andi Teichmann, Cinthie and, as you might guess, more!

At Wmf they offer you Modeselektor, Sick Girls, old nineties icon Clé and other good Djs to make you forget 2009 easily!

New Years After Hour

After Hour @ Neukölln based Raum 18!! It starts 12pm midday with Duran Duran Duran, Kruton, dsb, Commonwealth, Franz Underwear, Purita Durango, and Jemek. Ziegrastraße, near Hotel Estrel!

Emöhrgency- either you stay at home the night of the 31st and prefer to dance on the first of 2010 during the day-or- do it the Berlin style: don’t go to bed and continue @Bang Bang Club fom 16.00.

Berlin is not only a playground for artists, but also for designers. Jen Gilpin from Canada and Kyle Callanan from New Zealand are one of the many examples. Their Berlin-based label Don’t Shoot The Messengers shapes finest silks and leathers into beautiful Art-Deco inspired skirts and dresses. After the jump you can see a few more designs of their preview collection. In January they will present their full collection on the runway at .HBC during Berlin Fashion Week. To learn more about them watch this video interview that Mahret from fnart.org did with them recently.

www.dont-shoot-the-messengers.com

No calming down before Nye for you guys! On Saturday and on Sunday you can shed all the nasty Christmas pounds just by dancing! Parties after the jump.

Saturday

Opening of Reve General in the  Behmstraße with a gallery vernissage (17.00-22.00) and party with Michael Fischer+ Sunny + Heldenbrand =Junge Mädchen + Vodka (ooh, it rocks) plus art performance by Martina Schöne Radunski. Entry is 3 Euros only!!

Andre Lodemann (best worx records) playing the best house music together with Filippo Moscatello @ Cookies (Spy Club) hosted by gay super host Bob Young.

Berghain Cuntine with Pet Shop Bears X-Mas Petpourri featuring Daniel Wang, Massimiliano Pagliara, Bonnie, Justin Case, Open Mike! Gggggay!

You fancy a little more westside audience? Dj Nicolino with disco tunes @ Tube will bring you joy!

Sunday

Afterhour treasure hunting @ Ballhaus Ost (Pappelallee) with
The Cheapers aka Ruede Hagelstein, Axel Bartsch, Nils Ohrmann, Herr Süss & Herr Sauer and more. Dance the day away!

photo: Markus Klinko & Indrani

In between Stollen and Entenbraten I would like to take a little time to wish my co-writers C.R., Suz, Diwa, Jens, Julia, Sarer and all the temps, as well as all of you readers (including the haters) a Merry Christmas. Lindt chocolate for everyone!

After the jump Lady Gaga sings a charming little Christmas Carol especially for you…

I don’t know. This year I don’t feel like Christmas at all. I wish I could just skip it and go straight to NYE. But obviously I can’t avoid the family responsibilities and have to go home to spend the holiday with my folks. But that won’t keep me from already making plans for AFTER Christmas to sooth me over the fest of boredom until I’m back in Berlin. Find out what I’ll be doing and what I recommend you should do as well after the jump.

1. Raid Kaisers for Lindt Christmas chocolate leftovers on sale.

This is something I have been doing for a few years now. The terribly expensive but oh so delicious Lindt chocolate in the shape of little Matryoshkas (not Babushkas as they call them which is plain wrong!), and snow mans and polar bears will be 50% off until it’s all gone. So I will get as much as I can to just be over with this chocolate craziness that I have been going through since November. I kind of need to be as fed up with it as possible so I can start to starve again in the New Year to look good and thin for Fashion Week.

2. Find out Where The Wild Things Are

A friend of mine already saw it (without me, that arsehole!) and he said it’s actually quite different from what you expect after watching the trailer. It’s still supposed to be super good (See evidence of me not being a native speaker as I used the word super which I hear is a typical for Germans. Mind, as I learned it from a Spaniard). So, I’ll grab someone else I care for and watch it in the comfort of a soft cinema seat. Probably with a box of Lindt chocolate on my lap.

3. Return gifts from Tschibo

Where I come from there are not all that many shops. Which means I get most my Christmas presents from places like Tschibo. You can’t imagine the faces I have tried on already as reactions to these kind of gifts. It’s the thought that’s supposed to count. But then again, what were you thinking? Luckily I know where the receipts are stored.

4. Prepare Outfit for NYE

Nomally I hate NYE parties. For the most time here in Berlin I stayed home on this evening, hiding in a castle of chairs and blankets watching movies. And probably eating chocolates (Lindt, natch. (and no we are not sponsored (yet))). But for some reason last year I had a pretty good time at two different NYE parties. That until I finished one whole bottle of Champagne (that I stole from someone) talked crap to everyone in the room (mostly screaming “Champagne for everyone!!!” without actually sharing any. Yeah, THAT embarrassing…) had some sort of an alcoholic breakdown and had to be driven home. Of course not without throwing up out of the taxi. So, yeah, it was fun!

And this year there are even two great parties that are both in walking distance from my place. One at Bötzowbrauerei in Prenzlauer Allee and one at the HBC. The one at HBC is cohosted by the lovely Katja and it is a costume party with the theme Kings and Queens. So I will have to come up with a gorgeous outfit. And I need a crown.

5. Watch a Disney movie with a gay friend.

If you do not have a gay friend you can also watch one with your little nice. It’s pratically the same on that occasion. I recommend the new one “The Princess and the Frog”. It’s the first classical animation Disney movie since this whole 3D shit became all the rage. And it looks really charming. Probably because it was made by the same people who made The Little Mermaid and Aladdin which both were my all-time favorites when I was a child. *sighs*

6. Shave

The End

PS: And what are you planning?

While it was -20 degrees outside we were cooking up inside of the Foccolare, and not only because of the pizza ovens. Last Friday the Last Days of Gia party took over this Italian restaurant in Mitte to celebrate the glory days of Gia Carangi, one of the first super models who sadly found a tragic end. But the party was anything but tragic as we had loads of fun until the morning. Impressions after the jump.