Only in Berlin can you brave half an hour of snowy streets to watch one slightly underwhelming (but promising) rocksteady ska band (loved the Skatellites cover, guys!), then one AWESOME Japanese ska-punk band (Japanese ska NEVER seems to disappoint – great stage show, great energy, great metal riffs hidden under the 2tone, and of course bowler hats!!), only to move on to a bar three doors down to play foosball with a bunch of coked-out Greeks who were way too good for our humble skills, before stumbling back home at about 3am.
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14
January
When I was in Sweden, staying at my friend Yvo’s place, I spent one morning just nursing a hangover in the apartment while he was out making money or something. Eventually, I switched on the TV and stumbled across one of these movies that almost instantly have you stop the zapping process because it is clear that something exciting is being broadcasted. Even though I had missed the setup, which usually means I don’t want to watch the rest of the movie anymore either (too confusing, plus I had a hangover), I decided to keep on watching – and that’s how I discovered Brick, a movie you may have missed.
Here’s a review…
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14
January
Listening to: Boysetsfire – Tomorrow Come Today and Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz
Just so you all know: I had intended to try and get some work done this weekend, but life, as usual, interfered with a vengeance. Oh well… my only real regret is that the batteries in my camera had died so I sadly cannot present any photographic evidence of my exploits until someone else decides to share pictures or send them to me. But, I’ll always have the memories of my first ever poker victory, and a fun-filled evening of bowling with a host of people I did not, or hardly, knew. That’s about all there is to it, actually, but if you really are interested, , by all means read on and I’ll provide some details that are of no consequence whatsoever. But, there’s police involvement!
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11
January
Of course it had to happen that the first “proper” update on this new site is, again, a bunch of limericks, but that’s how it goes…
These here were influenced, nay, inspired by the presentations held at the T&I-sessions in Frankfurt, 4-6 December 2009. I sent them around for approval before posting them here because it was quite a hard set of subjects of accurately convey in five lines, but as yet I have not gotten any complaints so I guess it is safe to post them here.
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8
January
Four fabulous friends visited me in Berlin, and here is the report, originally published on 17 March 2009!
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7
January