…we were so busy partying…so
HAVE A GREAT NEW YEAR!
While music journalists in Germany are wondering what happened to pop music (yes, we said it years ago. In a globalized economy national pop music is becoming less relevant every year. Music , after all, is not that different to the rest of the economy.) , we [...]

IT DON’T MATTER IF THEY’RE BLACK OR WHITE

By Ricky Zipp

I hate Michael Jackson, but in the song below, he does get something right for once:

“But, If You’re Thinkin’
About My Baby
It Don’t Matter If You’re
Black Or White”

from Michael Jackson’s - “Black Or White”

Yep. It just don’t matter.

I told you that celebrating an Obama win was just [...]

Visionaries & Voices art studio event for artists with disabilities, autism, etc.
Many of you know that for the last five years I’ve been involved with an art studio for artists with disabilities called Visionaries & Voices.
Many of the artists have autism or various challenges and the art studio lets them be seen as an artist [...]

AMERICAN MONEY HOLE
by Mike Sregor
John McCain’s claiming that Barack Obama’s idea of “Redistributing the Wealth” as being un-American would be right on the mark, if only McCain weren’t such a hypocrite Republican. Both the Republicans and the Democrats have always redistributed the wealth by taxing the shit out of the American people. Before you [...]

PEOPLE, WAKE THE FUCK UP.

by Mike Sregor from Tokyo
The only thing good about Obama getting elected is that it is a rejection of the American National Socialist policies of that idiot Bush. If you guys think anything is going to change under an Obama administration, then you are in for a [...]

and starting so much more…….

OK…
…sorry, but you know when you start a sentence with “OK” it means you’re about to say something bizarre of offensive like, “OK, you know you’re my best friend but you have really bad breath,” or “OK, I do like screwing you but next time could you maybe do something more than just lie there [...]

Hey people! For those of you who might be in and or near Washington D.C. I’d like to extend an invitation to check out a show I’m participating in with an old associate, Shep Fairey. We’re doing a 3 person show at Irvine Contemporary Gallery.
Many of you know me as DJ Spooky, but I started [...]

Welcome to the “Stimmungsbarometer”!
The project Stimmungsgasometer is about a smiley on a huge screen from which one can read the average mood of the Berlin citizens.
The system allows to read emotions out of random peoples faces. The faces are analyzed by sophisticated software (contributed by the Fraunhofer Institut). The obtained mood data are then stored [...]

THE ACCELERATED CULTURE OF BROKEN BRITAIN

The term “The Soundtrack of your life” might sound a little clichéd but its relevance shouldn’t be underestimated. A tight, perceptive LP can not only predict shifting musical fashions but can also be an astute commentary of the times.

Blondie’s new wave masterpiece Parallel Lines was a classic of the genre, [...]

IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT IN HERE (BERLIN), YOU CAN MAKE IT EVERYWHERE
“Oh man, Crystal Castles played a fucking insane show at Maria last night!” A friend of mine, literally hopping up and down with excitement, more or less screamed this in my face recently. In fact, had he been any more switched on I [...]

Film “Chaostage” was premiered in Hannover Germany on October 3rd (day of the reunification of Germany) and caused a massive riot. Press reports about 100 arrests. Punks , who couldn’t get into the sold out event, clashed with police forces.
Film features music by Alec Empire , who also included his remix of German punk classic [...]

Underground nightlife impresarios Larry Tee and Daniel Nardicio both
spoke enthusiastically about America’s current economic crisis this
week, and suggested it should prove positive for New York nightclub.
When the economy dips, the nightclubs heat up, club owners are willing
to take chances and a lot of the old club owner/predators get weeded
out,” Larry suggested.
“In times of economic hardship, [...]

Check out the chapter about ATR in german book “Missverstaendnisse, Stolpersteine der Kommunikation”.

Caroline Wimmer wrote about the evacuation of a school near Boston in the USA in 1999,
when an ATR poster for “60 Second Wipe Out” alerted the local authorities…
You can purchase this book here

Alec Empire & The Monks included their song “Monk Time” in the “57 Songs: Musicians For Minneapolis” compilation.
Alongside Dick Dale, Fishbone, Faust, Helmet, Lee Scratch Perry & George Clinton,
Los Lobos, Stray Cats and many others.
100% of the proceeds raised through the sale of the CD will be donated to the
Minnesota Helps: Bridge Disaster Fund.
Please [...]