Eat Your Heart Out

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 rude awakening. [...]

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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

THE ACCELERATED CULTURE OF BROKEN BRITAIN The term “The Soundtrack of your life” might sound a little clich?d 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

  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,’ [...]

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: [...]