I am a lover of many kinds of music and the Internet makes it incredibly easy to indulge oneself in more music than can be listened to in a lifetime. One particular interesting type of websites are so-called mp3 blogs, where music aficionados share their own musical taste by offering users the possibility to download [...]
Categories: music
Tagged: mp3 blogs, Peel, world music
Britain has a huge comedy scene which caters for every taste: from the banal Al Murray, aka The Pub Landlord, to more subtle (and surreal) fare such as Britain’s main comedy export product, Eddie Izzard. Upcoming names on their way to fame include Stephen K Amos (see this post) and the Irish stand-up Ed Byrne [...]
Categories: comedy
Tagged: comedy, Stewart Lee, United Kingdom
Unless you’ve been hiking in the Andes in the past weeks, leaving your smartphone at home, you will have noticed what day it was yesterday: 20 years ago the Berlin Wall fell, beginning with the opening of the Bornholmer Straße border crossing at the Bösebrücke and many events have been taking place in the city in [...]
Categories: politics
Tagged: Berlin, Berlin Wall of Sound, Mauerfall, music, Noir
I am a big fan of British comedian Stephen K. Amos. He is currently on tour with his new show The Feelgood Factor and will also soon release his first DVD, Find The Funny (don’t forget to watch the clip). Until then you will have to make due with this performance in the London Apollo in 2008: [...]
Categories: comedy
Tagged: comedy, Stephen K. Amos, United Kingdom
It has been an interesting Autumn in Istanbul so far for those interested in modern art. The 11th International Istanbul Biennal has just finished as did a counter exhibition called “My Name is Casper” (see this Hurriyet article) organised by the Karşı Sanat Gallery. In addition to these spaces, showcasing the new generation of Turkish and international artists, two [...]
Categories: art
Tagged: art, Istanbul, Joseph Beuys, Yüksel Arslan
After more than 30 years David Thomas has finally brought us his adaptation of Ubu Roi, Alfred Jarry’s famous absurdist play after which Pere Ubu was named, the band of which Thomas has been frontman and singer all this time. On 3 October Pere Ubu performed “Bring me the head of Ubu Roi” in the Passionskirche in [...]
Categories: music
Tagged: Berlin, music, Passionskirche, Pere Ubu
I just returned from a wonderful holiday in Istanbul and with new energies and a new academic year starting it seems a good moment to begin this blog. And what better way to start with some music.. After having watched their marvelous DVD Heima I’m in Sigur Rós mood at the moment and this is [...]
Categories: music