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 the past days to celebrate this historic moment.
Pere Ubu in the Passionskirche in Berlin
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 Berlin as part of their current European tour, featuring electronics wizard Gagarin, and animation by The Brothers Quay. As always drummer Steve Mehlman and bass player Michele Temple did a brilliant job in keeping the performance on track.
A message from Berlin
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 one of the first songs I ever heard by them.