[ new album by Filastine - on tour - ] “Just did a dense tour in France, opening for Leila a few times. They were early concerts, and all with Amelie joining me on cello… The problem is that now that I’m spoiled by having a great string player guest on a number of tracks it’s hard to feel as good about the gigs without her. This means I need higher pay (I actually LOST money on these recent gigs), this means the ticket price goes up, this means that quickly I could find myself only playing to stiff rich people who politely applaud after each track.

:: b-side :: :: a-side :: [ flyers by Chaosdroid ( and a bit of Borderline Digital / Zulah remixed once again ) mucho respex! ] Not that we saw so many films this year, but our experiences of this year’s Berlinale and its component Talent Campus ( for emerging artists … […]

Johan Grimonprez’s new film Double Take at Berlinale ( times corrected) : > 11.2 : Arsenal 2 – 20:30h > 13.2 : Arsenal 1 – 17:30h “Grimonprez’s second film essay ( following the jaw-dropping Dial H-i-s-t-o-r-y ) questions how our view of reality is held hostage by mass media, advertising and Hollywood. Written by award winning British novelist […]

ADDED NEWS : YES MEN BLOCK BMW’s “CINEMA FOR PEACE” + Activists detain them for Q+A ??! (below) Urgent news blip : > 9.2.09 :: Rumor has it that 2 crazy mtherfkers will be appearing 2nite at The Museum Of Capitalism in Betahaus, and the last remaining screening of Yes Men Fix The World at the Berlinale […]

[ art by Draenia, Mx ] Transmediale: Up the Deep North Without a Paddle – XLt analysis Part 2 Aside from the disturbing lack of direction and/or provocation of where to actually go BEFORE the “Deep North” fully plunders all the common ground beneath us and sows its seeds of irreversible chaos/new order, there were incredible insights to be gained at this year’s Transmediale into the vicious loops that continue navigating us into the uninhabitable. As one of the presenters Madina Tlostanova wrote back to us the other day, “Theory nowadays lags a bit behind real life”.

> 3.2 :: Gustav und Schlammpeitziger im Volksbuehne, Berlin [review… + foto credits coming soon] > 3.1 :: Druzbar feiert 7. Geburtstag im New Yorck 59, Berlin > 3.7 :: Soli Party fuer Refugees Emancipation mit Rutrandale, MC Hass + djs Podska und FormVollendet im Kastanienkeller, Kastanienallee 85 >6.2 Metrozones Saloon Freitag, // 20 Uhr im Ballhaus Naunynstraße Istanbul gegen die […]