STDs: Bigger, Better, Harder Stuff That Doesn't Suck Berlin 10_03-16_03

Wednesday 10th March

Driftwood Fairytales, Smile & Burn @ Wild at Heart

Name: Wild at Heart
Street Address: Wiener Str. 20
Additional:
City: Berlin
Postal Code: 10999
Country: Germany
Phone:

Driftwood Fairytales (punk, de)

Smile & Burn (pop-punk, de)

@ Wild at Heart

This is Der Schöne Jan, Makke, Benis and Mr C, and we are THE DRIFTWOOD FAIRYTALES, Berlin's first All-Fool Band. The four of us played and still play in some other bands but this is rather boring to speak about here. Still you gotta know, that this is an attempt. An attempt to write simple and good music.

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Bigger, Better, Harder Stuff That Doesn't Suck - Berlin - 03_03 - 09_03

Wednesday 3rd March

Tracy´0, Stan and Laura, Freaky Miller @ Schokoladen

Name: Schokoladen
Street Address: Ackerstrasse 169
City: Berlin
Postal Code: 10115
Country: Germany

Lofi Lounge: Tracy´0 (Elektro/Wave/Paris/Berlin) + Stan and Laura (Jazz Noir/Berlin) + Freaky Miller (Indie-Pop/Kiel)

Dj Nordpolzigeuner (Balkan, Alternative/Pop)

Tracy`O

The project is based on a story which is split in different parts and music structures these pieces. This allows to play between narration and proper songs. This is a memory work and a reconstruction attempt. It is about desire, a restless wandering, an escape, an awakening and a fight. That's the story of human being, man, woman, dreams and beliefs. The quest of the Infinite takes shape through the emotional motion of Tracy'O.

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Over the weekend, the head of the Protestant church in Germany was caught drunk driving. While German commentators condemned Margot Kässmann's actions, most did not feel that she should lose her job. Nevertheless on Wednesday it became clear that the bishop felt her position was untenable.

by Cathrin Schaer  

Original article here.

Photo: DBA.

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Bigger, Better, Harder Stuff That Doesn't Suck - Berlin - 24_02 - 02_03

Wednesday 24th February

20th Køpi 137 Anniversary (1st day) @ Køpi

Name: Køpi
Street Address: Köpenickerstr. 137
Additional:
City: Berlin
Postal Code: 10179
Country: Germany
Phone:

KOMA F: German Punk Night
      Reisegruppe Morgentau (Punk/Falkensee)
      Ketamin C (Punk/Karlmarxstadt)
      Zerfall (82er DDR Punk)
      Abfall (95er BRD Punk)

Check: http://www.koepi137.net/HGB.htm for the full programme of Køpi Anniversay (24/2 - 28/2).

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Bigger, Better, Harder Stuff That Doesn't Suck - Prague - 04_02 - 10_02

Wednesday 17^th February

Michael Knight, Sarsaparilla, Stead @ Schokoladen  

 Lofi Lounge: Michael Knight (Indie/Cinematic-Pop /Berlin/UK) + Sarsaparilla (Sci-Fi-Folk /Berlin/USA) + Stead (FolkAmbient/IT)

http://www.myspace.com/michaelknightie
http://www.myspace.com/sarsaparillamusic
http://www.myspace.com/stefanoantocidagostino
http://www.stead.it

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Werner Herzog is a German cinema legend, and yet he has received little recognition in his home country in recent years. Now the director is finally back in Germany, where he is heading the jury at this year's Berlin International Film Festival. As usual, the maverick filmmaker is doing things his way.

Original article by Lars-Olav Beier, from Der Spiegel.

Photo: Corbis.

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Bigger, Better, Harder Stuff That Doesn't Suck - Berlin 10_02 - 16_02

Wednesday 10th February

David Gray @ Huxleys Neue Welt

Start: 02/10/2010 - 19:00

End: 02/10/2010 - 23:59

David Gray @ Huxleys Neue Welt

Kreuzberg, Berlin

Ticket: € 36

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Evropsky Sen - Culture Knockout II

Berlin, Mitte 2010

Ackerkeller, Schokoladen, Z-Bar, Club der Polnischen Versager

see some of the pictures here.

check out live perfomances: Rocket Fuel Explosion, Guma Guar and Super Pilot!

Contact Poetry here.

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Bigger, Better, Harder Stuff That Doesn't Suck 03_02 - 09_02 Berlin

Wednesday 3rd February

3-4-5 February

Evropský Sen

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Bigger, Better, Harder Stuff That Doesn't Suck 27_01 - 02_02 Berlin

Wednesday 27th January

Air @ Huxleys Neue Welt

+ George Pringle

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Attention: some conservative people might

have been intentionally harmed

during this show.

By Kevin Calonne

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The Secrets of Looking Good on the Dance Floor

Why do some clubbers shake it like a Polaroid picture while others prefer to perch on a bar stool? British psychologist Peter Lovatt, who has conducted rigorous field work in nightclubs, believes he can explain why some booty shaking is hot -- and some is not. It's all about your hormones.

Original article from Der Spiegel.

Photo: Rob Zoom.

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Bigger, Better, Harder Stuff That Doesn't Suck 20_01 - 26_01 Berlin

Wednesday 20th January

Highschool Nightmare (HH) @ Wild at Heart

SPIRIT OF FASHION-PARTY

" Highschool Nightmare "
(Punk - HH)

+ Aftershow with DJ FUSSI

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Bigger, Better, Harder Stuff That Doesn't Suck 13_01 – 19_01

Wednesday 13^th of January

film klub / ARTCAM @ MeetFactory "35 Rhums"

Name: Meet Factory
Street Address: Ke Sklárně 3213/15 Praha 5
Additional:
City: Praha
Postal Code: 150 00
Country: Czech Republic
Phone: + 420 251 551 796

Start: 01/13/2010 - 20:00

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Miep Gies helped hide Anne Frank and her family from the Nazis for two years in a secret Amsterdam annex. She also saved Anne's diaries from destruction, allowing the world a glimpse into the day-to-day realities of Jews during World War II. On Monday evening, she died at the age of 100.

Original article from Der Spiegel

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Did CIA agents and employees of private security firm Blackwater seek to kill a German-Syrian terror suspect in Hamburg? A recent report by US magazine Vanity Fair has upset politicians from Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats as well as the opposition left-leaning Social Democrats and Greens. Politicians are demanding answers and a state prosecutor may investigate.

Original article by Florian Gathmann and Veit Medick, http://www.spiegel.de

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Bohème Noir is a party for the nonconformistic. Here you have the borderliners, burlesque and baroque, fetish and fantasy, goth and glitz, cyber, rubber, fags and freaks, captured in a pulsating mix of music, arts and dance.

Bohème Noir ist die Party für eine Gesellschaft der Unkonventionellen. Hier treffen sich die Grenzgänger, Burlesque und Baroque, Fetisch und Fantasy, Goth und Gewandung, Body Mods, Cyber, Rubber, Fags und Freaks. Mit Musik, Tanz und Kunst durch die Nacht getragen. Dress to impress!

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Caped crusaders, telepathic powers, invisibility, comedians! Something doesn't fit? Shows how little you know.  The Supernaturals comedy troupe continues their latest and greatest show at the Kookaburra Comedy Club, Berlin. 

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The 6th edition focuses on the topics of civil rights, specifically rule of law vs. surveillance, 1989-2009 in Chile and South Africa, animated documentary (machinima, lego films, rotoscoping etc.), and human rights issues.
We are proud to announce that Dr. Rolf Gössner, President of the International League for Human Rights, lawyer, civil rights activist and keynote speaker at the Berlin demonstration for data protection last month, will open the festival.

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Hankering for an experience of  Berlin like you never have before? Then you should hop aboard the Berlin Partybus!

The brainchild of the wicked minded Evil Jared, [bass ist of The Bloodhound Gang], pimped out by West Coast customs - the Partybus cruises the streets of Berlin at night, and it's a ride you won't forget!

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At the heart of the arteries of Europe lies Berlin,  known for being saturated with history, but also for being a main organ pumping fresh underground culture, music, and diversity throughout the continent.
If you want to feel more-like a local instead of a tourist; if you care about the true veins of Berlin culture, and not just about the over-trodden money-making path, if you wish to discover and support small businesses and local artists, you need to know about Alternative Berlin.
What do they offer? In their own words: "[We] show you a side of the city you would never know existed. To put you in touch with the real people in Berlin, and to show you just what they do in their everyday lives". Need more reasons? What about "to help out local businesses, establishments, and culture. To protect the very thing that makes Berlin such an incredible city”.

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Original article by BBC NEWS online

Three Cold War leaders from the Soviet Union, West Germany and US who saw the Berlin Wall fall two decades ago have been reunited in Germany's capital.

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Asian Women's Film Festival, 15/10

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Festival of Lights, 14-25 October

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P.O.R.K. FEST - Berlin

18. - 19.09

Wild At Heart, Wiener Strasse 20

Huxleys Neue Welt, Hasenheide 113

www.porkfest.de

12-15€ Friday, 35-40€ Saturday, 40€ for the whole shebang

* Batmobile (nl), The Peacocks (ch), The Tabaltix (us), The Highliners (uk)

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World's longest documentary bares the real Berlin

Original Article by; Kate Bowen, www.dw-world.de

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Knut embraces the world of modern romance

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Photograph by Benjamin Pritzkuleit

The night feared by all bartenders and well anticipated by those who wish to experience art and soak up culture, is coming up! On August 29th, Berlin opens wide its museum doors, all day and night, showcasing one of the most original events of the year, a ‘must see’ for everyone - not just art and culture nuts!

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Die Berlin Bombshells sind eine Gruppe von Frauen, die einen in Berlin eher noch unbekannten Teamsport praktizieren. Die Rede ist von Rollerderby, einer Frauensportart auf klassischen Rollschuhen, die ihre Wurzeln in Amerika hat. Seit einem Jahr üben sie diesen Sport im Verein aus. Das öffentliche Interesse und die Mitgliederzahlen steigen seitdem stetig.

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Block the Nazi Demonstration in Dortmund

September 4-5 Dortmund 

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A German election campaign poster featuring the slogan "The Only Reason to Vote Black"  above the naked buttocks of a black woman being squeezed by the hands of a white woman has provoked accusations of racism.

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Original article and photos by The Local online

Ninety years after it began revolutionising design, and six decades after the Nazis banned it, Germany's famed Bauhaus movement is luring huge crowds to a new show in Berlin.

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Original article from The Local online

Berlin’s S-Bahn chaos has created a Cockaigne for graffiti artists as the lack of rail traffic opens up a whole new canvas for taggers, daily Der Tagesspiegel reported on Wednesday.

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Original article by Kateri Jochum/Kyle James, DW-World.de

Police and law officials raided bordellos under suspicion of social security fraud, among others. They have been trying to stop the flat-rate fee system in brothels, arguing that it violates prostitutes' dignity.

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The Flatliners @ CLASH, Berlin

Gneisenaustr. 2a - 10961

When: Sat. 15.08
Start: 21:00 uhr

Demo, Destroy to Create, The Great Awake

and a thus-far untitled new album to be released sometime this year.

Flash mobs banned in Braunschweig

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Original article - The Local online

Tired of flash mobs holding gatherings in Braunschweig’s Schlossplatz square, the city says it is forbidding the social networking phenomenon, according to a report published Tuesday by the news site Zeit Online.

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Beirut & guests @ Cassiopeia Skatehalle, Berlin
When: 19.08
Start: 9pm

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Armando Andrade Tuleda @ DAAD Galerie, Berlin

When: 9.07 - 29.08

Where: DAAD Galerie, Berlin

Zimmerstr. 90/91
10117 Berlin
Tel: +49 30 261 36 40
open Monday - Saturday:
11am - 6pm

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Fête de la Musique

21.6

Berlin, Germany*

www.fetedelamusique.de

FREE

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By Simon Imdahl / Chris McMorrow/ Peter Holland

A massive demonstration and street celebration organized by beardy, yogurt eating, left-oriented, sandal wearers, (and slightly more scary leftist-radical groups) has taken place on the first of May for over two decades now. Since a contra-demonstration by the puppy-eating, jackbooted, face smashing, neo-fascistic party NPD and it's youth organisation Junge Nationaldemokraten in 1998, the event has become synonymous with the ongoing fight against neo-nationalism and xenophobia. This May Day in Germany could prove to be the most violent in years.

The past four months alone have borne witness to a disturbing spike in arson incidents and other politically-inspired attacks all over the country. Berlin Police claim more than 70 cars, usually luxury models, have been burnt since January. In comparison, the total number of incidents last year were around 100. Over 1000 police are predicted to be on hand to de-escalate tension between at least 1000 neo-Nazis and anti-racist demonstrators.

A focal point for this growing aggression in previous months is the left-wing Kreuzberg neighborhood, where growing gentrification has attracted militant protest vandalism. Continued forecasts of job losses in the thousands as well as pent up frustration within the capital's lower income districts is doubtless playing a part in the recent rise of violence.

And you know what frustration, riot police and beer spells...? Party 'til the tear gas makes you puke.

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intro by Kate Pinto

Ouch...

Original article from Reuters.

BERLIN (Reuters Life!) - A German motorist missed a bend in the road, broke through a barrier and hurtled up a bank, crash-landing on a church roof in eastern Germany, police said on Monday.

The bank acted like a springboard, propelling the black Skoda about 35 meters (115 ft) forward and straight into the church's roof frame, where it remained wedged 7 meters off the ground, police said in a statement.

"We've never ever had a case of a car landing in a church before," said Frank Fischer, a spokesman for Chemnitz police in the state of Saxony.

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by Manda Singer

For one weekend a year, all eyes are on Berlin as Art Forum resumes its residence at the Messegelände ICC on the outskirts of Charlottenburg.
One of the largest and most renowned art fairs in the world, Art Forum ignites a chain reaction of both high and low profile exhibitions and fairs throughout the city.

For those who preferred something else a bit more detached from the mediatized art circle, three events, varying widely in theme and style, all managed to attract a consistent swell of visitors with a vernissage evening.

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By Manda Singer

Despite it having gone through numerous cycles of abandonment and renewal over the past century, roller derby looks like it is here to stay. Although the crux of its recognition remains in America, myriad teams have formed the world over, and now Berlin can finally boast having its very own - the Berlin Bombshells.

The Bombshells are one of only four teams in Germany, with the others located in Stuttgart, Hamburg, and Ludwigsburg. Though the Bombshells do not currently hold bouts outside of their own club in Berlin, they have the intention of competing nationally and are closely linked with the Stuttgart team, who played a crucial role in the team's development. "The Stuttgart team hosted our first meeting," says Molly, the Bombshells captain, "two of the girls came up and brought training videos and talked to the girls about setting up the team." The Stuttgart players' advice including how to find inexpensive equipment and tips to generate interest for the sport in both Berlin and Germany as a whole.

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www.fuckparade.org

Participate, do it yourself, do it better!

The 12th Fuckparade starts August 9th, 2 pm at the Michaelkirchbrücke in Mitte, Berlin. This year the demonstration is driving against property development, for the sake of the Schwarzer Kanal, Köpi, New Yorck and the Bethanien, as well as against police repression, drug hysteria and gentrification.

Fuckparade, shortened from Fuck Love Parade, is an annual march taking place in Berlin, originally formed in 1997 to resist the increasing commercialisation and restrictiveness of Love Parade, a festival that's sponsorship deals and music restrictions pushed many participants away. Fuckparade is a subculture movement characterised by gabba and hardcore techno music (which were removed from Love Parade), aimed at enhancing cultural diversity, avoiding commercialisation and, since 2001 clashes with the Berlin Senate, preserving free means of expression in demonstration.

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by Jim Hudson 

Karl-Marx-Allee. This two-kilometer-long triumphal route of overbearing, neo-classical buildings owes more to Moscow than Mitte. The street has all the architectural subtlety of a wedding cake. At one end, two nine-storey high-rises, each topped with a tower, form an imposing gateway completely at odds with Berlin's low-rise feel.

Hansaviertel. Contemporary houses and blocks of flats sit among trees and landscaping at the beautiful Tiergarten's northern edge. Built for the 1957 Interbau, this street is a virtual who’s-who list of modernist architectural design, including Oscar Niemeyer. In fact, Hansaviertel features this world-famous Brazilian architect's only building in Germany. Architecture students flock there daily to photograph each other in its huge V-shaped support columns.

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[1] CTM.08 – UNPREDICTABLE: PROGRAM ALMOST COMPLETE

 // Date: January 25 – February 2, 2008
// Maria am Ostbahnhof and other venues, Berlin

The 9th edition our festival club transmediale 2008 – festival for adventurous music and related visual arts – will take place at various venues in Berlin from January 25 to February 2, 2008.

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