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Today’s Ohrwurm is David Hasselhoff – Looking For Freedom, which seems appropriate on a day when the people of Berlin are again protesting at the wall. David Hasselhoff singing on top of the Berlin Wall, with the Brandenburg Gate as a backdrop, on New Year’s Eve 1989 came at a time when people were celebrating […]
There was a time in the UK when it seemed you couldn’t open a newspaper or switch on the TV without seeing a story about Pete Doherty. And I never really got the hype. Sure, The Libertines produced a few good tracks but his erratic behaviour and often shambolic performances meant it was always likely […]
The BBC documentary Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany charts the rise of a new musical movement in post war Germany and the importance of music to young people in their attempts to forge a new German identity. Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany
I first heard The Vaccines – Teenage Icon on one of the Berlin videos I was considering when I put together the posts for my Video Week. The refrain ‘I’m no teenage icon, I’m no Frankie Avalon’ has been stuck in my head ever since. The Vaccines – Teenage Icon [vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/46295064 w=500&h=281]
The National Geographic documentary Stauffenberg: Operation Valkyrie tells the story of Claus von Stauffenberg and the attempt to kill Adolf Hitler on 20 July 1944. A number of plots were hatched to assassinate Hitler but von Stauffenberg’s attempt, in which a bomb was planted during a meeting at the Wolf’s Lair (Wolfsschanze), came closest to […]
It’s the last day of Video Week and it’s time for something completely different – Rainy Day by Matthias Makarinus, who also created the Festival of Lights 2010 video from Day 3. As the title suggests this is a short film produced on a rainy day in Berlin. It’s beautifully shot and edited and seems […]
Here’s a splash of colour to start the weekend of Video Week – Berlin Holi Open Air – Festival of Colours. In July 2012 thousands gathered outside Postbahnhof in Berlin to celebrate Holi – a Hindu Festival of Colours traditionally celebrated in spring – by throwing bags of coloured powder at each other. Berlin Holi […]
It’s Friday, it’s Day 5 of Video Week and here’s a video of Stroke Urban Art Fair 2012 in Berlin, another of my highlights of the year. I found it hard to edit my photos of the event so it’s great to be able to share more of the inspiring art that was on display. […]
Day 4’s offering for Video Week is An Approximation To Berlin by Transistoria, a visual Travel Guide to Germany’s capital. The graphics in the video helpfully give links to the sights highlighted. A minor mistake at 3:04 when Friedrichstrasse is captioned as Hauptbahnhof can be forgiven for such a beautifully shot video of Berlin. An […]
The Festival of Lights 2012 was one of my highlights of the year and on Day 3 of my Video Week, Festival of Lights 2010 by Matthias Makarinus shows just how spectacular this annual event in Berlin is. If you’re planning a trip to Berlin in autumn, the Festival of Lights 2013 will be lighting […]
