Apocalypse: The Rise of Hitler
Did you know that Hugo Boss designed the uniforms for the SS and the Hitler Youth? That was just one of the facts that I learned by watching Apocalypse: The Rise of Hitler, which charts Hitler’s life from his birth on 20 April 1889 to his suicide on 30 April 1945. Apocalypse: The Rise of Hitler, […]
Ohrwurm: Radiohead – Fake Plastic Trees
Ohrwurm (literally translated as Earworm) must be one of my favourite German words. It’s the term for that song that you have stuck in your head, playing on an infinite loop, that you can’t stop singing. I’ve had Radiohead – Fake Plastic Trees stuck on repeat for the last few days now and I’m hoping that […]
The Big Bang Theory – Call Me Maybe
The Big Bang Theory cast and crew do Call Me Maybe Flashmob Style – Bazinga! I’d love to know how Kayley Cuoco ends up on her arse on the floor at the end of the routine.
Stolpersteine 146
I only saw the one Stolperstein in Berlin in the past week but I have added a picture of it to the photo gallery here. This Stolperstein was laid in memory of Tatjana Barbakoff (Knesebeckstrasse 100). The memorial is outside the Renaissance Theater Berlin, where Tatjana performed as a dancer. You can find out more about […]
Berlin Sessions: Phoebe Killdeer and the Short Straws – The Fade Out Line
I stumbled across Berlin Sessions, a website with a series of acoustic performances filmed around Berlin, when I was looking for Berlin-related content on YouTube. There are sessions with Me & My Drummer, who featured in my A Year In The Life Of Berlin post and Dry The River, whose No Rest was my favourite track in the […]
MIMI The ClowN in Berlin
I saw a number of Street Art pieces by MIMI The ClowN in Berlin recently on Oranienstrasse during a wander around Kreuzberg. I love the humour in the stencils with a predominantly black, white and red colour scheme. Unlike the rest of the pieces shown here, this last stencil was seen at the start of the […]
Stolpersteine 143-145
The Stolpersteine I saw in Berlin this week were laid in memory of: Meir Scharf and Charlotte Scharf (Metzer Strasse 33); Alice Donat and Erwin Berger (Schönhauser Allee 164); Taube Ibermann and Lotte Ibermann (Fehrbelliner Strasse 86). I have added photos of all the Stolpersteine to my gallery here. You can find out more about the background to these […]
