Menu |
|
He was born in Brookline, Massachusetts and never lived in Berlin but President John F Kennedy is probably the most famous ‘Berliner’. In a speech on the steps of Rathaus Schöneberg on 26 June 1963 Kennedy declared: All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin, and, therefore, as a free man, I […]
MTO is a French street artist who bases himself in Berlin and recently posted the documentary FL – Unpremeditated Movie on Vimeo. Art has always had its detractors and modern art will always attract the most controversy. Street Art suffers doubly so because it is attacked from within as well as from the traditional opponents. Over the past […]
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
The new year started with a bang – well, lots of them actually. I spent my first Silvester (New Year’s Eve) in Berlin and went to watch the fireworks at Brandenburger Tor from a side street near Potsdamer Platz. Here’s a short video: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akNyfIxON0U?rel=0] For anyone who hasn’t experienced it, Silvester in Berlin is […]
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 […]
