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Monthly Archives: August 2009

SONIC PONG

Thursday, August 6, 2009

This afternoon between 4 and 7 pm you can get the chance to play table tennis like you’ve never played before. London-based art group Plattformer joined by artist James Dunn are in Berlin with their latest project SONIC PONG. You will be able to generate weird and wonderful sounds from radio transmitters that are built [...]

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HBO STRIKES AGAIN

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Yet another HBO future classic?

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MADISON COUGARS

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Grizzly Bear’s Veckatimest album, or even just the song Dory, is pretty much sufficient to make 2009 a stunning year in music, yet Cougar a.k.a. Madison’s finest are also about to return with their second full-length entitled Patriot, and of course they manage to redefine instrumental bliss once again. Ladies and Gentlemen, for your listening [...]

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SUMMERS TO COME

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Last week, we photographed the lookbook for the next collection by mono.gramm for Spring Summer 2010 – even more refined and simple, but only at the first glance…
Photography by Kai von Rabenau
Model Nicole at Nine Daughters and a Stereo

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DEAD FOR MORE THAN 200 YEARS BUT STILL ACTIVE

Monday, August 3, 2009

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart who died back in 1791, played two piano pieces at the age of 7 or 8 which were quite incidentally written down by his father.
Just recently they were found and performed last weekend for the very first time.
Go here to find out more.

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FASHION DURING A RECESSION

Monday, August 3, 2009

For those who liked our Dries van Noten issue but always thought they couldn’t quite afford the luxury of owning one of his outfits, think again – Hanne´s Fashion Blog might be just the place to look, filtering the greatest stuff from Ebay for you.

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RADIOPHONIC LADY

Sunday, August 2, 2009

In case you thought electronic music by the likes of Carsten Nicolai and Wolfgang Voigt dates back to the 1980s, then have a look at Delia Derbyshire at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop in the 1960s, showing how to construct a minimal electronic beat. And check out this short but amazing Aphex Twin-like track from the [...]

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A PILGRIMAGE DAY 01

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Forgive us if we’re overdoing it a little with our current cover star Tilda Swinton, but the current third installment of her Cinema of Dreams – or Burden of Dreams, as they retitled their pilgrimage dragging a mobile screen across Scotland – is just too much fun to observe.
Here’s a brief update in their own [...]

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CYCLING THE WALL

Saturday, August 1, 2009

See a wonderful short film shot 20 years ago with Tilda Swinton cycling along the Berlin Wall here – Cycling the Frame by Cynthia Beatt from 1989, with a soundtrack by Simon Fisher Turner. It’s a really lovely film – around 25 mins in length – that captures a younger Tilda, 80’s fashion and life [...]

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THANK YOU FOR THE FLOWERS

Saturday, August 1, 2009

We really do appreciate it.

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