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Monthly Archives: October 2009

PRIME TIME CLASSIC

Friday, October 30, 2009

There has been much talk about the reinvention of television during the past few years with the rise of HBO and high quality-TV series such as The Wire, The Sopranos or West Wing, that fully used the potential of a narrative that could stretch over weeks and months, taking their time to develop multi-layered characters [...]

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Friday, October 30, 2009

Today, the 29th of October 2009, it is the already 50th birthday of a little kind a guy who managed to entertain generations all over the word to tears.
He was born in France, although his father is a native Italian, still travels a lot as well as far, loves to eat boar and is strong [...]

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MUSICAL TREATS #02

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

What makes us all giddy with anticipation: Grizzly Bear coming on tour to Europe, notably to Berlin on the first day of Fasching, the German carnival, on 11.11.2009. Nicer one.

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MUSICAL TREATS #01

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

What makes us really restless and jittery these days: Metronomy’s excellent electro pop, including their recent Not Made For Love EP. Nice one.

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HOW TO DRAW A GREEK HELMET

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Ask your favorite search engine to find, say, a tutorial on how to make a raft out of plastic bottles and it will come up with a list of relevant videos and articles – if any exist.
In Wired magazine’s November issue, senior writer Daniel Roth presents Demand Media, a California-based social media company which focuses [...]

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Big Boys sing along: Deep Duets

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Singing animals never fail to fascinate. While dogs like to form choirs, many birds are known for their gospel-like call-and-response patterns during mating season. In their role as the Early-Adopter of the Wild, Australian Lyrebirds go even further and impress females and biologists alike by picking up the hottest shit before it’s out on iTunes.
Latest [...]

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DON’T BE LATE FOR #68

Sunday, October 25, 2009
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HERE & NOW

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Tehching Hsieh: One Year Performance 1978-1979
The Julia Stoschek Collection in Düsseldorf currently shows 100 Years (Version #1, Duesseldorf), an exhibition sketching the development of performance art over the past century (in collaboration with P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center/MoMA and Performa, New York). Conceived as a research project that would provide an overview of the most significant [...]

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CATS & DOGS

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Apathy towards magazines is something we find unacceptable, so we’ll take it as a compliment that mono.kultur could restore one’s belief in the printed page… Thank you, kittens!

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THE FUN THEORY ;)

Friday, October 23, 2009

Go here if you want to see more fun…

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