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Monthly Archives: October 2009

PRIME TIME CLASSIC

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 [...]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

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 [...]

MUSICAL TREATS #02

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.

MUSICAL TREATS #01

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

HOW TO DRAW A GREEK HELMET

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 [...]

Big Boys sing along: Deep Duets

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 [...]

DON’T BE LATE FOR #68

HERE & NOW

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 [...]

CATS & DOGS

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!

THE FUN THEORY ;)

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