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JUST A THOUGHT

… winter’s going to be upon us soon enough, is all I’m saying. (image source).

SUMMER, NO RAIN, MUSIC

Berlin hasn’t seen the sun for weeks it seems - until today! Seems quite surreal but with a couple of summer dance tracks we’ll catch up in no time.
Midnight City by M83
The Rapture – How Deep Is Your Love by DFA Records
Chucha Santamaria Y [...]

HEAD FOR THE COLD COUNTRY

For somebody from Hawaii like John Maus a winter landscape must seem like a refreshing paradise.

WINTER ADE

A final farewell to winter, since all we’re looking forward to is a reported 20° this weekend, yes!
Photography: Kai von Rabenau

UP SHIT CREEK

Many Queenslanders and Victorians in Australia have been ‘up shit creek‘ quite literally ie ‘in dire circumstances’ with the recent widespread flooding. You can help and get a cool tea towel in the mix! Our friends at Third Drawer Down are donating half of the proceeds from their sales of Jon Campbell’s Up Shit Creek tea [...]

Off the treadmill

You know, these days I exercise for mental health rather than physical fitness, but gyms make me sad. There must be another way to keep fit when it’s cold outside, oder?

Today’s Agenda

While agenda setting Google celebrates John Lennon’s 70th birthday we might as well link the Walrus Interview from 1969 again, posted on mono.blog in July. Now, enjoy a peaceful game!

GO WITH THE FLOE

Even though it’s probably way safer to stay inside and just read about Walking In Ice, you should really come down to Motto Mitte tonight (see below) and check out Sam’s reading. Here’s a review I wrote about And yet, and yet… when I first discovered his little publishing enterprise:
Fittingly enough, the first little piece [...]

FEELING SAD?

This winter might be the hardest and longest I’ve ever experienced in Berlin – I’ve also been feeling particularly tired for the past couple of months, wondering whether it’s the continuous cold draining energy from the reserves… But it turns out it’s all due to the lack of sunlight, apparently, which has a direct relation [...]

LIGHT THERAPY IN NEW BERLIN ART SPACE

The present winter season has been particularly hard on Berlin, and not only because of the sub-zero temperatures and icy streets. The sun for sorrow will not show his head. We’ve just emerged from a record sixteen days without direct sunlight. A new art space in Mitte might provide the perfect treatment: a light therapy [...]