Tag Archives: Nina Hagen

mercedes: 99 sagging luftballons

…This is one awful waste of millions of dollars that perfectly reflects the hype and hoopla of the Super Bowl and what it stands for: The market economy’s conspicuous waste. It reads like a surreal scene from a Rainer Fassbinder … Continue reading

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VIENNA & MISGUIDED GENIUS: Ambiguous Dreams and Joyful Apocalypse

Although scholars agreed that Vienna was not the only place where Modernism achieved sweeping successes, it was still common practice to regard “Vienna as the focal point of European Modernism” . Scholars consider that European Modernism reached its purest and most concentrated expression in Vienna … Continue reading

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LOST BERLIN:BABYLON & BOOGIE AT THE BRANDENBURG GATE

A macabre gaiety pervaded Berlin like an intoxicating smog. There was no shortageof drink, drugs, or beautiful women. “There are two kinds of places,” wrote a contemporary of Bertolt Brecht, ” those one talks about, and those one doesn’t talk … Continue reading

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