StudioBerlin 2011

To attend this event I’d only need to walk out of my place and walk 10 minutes to Tempelhof Park / Airport. Berlin is known for welcoming expats from all over the world who look for inspiration, re-invention and simply to play around. This is the backbone idea of StudioBerlin – to explore the symbiosis of diverse people, historical background

Read More

WOODKID before bed

interview originally published in HONK! magazine Yoann Lemoine (28) is not your typical director – just like WOODKID is not your typical music project. In the meta level of creativity and talent, Yoann merges with WOODKID to create a pan-media project involving visual art, complex compositions, innovative fashion – all that presented with extreme psychological depth. And on October 9

Read More

Beard Fashion Spring/Summer 2012

To say that seeing bearded men present future fashion collections is more than a rarity, is an understatement. Dolce & Gabanna, Gucci, Dior, present their upcoming collections on boys on the verge of puberty carrying actually pretty few of the external characters of the sex such as body or facial hair. Well, the time has come that some designers shake

Read More

Politically Erect

Or why Bill Clinton and Anthony Weiner should meet for a beer if they haven’t yet. It’s all about politics – what you eat, what you wear, what you drive, where you shop, where you party. We’ve let politics get in our lives in every way possible. Yet, there is one area where politics first came in and never

Read More

Homemade Antipasti/Meze, Part 1

A swarthy waiter will serve you Antipasti & Meze in Italian, Greek or Turkish restaurants.  It would almost be worth it to order them just to see the sexy hairy arms of said waiter…but there is more to these delicious nibbles than Mediterranean good looks. Antipasti (Italian) and Meze (Greek, Turkish, Middle Eastern) are generally straightforward, easy to share snacks

Read More

Tenderfoot – A Journey From The Heart & Soul

Two years ago Adam Boehmer (Seattle, WA) decided to leave Michigan with his partner to forge a journey around the United States.  Their initial purpose was to see what was out there and challenge their young lives, bringing back the experience of traveling to Michigan.  Before their departure Adam began writing and playing music.  He wrote “Go On & Go”

Read More

Revenge of The Fashion Nerds

Revenge Of The Nerds is my column for HONK! magazine – art, photography, fashion & music online magazine from Berlin. 2010 was the year when the 80s were back, 2011 is obviously the year the fashion and all other industries joined forces to bring back the 90s. No matter what decade is coming back in which year, style and taste are

Read More

Young Galaxy – Changing Our Lives, One Day At A Time

It was this past January that a friend of mine told me to watch a music video by a band that he really enjoyed.  The simple scribbly lines and odd characters initially put me off, making me reminisce of old episodes of Bevis and Butthead (I used to have this horrible fear and hatred for that TV show, but that’s a long

Read More

Björk – Biophilia

Biophilia is an iPhone/iPad release of Björk’s latest album created in collaboration with Scott Snibbe and her longtime design collaborators M/M (Paris). Comprising a suite of musical pieces and interactive artworks, Biophilia is released as ten in-app download experiences that are accessed through a three-dimensional galaxy, the album’s theme song Cosmogony. The first single Crystalline, is now available, others soon

Read More

Berlin – Expatriarch presents MORT À LA DIFFÉRENCE

Berlin’s Expatriarch is expanding with a new event series entitled «Mort à la Différence», launching Saturday, July 23rd at Chez Jacki, featuring Brooklyn’s Light Asylum and other live acts and DJs. Like with the Expatriarch website and radio show, Joey Hansom will curate international talent who defy gender paradigms, marked by a transgenre musical approach. Synth-wave duo Light Asylum have

Read More

Junior Boys – Intellectualism, Intuitive, Indulgent

The Junior Boys (Ontario, Canada) are made up of Jeremy Greenspan (Vocals) and Johnny Dark.  Making music since 1999, this band has produced sounds that make you want to dance, cry, and sit and contemplate life while staring up at the sky… Err well, that’s what I do. Their latest album, “It’s All True” was released this June, and is

Read More

Are Cocktails Straight?

fotos: diephotodesigner.de Why do gay bars the world over have horrible cocktails?  Beer, wine and long drinks are all good and well, but a truly great cocktail is what I most want when out on the town.  GoGo boys and darkrooms have NOTHING on a well made gin martini. Berlin offers no exceptions to this universal truth, but there is hope

Read More