SPRING EIGHT FESTIVAL / GRAZ / AUSTRIA

hello again ... my last blog entry was long ago.. but now some news from my home country:

when the first flowers are blooming and the grass gets greener in graz (austria) it's time for

SPRING EIGHT FESTIVAL
may 21 - 24 | graz
www.springeight.at

so today spring eight starts!

i already recommend you last year the springfestival - austrias biggest festival for electronic art&music.

this year again the programm is full of fantastic acts and artists between techno, electro, minimal, house, ... like
roni size / busy p / the streets / dj mehdi / roisin murphy / robyn / shantel / senor coconut / hot chip / rainer trüby / richard dorfmeister / rodney hunter / louie austen / ...

overall more than 100 acts - typical for spring a great mix of international star-djs and also native, upcoming artists and well known vjs.

besides special exhibition at kunsthaus graz and workshops at fachhochschule joanneum, and many many more attractions ...

tickets for spontaneous trips to spring eight www.oeticket.com (4-days-pass 68€, day-pass 22€)

be there .. or listen live-stream at FM4 !
wish you a nice week...

PHASES/ FACES-oroom gallery.

oroom gallery in chungdam-dong seoul korea is having an exhibition with german holography artist dieter jung, opening from may 28, 6pm. come and join us ^^*.

CONTAINER SITE IN KOREA #6

so from now on the former wall is gone ! PLATOON's door is wide open for all of you.^^*











most inside work is done.....sweet~~!






























one of our partners that will stay forever...taraaa~~ lights!














































































the window front is finished too.~
















day by day our new platoonies getting more and more optikkkkk..^^*

muhahahaha~~!!!

MUTO – a wall painted animation by BLU

Urban artist BLU from Bologna, has published a new ambiguous animation painted on public walls in buenos aires and baden. most of you berliners must reckognize some of his gigantic work ...that can still be found around the city,

i was wandering up and about his site....going from his sketches to his urban extravaganza painted all over the world.....im impressed, this guy is truly amazing.

enough words...just go and explore it by yourself!
but first sit back....and enjoy this totally dope wall painted animation!



MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

Dalai Lama in Berlin

today there was a big demonstration for tibet and the dalai lama in front of brandenburger tor here in berlin. before there was a shameful discussion, questioning if the dalai lama should be received in audience by the german government - our chancellor gave him last autumn a private audience and the government of china reacted very angry. for this reason the german government show the white feather by this visit.









i never heard such a speaker during a demonstrations... with kindness, humor and a really relaxed manner. not loud and aggressive, screaming around. but his tenor is clear and strong.



















there were about 25.000 people standing around me, so I couldn´t really see him. the only thing i could see was a small little man -like an orange point. but thankfully there was a big video screen.














at the end the peoples greeted him and sent their wishes for dialogue for freedom, leaving their balloons with the colors of tibet, flying into the sky and as a message to the world.

nerd is trend

customers of uta geyer, the owner of the
lunettes brillenagentur berlin
usually live in berlin mitte and spend nights out celebrating Berlin chic, which is renowned for being a selective and targeted stage for tastelessness.



















Recently, unworn eyewear originals from past decades, especially those from the 80´s, have reached a high peak of requests.














you can get some inspiration by looking at first cutting-edge celebrities like
bill gates, wearing horn-rimmed glasses and writing his first computer programs or play run dmc and beastie boys, who made the brand Cazal famous
… especially the model 951….according to rumors people were killed for these glasses, as told in the song "snatchin cazals" by hip hop band Cazal Boys from 1985.











the xxl horn-rimmed glasses remains an awkward assesoire, besides … you are a freak yeah;) go for it!

the hottest brands ever are Alpina, Neostyle and Carrera , they should when possible have ”made in west germany” printed on the spectacle´s temple, only then the authenticity is garanteed!

the gecko at rosi´s

a quick advise for tonight...
Espin, front singer of DISH and The Gecko, who rocked the stage at the end of the summer PLATOON.festival 2006, is performing tonight with the Gecko at Rosi's in F'schain. it's a very important gig for them, and they would really love your support... it should be a really great evening we hope you come along.

Rosi's - Revalerstrasse 29 at 9 o'clock, they start early because they are playing support for Promises Promises, a band from Western Germany. the entrance is only € 5

watch this shortcut featuring DISH in PLATOON during the magic summer 2006:



and here a little show featuring Espin in
„big in berlin.the trend show“.

It's not Rio...

Excited by the great weather and all I heard about this big event, I didn't want to miss Berlin's unique "Karneval der Kulturen" on the last pentecost-weekend.




Leaving the metro station on Hermannplatz, I immediately dived into masses of people, who partied the streets of Kreuzberg. More than 4000 artists, representing 80 nations, entertaining over a million visitors - it was quite an impressive picture of Berlin's cultural diversity.









The procession, consisting of hundred different wagons, each representing an own cultural lifestyle, moved from Hermannplatz to Yorckstrasse - separated by dancing people, shaking their bodies to different sounds from all over the world.
It was real fun being among them, especially because of all those nice costumes and colorful appearances.























































































Never having seen it, i must admit on the downside, that the event also reminded me of the numerous pictures and clips of the famous Love Parade I saw throughout the media. Most people shook to the drum'n bass wagons and big transparents spanning the streets and reminding people to drink water, gave the carneval a special Berlin touch.























Nevertheless, all the artists did their best to show their way to party hilariously on this sunny weekend on the streets.

It's not Rio - it's Berlin, fine enough...?

For more impressions and background-infos check out www.karneval-berlin.de