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Berlin (Germany)

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2013

    David Bowie Continues a Long-Held Obsession With Berlin

    Everyone and their mother got a bit excited yesterday when David Bowie released new material for the first time in 10 years, to coincide with his 66th birthday. Not only is "Where Are We Now?" very good indeed, but it's also accompanied by a freaky video, which reassures us that the old Bowie magic ... More >>

  • Music

    January 2, 2013

    Thomas Gold: Show Preview

    Everyone and their mother got a bit excited yesterday when David Bowie released new material for the first time in 10 years, to coincide with his 66th birthday. Not only is "Where Are We Now?" very good indeed, but it's also accompanied by a freaky video, which reassures us that the old Bowie magic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 26, 2012

    Top Five New Years Eve Parties in San Francisco

    As usual, New Year's Eve in San Francisco looks to be a pretty eventful evening. There's a lot to choose from -- so much that it can be hard to figure out what's good and what's cheesy. To put you on the path away from amateur hour, we've assembled this list for your perusal. Read on -- 2013 awaits.

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2012

    The Top Five Parties in San Francisco This Week

    A small public service announcement to everyone who thought the world would end yesterday: the apocalypse was always scheduled for Dec. 21, not Dec. 12. That said, we've got a little over a week left before the big day, so let's try to have fun, alright? It shouldn't be very hard to do when things a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 12, 2012

    Paddle Up, Y'all

    A small public service announcement to everyone who thought the world would end yesterday: the apocalypse was always scheduled for Dec. 21, not Dec. 12. That said, we've got a little over a week left before the big day, so let's try to have fun, alright? It shouldn't be very hard to do when things a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2012

    The Top Five Parties in S.F. This Weekend: Carl Craig & Octave One, Old-School Electro, and More

    It's times like these when you wonder why San Francisco doesn't have a major electronic dance music festival of its own. Yes, you guessed it, Decibel Festival has officially started to take over Seattle. Artists from all over the world are currently in planes headed for the West Coast. Of course, th ... More >>

  • Music

    September 26, 2012

    Dixon: Show Preview

    It's times like these when you wonder why San Francisco doesn't have a major electronic dance music festival of its own. Yes, you guessed it, Decibel Festival has officially started to take over Seattle. Artists from all over the world are currently in planes headed for the West Coast. Of course, th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2012

    Lost in the Night: Scuba and Oliver Deutschmann Bring Berlin to San Francisco

    As You Like It presents Scuba & Oliver Deutschmann Public Works Friday, August 3, 2012 Better than: Sleeplessness and 13 hour flights. My week began stuck in a mile-long line, at 2 a.m., trapped in a rainstorm waiting for a chance to enter a monolithic East German power station. We were in Berlin ... More >>

  • Music

    July 4, 2012

    Lee Curtiss: Show Preview

    As You Like It presents Scuba & Oliver Deutschmann Public Works Friday, August 3, 2012 Better than: Sleeplessness and 13 hour flights. My week began stuck in a mile-long line, at 2 a.m., trapped in a rainstorm waiting for a chance to enter a monolithic East German power station. We were in Berlin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2012

    Weekend Parties: Avicii, Sandwell District, Mark E, Robert Hood, Ivan Smagghe, and More!

    The past week has been a fairly wild ride for fans of electronic dance music. A Rolling Stone cover story about and subsequent blog post by Deadmau5 have both opened up a Pandora's Box of questions within the echo chamber of the blogosphere. Are technical DJ chops relevant? Has the producer supplant ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2012

    Weekend Party Preview: Sasha, Richie Hawtin, Kollektiv Turmstrasse, Kassem Mosse, and More

    Hope you've got a thing for big names, because this week is dominated by them. But then again, who could complain? Starting this evening, there's a procession of serious talent, with appearances by superstar DJs, techno messiahs, young turk bass heads, and plenty of other buzzy types. Sound expensiv ... More >>

  • Music

    June 6, 2012

    Richie Hawtin: Show Preview

    Hope you've got a thing for big names, because this week is dominated by them. But then again, who could complain? Starting this evening, there's a procession of serious talent, with appearances by superstar DJs, techno messiahs, young turk bass heads, and plenty of other buzzy types. Sound expensiv ... More >>

  • Music

    April 11, 2012

    Modeselektor: Show Preview

    Hope you've got a thing for big names, because this week is dominated by them. But then again, who could complain? Starting this evening, there's a procession of serious talent, with appearances by superstar DJs, techno messiahs, young turk bass heads, and plenty of other buzzy types. Sound expensiv ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 4, 2012

    DJ Kaos

    Hope you've got a thing for big names, because this week is dominated by them. But then again, who could complain? Starting this evening, there's a procession of serious talent, with appearances by superstar DJs, techno messiahs, young turk bass heads, and plenty of other buzzy types. Sound expensiv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    California Is "Deadbeat Parent" to Foster Kids

    The California Alliance of Child and Family Services is accusing the Department of Social Services of violating the Child Welfare Act by not providing sufficient funds for foster family agencies. The group filed a lawsuit last week in San Francisco, following a previous court decision that allotted ... More >>

  • Music

    February 22, 2012

    Jonas Reinhardt: Show Preview

    The California Alliance of Child and Family Services is accusing the Department of Social Services of violating the Child Welfare Act by not providing sufficient funds for foster family agencies. The group filed a lawsuit last week in San Francisco, following a previous court decision that allotted ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    Weekend Parties: Back2Back Celebrates Seven Years of Raving, Optimo Returns, and More

    Well, it's February, and you know what that means: Valentine's Day is rapidly approaching. Yet, while the floral industry's favorite holiday lies on the horizon, that's no excuse for staying in, drinking wine, and "watching movies." Truth is that this weekend has quite a few options for those invest ... More >>

  • Music

    January 4, 2012

    Maayan Nidam: Show Preview

    Well, it's February, and you know what that means: Valentine's Day is rapidly approaching. Yet, while the floral industry's favorite holiday lies on the horizon, that's no excuse for staying in, drinking wine, and "watching movies." Truth is that this weekend has quite a few options for those invest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2011

    Rocky's Frybread in the Mission on Friday. Plus, Ping Pong!

    ​What: Berlin-style ping pong Christmas Eve party! Where: Project One When: Friday, Dec. 23, 9 p.m to 2 a.m. Cost: $5 The rundown: According to Mission Mission, this is the last American Tripps party this year, and you'd be an idiot to miss it. An idiot! Plus, see that part on the flyer about ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2011

    Weekend Party Preview: Benoit & Sergio at Public Works, Danny Krivit at BeatBox, Cosmin TRG at the Endup, and More

    Hope you enjoyed the Thanksgiving break, because this weekend, things are dropping right back into gear. The guiding principle seems to be a strong showing from the new school of house music, with major headliners playing over the course of the entire weekend. But if four-on-the-floor isn't your thi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2011

    The Field's Axel Willner On Superlong Loops and Cooking as a Recipe Slave

    Axel Willner, the Field​Berlin-based Swede Axel Willner has spent the last six years exploring elongated ambiance and saturated contrast. Producing as the Field, he dwells in the pockets where melodic digital shards teeter creatively in and out of time with live, loping krautrock-influenced gr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2011

    Weekend Party Preview: Omar S and Jackmaster at Icee Hot, Sasha at Ruby Skye, and a Lot of '90s Nostalgia

    Omar S. ​ Hey, what do you know? Monday is Halloween! Yes, Halloween -- that strange time of the year in San Francisco, rivaled only by New Years, when the streets flood with people, the cars seem to swerve more, and all the taxis mysteriously vanish. Do yourself a favor and avoid Halloween th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2011

    Friday: DJ Heidi Brings Sunshine into the Night at Public Works

    Heidi at Public Works​ Heidi Presents the Jackathon Adnan Sharif Friday, Oct. 14, 2011 Public Works Better than: In DJ-set terms, the Carl Craig Mezzanine performance where he was accompanied by a confused-looking djembe player. In Downtown Abbey character terms, better than Cora Crawley but ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2011

    Mochipet on Wearing His Big Purple Dinosaur Suit, and Playing LovEvolution This Saturday

    Rekanize​ While many DJs can say they've performed alongside dance music icons such as Rusko, Bassnectar, and Mary Anne Hobbs, few can honestly claim that they've worn a purple furry dinosaur suit the entire time. Bay Area native Mochipet , who began his career with his well-known album, Girl ... More >>

  • Film

    August 31, 2011

    "The Debt": Mossad Revenge Flick Made Safe for Middlebrow Crowd

    Rekanize​ While many DJs can say they've performed alongside dance music icons such as Rusko, Bassnectar, and Mary Anne Hobbs, few can honestly claim that they've worn a purple furry dinosaur suit the entire time. Bay Area native Mochipet , who began his career with his well-known album, Girl ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 20, 2011

    Re-Sounding

    Rekanize​ While many DJs can say they've performed alongside dance music icons such as Rusko, Bassnectar, and Mary Anne Hobbs, few can honestly claim that they've worn a purple furry dinosaur suit the entire time. Bay Area native Mochipet , who began his career with his well-known album, Girl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2011

    SoundCloud Expands to San Francisco, Music Junkies Psyched

    More music, more jobs​SoundCloud, the audio platform that allows users to upload, record, and share music they make on the web, is expanding into San Francisco, the company announced today.The fast-growing company first started in Berlin in 2008, after founders Alexander Ljung and Eric Wahlforss w ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 22, 2010

    Audiovisual Hallucination

    More music, more jobs​SoundCloud, the audio platform that allows users to upload, record, and share music they make on the web, is expanding into San Francisco, the company announced today.The fast-growing company first started in Berlin in 2008, after founders Alexander Ljung and Eric Wahlforss w ... More >>

  • Music

    December 1, 2010

    Magda: Show Preview

    More music, more jobs​SoundCloud, the audio platform that allows users to upload, record, and share music they make on the web, is expanding into San Francisco, the company announced today.The fast-growing company first started in Berlin in 2008, after founders Alexander Ljung and Eric Wahlforss w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2010

    A Reminder: You Will Not Be Seeing Einstürzende Neubauten in S.F. This Weekend

    Perhaps you would be wary of issuing visas to these youngsters as well​Bad news for fans of the sound of collapsing new buildings: West Berlin experimental noise stalwart Einstürzende Neubauten (which is German for "collapsing new buildings") has had to cancel its 30th anniversary tour of th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2010

    Lazer Sword's 'Beast's Reprise' Video: Face Blowin' Up on the Bay?

    Where is this?Bryant Rutledge and Antaeus Roy, the button-mashers behind Lazer Sword, don't live in S.F. anymore, but we still consider this a hometown act. Maybe that's separation anxiety or misplaced affection, or maybe it's justified. Making us think the latter is this, the latest video for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    Ninja Tune Announces Free 20th Anniversary Show with Amon Tobin, Kid Koala, Eskmo, and More

    This is a picture of a ninja. The label is called Ninja Tune. That was all the connection we needed.​We don't really remember it all that well, but our twentieth birthday party probably involved a case of Tecate, a few Modest Mouse records, and our roommate's six-foot bong. Whatever the details, w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2010

    Why They Hate Us ― We Eat Like Crap

    Our favorite morsel from the Web. This YouTube video's been pinging around the Web like a runaway shopping cart on the parking ramp at Whole Foods (Grist, Huffington Post, etc.). It shows a breathless American exploring a corner of a fancy supermarket ― complete with ostrich eggs ― in Berlin's ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 30, 2010

    Life Is …

    Our favorite morsel from the Web. This YouTube video's been pinging around the Web like a runaway shopping cart on the parking ramp at Whole Foods (Grist, Huffington Post, etc.). It shows a breathless American exploring a corner of a fancy supermarket ― complete with ostrich eggs ― in Berlin's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2010

    Tuesday's Pick: Les Folies Champagne at Bubble Lounge

    Les Folies ChampagneBubble Lounge8 p.m., free​Weimar, Weimar, Weimar. From where we sit, we see a lot of artists fixated on the shadowy, sexualized drama of Berlin nightlife immediately pre-Nazi control. It's a powerful aesthetic, as fictionalized by the deathless film Cabaret and as represented e ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 2, 2010

    You Big Brut!

    Les Folies ChampagneBubble Lounge8 p.m., free​Weimar, Weimar, Weimar. From where we sit, we see a lot of artists fixated on the shadowy, sexualized drama of Berlin nightlife immediately pre-Nazi control. It's a powerful aesthetic, as fictionalized by the deathless film Cabaret and as represented e ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 5, 2010

    Africa Abroad

    Les Folies ChampagneBubble Lounge8 p.m., free​Weimar, Weimar, Weimar. From where we sit, we see a lot of artists fixated on the shadowy, sexualized drama of Berlin nightlife immediately pre-Nazi control. It's a powerful aesthetic, as fictionalized by the deathless film Cabaret and as represented e ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 17, 2010

    Fassbinder’s Children

    Les Folies ChampagneBubble Lounge8 p.m., free​Weimar, Weimar, Weimar. From where we sit, we see a lot of artists fixated on the shadowy, sexualized drama of Berlin nightlife immediately pre-Nazi control. It's a powerful aesthetic, as fictionalized by the deathless film Cabaret and as represented e ... More >>

  • Music

    January 13, 2010

    Radio Slave

    Les Folies ChampagneBubble Lounge8 p.m., free​Weimar, Weimar, Weimar. From where we sit, we see a lot of artists fixated on the shadowy, sexualized drama of Berlin nightlife immediately pre-Nazi control. It's a powerful aesthetic, as fictionalized by the deathless film Cabaret and as represented e ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 30, 2009

    Passing Strange: The Movie

    Les Folies ChampagneBubble Lounge8 p.m., free​Weimar, Weimar, Weimar. From where we sit, we see a lot of artists fixated on the shadowy, sexualized drama of Berlin nightlife immediately pre-Nazi control. It's a powerful aesthetic, as fictionalized by the deathless film Cabaret and as represented e ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 13, 2009

    The Baker's Wife Will See You Now

    Les Folies ChampagneBubble Lounge8 p.m., free​Weimar, Weimar, Weimar. From where we sit, we see a lot of artists fixated on the shadowy, sexualized drama of Berlin nightlife immediately pre-Nazi control. It's a powerful aesthetic, as fictionalized by the deathless film Cabaret and as represented e ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 12, 2008

    Wolfgang’s Slideshow

    Les Folies ChampagneBubble Lounge8 p.m., free​Weimar, Weimar, Weimar. From where we sit, we see a lot of artists fixated on the shadowy, sexualized drama of Berlin nightlife immediately pre-Nazi control. It's a powerful aesthetic, as fictionalized by the deathless film Cabaret and as represented e ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 17, 2008

    Ich Bin Ein Californian

    Les Folies ChampagneBubble Lounge8 p.m., free​Weimar, Weimar, Weimar. From where we sit, we see a lot of artists fixated on the shadowy, sexualized drama of Berlin nightlife immediately pre-Nazi control. It's a powerful aesthetic, as fictionalized by the deathless film Cabaret and as represented e ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 6, 2008

    Go Grove

    Les Folies ChampagneBubble Lounge8 p.m., free​Weimar, Weimar, Weimar. From where we sit, we see a lot of artists fixated on the shadowy, sexualized drama of Berlin nightlife immediately pre-Nazi control. It's a powerful aesthetic, as fictionalized by the deathless film Cabaret and as represented e ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 2, 2008

    The Great Beyond

    Les Folies ChampagneBubble Lounge8 p.m., free​Weimar, Weimar, Weimar. From where we sit, we see a lot of artists fixated on the shadowy, sexualized drama of Berlin nightlife immediately pre-Nazi control. It's a powerful aesthetic, as fictionalized by the deathless film Cabaret and as represented e ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 18, 2007

    It's a Big House

    Les Folies ChampagneBubble Lounge8 p.m., free​Weimar, Weimar, Weimar. From where we sit, we see a lot of artists fixated on the shadowy, sexualized drama of Berlin nightlife immediately pre-Nazi control. It's a powerful aesthetic, as fictionalized by the deathless film Cabaret and as represented e ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 18, 2007

    Girl Party

    Les Folies ChampagneBubble Lounge8 p.m., free​Weimar, Weimar, Weimar. From where we sit, we see a lot of artists fixated on the shadowy, sexualized drama of Berlin nightlife immediately pre-Nazi control. It's a powerful aesthetic, as fictionalized by the deathless film Cabaret and as represented e ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 18, 2007

    Rated X

    Les Folies ChampagneBubble Lounge8 p.m., free​Weimar, Weimar, Weimar. From where we sit, we see a lot of artists fixated on the shadowy, sexualized drama of Berlin nightlife immediately pre-Nazi control. It's a powerful aesthetic, as fictionalized by the deathless film Cabaret and as represented e ... More >>

  • Dining

    June 29, 2005

    Red Square Meals

    Urges awakened by a trip to Russia are satisfied locally at the Cinderella Bakery and Café

  • Dining

    February 19, 2003

    Berlin by the Bay

    Fine German fare sandwiched between two viewings of the fine German photographs of August Sander

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