Second-hand [but well informed] advice: Dress as if you aim to make a small impression *and* sweat and have fun - although of course you'll need a coat whilst you're waiting to get in!
Smile. Don't appear to be freaked by the freaks! :) As you know, this is perhaps the quintessential metropolis, and to a large extent people are free to be what they want, especially at night, and it being Berlin, more than the average number of people in a normal Western city, seem to take up that offer! Be sober. Please let us know how it goes, including the gig. :) Ken -----Original Message----- From: Fred Heutte [mailto:ph...@sunlightdata.com] Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 12:17 AM To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: (313) Octave One at Berghain, Berlin this Saturday night www.octaveone.com 13 December 2008: Klubnacht @ Berghain Berlin, Germany Anyone up for this ? I'm coming back to Berlin from the UN climate conference in Poland early evening on Saturday. Don't have a hotel yet but I'll be making those arrangements Friday. I have heard, um, stories about access to Berghain. Since I am just some random old guy as far as doorpeople are concerned, advice about how to get in (and when, I don't want to wait around 6 hours for the guys to play) would be helpful. To see Rob Hood and Doc Martin at Fabric (Fabric!! not exactly your hypo-exclusive club) this past June, I had to pull off every social engineering trick I know but I did finally get in. I'm not sure I'll have that kind of patience this time. But I would love to see Octave One (longtime friends and, to be sure, one of the great techno live groups) especially in Berlin. cheers Fred Euro cell number until Dec 15: +48 785 401 096
