reason for grumpiness - he's approaching middle age (like most on this list it seems)
On 14/12/06, Toby Frith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
He sounds a little bit grumpy about it all to be honest. Berlin's clubbing history is utterly decadent so I'm not sure what he is expecting. -----Original Message----- From: Aidan O'Doherty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 December 2006 22:27 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) Berlin techno doc Feiern should clarify, the 'blissed out in berlin' piece is from irish dance music journalist richard brophy's blog: http://www.testindustries.com/ (october archives) On 13/12/06, Aidan O'Doherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > heard and then promptly forgot about it, here's where i learnt about > its existence: > > http://www.testindustries.com/ > > and the piece from it (october archives): > > > Blissed out in Berlin > > I've made my mind up: I don't want to live in Berlin. I had toyed with > the idea over the past few years because I have a lot of friends and > connections there, it's a world city with cheap prices and because I > speak German (blame it on my university degree), but having watched > the 'Feiern' DVD recently, I decided that to protect my mental and > physical well being, it would be better not to move to the German > capital. 'Feiern' (it means 'celebrate' or 'party' in German) is a > soon to be released documentary about the club/party scene in the city > and it features interviews with some of the scene's well-known names. > Villalobos and Luciano come across well enough - although Mr Nicolet > gives his Chilean compadre a dirty look when he says that partying is > like being part of a big happy family and why would you need kids? > (Luciano has two children and is very much a family man); Thilo from > Groove magazine's contributions about the infamous dark room in the > Panorama Bar are hilarious, and the story about the gay couple who > fall in love at a club and don't even notice that the lights are on > and the music is off is quite cute. Apart from that though, there is > something depressingly seedy about the rest of the contributors ( > don't get me wrong: I like seediness as much as anyone else, but not > four days a week). The girl who says that she feels like someone has > died as people drop off and go home on the third day of non-stop > partying needs to have a good long think about her life, and the gay > guy who says he thinks it's cool that all the couches are dirty in the > Panorama Bar because it makes him feel like a homeless person is funny > for all the wrong reasons. Most tellingly, nearly all of the party > people say that they will never be able to find true, lasting love out > on the dance floor in Berlin. That claim neatly sums up what's missing > from the lives laid bare on 'Feiern': nothing is lasting, everything > is transient. At some stage, the party ends, and as Ewan Pearson > points out, the most important thing to remember is not to forget to > go home. Unfortunately, it looks like that message has been lost on > the motley crew that constitute the cast of 'Feiern'... > > d and then forgot about it: > > > > On 13/12/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Anyone seen this? Funny villalobos quote in the trailer. > > > > http://www.feiern-film.de/ > > > > > For ball-by-ball coverage, instant match reports and analysis follow the Ashes at www.telegraph.co.uk/ashes This e-mail is from Telegraph Media Group Limited - 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 0DT registered in England under No 451593. This message, its contents and any attachments to it are private and confidential. Any unauthorised disclosure, use or dissemination of the whole or part of this message (without our prior written consent) is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately. Neither we nor the sender accepts any responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan attachments (if any). The content of this email does not necessarily reflect our views or those of our officers and we take no responsibility for the views of the author. Emails sent and received may be read by people other than the intended recipient and may be monitored to ensure efficient operation of our email systems. Incoming and outgoing telephone calls to our offices may be monitored or recorded for training and quality control purposes and for confirming orders and information.
