3 day benders aren't very techno though are they...i always think of blake baxter and his mountain biking when i think of 313 recreation.
Probably being german though they need to get that f*cked up just to relax..pity really...they'll all look middle aged at 25... > brophy is irish, we are used to our clubs closing just after the > witching hour. the excesses of berlin are a shock to the system. maybe > that's what has him troubled. > > his job is as a dance music journalist, so i suppose he has to search > for some meaning. > > as to middle age - i feel a bit out of place surrounded by all the > young fillies looking and pointing 'what's grandpa doing here?'. in > dublin, the age demographic in most clubs is young - darn young. > On 14/12/06, Odeluga, Ken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm bemused as it seems he's only discovering that club land is great >> fun but not in fact that deep and meaningful! >> >> ...forget about trying to tell him its all about mastering the rat in >> the recesses of your mind as well as how to dance under the glitter ball >> ... >> >> (I can't wait to do it in middle age, by the way Aiden ;-) >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Toby Frith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: 14 December 2006 11:51 >> To: Aidan O'Doherty; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Cc: 313@hyperreal.org >> Subject: RE: (313) Berlin techno doc Feiern >> >> 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. 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