September 30, 2003
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such a great and unlikely weekend! we woke up early on saturday and strolled for the entire day. went to the art store to pick up supplies, went to the supermarket (the most fun i’ve had in a supermarket since i can remember), hit up the flea market, ate well, did some laying on the grass, bought tickets to see Radiohead in Berlin in November, and did a bit of window shopping. later that nite, the three of us went to ACUD (www.acud.de) which is this abandoned building with exposed scaffolding, in obvious disrepare. it’s a centralized underground art enclave. that night, it had different floors and rooms playing different styles of music, kind of like a multi-tiered warehouse party. only this party had this drum troupe from Minsk (www.drumecstasy.om) that was unlike anything i’ve heard or seen before. these 3 guys were pounding out breaks like i’ve never heard, while another guy played a screeching eletric bass. you name it, funky breaks, nu skool breaks, latin breaks, they played everything. and their sets were unusually tight. after their show, i talked to one of the guys and gave them my info so i can get them in the studio later this year. in between sets, this adorable girl DJ bumped the best selection of trip-hop, breakbeats, and electronica i’ve heard in my life. i’m not even exaggerating. i honestly couldn’t believe what i was hearing and seeing. this diminutive, sheepish girl rocked the party like no other. i just remember completely losing my mind and repeatedly telling Mauren that i was in love with the DJ. it blew my mind how utterly in tune our musical tastes were. she had me feeling all shiny and new. before we left, i went up to her, while she was still on the decks, asked her if she spoke english, and then tried to contain my enjoyment/excitement. we exchanged info. she’s from Minsk. ochen haraschoa. sunday started a bit later than saturday, and most of the rest of the day was spent in the studio–cathy and mauren met up with their group to work on their environmental design projects, while i worked on my graphics final project on my laptop in one of the workrooms. i’ve decided to make it out to visit at least once a month until their program ends. cathy asked me if i thought Berlin was magical. i don’t know if i’d go so far as to say that it’s magical. but my weekend left me undeniably curious about what the city would have in store for us next time.
and now, a photo retrospective….
ze choozing und ze choizes
ze church of fear
morning view
the effect talking long distance with “the chad” has on cathy’s posture
swapmeeting
wurst: 31 flavors
hot beef injection
digesting the day
on the way back, i fell asleep on the train, missed my stop at Duisberg (where i was supposed to change trains to get to Amsterdam) and woke up in Dusseldorf.
Comments (6)
were you distressed when you woke up in dusseldorf?…i kinda like getting lost.
wow, it’s like an orgasmic fallin in love with life art music explosioning bloomingness emanating from this page….
were you at albert heijn ?
i had so much fun in that supermarket.
AWWWWW i miss europe!! u lucky bastard!! hehe
u seem to miss a lot of trains and flights a whole lot. no sense of time or just love to be fashionably late?
i for one refuse to wear a watch these days, all my clocks (room, car, computer) are set at different times, so i never know the REAL time. and yes, IM ALWAYS fashionably LATE for everything.
Great PICS!!!
Dude, you’re a star. Name a place in some far away land and gimme a couple of weeks and I’ll travel there with you! You know how to have a crackin time… without making plans to do as such, which is the beauty of it all. Gotta go talk to a load of young’uns about counselling…. Fair play…. talk t’ye