Post Titled: "Them ain't raincoulds my nigga,
-that's blunt smoke."
Post Subtitled: "Welcome to Seattle where the SUN DON'T SHINE." Homesick-inducing local hip-hop video by JAKE ONE (dist. by Rhymesayers?)

THANKS to Bubba for the "grown in a lab at Seattle U" (tenfootman) for the tip.
Owwwh! In terms of where this video was shot it is probably THE most familiar-looking video ever. I think I could not only name every corss-street and storefront of every location but also name the businesses that were there before...
psst: hey, isn't that Butterfly?? yep.

 
Post Titled: Which one of these Captions bests fits the above foto?:
A. "Fascists R' Us" called and they want their star Parking Policewoman back.
B. Terminator: Salivation.
C. Somebody seriously needs to get laid (and it ain't the newlyweds.)
D. Humanity FAIL.
E. "GERMANS...!"
So, I accidentally arrive to a wedding a half-hour early (and about every half-hour a new wedding party emerges from the
Standesamt Mitte under a hail of rice, etc. Beautriful, really) but as I am observing the current wedding party I notice
the guys from the wedding sort of one-by one running over to deal with a Parking Policewoman. She was working in tandem with
another Policewoman to basically bust the whole lote of everyone, none of whom were obviosly illegally parked, and all of whom
were parked on one of the most low-traffic streets in Mitte. Nevertheless, the Parking Policewoman worked her way from car to car
with her little Rechner... wow. I am so glad I had a camera today. More images to come from this absolutely beautiful and
strange morning/afternoon.

 
Post-Google's Guide to Pure Denglish by TAR ART RAT, Himbeer Active 02 Two coffee=flavour drink found at a gas station by Tegel. Now they are on sale at Rossmann. In France this would be illegal.

"decrease the spieß" is a public initiative sponsored by the CIA, the BBC, NPR, A&W Root Beer and Club Maté. copyright TAR ART RAT 2009, Berlin.

Post Titled: why see the Terminator when you could see the Terminators? ...(which includes "A Martinez")

a note on the current changes here at POST Google - yeah! awkward video!

 
"yawnster"
ink on paper
copyright TAR ART RAT 2009,

Post Titled: from a parallel universe...
there is a paper blog, adn this is what it looks like: 
a drawing based on a conversation about the Master and Margarita. TAR ART RAT

 
Post Titled: books on the shelf...

 

 
Post Titled: coincidental collage SATELLITE CALLED SATAN

 
Post Titled: Bowling for VCRs

 
Post Titled: videocamera and Terminator 2029

  Post Titled: pair of ads from the late 70s early 80s, antique fraud and videotapecamerarecorder

 
Post Titled: found ad for a video store. 600 dpi scan available upon request

 
Post Titled: TAR ART RAT coincidental collage #5

 
Post Titled: TAR ART RAT coincidental collage #3

 
Post Titled: TAR ART RAT coincidental scrap collage #2

Post Titled: partly cloudy uferology...
passively tutoring Mikey in German at the Landwerk kanal ("ufer") yesterday after my bike broke for the gazillionth time. Still, turned out to be a great day...

Post Titled: the Scifiologist in Summer...
on the ufer yesterday I bump into my former co-worker, a charming gentleman from Wales and his friend who was visiting from out of town.
The friend just happened to be wearing a stencilled shirt with not one but two Imperial Probe Droids on it...
I'm not one to care or notice clothes or fashion all that much, but at this point I start having hot flashes:
"Whoawhoawhoa-! Did you make your shirt??"
"Uhm, my friend made it..."
"Does he have a website!?"
"He probably does..."
by that point I was seriosly considering having the imperial probe droid tatooed somethere on my body...
I think that I have the same reaction so many a sci-fi charachter as most people might have towards... hmm, an aurora borealis or a beautiful woman, perhaps...

I was a member of the Lucasfilm Fan Club in Jr. High, and lemme tell you- there wasn't much to report around then... Willow was 1988, and the Star wars re-releases weren't until -what-1997? that is a 9 year gap where there was a whole lotta nothing going on, but nevertheless, they had a magazine.
So, I ask you, dear blogosphere, who can hand me my honorary PhD in Sci-Fiology?
by the way, i just discovered that "robot" means "to work" in Russian...

Post Titled: MC LARS "Space Game" -quite clever lyrics, listen:

FICTION: "Noah's ____"
"Noah's ____" is a short story written and read by me. Some of you will even be able to pick out the characters. I'd highly recommend downloading it and taking it with you in an iPod or fake iPod since it is about 23 min. Long (an honestly it gets off to sort of a dull/rocky start). The above photo is from the story, shot by the brilliantly talented Issara Willenskomer

NOAH's , a short story by Paul J. Thomas by tarARTrat

Notes on the story: it is based on real people and actual events. Please excuse the hoarseness of my sick voice as I stumble over my own words. The original story was hand-written, xeroxed, and hand-bound in small hardback editions which I sold on the streets of Berlin back before I had a job and/or work permit. I think it is a pretty fun story, and although I am not totally satisfied with this cold reading (after having not picked it up for over 2 years) it is good enough for now, and if I choose to replace it with a smoother version I'll upload it here. THanks and ENJOY!
tar art rat berlin fire fiction

Post Titled:

Mikey on Skull and Bones by tarARTrat

yale

 
Post Titled: Accidental Collage I.

Post Titled: non-fiction, non-profit, neukölln and back
I started work for a small non-profit yesterday somewhat deep in neukoelln. Just walking there is amazing, it is about 20 minutes due south on foot from my apartment, and as I get closer to work, the streets get steadily more busy and much much more fascinating, maybe I will shoot the trip today... anyhow, the offices are on the top floor of a building that looks like it was once a fantastic Muppet Hotel from a film made 20-plus years ago. I was trying to ring for about five minutes so that someone might buzz me in until I realized that i could buzz myself in, and the first thing I encountered inside the lobby was a Country Western Squaredance Treffpunkt which looked exactly like it had dropped out of the Middle of Nowhere, Texas.
The offices are a few blocks past Rathaus Neukölln, which is a neighborhood I lived in back in 2006 when we first moved to Berlin. A slightly whacky, slightly depressing area full of Turks and other foreigners, it is bustling and yet completely lazy all at once. But what i am noticing now is that if feels so completely home-y, home-ish. These discount stores and cheap bakeries and these old guys lining the sidewalks with their shisha (hookahs) and their backgammon seems all too familiar and normal now.

Post Titled: y'know, how, like, everything is everything...?
really disturbing but good video contest winner for Radiohad's song 15 steps

Leonard Nimoy: The Origin of Spock's Greeting

thanks to hot tipper A.J. Goldmann

RANDOM NOTE FROM THE METAVERSE: on the Internet Archive there is an entire section of the audio section labelled "The Grateful Dead" which includes "Grateful Dead Shows on This Day in History"

test test, 1, 2 ... did this embed?

 
Post Titled: Steve Zissou eats his shoe
I found these last year also at a local flea market
Abenteuer im Roten Meer!
XARIFA!

Fost Fitled: Found Fotoday Forages Forth
 

 
A foto taken by my girlfriend's grandmothe: High School students in Biskek, Kzrgyzstan, circa 1970-80s? Lovely.

 
Post Titled: child detectives! Found at the flea market, an old movie ad
for Emil und die Dektetive, der Film

(plakat poster webung)

Post Titled: De La Soul, whom I still love,,,
"The press kit for De La Soul's 3 Feet High and Rising."

 
willing to forgive HELLBOY II: the Golden Army for all its snarky dialogue and sicky-sweet romance because it is actally beautiful and pretty awesome...

Post Titled: the so-called crisis as a blessing in disguise.
"What kind of an island will we become if everyone is working all day, thinking of money, getting lots of money paid for thinking about money, spending their spare time wasting that money? We would not have become a very nice place, I think."
-Andre Magnusson on the state of Iceland now.
found and transcribed from MARKETPLACE March 26, 2009

Post Titled: definitely not the offiziellen kirchenjesus, but close enough.
thanks ernesto for re-finding and reminding us all of the cutest animal in the history of animals

Aguirre Wrath of God Tiny Silky Anteater ernesto ortiz painter berlin kinski klaus kinsky

Post Titled: art show! gosh, thanks!Just want to gush for a second here because the show last night went much better than I'd anticipated, so: Thanks to paul diddy (aka dj tonight aka paul tyree-francis of golden parachutes) for the brilliantly orchestrated marathon dj set (8-2???) check out his podcasts while you are at it (did he" on iTunes) and to mr. cory andreen and cafe ck for having the space to host in the first place, great turnout,- great feedback, great artwork-! so thanks for showing up (especially under such dramatic circumstances as a flash thunderstorm) and thanks for viewing, laughing and even buying! I am very happy that all went so totally well last night! Oh, and here is the flyer we sent out which I never posted to the blog. Thanks all for coming and see you next month!

tar art rat tarartrat art berlin cafe painting drawing opening

 
AUSGEWAEHLT
GEPRÜFT
BEWERTET.
(an art show)
curated by
TAR ART RAT

VERNISSAGE
Frei-day 8. Mai
16.00-24.00Uhr

COME/GET/SOME
fine local artwork and the best
roasted coffee this side of the mississippi

Time: 8 May 2009
18:00 - 23:55

Location:
Cafe CK
Marienburgerstr. 49 (ecke Prenzlauer Allee)
Berlin, Germany
M2: Marienburgerstr.
M4: Hufelandstr.
U2: Senefelderplatz

Description:
"We have art. They make it":
http://pooqpoo.carbonmade.com/
http://allerstrasse.blogspot.com/
Let us celebrate this.
FINE ARTS UND CHEAP BOOZES!

Bierkunst
Proseccokunst
Rotweinkunst
Weißweinkunst
usw.kunst

 
Post Titled: ...AWOL