Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Zen and the art of the Berghain door policy

when asked by a friend of a friend
"how to get into Berghain"
(or, I guess, about the Berghain door policy) this was my response:
"hi- honestly - gosh... as far as I can tell 
there is very little rhyme or reason to it -
even regulars get turned away every now and then.  
as far as I can tell I have heard they don't like big groups
and bros and tussis are usually automatically out - and Brits. 
don't dress too nice and don't be loud and drunk in line -
supposedly they favor germans (or at least german-speaking locals?) but I don't have much evidence for that-
and i as far as I can tell if you are asian or black you have no problem getting in
 - most Germans seem overly-afraid of being accused of racism...
(but then again they seem have no problem turning away Spaniards and Italians... )
that is about all I got - 
but honestly every time I tried to plan it out and thought i'd get in I didn't 
and then every time 
I went impulsively and was dressed like crap and expecting to be turned away 
I - ironically - ended up getting in - soooo - go figure! 
plan b: if I don't make it in I usually just go to Eslewhere and have an amazing time. Although Berghain is considered the holy grail of Berlin clubs I have just as much fun anywhere else... 
good luck!"
While we are on be topic I stumbled across this article by the NY Times' Nick Kulish about the fascinating life and photography of Berghain doorman Sven Marquardt http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/03/world/europe/03germany.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

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Monday, January 13, 2014

Name "Vyacheslav Polyak" seems to be involved in an email scam

Warning: Name "Vyacheslav Polyak" seems to be involved in an email scam

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Thursday, January 09, 2014

Disney cassette tape stories from the 80s and my biased views on all that...

More evidence why Kids of the 1980s might be the last American generation to have truly badass imaginations...
Because we were listening to analog audio tapes instead of just passively endlessly watching things...



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Thursday, January 02, 2014

The story of Superman books by Random House

Visiting a friend in San Francisco and I noticed he had these Story of Superman books published by Random house back in 1980 and I freaked out "I can't believe you have these! I had them as a baby/kid - used to read them back and forth constantly!" Even just the inner binding cover time warps me back...







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