The “we are subversive adbusters and punks but still make money with corporate communication” agency “Platoon” went to Asia to do business and partied in Bejing. Here’s a cool movie from a Halloween party, half legal, half tolerated. Enjoy the rest of their very interesting travel experiences on their platoon-blog.
It’s just an experiment, tell me what you think! I think this theme is pretty stylish, although, I know, looks a lot like A list apart, which is awesome as well. So, what do you think: Is it worth putting in some effort to stylewalkerize this theme?
Make the picture embedding look better, do something about the header image, maybe use the third column for more fotos or widgets?..
I really need something new, I like my old style a lot, but things need to change.
So, here are some Stylewalker-selected hints of what’s going on this weekend in Berlin.
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I’m pretty sure that the T-Mobile brand managers celebrated their scoop to place T-Com’s corporate sound into the stylish fashion movie “The devil wears Prada“. Everytime protagonist Andrea’s phone rings you can hear their insistent “tüdelüdelü”. Hands down, good job!
But: The phone slowly becomes the symbol of Andrea always being at her boss’ command, under pressure, a servant in this overwound fashion world. The sound makes her boyfriend sigh, her father frown, it’s pure stress, it’s irritating, waking you up in the morning, preventing you from sleep at night.. I don’t know if that message is the one the said brand managers thought about. Maybe the scoop actually was pretty stupid.
Rember “Minority Report”? The best thing in this movie were the fascinating interfaces the policemen used to gather information. Big touchscreens that react to the movements of several fingers or even several hands on interactive walls or table tops. Well, there is something like this in reality and of course, I liked the idea of the digital touchscreen turntable (as seen in the picture).
Jeff Hahn and his colleagues at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University are working on that and there’s an impressive movie clip to visualize their efforts. Mindblowing, music by Peter Kruder.
[via sounds.imnetz]
“It is a dance organized by the drug lords, where the violence and frustration explodes.”
Remember “City of God?” I recently watched this great movie again.
So, what’s the origin of violence and war? The answer seems simple: Angry young men. Sociologically this is summarized in the theory of the “Youth Bulge” which describes the battle of the sons for the powerful positions in a society. Happens all over the world for centuries, again and again. Terror and war are the most recent outcomes, the scientist Gunnar Heinsohn has written a fascinating book about the connection between the spare sons, fundamentalism, terror and war: “Söhne und Weltmacht” And now enjoy a short clip from the VICE travel DVD “Surviving the slums of Rio” Continue reading
While I am going to be in Hamburg this weekend, maybe my local readers are interested in some underground movements in Berlin.
There will be a party beneath the Schlossplatz, in the old catacombs. There will be a band, you have to find a whole in the ground to enter. Sounds amazing, here’s the announcement:
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I wish, we had such a sharpminded satiric in Germany to confront politicians with their everyday madness. Here are my favourite interviews with US congressmen from the Colbert report (the series is called “Better know a district”). Hilarious: A Republican who doesn’t know the ten commandments, the unopposed candidate whom Colbert asks to say things that would “really lose you the elcetion” (had he a challenger) or the Oregan congresswomen he asks if she is high. Click for the videos
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Shake your hips beneath the mirror ball, it’s disco time! A mix full of classics, singalongs and booty shakers. Put yourself into the saturday night fever, flip your fingers and tap your toes: It’s DJ Julian from New York in an überfunky discomix. With some nice changes he keeps the groove and has a good feel for the music.
A classic on Djs Anonymous I found lately.
I know, I should have posted this on Saturday night but I was busy partying.
Funky classics and rare disco edits from DJ Julian of New York City
[audio:http://www.djsanonymous.org/mixes/DJsAnon04_DJ_Julian.mp3]
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“Polizeipräsidium, hallo! … Ach, das Kanzleramt, wie nett.. Wer kommt? .. Ratspräsident..? Ja, tut uns sehr leid, sie wissen ja, wir müssen sparen.. Könnte der seine Polizisten vielleicht selber mitbringen?”
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“FU Servicehotline, hallo! .. Ja, natürlich können Sie nach den Studiengebühren fragen, wo sind Sie denn geboren? Ja, ich brauche dann auch die Geburtsurkunde.. einen Augenblick, Hessen sagten Sie? .. Das sind dann 3567€ pro Semester.. Was, viel Geld?! Ja, seien Sie doch froh, dass sie aus Frankfurt kommen, für Bayern wäre es noch teurer!!.. Aber das sind ja keine Gebühren, wenn sie hier nach dem Studium eine Firma machen und mindestens zwei Leute zehn Jahre beschäftigen, bekommen Sie doch alles wieder zurück!”
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“Guten Tag, sie sprechen mit dem automatischen Anrufbeantworter der Berlin Marketing GmbH. Wenn Sie einen maroden Plattenbau zu Lofts umbauen wollen, drücken Sie bitte die 5. Wenn Sie Informationen zum Art Forum, der Popkomm oder IFA wollen, die sind jetzt in Danzig, Ljubiljana und Prag. Planen Sie einen Ausflug nach Berlin? Dann schauen Sie doch in einem unserer zwei Museen vorbei! Wir bedauern, dass kein Personal für ein persönliches Gespräch vorhanden ist. Wenn Sie dennoch in Berlin investieren wollen, dann suchen Sie doch einfach im Internet.”