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For the first time in its history, Wikipedia has halted access to the 'people's encyclopaedia'. The black out is in protest of two bills circulating in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate: the "Stop Online Piracy Act" and the "Protect Intellectual Property Act." Prompting this drastic measure was Wikipedia's concern Continue Reading

In OTHER SIDE OF THE SCREEN - 100 YEARS OF MOVIEMENTO CINEMA, Speck reminisces about his tenure as the programmer of the influential Berlin-Kreuzberg counterculture cinema Moviemento (then called Tali) in the 1970s.

Here is a gift of audio white noise from the makers of rainymood.com . It's for everyone who needs relief from noisy environments. And here are a few more online soundtracks - these you can even download and listen to at home - from CantonBecker.com

Flavorpill, the music/film/art geek's ultimate online information source, just published their list of most anticipated art exhibitions in 2012. Among them, a show Keith Haring's early works at the Brooklyn Museum. Sure, Haring is often cited as an example of ultimate co-optation of underground voices by the mainstream. Haring's distinctive, stylized figures with bold outlines Continue Reading

I've read an article in a Berliner local newspaper lately in which a journalist complained about reckless biking in Berlin. He referred to some bikers being very dangerous for cars as they don't observe traffic rules. I was pleased to read that I am not the only one who is unhappy about the behavior of Continue Reading

I have received this video from a friend last week. This story is not so much up to date any more but it is so astonishing to me that I wanted to share it in case some people still haven't heard from it. This is unfortunately a very sad story. 18 year old Ben Breedlove Continue Reading

(Quelle: Pressemitteilung Institut Forschender Film)

Als erste merken drei Berliner KünstlerInnen, die ART GIRLS (Inga Busch, Megan Gay, Jana Schulz), dass mit der sogenannten Realität etwas nicht stimmt. Dann beobachten zwei Hamburger Wissenschaftler (Peter Lohmeyer) seltsame Masterzellen, die es eigentlich nicht geben kann. Und bald darauf erleben alle Menschen phantastische Phänomene in Ihrem Alltag und eine Continue Reading

Eva Sterk is a Berlin-based singer-songwriter group with post rock overtones. Their latest music clip for the tune "No Note" was shot in the suburbs of Eastern Berlin and directed by realeyz.tv video blogger Laura Huertas Zurriaga. Some other members of the realeyz.tv team and their families are also involved.
The clip's considerable charm lies in Continue Reading

This next post from MusicFilmWeb is Andy Markowitz’s interview with Phil Grabsky, director of BOY WHO PLAYS ON THE BUDDHAS OF BAMIYAN and many music-themed docs and TV series, including ESCAPE FROM LUANDA, which portrays an Angolan music school. First published on December 1, 2008, the interview offers still timely insights into life in Angola Continue Reading