“Dangerous” was probably the album I listened to the most as a young, dumb boy. And I absolutely loved Michael’s great music videos on Mtv, too! I guess I’m one of the hardcore fans from him. Anyway, his last two or three albums were really bad, so I had almost forgotten about him. Well, his [...]

Posted on Feb 13.08 to Music   

I don’t remember the exact year, but it must have been at least four or five years ago. Billy Crystal was the host of the academy awards that year and a hilarious clip was shown before the show or as advertisement: Billy Crystal goes to the cinema, buys a popcorn, goes to his theatre, sits down, watches the commercials and as soon as the movie begins, he pulls up a tripod with a camcorder attached to capture the movie…. What the hell has this to do with Eric Clapton, you ask?

Posted on Jan 21.07 to China, Music, Photography, Shanghai   

In CROSSING THE BRIDGE - THE SOUND OF ISTANBUL entführt uns Fatih Akin in die Türkei. Durch den Film selbst führt Alexander Hacke, Bassist von der Band EINSTÜRZENDE NEUBAUTEN. Gleich am Anfang erzählt er, dass er wegen Akins früherem Film GEGEN DIE WAND nach Istanbul reiste, um dort Musik für den Film zu finden. Damals [...]

Posted on May 12.05 to Reviews, Videography