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monika

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About Me

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My Interests

Last Shows:

Motörhead, Zitadelle, Berlin
Priscilla Sucks, Fete de la Musique, Berlin Kamikaze Queens + Randy Twigg, Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin
PJ Harvey, Friedrichsstadtpalast, Berlin
Die Türen, Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin
Toni Mahoni, Postbahnhof, Berlin
Datarock, Lido, Berlin
Berlin String Theory, Volksbühne, Berlin
The Ettes, Bang Bang Club, Berlin
The Heavy, Cassiopeia, Berlin
The Raveonettes, Lido, Berlin
Art Brut, Lido, Berlin
The Nothings, Bang Bang Club, Berlin
Seeed, Wuhlheide, Berlin
Wild Rose Revue, Admiralspalast, Berlin
The Ettes, Magnet, Berlin
Miss Alex White and the Red Orchestra, White Trash, Berlin
Beatsteaks, Wuhlheide, Berlin
Queens Of The Stoneage, Columbiahalle, Berlin
The Gossip, Columbiaclub, Berlin
Beastie Boys, Columbiahalle, Berlin
Kerstin Grether Gala Lesung, nbi Berlin
Jan Delay, Postbahnhof, Berlin
Max Goldt, Berliner Ensemble, Berlin
Warren Suicide + Gods of Blitz, Lido, Berlin
Kesseteens, Bang Bang Club, Berlin
Cold War Kids, Kalkscheune, Berlin
Alice Daisy, Cafe Zapata, Berlin
Mardi Gras BB, Postbahnhof, Berlin
LCD Soundsystem, Postbahnhof, Berlin
Trail of Dead, Postbahnhof, Berlin
Kitty Hoff, Maschinenhaus, Berlin
Toni Mahoni, Salon Schmueck, Berlin

Music:



Television:

L.A. Ink info

Miami Ink info

Books:

Last reads:

Kill your friends - John Niven
Lennon ist tot - Alexander Osang
Vincent - Joey Goebel
Mustererkennung - William Gibson
Die Girls von Riad - Rajaa Alsanea
Frau Rettich, die Czerni und ich - Simone Borowiak
Ich werde nicht schweigen - May Chidiac
Der Tod wird euch finden - Lawrence Wright
The Reluctant Fundamentalist - Mohsin Hamid
Die Vermessung der Welt - Daniel Kehlmann
Zungenkuss – Kerstin Grether
Der Steppenwolf – Hermann Hesse
Nachtprogramm - David Sedaris
Hawaii - James A. Michener
QQ – Max Goldt
Angsterhaltende Massnahmen - Jan Off
Disko Ramallah - Hans Nieswandt
Salzstaedte - Abdalrachman Munif
On Beaty - Zadie Smith
Anomalies - Joey Goebel
JPod - Douglas Coupland
Scar Tissue - Anthony Kiedis & Larry Sloman
Lunar Park - Bret Easton Ellis
Anleitung für Zweifelnde – Gilad Azmon

Heroes:

heroes: Sorting through the web for you and keeping the underground alive: Machtdose.

My Blog

PJ Harvey

Ein Traum!
Posted by monika on Tue, 20 May 2008 02:53:00 PST

Wild Rose Review

i liked it better last time. this time: to0 big, too long, too much magic, too much acrobatics, but still: jewels rulez! anyway: perfect for people watching. it's nice to see people dress up...
Posted by monika on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:31:00 PST

The Ettes

Yesterday I elected the most hard rocking, sexiest drummerette of the past two decades. Rest of the band wasn't bad either. Oh, and nor was the music. "Beat Punk". I can ...
Posted by monika on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 11:32:00 PST

Miss Alex White and the Red Orchestra, everybody!

It hardly happens but when it does, it's very special: you go to a show, not expecting much except maybe a hangover the next day, but then this band starts and you're standing ther...
Posted by monika on Sun, 08 Jul 2007 05:21:00 PST

Beastie Boys

So you didn't buy a ticket because you thought it would be a boring gala-instrumental show. Well that's tough because it fucking rocked!!!!  
Posted by monika on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 02:38:00 PST

Kerstin Grether Gala Lesung

Vielleicht lesen und singen sie ja jetzt noch auf der Gala-Lesung zur zur Veröffentlichung von Kerstin Grether's neuem Buch "Zungenkuss - du nennst es Kosmetik, ich nenn es Rock'n'Roll". Ich bin aber ...
Posted by monika on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 04:00:00 PST

Jan Delay

...aaaaah - don't you just love corporate events? bands and drinks and bbq-buffets for free and if you're lucky you get to hang out with colleagues you like.jan delay wasn't bad either. simply th...
Posted by monika on Thu, 31 May 2007 03:39:00 PST

.`=/%$§%"!* london weather!!!

okay okay. i am now convinced that there can be worse weather than in berlin. thank you london, for teaching me that, yes, only an hour flight away lies 14 degrees temperature difference. backwar...
Posted by monika on Mon, 28 May 2007 03:37:00 PST

Pop will eat itself

I actually got so back into PWEI now, that i declare this weekend Pop will eat itself-Memorial-Weekend. Guten Appetit.   ...
Posted by monika on Fri, 18 May 2007 05:45:00 PST

Klassentreffen

Ich fasse es nicht, nach 24 Jahren wurde für Juni ein Klassentreffen angesetzt. Na gut, das fasse ich noch, aber das Foto, das mit der Einladung in die Inbox flatterte, eher nicht. Mann, waren wi...
Posted by monika on Thu, 24 May 2007 02:15:00 PST