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About Me



I'm a self employed graphic designer pretty much since i took off from school. I do a lot of music related work such as posters, record-covers, shirt-designs and logos. You can check out some of my work on "Gigposters.com". One of my most reliable customers is the local venue here in bern named Dachstock wich is situated in the center for alternative culture, the beloved Reitschule. I play in several bands ranging from pretty grim hardcore to hip-shaking garage punkrock and i run a small record label together with a friend. Besides that i'm chairman of the "Tom Cruise Hate Club".I edited my profile with my supernatural powers

My Interests

Silence, sleeping, cooking with rosemary and eating with someone else, playing guitar, drinking, playing bass (not practicing), a sixpack of pellati-cans, the first huff of my friend's ciggy, optimizing the gingerbread recipe, watching girls playing drums, yelling, red wine, the not so well hidden secrets affecting our daily life, wrestling with mammon's lackeys, pedicure, sound of flushing toilets, knifeshops, lemon soda, touring, matches, used kitchen tools, the night, writing down weird stuff, homerecording, drinking some more, seeing the 2nd color being printed, chopping wood at a nice river and making a big fire, facial hair, occasionaly drawing, giving birth to a song, discovering a band. i don't like keys and locks.

I'd like to meet:

Brian Schroeder, Jenny Holzer, Rene Higuita, Chuck Billy, Forest Whitaker. The Bookhouse Boys. A furry small Animal. Someone who gives away large amounts of money. A big whale. A giant squid.

Check this out:
Zeitgeist Movie
Neil Adams: The Growing Earth

If you're a prog funk jazz fusion band, a badass blingbling gangsta r'n'b artist/producer/promoter or if you have a fake profile and a haircut even worse than mine don't bother to ask for (even virtual) friendship, save your and my energy and time.

Music:

Basically bands and musicians flying below radar ready to turn your pretty world into rubble... vice verca. Battle of Mice, Keelhaul, Isis, Tarentel, Rocket from the Crypt, Infest, High On Fire, Neurosis, GodspeedYouBlackEmperor, Orbital, Shora, Autechre, Shellac, Tragedy, Gunshot, Hendrix, Unsane, Melvins, Dälek, Tristeza, -(16)-, Mick Harris, Fugazi, NoMeansNo, Entombed, Techno Animal, Mastodon, IabhorHer, Two Lone Swordsmen, Soundtracks by David Holmes... I like the sound of banjos. The psychadelic experience of the Haslibärger Trychelzug (That's a hundred bearded men marching and swinging a big cowbell in sync - folklore trance). 60ies Rock, 70ies Pop, 80ies Hardcore, 90ies Metal / Industrial / Electronica, 00ies Post-Everything / Extreme Rock. Gangsta Rap. Combatmusicradio! My bands are: Unhold, The Fuckadies, Pipe Monkeys (am i still in the band?)

Movies:

Ghost Dog, Event Horizon, Fugazi's Instrument, La Haine, Samurai Fiction, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Snatch, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Smoke. Most stuff from Lynch, Gilliam, Jarmusch, Cohen Bro's, Kitano. Cool animated Movies (Ghibli Studios), too.

Television:

Tell Star, Twin Peaks, Prison Break, Al Dente, Deadwood, The Ren 'n' Stimpy Show, Fawlty Towers, George Carlin, Eddie Izzard, wildlife-documentaries on sundays. Fielmann-spots and "Les Maitres Chocolatiers" make me want to hurt someone severely.

Books:

Mr. Vertigo, Hardboiled Wonderland, Guestbooks. I don't like humongous books on graphics.

Heroes:

Ltd. Blueberry. Paul Breitner. Josef Matula. A lot of Mamas. Concerning Art / Design / Drawing: Pushead, Egon Schiele, John Calder, Robert Crumb, Cornel Windlin, Charles Burns, Rbt. Williams, Dirk Bonsma, Jim Woodring

My Blog

The beast gets the beauty & the ugly buys the booty

Here's the pretext: Me sitting on couch watching tv (wich i do quite a lot and like to do). MTV ("M" as in "Music") shows "The Flavor Of Love"  Flavor Flav's "reality"-show, VIVA shows some show with...
Posted by the sparkplugs on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:33:00 PST

Why we like the past&

We like to dwell in the past because it can't be altered, it lays to our feet an like open tomb ready to be scavaged and explored. It was glorious, and maybe it will make you shine just as bright. Unl...
Posted by the sparkplugs on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:32:00 PST

Unhold activities...

Over the last months UNHOLD spent hours and hours practicing and finally recorded a demo with Reto "Igor" Fehlmann at his basement ten days ago. We're very happy with the result and it sounds very pro...
Posted by the sparkplugs on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:18:00 PST

If music could change the world

I just happened to notice carlos santana and henry rollins basically concluded "if music could change the world it allready would have". i guess they're right. great - if not the greatest - records ha...
Posted by the sparkplugs on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 07:28:00 PST

Random Rant Nr. 02 - At War With Mother Nature

Coming from a mountain area, i'm pretty familiar with mans' urge to climb on steep things covered in ice and snow. I know about the numerous tragedies and the loss of some of my friends' family member...
Posted by the sparkplugs on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 10:25:00 PST

Learn something about the guy who owns myspace

http://www.newscorp.comhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzBpPd 8XpqYhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Murdochhttp://de.wi kipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Murdochhttp://www.myspace.com/murdoc h_rupert Rupert Murd...
Posted by the sparkplugs on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 08:55:00 PST

Random Rant Nr. 01 - Fuck Jamie Oliver

Fuck Jamie Oliver for trying to sell us his "speed peeler" along with his wooden chopping blocks. We well enough have wood on our own and we invented the goddamn' peeler. Plus i feel offended by this ...
Posted by the sparkplugs on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 10:50:00 PST

Ice Ice Baby

The vanishing of glaciers seems to be a pretty urgent topic amongst environmentalists these days. I just put some thought into it...So what are glaciers? Deposits of water; snow compressed to ice. Gla...
Posted by the sparkplugs on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 11:06:00 PST

subversiv records Podcast! 1st episode online!

subversiv records werden in unregelmässigen Abständen Sendungen produzieren über unsere Releases mit Interviews, Hintergrund-Infos, Dj-Sets, Live-Mitschnitten, Tourberichten etc. Um den Podcast zu abo...
Posted by the sparkplugs on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 08:30:00 PST

The obscure talents of Mr. Damon & Mr. Cruise

Just saw "The Departed" yesterday. Outstanding movie, Jack Nicholson is both good and hillarious. Being president of the "Tom Cruise Hate Club" i allthough have serious complaints. Matt Damon has the ...
Posted by the sparkplugs on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 08:28:00 PST