February 27, 2004
Photo Friday 2004-02-27
"Industrial" is this week's challenge on Photo Friday.
Well, that's me and so I decided to contribute above picture.
February 25, 2004
Bonus Mini
Okay, right before bedtime a bonus Mini for you. Spotted in Oberhausen, this one could clearly do with a bit of washing.
February 24, 2004
Goal
Taken at a toy exhibition at the "Kultur- und Stadthistorisches Museum", Marina Duisburg.
Pissed Off Houses
This house is so pissed off that it had its sides chopped off left and right. It now started to grow a tree on its top.
Taken on a gray and freezing day at the Marina Duisburg.
February 23, 2004
Mini Spotting
Mini in Hamburg, February 2004
Mini in Duesseldorf, February 2004
February 22, 2004
February 20, 2004
February 16, 2004
RockStore
RockStore in Essen-Steele. I passed it on the way to the Tigerbeat gig last Friday. Although I heard about it before I actually never visited it. And on Friday night it was closed, obviously.
February 15, 2004
More Tigerbeat
"If I lose my head and if I lose my mind, I wanna do it right"
All Tigerbeat pictures are now available at the onenil v1 gallery.
It's been a long time since I last been to a live gig. The main reasons for this are that a/ today's ticket prices are ridiculous to say the least and b/ you usually have to drive out to Cologne to see a good (new) band because venues actually booking relevant bands are very few around my neck of the woods nowadays.
So naturally I was delighted to learn that Hamburg's Tigerbeat were coming to the Grend in Essen-Steele, just an eight minutes ride on the train away. And for eight Euros. What a bargain.
And I was not to be disappointed. Tigerbeat really are a great band - although lacking a Bass player, something that usually goes horribly wrong, name just one other band without a bass player that does not suck - and the venue was nice enough. They played most of the songs from their new Album 13 Songs which I can not recommend highly enough.
And they are f*ckin' cool. Maybe a bit too cool for Essen-Steele. So the funniest - out of two - song introduction was when the singer talked about their current tour experiences "In Osnabrueck people where just standing there with their arms crossed, Cologne went ballistic, now let's see which side you are on, Essen". Needless to say what followed was more Osnabrueck than Cologne. Nevertheless, a great gig.
I was too knackered to stay and watch the second band of the evening, The Monochords. From what I read, they're also pretty decent. Go check them out.
February 14, 2004
Tigerbeat, Y'All
"How can you call that life, when it's just Doin' Time"
More about Tigerbeat, the gig and more pictures when I sobered up a bit.
February 12, 2004
Faces
Picture steal of the week. Debbie Harry and Iggy Pop in New York, 1978 and 1979.
More about Allan Tannenbaum here.
February 11, 2004
Get Out More
Given that I've not forgotten some, according to World66 I've only been to 4% of all countries (not counting Liechtenstein and Switzerland which I only passed through).
Time to change that.
February 08, 2004
Selekta
Selekta in Hamburg. Excellent shop. Read on below to see what I bought.
Keith Hudson - Playing It Cool (Vinyl Album)
Lee Perry & The Full Experience - Disco Devil (12" Vinyl)
Lloyd Bradley - Bass Culture (Book)
February 03, 2004
People's Sounds
Here's a picture of People's Sounds in All Saint's Road, London, which I took back in '99.
February 02, 2004
ELPI
Another local Record Store in Bochum. Sadly they dropped most of the Vinyl since long. Their plus is being a ticket shop for many venues so I bought tickets to see Tigerbeat on Friday, February 13 in Essen.
