Internet Mention

Tearist were interviewed in Nemesis and the unintentional music video I made for them was linked as part of the interview. "TEARIST do ambience. 'Ashes To Ashes' - David Bowie, deconstructed. Minimalist but strangely unsettling video by Skadden." I like two things about this: 1) I can become a one name entity like Cher or Madonna 2) BEST description of that video. Does it make me strange that I don't find it unsettling at all? Even more excited to get this second video out the door and into the world.

Cartier Foundation - No Age

Flew to Paris today to meet No Age for a show at the Cartier Foundation. The space was beautiful, the setup was beautiful, the show was beautiful. Truly an amazing night ended with a mad dash through the metro and dancing all night at a house party at someone's parent's house.







An example of the visuals I made for the night. Song is Sleeperhold.

Life on the Canal

Christiane F

Alex and I went to have a look at the Gropiusstadt housing estates. Famous to me as Christiane F's former home and named for the founder of the Bauhaus school, these buildings are an example of the Communist architecture style as it exists in the West. Built like a fortress, we were met first with the parking lot entrance and went around to the back to find the enclosed living area. Dinner was celebrated at B47, the Kneipe in the shadow of the Gropiusstadt. I had a massive schnitzel, while Alex finished off a streudel.

Vietnamese Mall

Today Florian was true to his word and took me to the Vietnamese Mall in Lichtenberg. As we took the tram out, Florian whispered "not a hipster in sight." It's easy to forget that there are people living in Berlin who are not fashionable artists and musicians, just doing whatever the German equivalent to American who drink beer and watch sports is, probably drinking beer and watching sports. There were four large warehouse style halls that had small shops dedicated to nail accessories, shoes, clothes, housewares, plastic bags, underwear, etc. I took pictures of my favorite. On the way home we jumped off the tram to say hi to the Russian supermarket. I bought a very beautiful package of salt, some rye soda, and tiny vodkas in flavors like birch and honey pepper.