So be sure to come early, not only for the sunset but for not paying 10€ after 22h. And bring a jacket or a sweater. Although it might be warm down in the streets, in the 17th floor there is quite some wind going on. Here are some pictures I took, after the break.

Pic by Magsen from the G8 Flickr Pool

Keiner weiß genau, was passiert ist, Staatsgewalt und Opposition schieben sich die Schuld zu, es ist hässlich. Und auch ich muss mir wohl eingestehen, dass meine Hoffnung, es gäbe lediglich ein buntes Festivaltreiben um den vermaledeiten Zaun, zumindest vorerst gescheitert ist. Man kann nur hoffen, dass Leute wie die Hedonistische Internationale mit friedlichem Weltverbesserung-Rave (Donnerstag, am Strand) das Bild des Protests von schwarz-vermummt wieder auf bunt schalten.

Die Bilder und Geschichten, die zu lesen sind, erinnern mich an ein Erlebnis vom 1. Mai, vor ein paar Jahren in Kreuzberg. Die Gewalt, die damals noch an der Tagesordnung war, ging nicht von denen aus, die zuvor redeschwingend und kapitalismusverdammend im Kreis gestanden hatten. Es waren pure Krawallkids, die mal auf die Kacke hauen wollten. Frustriert, desillusioniert, abenteuerlustig, keine “gewaltbereite autonome Szene”, wie mancher Politiker glauben lassen möchte.

Was den Protest vereint, ist ihre Haltung zur Lage der Welt. Sie sind nicht einverstanden. Was sie entzweit, ist die Haltung zu Gewalt. Meine Einschätzung ist: Je unzufriedener mit dem eigenen Leben, desto eher der Hang zur Gewalt. So wird das eigene ungerechte Leben zur ungerechten Welt, gegen die man Steine werfen muss.

“To make this, I used PDFs from our architects as a base to trace all the walls on 11 layers in an Adobe Illustrator file, then exported each floor as an XML-based Scalable Vector Graphics file, each of which I ran through a PHP script to extract the object info and convert it to something I could paste in a notecard. Then I made 11 objects (the little cubes in front of me in the video) that scoot themselves off to a predetermined location, spew out prims based on the notecards, and send them to their appropriate positions. The next step, is to rez this on the ground, terraform, and then texture-bake every single prim…”
Watch Kisa Naumova model her working place in Second Life with a perfect fitting Daft Punk soundtrack.

[via Miss Glitter]

Friday:

Miss Glitter promotes the Box+Bar at the DT in Schumannstr 13a. Grime, Uk Garage, Dubstep, D’n‘B by dj G-Serve, DJ Christine Lang & MC Quio live in a highly cultural atmosphere. (She also promotes a secret party on Saturday, visit her blog to find out!)

Also: Polarkreis18 and the Dears at Mudd Club, Große Hamburgerstr 17.

and: DJ Shir Khan and Puppetmastaz at Maria&Josef, Junior Boys at White Trash.

Saturday:

ZMF says goodbye to councilwomen Dubrau who made their life difficult in the past. Party at Möbelfabrik, Brunnenstr.

It’s f** cold, party on a boat?! Yes, say “Wir sind Park”-makers Susi, Sabine and Dorian:
Erik Panzer | barfuss!Kook | KlangsuchtMary Jane | LangspielplattengemeinschaftRay Okpara | Pentagonik/Klangsucht22rockets | 4augenvoegeln at Hochseedampfer “Freibeuter” auf dem Rummelsburger, Kynaststrasse 13-17. Crazy.

and of course, the good old Patrick Gräser at Week-End..

• 1st: Integrate tags into stylewalker - I have enough content now to tag it more thoroughly and it would be cool to let people participate - suggest tags and if I like them they will be part of the categorization. Does anyone know a good WP-plugin?

• Start a blog about organizational identity and weblogs. I am writing my master thesis and should export some wisdom to the net.

• Buy a DJ! A friend is coming from Barcelona, Marco Delvai, you can book him for little money and big fun! Expect more information later.

• A guide to MySpace - people keep asking me what to do there and I should write down all the things I tell each one of them.

And: A great mix at Miss Glitter - Bastard Cutz on bastard rec.
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I just went to play basketball.

Alone.

I lost anyway.

Must have been because of the wet surface.

Or maybe I made the rules too complicated.

I have always been good in entertaining myself alone. Stylewalker.net is the best example.. So while drawing on the school tables I came up with some good rules for a lonely basketball game.

There are 7 positions, all circlewise around the free throw zone. Start at the point closest to the off-line. If you hit the basket go to the next position. The fourth position is the free throw line. The last position is the off-line opposite to the first position. If you score from each position, you win. Got it?

If you don’t hit from your current position you have 5 chances to hit 2 lay-ups. If you got that you get a second chance on your current position. If you fail with the lay-ups you have to start all over again which can be quite painful if you just had laboriously worked yourself forward to the fifth or sixth position.

How can you lose on that?!

We wanted to end our stay in NYC in a nice restaurant and went to SoHo to a place called Barmarche, on 14 Spring St. Obviously, only the prices had french inspiration. First, they sat us right beside the window where the temperature was approx five degrees warmer than outside (-5). Then the dinner did not at all meet the expectations.

The starter (mushrooms with pecorino on pita bread) was nothing sensational but good, still: you CAN toast the bread, so not everything is softish and pillowy like the mushrooms. Which, by the way, were ordinary field ones anyway.

The main dish, salmon with artichoke, spinach and tomato sauce was a big disappointment. You know, there ARE other ingredients but pepper. And not to have the slightest lemon dash with artichokes and no sweet hint (like honey e.g.) with the tomatoes is a crime. While the salmon was salty but okay, I wondered how long you have to cook spinach until it loses all its taste.

And if people do not have the dignitity to invite us to tea while we were sitting in the cold, with OUR JACKETS ON, but charge 7$ for it, you should not be surprised about a tiny tip.

So, Barmarche in Spring Street, don’t go there.

Find more Chinatown-picture on Stylewalker@Flickr

Right now I am sitting in the one in Raval, the Biblioteca Pública Sant Pau - Santa Creu in c/ Hospital. It is 15min before closing and they have the nice habit to turn on some music. In my case it’s Boby Dylan’s “Everybody must get stoned”.. Pleasent places, really.

The DJ was a little annoying though, making announcements after every second song. Well, at least I did not forget their URL..

Still, evenings often start with an old-fashioned Spanish dance band and senior couples move cheek to cheek. At midnight the music changes and DJs, often with percussionists, take over with a funky fusion of soul, breakbeats and disco. Very stlyewalker-style, actually..

Thursday is Bongo-lounge which is the best day to go, you will find lots of students and a very flirty atmosphere. Unfortunately it is really expensive, but here’s a nice trick:

Go to the bar “Benidorm” which is really close and order a drink. Then you ask for “entradas”, most likely they will give you free tickets for the night. Once you’re in, be prepared to Barcelona’s high prices: A beer is 5€ (moreover: it’s Heineken..)