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... noone will hear you. Here someone gives a loud shout and it seemed to work out at least for now. From my point of view BeWelcome is the best of all hospitality exchange networks in terms of organisational values and definetely right now the only one I'd contribute to. And contributions are necessary right now: money is (or thanks to a lot of people: was) running out, the chairman left frustrated, the webpage felt quite dead ... but within a short time after the letter to all members the donations bar exploded"[1], a lot of people show up online and more. Hopefully this momentum lasts and in consequence the networks becomes more usable for actually making contacts, finding hosts/guests and making a difference.

Being part of hospitality networks for nearly four years now, I can only recommend using them, I've met many people from / at different places and enjoyed it a lot. Off course: sometimes it's just a short meetup and a place to sleep, but even that is much more than sitting in a random hostel or hotel. And countless experiences went far beyond simple traveller's gossip. My warmest regards from here to Hongkong, Lahore, Kopenhagen, Helsinki, Kassel, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Viktoria, Funchal and many more places: You've made a difference.

I would really like to get rid of the bad run commercial network of couchsurfing. It's the biggest network and also the most usable one, as most of the people hangout there. But the problem aren't the people, it's the system and at couchsurfing we can't change the system. We could only beg and pray it continues working. So an alternative network is needed, that is run by the people who are the network, where everyone can have an impact on how things are done. And if we really want to, we will make a difference.

[1]We're not talking about really much money here, nevertheless it's necessary to raise it or the servers go offline / domains expire / bank account is closed.

Im Lichtmesz mal wieder ein Film, der spannend werden könnte:

Do. 10.12. 20.00 Uhr
Hamburger Premiere:
Burning Down The House -
The Story of the CBGB
Mandy Stein, USA 2009, 77 min,
engl. OF, Beta SP

Wie sich die Älteren unter uns vielleicht erinnern, wäre die Geschichte moderner Popularmusik nicht die gleiche ohne das CBGB. Vor mehr als zwei Jahren wurde der Schuppen durch eine weitere tolle Boutique ersetzt. Ein weitere Geschichte über Gentrification, obwohl der musikhistorische Teil sicher interessanter ist. Zum Warmhören seien die Videos von Unartig aus den letzten Tagen des CBGBs wärmstens empfohlen (wobei die Webseite dankenswerterweise auch sonst manche Sehens- und Hörenswürdigkeit bereit hält!):

• CBGB Nostalgia Vol01 – Angry Samoans


• CBGB Nostalgia Vol02 – Blondie


• CBGB Nostalgia Vol03 – Gorilla Biscuits


• CBGB Nostalgia Vol04 – Patti Smith


• CBGB Nostalgia Vol05 – Avail


• CBGB Nostalgia Vol06 – Avengers

Und du weißt, dass es die Terroristen auf dich abgesehen haben, wenn dein Kind dieses Heft geschenkt bekommt:



Eine mit Sicherheit verstimmte Plastikflöte als Gimmick. Ich bin aus asiatischen Horrorzombiegewaltsplattercrashzack-Filmen viel gewohnt, aber etwas so Grausames ist mir noch nicht unter gekommen.

As some of you may remember I was involved a little bit with Big Shiny, a sideproject from ACEtone, NYC, the worlds leading studio for fine dub music. In 2004 the masterpiece "Kratzen für das Ebenleben" was released. Flying beyond the radar of the musical industries Big Shiny had become the major influence of all progression in music since than. Probably this has become a serious threat now, so at a first step MyS*** (you know I never link to them anyway) decided to delete the profile of Big Shiny and ban them from their website (more info). So Big Shiny is expecting major deals - the main weapon of the companies to destroy music - any time soon.

Fuck them. You can't stop us.