If Language Were Liquid / It Would Be Rushing In

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Rip Off Your Sleeves / And I'll Ditch My Socks

Trikoton is a Berlin-based label that specializes in custom clothing based on (your) voice signals. The founders created a 1970s-style interactive knitting machine; a micro-controller and 24 small engines imitate a pattern card that can be controlled by live user input (that's you!) via connected computer. You can record anything you want - your favorite poem on a scarf, a sweater inspired by sounds in the kitchen, maybe a song composed for ukulele incorporated into a pair of pants - anything! Lookbook.

Berlin wins again.


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So Ein Schöner Tag

I was introduced to Kölsch music while at the Kielerwoche this past weekend. I think you will enjoy this:



CATCHY, RIGHT? German folk music: yes please. Lyrics for the curious.

(Fun fact: Jacques Offenbach spoke Kölsch.)

Do A Little Dance / Make A Little Love

Although most of my Berlin music wanderings up to this point have been classical or experimental-art based, I would be remiss if I didn't post this contribution from none other than my younger sibling. Plus, it makes for a nice Sunday video, jawohl?



(special thanks to J, who deemed it necessary to get this video to me PRONTO)

People Who Need People

Berliner StaatsOper für alle!
You can't see me, because I was in the front row. YEAH.
An estimated 50,000 people showed up for free opera (Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin) Saturday night, and an early Sunday concert featuring Tchaikovsky's Fourth.
(This is my way of encouraging you to go to outside classical music in YOUR city.)
(Bonus anecdote: because I was right there in the front, I was exactly one person removed from catching the flowers Daniel Barenboim threw into the crowd after the performance! Oh, to be a little bit taller...)