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Berlin (Germany)

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2012

    Black Licorice Found to Fight Diabetes

    The cure for diabetes might be ... candy? Scientists have discovered that licorice root, the raw material for licorice candy, may be effective in treating type 2 diabetes, The Atlantic reports. A research team at the Max Plank Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin, Germany, has identified a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 10, 2012

    History in the Talking

    The cure for diabetes might be ... candy? Scientists have discovered that licorice root, the raw material for licorice candy, may be effective in treating type 2 diabetes, The Atlantic reports. A research team at the Max Plank Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin, Germany, has identified a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    Deniz Kurtel Brings Art Basel LED Sculpture to Los Globos: Like Walking Into a Kaleidoscope

    Deniz Kurtel makes dance music. She also creates LED sculptures. Saturday night at Los Globos, Kurtel brought together both of her artistic pursuits for her "Double Exposure" tour. Inside the venue, she played tracks from her latest release, The Way We Live. Right outside the club's patio, party-goe ... More >>

  • Music

    March 22, 2012

    Music Picks: Funk-a-Palooza, Keith Jarrett, Ute Lemper & the Vogler Quartet

    Also, Hot Snakes, Strange Boys, Ken Parker, Flash Express and others

  • Film+TV

    March 1, 2012

    Andrzej Zulawski's Possession at Cinefamily

    Also, Hot Snakes, Strange Boys, Ken Parker, Flash Express and others

  • Calendar

    February 16, 2012

    Weill You Were Out

    Also, Hot Snakes, Strange Boys, Ken Parker, Flash Express and others

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    Five Artsy Things to Do This Week, Including the Grim Reaper's Bike Seat

    Great video is slated to screen Valentine's Day at the Hammer, and the inspired My Barbarian collective is moving into Human Resources' Chinatown space for a monthlong residency, which can only bring good things. 5. Art or lawn furniture? Diana Molzan's painting Untitled, shaped like a table and pa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Vaginal Davis, Performance Artist, on Why Her 'Pussy Is Still in Los Angeles' Though She 'Lives in Berlin'

    Vaginal Davis, the one-of-a-kind genderqueer performance artist/writer (Cholita, Bricktops, Fertile LaToya Jackson Magazine, much, much more) returns from her adopted home of Berlin for My Pussy Is Still in Los Angeles (I Only Live in Berlin) at the old Bullocks Wilshire. Still jetlagged, she update ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 26, 2012

    She's Bla-a-a-ack! I Mean Ba-a-a-ack!

    Vaginal Davis, the one-of-a-kind genderqueer performance artist/writer (Cholita, Bricktops, Fertile LaToya Jackson Magazine, much, much more) returns from her adopted home of Berlin for My Pussy Is Still in Los Angeles (I Only Live in Berlin) at the old Bullocks Wilshire. Still jetlagged, she update ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 5, 2012

    Berlin Meets Bakersfield

    Vaginal Davis, the one-of-a-kind genderqueer performance artist/writer (Cholita, Bricktops, Fertile LaToya Jackson Magazine, much, much more) returns from her adopted home of Berlin for My Pussy Is Still in Los Angeles (I Only Live in Berlin) at the old Bullocks Wilshire. Still jetlagged, she update ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2011

    LinA In LA Party Picks: Sexy Elves and a 40 of Olde English Malt Liquor

    Don't shop til' you drop, bop til' you drop! European electronic dance dynamos, a hip-hop master (DJ Quik) and wax-wielding women (in hottie holiday garb!) round out the dance offerings for the first week of December. Fri., Dec. 2 Departure's got another global groover to get you grinding, Tiefsch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    LinA In LA Picks: You Only Get to Party Like This Once in a Century

    Lina Lecaro The Wolf's wax will put crowds in 11th heaven in Eagle Rock.​Is 11-11-11 a date to fear or to anticipate? Psychologists say it might bring about cases of "apophenia" (the human tendency to find meaning or patterns in randomly occurring data). We can promise this weekend -- which ki ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2011

    Monday Morning Food News: Happy Halloween

    Guzzle & NoshChocolate!​Happy Halloween. Here's the food news you need to know this fine morning. The rise & fall (& return?) of Mr. Jelly Belly. [Business Week]Barney's Beanery has ghosts, maybe. [LAT]Alton Brown on hosting Iron Chef & the end of Good Eats [WSJ]Chocolate's bittersweet legacy: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2011

    Tiesto Heads to L.A. For Record Crowds at Home Depot Center Saturday: We Ask Him Why

    See also: *Our review of Tiesto's show at Home Depot Center, October 8, 2011 *Tiesto's Home Depot Center Show in October Billed as Largest One-DJ Gig in U.S. History Tiesto is a love-him-or-hate-him DJ, but if you look at his draw in the L.A. market and beyond, you have to think people really do l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    Henry Rollins: The Column! The Cool Sounds of September

    ​[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] Now that we have been released from the grips of August and go deeper into September, I a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2011

    Berlin Currywurst: Sausage Über Alles

    Guzzle & NoshSausages dressed in flavored ketchup at Berlin Currywurst.​There were always plenty of good butchers around town, if you knew where to look, but now that butchery has, for better and worse, acquired a patina of hipness, meat and potatoes, with all the old world comfort and stodgin ... More >>

  • Art+Books

    July 28, 2011

    Valerj Pobega: Model Student

    Guzzle & NoshSausages dressed in flavored ketchup at Berlin Currywurst.​There were always plenty of good butchers around town, if you knew where to look, but now that butchery has, for better and worse, acquired a patina of hipness, meat and potatoes, with all the old world comfort and stodgin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    reliq, SYMBOLCLUB and More: Berlin Goths Keep It Up All Night

    grayl growlsphoto by Adi Parvulescu​ Our writer Drew Denny traveled from L.A. to Lithuania, Germany, Poland and Denmark meeting artists and musicians for her "Overseas Underground" series. Her next stop was a goth club in Berlin, where she met the band reliq. Despite their myriad references ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    Helene Hegemann, Plagiarist of the Club Scene and 'Most Hated Girl in Germany,' in Exile in L.A.

    Jacob Wirtschafter"I became the most hated girl in Germany. But maybe that's not a bad thing."​ At just nineteen, Helene Hegemann has experienced the full volatility of fame. She was crowned "Wunderkind of Bohemia" for her novel Axolotl Roadkill, a sex and drugs-infused depiction of the German ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    May 26, 2011

    Jonathan Gold Reviews Steingarten

    Jacob Wirtschafter"I became the most hated girl in Germany. But maybe that's not a bad thing."​ At just nineteen, Helene Hegemann has experienced the full volatility of fame. She was crowned "Wunderkind of Bohemia" for her novel Axolotl Roadkill, a sex and drugs-infused depiction of the German ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2011

    Free M.A.N.D.Y. DJ Mix For You: The Boys From Get Physical Will Spin Friday at Exchange Los Angeles

    The men from M.A.N.D.Y.​If you want to talk about what's really been happening in global clubland in the last 5 years, you have to talk about the Get Physical label and its co-founders Philipp Jung and Patrick Bodmer, a.k.a. M.A.N.D.Y. All roads lead to Berlin and the bubbly, minimal, slow-gr ... More >>

  • Music

    May 12, 2011

    Music to Pick Up/Download

    The men from M.A.N.D.Y.​If you want to talk about what's really been happening in global clubland in the last 5 years, you have to talk about the Get Physical label and its co-founders Philipp Jung and Patrick Bodmer, a.k.a. M.A.N.D.Y. All roads lead to Berlin and the bubbly, minimal, slow-gr ... More >>

  • Music

    May 12, 2011

    Music Picks: Of Montreal, Kristeen Young, Sofia Gubaidulina,

    Also, Federico Aubele, Fancy Space People, Golden State and others

  • Art+Books

    April 28, 2011

    Turning a Negative Into a Positive

    Three new photography exhibits explore the accidental artistry of pre-digital techniques

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    Stage Raw: Juno and the Paycock

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on God of Carnage and The Merchant of Venice​Photo by Ron Sossi Writes Paul Birchall of Sean O'Casey's play at the Odyssey, "This staging of O'Casey's play artfully mixes blarney and despair in almost equal measure." Mayank Keshaviah e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2011

    L.A. DJs Jason Bentley, Damian Lazarus Headed to Ibiza Next Month For Dance Music Summit

    J to the B rockin' Stussy like it's '93.​While we like to think of ourselves as worldly ragers, the City of Angels often doesn't rate on the world map of professional partying. You know, Miami, Vegas, Berlin, Ibiza. But we're getting there (glad we have our priorities straight). Some of the g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2011

    Bockwurst Fight: Wurstküche Vs. Berlin Currywurst

    N. GalutenBockwurst from Wurstküche​In Los Angeles, we have access to a lot of sausages. They come in many different sizes, hail from almost every continent on earth, and boast a diverse representation of the animal kingdom. They can be raw or cured; smoked, grilled, boiled, fried, or steamed ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 17, 2011

    Berlinteresting

    N. GalutenBockwurst from Wurstküche​In Los Angeles, we have access to a lot of sausages. They come in many different sizes, hail from almost every continent on earth, and boast a diverse representation of the animal kingdom. They can be raw or cured; smoked, grilled, boiled, fried, or steamed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    Eat This Now: Traditional Currywurst and Jambalaya Fries at Berlin Currywurst

    A. TrachtaThe Currywurst at Currywurst.​ L.A. may be known for its street food, but currywurst, Berlin's most popular grab n' go snack, was largely off our radar. That is until two weeks ago when three German transports opened the aptly-named Berlin Currywurst restaurant in Silver Lake's Sunse ... More >>

  • Stage

    February 24, 2011
  • Blogs

    February 22, 2011

    Stage Raw: The Sonneteer

    NEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE ANNOUNCING THEATER AWARDS NOMINEESNEW REVIEW GO THE SONNETEER ​Photo by Katie Pomerantz Nick Salamone's play examines the ways in which homophobia, guilt, self-delusion and hypocrisy cause the gradual disintegration of the Cardamones, a first-generation Italian-A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2011

    Raving Without Ecstasy: Is It Even Possible?

    Caesar SebastianRavers at Together As One.​Following our weekend report about the 62 medical emergencies and 25 arrests at the annual "Together As One" New Year's Eve rave, several commenters weighed in to accuse us of being biased. After all, these megaraves are just good clean fun for the w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2010

    Will L.A.'s 'Subway To The Sea' Really Relieve Traffic?

    Kyle T. WebsterIs this subway good for traffic or just a good way to burn money?​Despite evidence that the recently approved "Subway to the Sea" down the Wilshire Corridor would do little to ease congestion (yet would cost you $9 billion and counting), Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2010

    "There is No Masterplan" - Atari Teenage Riot's Alec Empire Discusses First Tour in 10 Years

    "There is No Masterplan" - Atari Teenage Riot's Alec Empire Talks First Tour in 10 Years

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2010

    TGIF Mix: D-Formation's Tribal-Tech Journey Reigns In Spain

    D-Formation.​Spain is becoming the new Berlin in dance music. Jimmy Van M, Chus & Ceballos and D-Formation have been turning out some fresh DJ mixes from the Iberian Peninsula. The latter provides our latest TGIF mix, a groovy, tribal-tech journey, via the dependable podcast series from YoshiR ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    Plate Spinning: Listings From the Past Week

    Some food for thought from local, national and international news sources from this past week: -- Can food companies and their millions of ad dollars do anything to fix the obesity epidemic? [Zester Daily] -- An op-ed by Jonathan Gold on why we should save Los Angeles' food trucks. [Los Angeles Ti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2010

    Rave Shooting: 26-Year-Old Clara Chun Dies At South El Monte Party

    ​A 26-year-old woman was killed and three men were wounded, one critically, at a rave in South El Monte early Saturday, according to authorities and the Pasadena Star-News. According to the Star-News the dead woman was identified as Clara Myung Hee Chun, 26, of San Gabriel. Sheriff's official ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    Today in WTF: Here's Your Chance to Win a Mold of Peaches' Teeth!

    Timothy NorrisPeaches is shocking (again)​ Ah, Peaches... Today the Canadian-by-way-of-Berlin shock-dance diva (and Beta version of the Lady Gaga product) is releasing a new short film through YouTube. Also, for some reason, she wants you to hype it on Twitter in exchange for a mold of her t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2010

    DJ Q&A: A Few Questions For The Legendary Mr. C (Who Says Eezer Still Goode)

    ​Mr. C is one of the founding fathers of contemporary electronic dance music. He became a top DJ during the late-'80s dawn of rave culture and soon joined the dance-pop act the Shamen, which was so successful ("Move Any Mountain," "Ebeneezer Goode") it was even heard on L.A. radio in the early ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2010

    DJ Q&A: A Few Questions For Heidi (Who Says She Wants To Get Naked On The Dance Floor)

    Heidi is somewhat of a techno prodigy, having grown up in Windsor, Ontario, in the shadow of the genre's birthplace, Detroit, and eventually moving to London to learn the record-bin ropes working in famed music store Phonica. Today she resides in dance music's new capital, Berlin, spins monthly on B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2010

    The DJs List: Spinners You Should See This Weekend (And Beyond) -- Steve Lawler, Heidi, John Digweed

    ​Save up your energy, kids, summer's almost officially here, and the talent is flowing like bubbly at a Jamie Foxx party. We especially like the mix-and-match paring of Steve Lawler and Heidi Saturday at Avalon and the return of John Digweed to his L.A. home, the Mayan, Wednesday. Friday: If ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2010

    DJ Q&A: A Few Questions For Booka Shade's Arno Kammermeier

    Berlin duo Booka Shade has broken out of the Berlin underground and into The New York Times with its accessibly melodic techno and mesmerizing stage presence. The pair that started out with groovy choons found mostly via online outlets such as Beatport has become a big-league electronic act known to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2010

    Stage Raw: Holy Ghost

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCURRENT STAGE FEATURE ON THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD and THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO NEW REVIEW GO HOLY GHOST ​ Photo by Darrett Sanders The ghosts in Jon Tuttle's play  -- in a glorious production at Theatre of NOTE, directed by Michael Roth ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 11, 2010

    Old Glory

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCURRENT STAGE FEATURE ON THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD and THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO NEW REVIEW GO HOLY GHOST ​ Photo by Darrett Sanders The ghosts in Jon Tuttle's play  -- in a glorious production at Theatre of NOTE, directed by Michael Roth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2010

    Germans Fulfill Peaches' Weimar Fantasies by Banning Her Little Subversive Cabaret Act

    "A degenerate cabaret singer and her Jew pianist singing about Jesus? Vee are not amused."​Oh, Peaches! Why oh why do you insist trying to engage the Germans? Yeah, "Berlin in the 90s," cheap housing in East Berlin, weird theater, state sponsored art things, yadda yadda. You lived your Weimar/ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2010

    Ten Techno Jams We Still Love

    Whether it's IDM, minimal, electro, acid or whatever other name you want use to pinpoint a sound, we love techno. We love the way it forces us to dance, even when we're sitting in front of a computer in an office trying to finish a story. We love the way it affects our walk when we enter a party. W ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 26, 2009

    THE POLITICS OF DANCING

    Whether it's IDM, minimal, electro, acid or whatever other name you want use to pinpoint a sound, we love techno. We love the way it forces us to dance, even when we're sitting in front of a computer in an office trying to finish a story. We love the way it affects our walk when we enter a party. W ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    May 15, 2008

    Noriyuki Sugie guest stars at Breadbar

    But hurry ... Crudobar lasts just until May 15

  • Calendar

    January 10, 2008

    Cabaret

    But hurry ... Crudobar lasts just until May 15

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