tracking the berlin vibe-cession
berlin I love you, but you're bringing me down
tracking the berlin vibe-cession
The freedoms associated with liminal spaces – club nights, abandoned buildings, forgotten shopping malls – often have a lot to do with the fact that these places, and the marks people left of themselves within them, will eventually disappear. There’s also something inherently egalitarian about them; a place that nobody owns or stakes an exclusive... See more
Moses Hubbard • Disappearing Berlin
Many customers felt intimidated the first time they entered the store—including me. If you asked the “wrong” question or requested a record that wasn’t cool, the Hard Wax staff might treat you like you were invisible.
032c • Berlin’s Sonic Mecca
Shift the culture: We need to be better at supporting each other. Forget IQ or EQ - what we really need is a higher Decency Quotient (DQ). DQ is about empathy, respect, and fairness. It’s the foundation for how we treat one another, how we collaborate, and how we celebrate contributions at every level.
Paul Venuto • feed updates
Because, let’s face it, Berlin is not a pretty place. The winters are a total nightmare, no sunlight, no warm face. Its cuisine is all about fast food. Large parts of town smell like a public toilet; overdosed tourists randomly pass out on the street. It’s not a city where you would sit out on a cafe terrace to people-watch. But also it’s now... See more
People like me flocked to Berlin because it was ‘poor but sexy’. Those times are over | Fatma Aydemir
IT WAS SAID that if you were a criminal, a member of some tinpot political party, an agitator for a minority interest group, a drug addict, a property speculator, a forger or bootlegger of any kind, an artist, a fashion designer, a writer, underground film director, musician, or just plain crazy, Berlin was where you would eventually end up. It
... See moreDave Hutchinson • Europe in Autumn
I’m not a big fan anymore. It’s such a Peter Pan kind of place, where you live in the moment, which is beautiful, until you realize that years have gone by.
