Bundestagswahl 2009

Was für eine Katastrophe! Da kämpfen Linke und Grüne jahrelang für die Rechte von Frauen und Minderheiten und wir bekommen eine schwarz-gelbe Regierung mit einer Frau als Bundeskanzlerin und einem Schwulen als Aussenminister… Das muss man sich mal auf der Zunge zergehen lassen.
Horst Mahler brachte es auf den Punkt, als er gefragt wurde, wie er als ehemaliger RAF-Anwalt nun die NPD vertritt. Nicht er habe sich gedreht, die Welt sei um ihn herum um 180 Grad verdreht worden.
Hoffentlich holt die SPD jetzt Lothar Matthäus.
Und Pofalla steht neben Angie bei der CDU-Wahlparty und muss fast weinen.

Amadou & Mariam live in Berlin 2009

live, Berlin 2009

“Le dimanche à Bamako, c’est le jour de marriage“. That’s the title of my favorite song by this couple from Mali. It means that sundays are wedding days in Bamako, the capital of Mali in Western Africa, where Amadou and Mariam come from.

Amadou and Mariam are both blind and they met at a school for the blind in the 1970s. Their style of Afro-Beat got lots of international attention. Especially when Manu Chao, formerly of Mano Negra, recorded an album with them.

They played to a nearly sold out audience in Berlin’s “Kesselhaus” on February 19th, 2009 and two friends and me plowed our way through several inches of snow to make it there. What a great contrast: Winter wonderland outside, Afro-Beat inside. This was their first show in Berlin since 2006 and the crowd was very enthusiastic. It was a mixed crowd, featuring everything from dreadlock rastas to banker types. Everyone enjoyed the two hours including two encores, one of which was “Le Dimanche à Bamako”…

Mogwai Interview Video

Meet Barry and Stuart from Mogwai. These two scottish lads took some time to sit down and talk to my laptop about their latest album “The Hawk Is Howling”. I wanted to know for example why the put a picture of a bald-headed eagle on the cover instead of a howling hawk. They offer some insight on how to kill the queen of England and explain why Stuart isn’t sent up local Glasgow chimneys anymore.

Watch the whole iNterview with Mogwai here on Hobnox!

The International Noise Conspiracy iNterview

Here it is, finally. Ladies and gents, we present the iNterview International Noise Conspiracy. Dennis and Lars sat down with one of our laptops to discuss their latest groovy anti-capitalist album “The Cross Of My Calling”, which was produced by mastermind Rick Rubin and released on American Recordings.

We tested Dennis and Lars on their knowledge of politics and philosophy, by giving them quotes which were either from Arnold Schwarzenegger, Karl Marx, Stalin or Jack Bauer. They did okay…

See for yourself: The iNterview International Noise Conspiracy on Hobnox. Watch now

Pet Conspiracy tour Europe! They’re chinese.

Chinese Electro-Clash outfit Pet Conspiracy hit Europe in 2008 anf left their mark on the dancefloors of Cologne, Berlin, Hamburg, Budapest and Barcelona. Singer Helen, who used to be a presenter for MTV China, mastermind/producer/guitarist Huzi and Edo, an italian drummer in Beijing took a cameraman along to capture the spirit of their european tour. It includes an alcohol test in Hamburg’s famous quarter St. Pauli, a huge yellow chicken on the dancefloor in Cologne and alot of fun and food on the road.

Check it out on Hobnox!

Eagles Of Death Metal Interview and Death Metal Quiz

Meet Jesse Hughes. The drugs like him. He likes Death Metal. He’s got alot of tattoos. For example the “Pigeons Of Shit Metal” tattoo, which he got after Axl Rose called his band “Pigeons Of Shit Metal”. Jesse Hughes knows about mythology, too. He can recite Merlin’s charm of making. His new album with The Eagles Of Death Metal is called “Heart On”, what a pun indeed.

Check out the iNterview “Eagles Of Death Metal” on Hobnox.

The Virgins Interview

Meet Sister Lucy and her fun nuns. They got together to interview hip New Yorkers The Virgins, whose song “Private Affair” is getting airplay like a mo#*?fu%&er all over the world. The boys in the band are extremely attractive and they find themselves extremely attracted to the pretty nuns who interview them in the backstage before their show in Berlin.

The Virgins iNterview is right here on Hobnox.

Twitterlesung in Berlin

Twitter ist ja momentan in aller Munde, sogar Schmidt und Pocher konnten sich gestern darüber amüsieren. Durch die neue gewachsene popkulturelle Bedeutung des Twitterns wird die Berichterstattung von Deutschlands erster Twitterlesung umso bedeutsamer und taugt schon zum wesentlichen Stück neuester Zeitgeschichte. Es lesen und diskutieren u.a. Sascha Lobo und Mario Sixtus, sowie der beste One-Liner-Autor auf Twitter Frank93.

Die Twitterlesung auf Hobnox.

MGMT Interview

The two curly haired boys from hype-band MGMT were barely awake for this fun interview. It features excerpts of the videos “Time To Pretend” and “Electric Feel”. Check it out!

Tonight: Franz Ferdinand

Alex and Robert of Franz Ferdinand gave us an exclusive video interview including footage of the new single “Ulysses”. Want to know how little underwear those blokes take on tour?

Franz Ferdinand iNterview right here.