February 2012
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Sammlung Boros
I went to Sammlung Boros with my best friend on Sunday. It is a huge bunker that has been turned into a private home which is also an art gallery that houses an immense and impressive private art collection.
One must reserve a spot on a tour well in advance, which my friend and I did. The tours are given in either English or German by attractive and intelligent young people who guide you...
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Valentine's Day Suicide Note
Married male, age 45*
My darling,
May her guts rot in hell — I loved her so much.
Henry
*this note was collected and kept by a coroner, which was later published in a collection of such suicide notes.
Sweet, isn’t it!
Here’s to all the good memories, Henry. Cheers. Happy Valentimez Day!
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"Date with the Devil" by Olivia Rupprecht
I’ve been thinking about romance novels again…the cheap, tawdry, mass produced kind of romance novels for sale in grocery stores and airports all across America. Several years ago I began to read romance novels, and wrote a few performance scripts based on a few different types of romance novels: historical romance, romantic suspense, and erotic romance.
When I stole this...
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"Wicked Clown Love" by Neal Medlyn
Neal Medlyn (the seated young gent on the right) is a performer. He does some really weird, really cool shit. He briefly lived in Berlin. He seems really cool and really smart. His most recent piece, which was performed at The Kitchen in New York City, is titled “Wicked Clown Love”, and here is a description:
Neal Medlyn’s latest “bomb ass music based extravaganza” to quote...
Colette Justine
I did not know until recently that the one and only Colette (aka Colette Justine) was a DAAD fellow and lived and worked in Berlin from 1984-1986. She produced work here at The Bethanien, which is super close to my flat. While in Berlin, she continued to play with identity and role-playing, taking on the famous “Mata Hari” as a character.
(Colette/Mata Hari with her potatoes at...
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