Is this thing on?

Just had the pleasure of interviewing German comedian/actor/TV columnist Oliver Kalkofe. The interview is for an upcoming book I co-author for one of my university classes. A really nice guy, down to earth, funny, and he took at least three hours for us.

Last Minutes With Oden

I am uploading this with drying tears on my face. This is one of the most moving things I have seen. Click HERE to watch Last Minutes With Oden.






I found this on this really beautiful blog.

Flashing L-L-Lights.

Here is a quick recap of my pre-christmas hangout in Hamburg City, with my good friends in the electro group Dürerstuben and the lovely Svenja who runs SVNPHT (both intertwined with the first days of Paper Heart Clothing. Good people, good food, good music. I had a great time, thank you all. Good memories make my bandaged hand heal quicker, I am sure.
Take a look at what my Lomo Fisheye captured that night.

Let it go, this too shall pass.

Dieses Gedicht könnte meinen Namen tragen. Da es das aber nicht tut, nehme ich es als guten Vorsatz für das neue Jahr. Alle Spinner, Träumer, Faulenzer, Künstler ohne Geld, Hängemattenmöger und Akademiker mit dem Wunsch, Förster zu werden können es mir gleich tun. Ein frohes Jahr für uns alle! Euer David

Laß dich fallen,
lerne Schlangen beobachten, pflanze unmögliche Gärten.
Lade jemanden Gefährlichen zum Tee ein,
mache kleine Zeichen, die „Ja“ sagen und verteile sie überall in deinem Haus.
Werde ein Freund von Freiheit und Unsicherheit.
Freue dich auf Träume.
Weine bei Kinofilmen, schaukle so hoch du kannst mit deiner Schaukel bei Mondlicht.
Pflege verschiedene Stimmungen, verweigere „verantwortlich zu sein“, tue es aus Liebe.
Glaube an Zauberei, lache eine Menge, bade im Mondlicht.
Träume wilde phantasievolle Träume, zeichne auf die Wände.
Lies jeden Tag.
Stell dir vor, du wärst verzaubert, kichere mit Kindern, höre alten Leuten zu.
Spiele mit allem, unterhalte das Kind in dir, du bist unschuldig, baue eine Burg aus Decken,
werde naß,
umarme Bäume,
schreibe Liebesbriefe.
(Joseph Beuys)

The Decade

In the current fashion of everybody releasing lists of the most popular albums of the decade, I show you my suggestions in the following. Each album represents a certain period of my life from the past ten years (2000-2009). It's crazy to go back and look at what I listened to back then (yeees, Linkin Park). But each album in this list has moved me and that was what counted to me while writing this list. Of course, there are huge records that appear in every other list. But the Kid A's and the Is This It's didn't move me as the following albums did. These are my greatest records of the decade.

1. Sigur Rós: Takk...


2. Blink-182: Selftitled


3. Coldplay: X&Y


4. Bloc Party: A Weekend In The City


5. Underoath: Lost In The Sound Of Separation


6. Taking Back Sunday: Tell All Your Friends


7. Fall Out Boy: From Under The Cork Tree


8. Dashboard Confessional: Swiss Army Romance


9. Ólafur Arnalds: Eulogy For Evolution


10. Kanye West: College Dropout


11. System Of A Down: Toxicity


12. Blink-182: Take Off Your Pants And Jacket


13. Bloc Party: Silent Alarm


14. The Roots: Game Theory


15. Linkin Park: Meteora


16. Kings Of Convenience: Riot On An Empty Street


17. The Streets: A Grand Don‘t Come For Free


18. Queens Of The Stone Age: Songs For The Deaf


19. Outkast: Speakerboxx/The Love Below


20. Bubba Sparxxx: Dark Days, Bright Nights


21. Death Cab For Cutie: Transatlanticism


22. Biffy Clyro: Blackened Sky


23. José González: Veneer


24. Oasis: Don‘t Believe The Truth


25. Red Hot Chili Peppers: By The Way

It Ends Like This.

It's this time of year again. I can't believe how fast it went by. Right now, it is christmas night, everybody in my house is sleeping and I am sitting at the kitchen table, unable to sleep and listening to the new Erased Tapes sampler. The red christmas table cloth is reflected in the windows and some blurry image of myself.

What a crazy year this has been. So much has happened. In March, I went to Hamburg along with my awesome friends Mat and Till to shoot the photos for Paper Heart Clothing. The first shirts went into sale in April and are now almost gone. Thank you, everyone who supported this. I met many new friends and incredible people over the span of this year. I am so excited for everything that the new year will bring. Everybody, stay tuned for more news out of the Paper Heart camp, new shirts, new website, new ideas and dreams.

Now, in the third year of this blog, I will uphold the tradition of my TOP-3 lists. They go a lil sum like this:

Band of the year:

Blink-182

Album of the year:

1. Intohimo - Us; The Hollows
2. Jonsi & Alex - Riceboy Sleeps
3. The Devil Wears Prada - With Roots Above And Branches Below

Concert of the year:

1. Underoath in Munich (April 12th, my birthday show)
2. Phoenix in Stuttgart (jumped around on stage during the encore)
3. The Devil Wears Prada in Stuttgart (met the guys/never got so soaked)

Music video of the year:

1. The Marmaduke Duke - Kid Gloves
2. Ólafur Arnalds - Ljósið
3. Coldplay - Strawberry Swing

Art Piece of the year:

1. Riceboy Sleeps Deluxe Album Packaging (Jonsi & Alex)
2. Stuck Up Screenprint (Mike Giant)
3. Happy Is The New Sad Sketch (Martin Krusche)

Breakdown of the year:

1. The Devil Wears Prada - Dez Moines (2:43)
2. We Came As Romans - Broken Statues (2:22)
3. Intohimo - Sherlock Holmes In A Swimsuit (2:07)

Surprise song of the year:

1. Ólafur Arnalds - Til Enda
2. Phoenix - Run Run Run
3. The Marmaduke Duke - Kid Gloves

New (though late) discoveries of the year:

1. Nils Frahm
2. Phoenix
3. Deadmau5

Breakfast of the year:

1. Smoothies, panini and scrambled eggs with Rucola and honey covered walnuts in Hamburg, right before the PPRHRT photoshoot with Mat and Till
2. Custom Müsli from my sister, including cranberries in white chocolate, frozen raspberries and Jelly Belly‘s
3. Fried Maultaschen at 3 pm (life-saving)

Most addicting TV series of the year:

1. True Blood
2. Californication
3. Flash Forward

Thanks for the memories. I am really happy, looking back at this year. Thank you everyone who was in it, you are family.

Wanda, Mat and Suse, Till, Juli, Johann, Martin, Hannes, Svenja, Magdalena, Anni, Thies, my roomies: Caro, Isa, Claudi and Nico, Carolin, Curly, Sebastian, Yannic, Steffi, Maria, Alena, Anna, Enno, Bernd, Nils, Leonie, Jule, Maren, Lisa, Sebi, Phil, Raphi, Kai, Lena and Sophia, Lennart, Anne, Tobi and Martin and everybody at Yackfou, Florian and Lars at Skull and my parents who are always there.

Flosse, Genosse.

Ein heller Morgen bricht an in Tübingen und die Beweisstücke der vergangenen Nacht trudeln ein in meinem iPhoto. Danke an alle, die gestern hier waren auf unserer Unter dem Meer-WG-Party. Ein besonderes Dankeschön geht raus an Yannic, der als DJ fleißig aufgelegt hat. Ich hab euch lieb, WG! =) Caro, Isa, Claudia und Nico... Und frohe Weihnachten für euch alle. Morgen geht's nach Hamburg und dann nach Hause.