One of the two European countries without any McDonalds Albania has is own fast food chain: Kolonat. The name doesn’t look suspicious, but their brand imaging does. Being creative it is easy to write a K as an M. Of course, passing by this restaurant in Tirana made me having a look inside. I didn’t taste the food [...]
Albanian McDonalds rip-off
October 14, 2009
R.I.P. Richard ‘Dickie’ Peterson (Blue Cheer) (1948 – 2009)
October 12, 2009
Bassist and singer Dickie Peterson of heavy riffmachine Blue Cheer past away this morning at 5am in Germany. Blue Cheer was one of the first powertrio’s in rock-‘n’-roll and laid a blueprint of heavy metal/stoner with Vincebus Eruptum and Outsideinside in 1968. They were of great influence for bands such as Monster Magnet, Fu Manchu [...]
Incubate Day #5: Hip hop, Films and lots of Art
September 17, 2009
The official opening of Incubate is today @ Duvelhok. Vaast Colson and Dennis Tyfus will shock and awe all those of you that will attend this official part of the festival. New Jacks will start there as well. But for those of you that don’t give a rat’s ass about official openings there’s plenty to [...]
All this stuff makes me wanna download a movie
August 25, 2009
RiP: A Remix manifesto will be shown in a SPECIAL INCUBATE EDIT during the festival. If you think you can’t make it to the screening, or if you’re scared that the film room will be ‘sold out’ (technically that’s impossible, because entrance is FREE), you can download it here if you live in the US. [...]
R.I.P. Les Paul (1915 – 2009)
August 13, 2009
Les Paul, the guitarist and inventor who changed the course of music with the electric guitar and multitrack recording and had a string of hits, many with wife Mary Ford, died today, according to Associated Press. He was 94. According to Gibson Guitar, Paul died of complications from pneumonia at White Plains Hospital. His family [...]
R.I.P. Rashied Ali (1935 – 2009)
August 13, 2009
Legendary jazz drummer Rashied Ali died today according to citizenjazz.com. Ali did some great late recordings with John Coltrane and is one of the greatest jazz drummers of all time. RASHIED ALI Biography: Rashied Ali was born into a musical family; his mother had sung with Jimmie Lunceford. His brother, Muhammad Ali, is also a [...]
R.I.P. John Huges (1950 – 2009)
August 7, 2009
One of the best movies of all time is The Breakfast Club. And Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is pretty cool as well. That John Huges was also responsible for Beethoven and the Home Alone films… well… we just forget about that. R.I.P. John Huges February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009
R.I.P. Willy DeVille (1953 – 2009)
August 7, 2009
Willy DeVille died of pancreas cancer during the night of August 6th in a New York hospital. He was 56 years old. R.I.P. Willy DeVille August 25, 1953 – August 6, 2009
R.I.P. Dance innovator Pina Bausch
June 30, 2009
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm70fMM3JAk] Pina Bausch was one of the innovators of contemporary dance. You might know her from the stage or from the Almodovar movie Talk to Her. She died this morning.
R.I.P. Michael Jackson 1958 – 2009
June 26, 2009
Last night, The King Of Pop Michael Jackson passed away. He was only 50 years old. To comfort you (and our Erik, who planned to attend one of the first shows in the O2 in London next month), even just a little bit, here is Silence is Sexy’s tribute to the mighty ‘Billy Jean’:
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[Listen] (Not yet released) Ides of Gemini – Constantinople
May 22, 2012
“Imagine being followed by a choir of ghosts in ancient, desolated and haunted ruins of the city of Constantinople” is what we wrote about Ides of Gemini when we were announcing this band for our festival. During Incubate this band will play at Friday the 14th of September. Officially their new album will be released [...]