November 2005

Friedrichshain has been the setting for several Artscasts now. It's a trendy little district of Berlin with plenty of artists, record stores, Sudanese restaurants, and, of course, cafés where you can get cheap, strong coffee.

Maybe we were feeling a bit lazy, but we decided to foreground what is usually secondary (but obviously extremely important) in previous shows: the fine music we play.

Obviously we were in bad moods too since the people at the next table really bugged us with their incessant use of unecessary English.

Check the show for more details. Was that too harsh?

Good coffee for less than a euro.

Chess-playing French dudes.

Actually, since the show was more about the music than the chat there isn't much to say.

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Timetable and Playlist:

0:00-0:30 - German woman speaking English in a Berlin train station
0:30-1:00 - Intro
1:00-5:00 - Hating
5:00-7:00 - What makes this music so great?
7:00-10:00 - Jazz specifically
10:00-16:00 - The Bad Plus - Smells Like Teen Spirit
16:00-20:00 - Familiarity and improvisation
20:00-29:30 - John Coltrane - Summertime
29:30-30:30 - Local jazz club
30:30-33:00 - Art and Drugs
33:00-35:30 - Back to jazz
35:30-37:30 - Art and booty
37:30-40:00 - Classical music and "theme and variations"
40:00-42:00 - Franz Schubert - Die Forelle (The Trout)
42:00-43:00 - Crappy vs. good performances
43:00-46:00 - Medeski, Martin, and Wood
46:00-51:00 - Medeski, Martin, and Wood - Queen Bee (album version)
51:00-59:00 - Medeski, Martin, and Wood - Queen Bee (live version)
59:00-1:03:00 - Ending - Adios

Fuck Starbucks.