THE TRANSATLANTIC DIABLOG MAGAZINE [EDITION ONE]
Our new TRANSATLANTIC DIABLOG MAGAZINE re-highlights some of our recent and original stories – topics, trends and trivia from both sides of the Atlantic. This time with our exclusive report about fashion-brand PATTERN OF SOCIETY. Facts about German singer HERBERT GRÖNEMEYER who starts out in America. A story about artist MAX NEUTRA from California. PLUS a lot more…
All that below and after the jump. Enjoy…
A List of Songs with, from and about “Flood” – Songs/Videos included…
Water as one of the substances you can’t live without very well, has a reccuring role in the world of music. To specify it a bit, we now a have a look at a special form of it. The flood.
So here’s our list of songs with, from and about “Flood”.
Four songs and stories after the jump and below…
News from the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Videos, Album and Live-Shows…
It’s an outlaw biker movie the band got its name from. The Black Rebel Motorcycle Club was a presented in 1953′s “The Wild One”. A black and white movie starring Marlon Brando. And since the name of the rival gang, “The Beetles”, seemed to be used somewhere else, the three-piece-band from San Francisco took this one.
Now, 15 years after forming the band, Peter Hayes (vocals and guitars) and Robert Levon Been (bass and vocals) moved to Los Angeles, have a new drummer, Leah Shapiro, and brought out a new album. All in all the seventh. It’s called ”Specter At The Feast”.
More (tracklist, videos, tour-dates, etc.) below and after the jump…
10 Movies starring Elvis Presley – and their funny German Title-Translations
There was a time when it was not uncommon for Germany to translate the titles of foreign movies. Why? Well, to make people understand it. Sounds good. But sometimes it went a bit too far. Changing the meaning of the original title to something else is not that good, right?
Today, Germany keeps the titles most of the times – for movies and TV-shows. So we have “How I Met Your Mother” or “Fringe” and “CSI”. But now back to the times when titles we changed. Why not looking at some of the Elvis Presley movies?
The Top Ten after the jump/below… (Germany obviously loved the word “hot”…)
German Singer Herbert Groenemeyer in America – What we know so far…
He’s a star in Germany – as well as in other European countries. Herbert Groenemeyer. Originally written with the letter “ö”. The one you won’t find on an American keyboard. So since we’ve reported about Mr. Groenemeyer now crossing the Atlantic to play some music there, it’s time to check out what we know so far about it…
Ten facts here and after the jump (video, too)…
1. Born April 12, 1956, Herbert Groenemeyer is an active musician, composer and performer since the early 1970s. He started as a composer at a theater in Bochum – western Germany.
2. In Germany every album he has brought out since 1984 went to number one. All in all he has sold over 13 million records in Germany only.
A few Questions for Ola The Comedian – Comedian, Writer and Winner of the #2012DIABLOGAWARD
(Photo from Ola’s Facebook page)
A few weeks ago the #2012diablogaward ended – with the announcement of a winner. It was and still is Ola The Comedian from Croydon – in the souther London area. And since time moved on in the meantime, we got in touch with him recently to find out what he’s up to at the moment. Any plans for another USA-trip like the one last year, maybe?
Read below what he answered to our short questions…
Describe yourself in five words
Hilarious, awesome, intelligent, sexy, humble.
Where do you feel home?
Wherever my friends are.
What’s your profession?
Stand-Up Comedian, Writer, Actor, Comedy Club Owner, Entrepreneur
More after the jump/below…
Panda, Giraffe and Skull – The Art of Max Neutra [w. special video]
His great-grandfather is the well-known and influential architect Richard Neutra. He himself is creative, too. As an artist. Max Neutra. Born, as he says, “just across from the Sidewalk Café on the boardwalk of Venice Beach” he still lives there. And works there.
To conquer the other side of the Atlantic, Max Neutra now collaborates with TYPORiA. The online shop for visual art and design now presents some of the limited edition prints. The Panda, the Giraffe and a skull, too.
You can shop now. More after the jump/below… There’s also a cool time-lapse-video of Max Neutra painting the band The White Stripes in real-time. Amazing.
All about the Album: British singer Dido comes back with “Girl Who Got Away”
Some songs are not about what people think they are. Dido’s “Don’t Leave Home” is such a song. It’s from her second album “Life For Rent” and most people consider it a lovesong. It’s not. It’s about drugs. “Don’t Leave Home” shows how carefully British singer Dido is writing her lyrics and melodies. The latter most of the time as sweet as possible. The words sometimes very heavy. The music world missed her. But now she’s back.
It’s her new album “Girl Who Got Away” that actually puts her back into the spotlight. It will be out in March, so the transatlantic diablog gives you a roun-up of what we know so far.
1. The first single we’ve heard from the new album is “No Freedom”. Here’s the video (below, too). Here are the lyrics. Tracklist of the single.
OLA, THE COMEDIAN – WINNER OF THE 2012 TRANSATLANTIC DIABLOG AWARD
As announced last Friday, Ola, the Comedian is the winner of the 2012 transatlantic diablog award. For those of you who missed it, here’s the video with the results. This year the diablog award goes to the UK. Ola Gbaja-Biamila currently lives in the southern London area. He works as a stand-up comedian, writer and actor and is in his mid-twenties now.
The blog, part of Ola’s official website that you can find via this link here, gained an overwhelming share of 92 percent of all the votes. Amazing. Before we give you more information on Ola, the Comedian in the coming days, let’s have a look at the winner certificate our friends of TYPORiA have sent out today. It’s very large, very limited (just one piece available) and only designed for the 2012diablogaward.
THE 2012 TRANSATLANTIC DIABLOG AWARD – VOTINGS CLOSED NOW! [UPDATED]
Here are the latest updates on the #2012diablogaward:
- The voting booth has closed on Sunday at 11.59pm LA time.
- The winner of the special and limited TYPORiA poster will be announced/contacted on Wednesday. [UPDATE: The poster will be sent to the UK. The winner has got a message from us.]
- The results including the winner of the #2012diablogaward will be announced (with a special video) on Friday, January 18.
Spread the word…
THE 2012 TRANSATLANTIC DIABLOG AWARD – THE PRIZES FOR WINNER AND VOTERS
As promised last weekend via our friend’s twitter channel @THESUPPORTUS, we have some new and very cool information regarding the #2012diablogaward. But first of all: Thank you very much to all of you who’ve voted, participated or took part in any other form. What a great response from you all. The award is still growing. The first run was back in 2010.
Among all the activity around the #2012diablogaward, there’s some we like to present here.
Ola, The Comedian presented quite “a few” messages to make people vote for him. Facebook, Twitter, and so on… And: Well it helps…
THE 2012 TRANSATLANTIC DIABLOG AWARD – VOTE AND WIN A POSTER BY TYPORiA!
Update: The voting period has ended January 13, at 11.59pm!
Almost one week now, since the voting booth has opened. We don’t want tell you any results at the moment, but we can reveal that some very cool things are upcoming. For now, you can still vote for one (or more) of the ten nominees of the #2012diablogaward.
It’s easy and has no catch. Vote as often as you like to. You can also leave your name and e-mail-address below to win one of the five special limited edition prints (you can see above) by our friends of TYPORiA – the Living Room for Visual Communication. They ship worldwide…
THE 2012 TRANSATLANTIC DIABLOG AWARD – Voting Start: Tuesday, January 1st
All the nominees for the #2012diablogaward on one banner. The voting booth opens on Tuesday, January 1st, 2013. Here on the transatlantic diablog. You can vote as often as you like to. Spread the word…
The full list with links after the jump/below…
THE 2012 TRANSATLANTIC DIABLOG AWARD – THE TWO FINAL NOMINEES: MAD STUDENT & WILD WOMAN WITHIN
Now they are all officially revealed: The ten nominees for the #2012diablogaward. As nominated by you.
You find all the nominees on our 2012 transatlantic diablog award subpage. Bookmark it, because it’s also the place where you’ll find the voting booth. Your chance to vote (as often as you like to) will start in January. Here’s the full timetable.
A few more information on the last two nominees after the jump/below. Spread the word…
THE 2012 TRANSATLANTIC DIABLOG AWARD – w. OBEY, THE MOD CLOTH, 23qm STIL & OLA THE COMEDIAN NOW!
Our friends of @THESUPPORTUS over at twitter knew them a bit earlier (they’ve tweeted about it, right?): The latest nominees for the #2012diablogaward. Just a few more to come until the voting booth opens.
So four for now: OBEY Clothing, The Mod Cloth, 23qm Stil and Ola, The Comedian were added to the list – by you!
More about them after the jump.
THE 2012 TRANSATLANTIC DIABLOG AWARD – PRESENTING THE FIRST FOUR NOMINEES!
It’s the 2012 transatlantic diablog award. And you decide which blogs are nominated. Your favourite blogs of the year.
At the moment we collect all your messages. Thanks for sending us all your ideas. Great blogs among them. The first four nominees are now revealed. More to come.
As promised, each blog will be presented here. We start with it now. With English singer-songwriter Boo Hewerdines’s Blog. With the photography, video and design blog by camou*. With the people-blog by Mensch Magazine. And with Oh God, My Wife Is German, a blog about a couple from both sides of the Atlantic…
More below/after the jump…
THE 2012 TRANSATLANTIC DIABLOG AWARD – TIMETABLE AND FIRST NOMINEES REVEALED!
The 2012 transatlantic diablog award is speeding up now.
With the first nominations arriving here at our headquarters east and west of the Atlantic, we now present the official subpage for the #2012diablogaward. It’s the place where all the nominated blogs are presented – in alphabetical order. We already revealed the first three blogs. And, the subpage is the place where you will find the official voting booth, as well as the winner in January 2013.
The exact timetable above.
And be aware: You can still nominate your favourite bog/website. Here’s how to.
THE 2012 TRANSATLANTIC DIABLOG AWARD – NOMINATE NOW!
“The world is full of cool blogs. Be it art, fashion, photography, travel, food, politics or any other topic. They are very personal. Very often great pieces of journalism. Sometimes very powerful. They can report from everywhere. The Arab Spring? Sports events? Concerts? Fairgrounds? Or from any other neighbourhood. The transatlantic diablog award likes to put those gems into the spotlight – on both sides of the Atlantic.” - Words by the team of the transatlantic diablog.
The 2012 transatlantic diablog award is our annual award to find the best blog or website you have heard of in the last year. The most funny, interesting, informative, best-looking, whatever… You decide! For the third time, by the way.
Just name one blog and post, please. No idea? Maybe your own blog? That’s okay for us…
the transatlantic diablog award – Hall of Fame
It’s almost December again, and so it’s time for another run of the transatlantic diablog award. Now almost a tradition.
In a few words: You nominate your favourite blog or website of the year, the transatlantic diablog team decides about a short-list and then all our readers vote. And finally: Tah-da, the winner will be announced in January 2013. More on that later…
But before we start the 2012 transatlantic diablog award, we like to look back. Which blog did win the two previous awards? We like to re-present them both. Now and after the jump/below…
