Berkeley Girl and Stars – New Music by Harper Simon
The transatlantic diablog likes to introduce to you Mr. Harper Simon. Singer, songwriter and guitar-player. Here’s his stateement about that: “As a guitar player, I’m just as comfortable playing honky tonk or fingerpicking folk-y stuff as I am playing a Ramones riff or a Ron Asheton style solo.”
Wanna know more? Facts and music after the jump and below. And before you ask. Yes, he’s a relative to Paul Simon…
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…
Life, Words and more: A list of the longest things ever…
Ever thought of finding out what the longest things on both sides of the Atlantic are and were? Never? We did it…
Since the longest things you’ll ever do will be living your life, this must be on the list. Some more world records of the longest things ever below and after the jump…
THE LONGEST LIFE
Today people in the United States have an expected life of 78.24 years – in average. According to the World Bank and in the year 2010. On the other side of the Atlantic in Germany the lifespan is around 79.99 years. At the moment the oldest man on earth is 115 years and 328 days old. It’s Jiroemon Kimura from Japan. The oldest woman is Misao Okawa. She’s also from Japan and 115 years and 8 days old. On number 3 and 4: Maria Redaelli-Granoli from Italy and Elsie Thompson from the United States (both 113 years).
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.
A conversation with Aksel Ahmetoglu: Owner of Interior Aksel – Shop for Vintage Furniture
Interior Aksel is the place to go to for those of you who love vintage furniture. Chesterfield, and more. Old furniture, lamps and very stylish product from the last century. Always touring Europe and the rest of the world to find and sell those pieces. That’s Aksel Ahmetoglu. Founder and owner of the store Interior Aksel.
The transatlantic diablog met him for a chat in Aachen – his hometown.
A.: You know. My priority is authentic vintage furniture by Chesterfield and other design classics. But espacially the old Chesterfields. Most of the items are from the time of Art Deco, so from around the 1930s, until the early 80s. It was my initial idea to find those old treasures. They are rare and very unique. All of them. They stand the test of time. Very, very timeless…
tdb.: But there’s more on your shelf…
Interior Aksel items: The Robot from Queen’s “News Of The World” Album Cover and Chesterfield furniture
The famous robot from Queen’s “News Of The World” Album Cover. Music fans know him. He is prominently featured on the cover of the British band’s 1977 album. Only a few of them were produced to promote the album.
Aksel Ahmetoglu, owner of the online store Interior Aksel, has one of them. Plus a whole lot of more very cool furniture. British Chesterfield sofas. High quality pieces from the 1930s to the 1980s. And a lot more.
The transatlantic diablog was on location to check out some of the products he had in stock in January 2013. As you might imagine, it changes from time to time, since some of the products are very rare.
So now, let’s have a walk through Mr. Ahmetoglu’s studio…
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…
