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Thomas Venker
You can’t be further away from Germany. I’m standing on a little hill in the northwest of the is…
Thomas Venker
Back in the days summer meant that the newspapers blew up the most boring stories to make them their…
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Thomas Venker
Getting a quick Gin and Tonic at the office bar and then watching the next World Cup quarter finals …
Thomas Venker
"I'm going away smiling, thinking of our life. How we were good for each other, how we knew. When…
Thomas Venker
Sometimes it’s quite strange how the incidents in our lives flow between the days. How the last th…
Thomas Venker
All ways lead to Rome – and mine tomorrow. What better reason do I have to drop a playlist of ita…
Thomas Venker
A few days ago I was sitting opposite a guy in a weirdly empty room in a clinic within a forest outs…
Thomas Venker
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When someone died in the past, ground was poached up and their body got buried in a hole. A rather m…
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So back in April this year, I happened to receive an email from the editor of a well known German mu…
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To Berlin, and in a neat side effect of our somewhat compact accommodation I floated into the editor…
Thomas Venker
The Chicago based producer and musician Steve Albini is a man notorious for what could be termed “…
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For the first time we post a videoclip as our weekly column. Listen carefully to the lyrics and yo…
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And now, to keep up with the world of all the things, let’s see what Facebook reckons I really oug…
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Earlier today I was sitting on a park bench in Cologne and drinking a coffee, reflecting as one does…
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The Greeks have voted, and it was a resounding “No”. “No” to the arrogance of the Troika and…
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Instead of this column’s usual anti-stance, I decided to write today in favor of something: welcom…
Thomas Venker
Well, it’s a few days since I returned from Primavera Festival 2015, and as always after such an i…
Thomas Venker
“I think artistically it has been a blessing that I never had a back-up plan. No day job to take i…
Thomas Venker
Today’s column is brought to you by, the word „sponsored“. Ouch. Well, you’re probably well…
Thomas Venker
Nothing is as boring as the over-obvious enemy, the predictably normal nemesis... you try to reserve…
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Thomas Venker
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