US-Election 2024

Inflation, housing crises, multiple jobs …

Inflation, housing crises, multiple jobs … and unfortunately no Democrats who have managed to give people the feeling that they are getting this essential struggle under control.

Not that the Republicans know it, but in an absurd way, US voters have decided to vote against “the system” that keeps them down or, to put it mildly, does nothing to counter the downward trend that a large part of society has experienced in the last two decades and that many feel on their necks (that is obviously the perspective of large sections of the electorate).

How they come up with the idea that Trump and his buddies represent the way out of their individual and our collective crisis, God only knows (which I never write otherwise, but seems appropriate in the USA); yes, of course, you could say that they read it into their Trump I experiences, in which the US and global economy were in a better position, but of course the effects of the pandemic tsunami are completely ignored, which could certainly have been better cushioned with adequate policies (even during Trump I).

Could
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Danielle de Picciotto & Friends in Conversation

Einmalig und unendlich wertvoll: Betty Stürmer

"Es gab allerdings eine Künstlerin, die das akademische Potential dieser Zeit und die Vermischung von Musik und Kunst sofort begriff. Betty Stürmer arbeitete 1988 schon mit etablierten Galerien und stellte dort beeindruckende Objekte aus: Haushaltsartikel und Möbel aus Holz, ausgeführt in riesigen Größen."…

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Video "Down Comes the Goose" by LILLEVAN

Tarwater “Down Comes the Goose”

The comeback of Tarwater was one of the positive surprises of the music year  2024. After a ten yea…

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EM GUIDE — 3/4 – Feature by Bulat Khalilov

Stefan Schneider, TAL: “Young people keep having new ideas about what they want to listen to and how they create new sounds”

"I like limitations (with respect to myself and also my equipment) and I never wanted to be able to …

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EM GUIDE – Struma+Iodine – Feature by SAMUEL OBERNOSTERER,

ICEBOY VIOLET: “IT’S DEMARCATING WHAT FITS INTO A SPECIFIC IDEA OF RAP”

"My music is just rap music. I don’t feel like my music is that weird, honestly, but then, I do li…

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EM GUIDE — Easterndaze — Feature by Dragoș Rusu

Reflections on the Past and the Present of Manele Music in Romania

In today’s Romanian society, few topics have the power to polarize as much as Manele (the more com…

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Book of the Week

“Well, this is the shit, got get it” – “Straight Up. Without Wings. The Musical Flight of Joe McPhee”

"Joe McPhee is a living cultural World Heritage. This book is one of a great trio of autobiographies…

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Outsiders – Insomnia Festival

Outsiders: A Personal Reflection on Identity, Ritual, and togetherness.

Set under the Aries full moon on the 17th of October 2024, the event Outsiders opened the Insomnia F…

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