“I haven’t played a concert in twenty years”
B EAST’s DDR Disco party was a huge success, thanks mostly to the kitschy-cool set played by our cassette DJs. Täter and Ostbrot played for a full two hours using nothing but tapes – most of which were...
View ArticleThe Museum Of Capitalism
B EAST is proud to present ‘The Museum Of Capitalism’, a one-night exhibition and party in an empty warehouse space in Kreuzberg, Berlin. The event will combine poster art themed around the crash with...
View ArticleThe Green Zone
Over a year ago, we told you about Iraq’s abandoned embassy in East Berlin. The embassy was deserted by Iraqi diplomats shortly after the fall of the wall, and was promptly forgotten. We at B EAST...
View ArticleCancel The Castle! B EAST calls for an end to the Berlin Stadtschloss project
By Joel Alas Once upon a time, there stood a castle in the center of Berlin. A huge and hulking Baroque monolith, it was built by the Prussian kings to display their power and wealth. But the castle...
View ArticleCAUSING AN UNDERGROUND SCENE IN BUDAPEST
– By Al Jackson In a city gripped by recession tighter than most, precocious good-time guys are urging the youth of Budpest to get out, get happy and get partying. Bence Meyeri, the brain behind Wacky...
View ArticlePhoto I, Photo You
– by Alex Jackson Eastern Europe: (failed) Russian Empire or extension of the West? Twenty years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall, Eastern Europe perhaps seems to have forsaken the right to be...
View ArticleCamus ain’t got shit on Shava
– by Al Jackson Doing the viral rounds here in London this month is the frankly brilliant official website of pro footballer Andrey Arshavin. ‘Shava’ has become a cult hero to those on Arsenal FC’s...
View ArticleVolcano proves why east sides are cool
As Europe sits paralyzed by the Icelandic volcanic explosion, we’ll take this pause to reflect on how it confirms our theory about why the east sides of cities are cool. In our ‘East Sides’ edition, B...
View ArticlePrague’s shock artist David Cerny gives Brussels a scare
By Joel Alas, B EAST editor “Recently, I am planning something quite illegal,” Prague artist David Cerny told B EAST six months ago. Now we know what he was talking about. Yesterday (Jan 14), Cerny...
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