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Every Friday evening from 7 to 9 p.m. (CET) Studio Brussel airs the radio show Mish Mash, presented by Gunter Desamblanx (hence the trash talk). From behind the turntables Gerrit Kerremans brings us two hours of great techno, dance and electro mashups, delightfully blended into and easily digestible and refreshing mix of pure exhilaration (Gunther: “JA’ah!”). This is no mere chart song chaining!

For your enjoyment, there’s a playlist online, often along with parts of the show available for download (MP3). By now, you’re probably very curious what this all sounds like, right? To satisfy your hunger, check out the mix of Les Petits Pilous (44,3 MB), the megamix of Switch 12 (20,6 MB) or the minimix of Switch 13 (20,6 MB) by Jin Sonic. You’ll be coming back for more! The radio station can also be listened to live from the Studio Brussel website (“Luister Live” on top).

If you’re a Facebook junkie and you like the radio show, you might consider joining the Mish Mash Appreciation Society.

We recently went to see ‘Auto Auto!‘ (by Christian von Richthoven and Stefan Gwildis) at Fliegende Bauten in Hamburg. At the beginning of the show, there’s a nice looking Opel Kadett E on stage. At the end, well, let me say its value decreased quite a bit and they need another car for every show.

Performed by Christian von Richthoven (amazingly great percussionist), Kristian Bader and Rolf Clausen, the show offers a wide variety in music styles, from classical Tchaikovsky to samba, all being played on… the car! The instruments used are quite creative, ranging from wooden sticks and pieces of cloth to grinders, demolition hammers and heavy axes. Here’s a short clip to get an idea what it’s like:

Olympic Highlights (オリンピックハイライト) is the title of a funky Japanese show in which the actors bring you some exiting sports moments in a very special way. Enjoy!

This evening we (Astrid, Doro and me) went to the premiere of Karl May in Bad Segeberg. Every year they give a show there about Winnetou (the Apache indian) and this year they chose ‘Winnetou I’, the first book in the series by Karl May.

I found out that I already understood a lot more about the story being told compared to last year. Either that means my German is actually improving or they decided to simplify the story and just do crazy action scenes instead this year. I’m more willing to accept the second possibility. Anyway, we enjoyed it!