Gaby Moreno live in Crane Hall

Gaby MorenoMit of Guatemala City dating from dividends, for several years in the U.S. living songwriter Gaby Moreno presented the crane hall in Munich on 05.21.2012 one of the strong voices of the new songwriter scene. The Blues, soul and folk, jazz and latin influenced singer sings in two languages ​​- Spanish and English. But no matter, whether in one or another language: The voice is strong! On their two albums, "Still The Unknown" and "ILLUSTRATED song" Gaby Moreno interpreted with its elegant, flexible and soft voice, songs of different styles of origin. Apparently they müheloswechselt made between bluesy indie rock, hints of old-time jazz grooving funk, acoustic folk, soul, Latin and piano ballads.
In their adopted country USA Moreno with this mixture of styles and her enchanting song already won many fans, the experts show equally enthusiastic. For example, Ariana Morgenstern gushed from the radio station KCRW, "her debut 'Still The Unknown' surprised me with its organic and understated feel. She sings beautifully in English and Spanish. "Nic Harcourt, former presenter of the popular radio series" Morning Becomes Eclectic ", locked himself in his podcast, and praised the newcomer to the skies. Also, Eli Johnson eventually ruled in euphoric City Beat: "The voice of this lady chasing a shiver down your spine."Gaby Moreno Rockwood Music Hall 2009
Gaby Moreno at the gig at the Rockwood Music Hall in NYC 2009 - Photo: Todd Parsons / www.gaby-Moreno.com
In relation to their age, the 29-year-old has really achieved a lot. In 2006 she won the prestigious John Lennon Songwriters Award, 2010 nor the Los Angeles Women in Music Comet Award and a prize came as a Favorite American Latino Indie Artist added.
"Escondido" you have chosen as the Maxell Song of the year by Gaby Moreno, co-written "Parks And Recreation" was nominated for the coveted Emmy and several other pieces were on the soundtrack of popular television shows such as "Lincoln Heights" (ABC) "Ghost Whisperer" and "The Hills" (MTV). Other highlights in the young career touring with Ani di Franco joint and Tracy Chapman, and a celebrated festival appearance are in Roskilde with Van Dyke Parks, the brilliant songwriter of the Beach Boys milestone "Smile".
Visit also the Gaby Moreno concert on 05.21.2012 in the crane hall in Munich. The team from Munich Blog wishes much fun.

Documentary by Amos Vogel at the Film Museum

Film as a Subversive Art: Amos Vogel and Cinema 16Aus the town hall look around on 14.05.2012:
"In memory of Amos Vogel, the American film scholars, publicists and film maker, who on 24 April with 91 years in New York has died, the film museum in Munich City Museum, 17th St.-Jakobs-Platz 1, on Thursday, May, by 19 clock in the series "Open Scene" documentary "Film as a Subversive Art: Amos Vogel and Cinema 16" (USA 2004, 56 minutes, original version) by Paul Cronin, and a program of short experimental films. Vogel, who in 1921 arrived in Vienna as Amos Vogel tree to the world and in 1938 fled from the Nazis in the United States was a central figure of the New York theaters. In 1947 he was the influential film club "Cinema 16" was launched and conducted jointly with his wife Marcia and 1963.
Together with Richard Roud, he then founded the New York Film Festival, for his program, he was responsible until 1968. Bird was always a representative of independent and avant-garde cinema, later film stars like Roman Polanski, John Cassavetes, Jacques Rivette and Alain Resnais made acceptable in the U.S. and gave experimental filmmakers like Kenneth Anger, Bruce Conner and Sidney Peterson a platform. World-renowned bird did not last its unconventional compendium "Film as a Subversive Art" (1974), which was directed against "homogenization and infantilization" of the culture industry.
The program:- "Film as a Subversive Art: Amos Vogel and Cinema 16" (USA 2004, 56 minutes, original version), directed by Paul Cronin- "Begone Dull Care" (Canada 1949, eight minutes), directed by Norman McLaren- "At Land" (USA 1944, 15 minutes) Director: Maya Deren- "An Avant-Garde Home Movie" (USA 1961, four minutes), directed by Stan Brakhage- "Looking for Mushrooms" (USA 1967/1996, 14 minutes), directed by Bruce Conner- "Le Merle" (Canada 1958, four minutes), directed by Norman McLaren.

Celebrate and listen to music topless!

Woodstock-Feeling in Munich - with lots of music, and for free. The festival is topless again this year be held at the site of the old show. And thrilled with headliners such as motor club, Cro and Django 3000th
Open-air festivals are just for the summer - as well as crickets and crowded ice cream parlors. Therefore, on 21 July 13th Times the TOPLESS celebrated festival in Munich. The largest non-profit festival in southern Germany is organized by two youth groups and the city of Munich District. You want to be heard above all young people to the meeting room, to celebrate together and to the music.
The line-up is headed this year by motor club. With their single "I do not want to Berlin," they have found not only in Munich supporters - they brought the five guys on the 5th Place in the Euro Vision Song Contest 2011.
Newcomer and whiz Cro acts as co-headliner. The 19-year-old rapper describes his music as "raop" - a mix of rap and pop. He became famous with the single "Easy". The video has been viewed 12 million times on Youtube, his trademark is the panda mask.

For Bavarian patriotism Django should provide 3000th "Mia san mia, mia san gypsies" is their motto, their music, you may well be called "Bavarian Gypsy-pop." This is characterized primarily by a mixture of different sound effects: From Balkan beats to rock n 'roll to swing to make the audience may be ready for anything.
The TOPLESS festival but is characterized not only by the actual performances, big bands. As a festival of young people for young people, it also offers new bands a platform. So, too young musicians have the opportunity to perform before a large audience.
Advanced is the TOPLESS festival by a social program, which will be released in the coming weeks on the homepage.
This year's TOPLESS Open Air takes place on Saturday, 21 July 2012 instead of on the court at the Old Fair Park in Bavaria. Admission is free.

Europe Day on the Marienplatz

Europe Day 2012 in Munich, look around the town hall MarienplatzAus from 05/08/2012:
"On 11 May celebrates the Marienplatz in Munich, together with its partners, the representatives of the European Commission and European Parliament in Munich and the European Union München eV, the Europe Day. In the morning meet students at the town hall, dance and play in the afternoon guests from various European countries with the Munich citizens and trendy bands. At the same time there are a variety of offerings at information booths from Munich Europe's institutions. In the evening the generations engage in a dialogue: old and young in the town hall discussion about their experiences with and expectations of Europe.Student Parliament, children's program
Morning meeting at City Hall a student parliament. Students of the 10th Year of municipal Käthe-Kollwitz-Gymnasium debate in context of a simulation of the Chocolate Directive. Chocolate for all or maybe because of limited availability of dental caries and diabetes risk, fair trade cocoa beans or as much profit in times of crisis? Many topics are suitable for the debate and it is important to find a majority for their own opinion. Discover 14 to 18 clock Europe playful children on the Marienplatz, Munich's Association club culture & colorful game room and offers hands have on it. For example, try to throw the smaller baguette and cheese rolls. The elderly can in a research paper and workshop are active by looking for traces of Europe around the Marienplatz. In an art workshop will create a big relief, the craft the children.Market of Opportunities
In the grand courtyard of City Hall several institutions Munich 14-18 clock information about Europe. Does my medical insurance abroad? How can I find an internship in another EU country? Euros have flowed really been to Greece? Anyone who sits for Munich in the European Parliament? These and other questions answered by experts and committed Europeans at their information stands. The European Parliament is represented by its large information booth, the Euro-star, on the Marienplatz. Here are the Munich MEP Nadja Hirsch (FDP) and Bernd Posselt (CSU) to answer your questions.Stage program
Dancing from 15 to 16:30 on the clock European guests Marienplatz dance groups from Lithuania, Hungary and Spain remain not only on stage but also encourage the audience to dance along. Is from 17 to 20 clock is then, according to the Marienplatz with live bands: The Tuna Trio embodies Europe alone by the musical influences from the Balkans. Because "Tuna" in Turkish "Blue Danube" means that the band takes everything in, grabs what is to be found around the river to Musikalisches European, pan-European singing it and thus creates a very unique, sweeping sound.Then Tuo comes with music to the mainstream: With their folk songs about love, life and interpersonal relationships, the duo charmed the audience, hopefully, the Europe Day. Last but not least, playing on Bluekilla. The nine-ska musicians have played in Europe. For the Munich-Europe counts that they make the most danceable music of the city. Party's Foundation, the state capital and its partners in the selection of bands supported. In addition to the stage visualize a three by four meters wide LED screen EuropeanTopics.Panel discussion
By 19 clock starts again, it is more serious, in the Main Courtroom of City Hall, the panel discussion entitled "Why Europe? What young and old to connect with Europe. " What experience did the founding generation, which the boys have expectations? And what is the common denominator that would combine old and young alike with the future of Europe? In speaking experts like Dr. Eva Feldmann-Wojtachnia of Applied Policy Research Centre and Michael Thaler of the Junior Chamber of Bavaria. There will also be the opportunity for questions from the audience. The panel discussion will be moderated by Ingo Lierheimer by Bayerischer Rundfunk.The French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman presented on 9 May 1950 laid the foundation for today's united Europe. He proposed the establishment of a community which would guarantee peace in Europe. Europe every year in the week at the 9th May the celebrated success story of this idea. "Europe combines' with the motto Munich celebrates 11 May, 60 years of freedom, peace and solidarity, a Europe without borders and environmentally conscious.

Field Report: New streaming service WiMP, compared with Spotify and Simfy

Signing up for WiMP is something "funny": I have to (and later) with my cell phone number and log me the cryptic password that I get to your mobile, well-noted. Then I can choose my subscription, in addition to credit card only allows for direct debit (here I am wearing an account number and sort code). PayPal is not offered.
Finally, I get the message: "From now on you can listen to music WiMP" But how that is, no one told me. I have to look in the footer, so I can download the software. Uh ... go crazy?
During installation, I notice that I have installed a long time no Adobe Air application.
The user interface makes installation and after logging back not a very good figure, if they draw a comparison with Simfy or Spotify. But it is indeed on the offer and the quality of the service itself. Here I am happy that I can hear the new album by Keane, Spotify on it (but on Simfy) are not.
Quickly notice that the operation of WiMP is much less intuitive than I am used to from Simfy or Spotify. Since I use the streaming service of my choice, but wants to use the time and I'll probably get used quickly as a result of the user interface, this point does not weigh quite so heavily.
The big plus for WiMP is supposed to be the music department, which is expressed specifically for the German consumer music recommendations. Now I have to Spotify for example The app from Laut.de added to the editorial anstinken must at least (after all, it is still more apps). What is here recommended to me, certainly meets my taste (Jack White, Soko, Michael Kiwanuka), but is out of date fairly quickly. Here are the "new" even more interesting. Ultimately, my sound-editing app that beats by miles ... is to be hoped that the editors elsewhere, I still notice positive. Perhaps in the long term, the "genre" to convince WiMP (at first glance to be delivered to me here quite good results). The album lists are worth a look. Charts, there are not, as I see it.
Again, back to usability: Stupid is already that I can not press directly in the overview on Play. I have to call an album on the single view in order to play it can.
Currently, I see clearly before Simfy Spotify. I mean, clearly Simfy has failed to position itself as a provider before Spotify belong here. WiMP I give a chance even if I have to admit that I will probably stay long term in Spotify ... unless WiMP is interesting for me to continue as the earlier albums by Keane available, or the editorial staff does a great job in the future.

Liam Gallagher lashes out at Sir Alex Ferguson at the press conference ManCity

Liam Gallagher is a staunch Manchester City hooligan is something everyone knows. However, it is surprising that this time has gone further, until the point of using the microphones of the press conference after his team's victory against arch-rivals Manchester United, to criticize Sir Alex Ferguson .

According to NME, the leader of Beady Eye and former Oasis said, for the coach of the Red Devils, "the lights must have blinded him. And it must have happened to the whiskey, "to laughter from the journalists present there awaiting the arrival of the players. Apparently, Liam was invited to the party by the captain of the Citizens, Vincent Company.

Winter daughter.

A story too good to let them lie there: Since wrestle the arts pages of the major opinion-makers to question whether Dresen's "grip on the open road" was mainly to score with the tears bonus, why "Barbara" by Christian Petzold only Lola was a silver model of "slapped" (SZ) and why the Swabian Emmerich and his "Anonymous" is good as well as good image of the enemy of all German filmmakers. And by the way, almost unnoticed, wins the Munich-based production team's favorite movie Ltd. to Thomas and Philip Blieninger Budweg daughter with winter the German Film Award 2012 in the category of children's film. And not just like that, but - a first in the history of the award - with the help of a wildcard, and, equally amazing, with such established productions such as "Tom Sawyer", "Vicky's Road Trip" and "Five".
That the road to success was a rocky one, you may believe you. For the only candidate in the district of the Great without a literary model, which had relied on the brilliance of the story of screenwriter Michaela Hinnenthal, which was still to treat of its own Distributor quite neglected, it was necessary to use all available levers to set in motion. And although the Munich certainly no strangers to have - at least they have it in 2004 made her debut "Out of the depths of space" equal to the winners of the Bavarian Film Award and "Stupid Hat" took plenty of recognition at various festivals - still went it with "Winter's Daughter" about taking a new level and to convince the jury with imensem expense of the quality of the material and his actors.
"Winter's Daughter" is the second feature film directed by John Schmid, an unconventional road movie about the twelve year old Kattaka (Nina Monka) who learns on Christmas Eve accident that her real father is not the one with whom she spent the years of their childhood, but an unnamed Russian sailor. Enraged, she decides simply to find these unknowns - they will be accompanied on their journey in an uncertain old Barkas to Szczecin, where the vessel is to be the father, and later to Gdansk from its neighbor, the old Lena (Ursula Werner). A moving and emotional journey of it is that holds a few surprises - a stowaway suddenly appears and also harbors a tragic secret Lene, which reveals the film gradually. In Munich, the film was only one cinema in 2011 - with the price in a second round is now back on the big screen plans that will hopefully attract a few more viewers into the cinemas