Unscene Berlin

Berlin's Thought Police in action You might have seen the footage on the news in the last few weeks of flack - jacketed cops milling around outside of one of Friedrichshain's playfully patchworked 'squats' (which aren't actually squats , anymore, although they once were). Y ou might have read a snippet of text or two, telling you about an attack on a passer -by in the street, and a raid o n a house.  The chances are very good, though , that you didn' t get the whole stor y of what actually happened in Rigaer Strasse.   I know I didn't.  So i n this po st, I'm going to share what I've learned about it so far.   According to the press, on January 13th , a police officer was a ttacked in   in Rigaer Strasse in North Friedrichshain .  Der Spiegel wrote that the injured officer in question " was overthrown, beaten and kicked to the ground" by four people who were " suspected" left wingers. "According to p

Fidelity Kastrow plays Friday @ Mensch Meier I've written here a few times about Mensch Meier, the multi-purpose party space that's near to Landsberger Allee, but they've been putting on such a wide variety of events in the past year that it's getting pretty damn hard to sum the place up in just a few lines. If you're curious what the Mensch Meier phenomenon is all about, this weekend may be a good time to get down there and get a feel for exactly what kind of place it is. This Friday, Nachtasyl 's party ' Am Boden ' will serve up several Mensch Meier specialties at once (several, but not all).  It will have decadence, a dark theatrical flair, a generous helping of left-wing ethics plus lots of banging, subversive tunes.  Experimental / dark / rough techno, disco and dubtechno are all on the menu.   The Princess of Death. Friday @ Mensch Meier The organizers say they have "been organizing raves in abandoned basements and hou