In the year of death and covid19 Adrian Shephard and Rinus van Alebeek took up the habit to go out for short walks. The walks always ended on a park bench, very often close to the Landwehrkanal in Berlin. They sat down and talked about the petty things of life, observed how the wheels of … Continue reading Radio On Outdoor – Unpredictable beginnings
The Tape Review Show – Kamoos
To listen click here A Beard Symphony, how to explain potpourri, a bag full of goodies, the kamoosutra, ice cream, poetryreading, oooh, X-ray me in my room, more poetry reading, dirty talking, sex in the soviet-union, Stalin's secret hobby --- track played (X-ray me in my room) --- an explanation of orang-utans, what is the … Continue reading The Tape Review Show – Kamoos
Radio On Historic – Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde
To listen to the podcast click here Gaby Billa Günther (Lady Gaby) and Jason Honea went to the east of Berlin to visit the Zentralfriedhof in Lichtenberg, the cemetery once known as the socialist cemetery. Not only the general history of the cemetery but also the lives and times of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg … Continue reading Radio On Historic – Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde
Radio On Outdoor – Constructivised
To listen click here February in the year 2021 in Berlin, suddenly after days of temperatures below zero, snow and ice, the temperatures rocketed to levels you'd expect on a sunny day during springtime. The people of Berlin left their homes and gathered in parks and along the river or the canals. Adrian Shephard and … Continue reading Radio On Outdoor – Constructivised
The Tape Review Show – staalplaat (Muslimgauze and Alexei Shulgin)
To listen click here Two new releases from the staalplaat label: Alexei Shulgin/ 386 DX - Biggest Smash Hits Muslimgauze - Narcotic (the vinyl version) Founding fathers boarding the ship in Delfzijl, old computers, information on Alexei Shulgin, netartists, old technology, romantic coffee, Momus in second life, a ten thousand year old octopus, who is … Continue reading The Tape Review Show – staalplaat (Muslimgauze and Alexei Shulgin)
26-28 February, T.A.T.V. – Shephard/Van Alebeek on Feb. 28 at 20:30 Berlin Time
Sunday 28th of February at 20:30 Berlin Time, the Hausmeisters of Radio On, Adrian Shephard and Rinus van Alebeek will make a live appearance on T.A.T.V. The wonderful T.A.T.V. is initiated by experimental filmmaker Kris Limbach. We at Radio On hope that T.A.T.V. will become a regular feature, nay, a landmark in Berlin's cultural cityscape, … Continue reading 26-28 February, T.A.T.V. – Shephard/Van Alebeek on Feb. 28 at 20:30 Berlin Time
Radio On Outdoor – Maybachufer Talks #3
To listen click here Shephard and van Alebeek walked to the Maybachufer and sat at the side of the kanal, not far from the pizza cabin and the Kottbusser bridge. They talked about the weather, abandoned places in Berlin, Beelitz, Gene Wilder, method acting, taking drugs in Hollywood, frozen Berlin during lockdown, the Israelian scientist … Continue reading Radio On Outdoor – Maybachufer Talks #3
The Tape Review Show – The Joy of Isolation
To listen click here Adrian Shephard and Rinus van Alebeek did a Tape Review Show on the last day of 2020, a few hours before the last sunset of the year. You need to wait at least twenty minutes to hear the tape, which is called The Joy of Isolation, released by Aural Detritus. Well, … Continue reading The Tape Review Show – The Joy of Isolation
2020 – The Outdoor Talks
To listen click here 2020 was the year that the city of Berlin had a weak pulse. We could hardly receive guests at our studio. Once the threat from the invisible world entered our lives, we decided to go out and record our shows in the open. We started in the last days of February. … Continue reading 2020 – The Outdoor Talks