The Tape Review show broadcasting directly from the Vivantes Krankenhaus Friedrichshain, Cardiology ward, where Adrian has taken up residency for the last 17 days so far. Nothing stops the Tape review show even life threatening illness so today Rinus & Adrian present Tapes sent in from Stuttgart and Tokyo in their miniaturised medical studio MASH … Continue reading The Tape Review Show – Medical edition #1
Patti Smith, Live at the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Thanks to Mustafa we managed to get the very last tickets to see the legendary punk poetess Patti Smith here in Berlin at the Neue Nationalgalerie. Though tickets really made very little difference in the end as so many people had turned up there was literally no space between those with tickets and none. An … Continue reading Patti Smith, Live at the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Shephard & van Alebeek – walking history, part 2
Van Alebeek & Shephard continue their historical walking tour along the Landwehrkanal through Kreuzberg. They second part of their walk starts at a strange looking sculpture made of big iron pipes a wheel and colors, is it pop art or a part of an ingenious system in Berlin that pumps around coffee. They enter the … Continue reading Shephard & van Alebeek – walking history, part 2
Shephard & van Alebeek – Walking History, part 1
Rinus Van Alebeek & Adrian Shephard begin this Autumnal Berlin historical walk along the Landwehrkanal outside the Jewish Synagogue in central Kreuzberg. It's the 10th November 2023 and the streets are strewn with flowers from the day before remembering the horror of Kristallnacht - the Night of Broken Glass...
Craig Baldwin interview – revisited by Adrian Shephard
Revisiting this interview with Craig Baldwin the American experimental filmmaker made in 'Loophole' a former brothel and now legendary underground nightclub in Neukölln, Berlin in 2009. We literally had to break in to Loophole through the hole in the road to the cellar as the metal door had been smashed the night before so another … Continue reading Craig Baldwin interview – revisited by Adrian Shephard
Radio On – David Arnoff, punk photographer, Shot in the Dark
Adrian & Rinus brave the freezing Berlin temperatures and head to the SO36 Gallery on Oranienstr, Kreuzberg in search of punk photographer David Arnoff, exhibiting prints from his book 'Shot in the Dark', with photos and many personal stories of the Cramps, the Dead Boys, Nick Cave, Blixa Bargeld, Lydia Lunch, The Ramones, Ian Dury, … Continue reading Radio On – David Arnoff, punk photographer, Shot in the Dark
Radio On Oranienstrasse – The legend of SO36, with Jason Honea
Jason Honea & Adrian Shephard take a walk down the legendary 'Oranienstrasse' in central Kreuzberg. Previously known as SO36 and home to the various bars, cafes, clubs, venues and the recently renamed Rio Reiser Platz - it's apparently thee place to be - So join them now for a pre-xmas festive special brimming with window … Continue reading Radio On Oranienstrasse – The legend of SO36, with Jason Honea
The Tape Review Show – Random Patterns, Trial Run Tapes + 20 years of Night on Earth
The Tape Review show returns once again for a festive special with Rinus van Alebeek & Adrian Shephard opening packages from California, Japan and Belgium. Cassettes, records and bottles of condiments greet us from afar ! Thanks to Random Patterns - Trial Run Tapes and Night on Earth for all your contributions. Recorded 18.12.22 in Kreuzberg, Berlin. Produced by … Continue reading The Tape Review Show – Random Patterns, Trial Run Tapes + 20 years of Night on Earth
Radio On Mum – Malta to The Beatles
It's truly an honour for me to interview my mum about her incredible life. Born in Malta shortly after world war 2 and convoyed to the UK she was brought up in the swinging 60s of Sheffield and experienced the huge changes in life that swept the country. She saw the Beatles when they were … Continue reading Radio On Mum – Malta to The Beatles