Just as I nerded out and listened to the Gabriel Knight 2 soundtrack while on a bus through Bavaria to Neuschwanstein, on the train to Berlin I got pumped by listening to David Bowie’s Berlin Trilogy (Low/Heroes/Lodger). And I plan to listen to the 2 Iggy albums they did here too.
So it feels like fate that there is a Bowie exhibition showing at the Martin-Gropius-Bau Museum right now in Berlin. We booked our tickets and visited this morning, and it was pretty far-out man. Lots of original Bowie costumes (and I mean LOTS), handwritten lyrics, videos, movie props and original artworks (by Bowie himself!) filled the excellent multimedia displays. The location-specific audio guides kept the energy up with regular Bowie tunes. While the exhibition was quite idolatrous and glossed over career weak-points and any mention of his personal life, it was still an awesome way to experience and appreciate the musician/actor/artist’s long and busy career. I’m a happy Bowie fan right now.
This afternoon we’re heading out for a food tour in Kreuzberg thanks to a gift voucher from Shakthi – we can’t wait!
Elias Rambles 