Not Rock On

This is my original of the first BowWowWow cassette. I bought it in late 1980 in Lüneburg. As you can see from the scans it was in heavy use. For some time this was together with the first two B-52's LPs my early morning wakeup soundtrack. If you hear it, you will understand... Due to the use in Sofia Coppola's movie "Marie Antoinette" they seem to be back, at least in people's minds. BOWWOWWOW - Your cassette pet 1980 Back online! Some links: Official BWW site Private BWW site

So now I have to unclose the mystery of my new place. I moved from Wilhelmshaven to Bielefeld, from one center of the world to another... Well, I didn't really move yet, I still have my flat in Wilhelmshaven, 3 rooms, 70 qm, view to the sea, 5 minutes to the only south beach on the german coast (which I used less than ten times in five years, but now it seems precious...). Now I have two small rooms in a "Wohngemeinschaft" until the end of October. Until then I have to find something new. But it is already better than the first place I had, a very, very tiny appartment in a students home, better than a place in a dorm, but not funny for more than three weeks. At least there are more concerts here than in Wilhelmshaven. In the five years there I saw Götz Alsmann (some nice CDs over at Der Likedeeler ) and Bernd Begemann (search this blog and more to come). Tonight I was at my first concert in Bielefeld (well, actually the second, as I saw Marc Almond & La Magia here in...

Holger Hiller - Ein Bündel Fäulnis in der Grube & Oben im Eck Holger Hiller & Andreas Dorau - Guten Morgen Hose

In the early 80s Rap, Electro (remember StreetSounds?) and scratching were very unusual to a kid living in a small village somewhere in the east of Lower-Saxony. So I had to make my own remixes, mostly created with just two tape decks. Here are the results: Burning Spear - Do the Reggae Bow Wow Wow - W.O.R.K. Afrika Bambaata - Looking for the perfect beat Grandmaster Flash - Wheels of steel Die Toten Hosen - Hip Hop Bommi Bop (ft. Fab Five Freddy) New Order - Confusion CoolJerk remixes 1984 The picture is from early 1990 when my friend Martin Bucholz took some pictures of my models for my application to the University of Winnipeg, that unfortunately failed due to the incompetence of some clerk there, that didn't file my application in the right basket!

This is a special post dedicated to the fantastic Likedeeler , go and check out his site, he has a lot to offer! He has been looking for this LP for a long time, although I am pretty sure that you can grab it at every flea market for 50 Cent. Whatever, here it is. Markus was one of the first superstars of the NDW, propelled by the success of "Ich will Spass". Not much followed, except his appearance in the nice movie "Gib Gas, ich will Spass" with Nena, where they had a nice "steamy" scene together. "Kleine Taschenlampe brenn'" is still a very fine song, although the version featured on the LP is not with Nena, sob.... Unfortunately there is another flaw with this recording. The last track "Schön sind wir sowieso", which is my favorite, didn't want to be recorded. Although the surface of the record looks perfect, it skipped all the time and I have tried it several times! So sorry, but anybody who has a copy of this is welcome to...