Hip-Hop Empathy!!!!

Allright, allright......
Finally the day was there...Saturday the 17th. at Hacienda Lounge, probably the hottest spot in whole Toronto that night.
Doors opened at 20:30 and soon it was packed enough to start the event and let the artists do their thing.
I let the pictures speak.......

Peace...Matt

MasiaONE

MasiaONE

Good shit needs support, that's why I really would like you to check that rapper out. I saw her for the first time performing at the Big Norm Show last thursday.....

If you like to see her in action click here

as well as her website: www.masiaone.com

I love that milkman song!!!

Matt

Toronto's dope!!!

Allright, allright...after seeing yesterdays amazing BIG NORM SHOW at a club in Kensington theres one thing I need to say: "Torontos Hip-Hop scene is DOPE". I felt like being moved back into the 80's. The ultimate street hustlers were performing live on stage, such as MasiaOne, PHATCat, Jorgie Porgie and a beatbox crew called SickSoundSyndrom. The show was hosted by a guy, that calles himself Big Norm, dressed up like Michael Jackson...THAT WAS SICK... With a mixture of rap, beatboxing, breakdancing and stand-up comedian the artists gave their best to show the audience that hip-hop culture is far from being dead.
Peace...
Matt

DONATION

Hey guys!!!

Actually Ahmed opened a PayPal Account and you'll be able to donate money from now on, to get the kids in Kibera off the streets and into the classroom. Just click on the little white button, I linked to my blog, that says 'Donation' on the right corner.

Thanks for your help...Matt

WHY SHOULD I CARE...I TELL YOU WHY!!!

Getting the kids to give a damn. Students film Kenyan slums in hopes of inspiring students to take action.
By: Jacqueline Nunes September.13.2005

SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF!!!

We all were waiting for the day the article about the movie was supposed to be published in the 'EYEOPENER'. But actually seeing ourselves in the magazine was an amazing feeling. To see the Northern Lights and being on a picture in a canadian newspaper after being here for 5 days...that's......it is........it's COOL.

Read the article online and learn more about the project on: http://www.theeyeopener.com/storydetail.cfm?storyid=2053

Peace...Matt

ATHENS!!!
This goes out to my beloved sister, who is leaving to Athens the next days. Have fun and enjoy the food, the sea, the peeps and the ouzo. Well, be carefull with the last one. Hope you're doing fine.

This goes out to everyone:
Check out: www.whyshouldicare.net to know everything about the film from Kenya and the project itself.
To view a trailer made by Alex check out: www.whyshouldicare.net/trailers.htm or use the link on the page mentionned above.

allright, I gotta go to eat something...HOT DOGS, weeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
Peace
Matt

Toronto-NY-Montreal-Ottawa-Toronto and than back to Berlin City

NEW YORK..........

After hesitating for so long it finally is for sure, I'm definitely going to the city of cities, mother of rap and graffiti...the best place in the whole US...NEW YORK CITY. You should check out Canada Coach, actually I only pay 80 canadian dollars, which is something around 55 euros! I got so excited holding the ticket in my hands...I'm too tired to talk about all this now, as me and Ahmed finished another 4 episodes of 24. So hope you're all fine and enjoying what you're doing right now, just keep on being active, right!!! Peace, Matt

northern lights

allright...how you're doing guys?

After getting up really late on saturday and after having a nice and hot cup of coffee & a donut we got on our way to Ahmeds aunts house where we met Oleg at the Wall Mart. Ahmed, who had to continue promoting hip-hop empathy stayed at his aunts, while me and Oleg got prepared for the Farm Party at Jasons house. It took us something like three hours to buy some vegetables, beer and meat for the bbq, but it was fun to complain about Canada and it's not existing food culture, though. By the time we arrived at the farm it already was 9 in the night, so we basically couldn't do anything else than eating, drinking beer and chilling by the campfire. We had some problems in the night putting together our tent, but the german in me fixed that.

At something around 3 in the night one of the guys, I don't even remember his name, was screaming from the fields that there's some strang thing going on up in the sky, which made us all jump up from our seats and run towards him. AND... SIT DOWN FOR A SECOND...WE couldn't believe it, but we were lucky enough to see amazingly big Northern Lights right there in front of us, flashing upon the horizon at a place that is very very rare for Norther Lights to be visible. Standing there in the fields, watching this amazing game of nature just made me realize once more how small we are and it might sound a bit strange, but it actually really touched my heart and soul to be able to see and experience that.

Next day I got up really early and went for a walk with Jason, that showed me around. We were searching for beaver dams...amazing guys those beavers I swear, haha....

We left the place around noon and I spend the rest of the day at Ahmeds place watching 24, a television serie that almost drives me insaine, because its so exciting and I cant stand it, that most of the time you dont know whats going on...We did that for like 8 hours, don't laugh...

allright I'm outta here

Peace Matt

K' Naan rocks

TORONTO-CITY!!!
allright, der zweite Tag in Kanada geht dem Abend zu und viel Verruecktes ist passiert. Das Fruehstueck war um einiges besser als die Scheisse von gestern aber speatestens seit ich die Aepfel in den Grocery-shops gesehen hab, die mit einer dicken Schicht Wachs ueberzogen sind und alle gleich aussehen ist meine Hoffnung auf normales, ich meine nicht keunstlich hergestelltes Essen dahin.
Am Nachmittag waren wir alle auf einer total verreuckten STudenten-Party und sahen eine Performance von K'Naan und das verdammt nochmal der beste MC, den ich seit Jahren gehoert habe.
allright. ich mach Schluss
Peace
Matt

TORONTO-CITY
und hier die Nummer drei des Trips!!! Toronto...
groesser, lauter und besser als ich es mir vorgestellt habe...und eins is mal auf jden Fall klar, Kanadier sind ungefaehr zehn mal freundlicher und angenehmer als die abgefuckten Amis, die ich in Detroit ertragen musste, halb so fett und halb so dumm sind die Leute in Toronto allemal.
Der Morgen begann mit einem unmenschlich grossen Fruehstueck in einem dieser Shops hier wo man einmal bezahlt und dann so viel reinhauen kann wie in dich passt und Ihr kennt das ja, man bezahlt und will dann natuerlich das Angebot nuetzen...Nach 7 pancakes, 5 Waffeln mit Butter und Sirup, Wedges, Hotdogs, Cornflakes, Cookies, Ricekracker, Cafe und Saft musste ich dann doch irgendwann SChluss machen, bin dafuer seit 8 Stunden ohne Essen und immer noch satt...
Danach sind wir zur Rzerson University um Tickets fuer das Hip-Hop Konzert zu verkaufen und kurz zur groessten Shopping-Mall in Toronto, das Eaton Center...Mann jetzt echt mal, also was diese Konsum-Tempel sollen werd ich nie verstehen aber anscheinend fahren die Kanadier voll drrauf ab...
Allright, morgen ist erstaml Toronto Internationales Film-Festival angesagt.

Peace
Matt

BERLIN CITY!!!

Nach studenlangen Fussmaerschen durch die dt. Hauptstadt und Party-Ekzessen wurde wieder einaml klar-Berlin ist verdammt geil und steht ganz oben auf der Liste der Metropolen dieser Erde. Empfehlen koennen ich und meine Schwester neben Kreuzberg und Prenzlauer Berg vor allem die Strassen um die Metro Rosenthaler Platz und die dortigen Gallerien und Fashion-Shops. Checkt auf jeden Fall Oranienburgerstrasse as well as das Tachels und deren verreuckte Kuenstler.

Peace...Matt

PRAG!!!
der erste Tag in Prag war absolut fantastisch und
nachdem jegliche Vorurteile über langbeinige Nataschas und biertrinkende
Ivans widerlegt wurden kann ich zum Abschluss des Aufenhalts nur sagen
fahrt nach Pag und lasst euch ordentlich flashen!!!

Kathrin und Matt