Arpeggi - Radiohead - Live in London 6 19 2006 - 2006

We landed in Berlin at 830 AM (that's 130 AM NYC Time) and I was groggy as fuck. To make matters more interesting, not only was snow falling on the city, but there were already 4-5 inches on the ground. We took a shuttle bus back to our Hotel in The Alexanderplatz. Fortunately they let us check in when we arrived, so that we could go take a brief nap and shower before heading off on our adventures.

The Alexanderplatz seems to be a big shopping district on the old East Berlin side of town, and while there were certainly some decent stores and restaurants over there, my initial reaction to the city was that perhaps the rumors that I'd heard of it being a great town with an active underground art and music scene were a bit overstated...but I would soon learn that, not unlike NYC, it's all about the neighborhood that you are in.

Our first stop was the remainder of the Berlin wall. There is a small museum there called Check Point Charlie, to commemorate the milatary station where well supervised traffic was allowed to move between the sides of The Iron Curtain, but most people had told me that it was a waste of time and judging by the brief glimpse I saw through the door, I agree. There is a small section of the actual wall about 1 block long that we did view...it's covered in graffiti and fliers, but it still gives a sense of what used to be.

Incidentally, my favorite flier on the wall was the poster for the Romone's Museum.

Next Stop, Kruizberg.

This is an early live version of the song that would eventually become Wierd Fishes/Arpeggi. Most of the elements are already in place and it's still a great song.