crucial

viel spaß im ausland

This is the green card that they give foreigners when they land in the Great US of A:

Do you have a communicable disease; physical or mental disorder; or are you a drug abuser or addict ? (Well that eliminates half the planet right there)

Have you ever been arrested or convicted for an offense or crime involving moral turpitude or a violation related to a controlled substance; ... or are you seeking entry go engage in criminal or immoral activities ? (yes or no. please answer truthfully) I am a born English speaker. I have no idea what moral turpitude means but I'm guessing its one of those Southern Thangs. Why do you expect foreigners to understand that ? Just check no.

Have you ever been or are you now involved in espionage or sabotage; or in terrorist activities; or genocide (currently ? which color please ?); or between 1933 and 1945 were involved, in any way, in persecutions associated with Nazi German or its allies ? (thank God you are asking the tough questions and keeping this country safe. if only the perpetrators of 911 had had the balls to check yes. Tall buildings, government installations, aircraft, symbols of power ? please check as many as apply.)

Are you seeking to work in the U.S.; or have ever been excluded or deported (oh I'm sorry, are your computers down right now ?); or been previously removed from the United States ... etc.

Links and things

I am timeblind on myspace. thanks for the add.

I am crucialfelix on del.icio.us which is where I link to all the interesting shit I come across.

I put my photos up on flickr

NYC events iCal : anything that looks good.

Berlin events (parties, shows, vernissage, films): subscribe to google calendar / iCal

When I listen to music at home it all gets echoed onto here and on my Last.fm page. Most of the time I don't use that cause I don't want you to see me obsessively listening to my own mixes, really bad working titles.

You can read some posts I thought were interesting from various feeds.

I've been doing the Dance Music Business Resource since 1995, back when it was on hyperreal.org. Articles and info for artists and small labels. Recently I've been posting interesting industry news items and adding some new content about downloads etc.