Tag: BERLIN WALL

The electro-punks among you will fondly recall Atari Teenage Riot and their hyper-distorted blend of political techno noise. The recently regrouped band has developed an iPhone app (sellouts!) to promote their reunion single "Reactivate," but the app is causing as much ruckus as the German punks did back in the '90s. ATR devotees will also recall a May Day protest at the Berlin Wall back in ...

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, known for his fastidious management of his own public image, may have posted a bit of historical fib on his Facebook profile. Earlier today, Sarkozy uploaded a photo of himself with Alain Juppé, former Prime Minister under Jacques Chirac, chipping away at the Berlin Wall with a pickax, exactly 20 years ago. He claims that (excuse our poor translation from ...

Although the Berlin Wall came tumbling down nearly 20 years ago, the memories are still as real as the concrete that formed the dividing line between East and West Germany. To honor the memories of the wall's fall, and to offer hope for a future without walls, a new Web site, which launched Tuesday, allows people to tweet messages onto a virtual version of the Berlin Wall. According to MSNBC, ...