Saturday, April 21, 2007

The Cartoonist talks to Franz Bielmeier. This was fun. Franz is an old friend of mine and was a founding member and guitarist of Charley's Girls, who later became Mittagspause. In the late 70's he founded the Rondo record label (here's a link to the publications); these days he is busy working on various solo projects, most notably his Schwester Strahl series, a germanized version of the Velvets' Sister Ray. Which I find absolutely fabulous. You can download the podcast here, or subscribe to my podcasts via iTunes. Since I'm slowly, but steadily running out of webspace, there's no m4a file this time, only the boring mp3. I'll insert the pictures that were supposed to go into the webcast simply here. Franz Bielmeier, 1977. In the background Peter Hein. Also, apologies to all my English, American etc. readers — this podcast is entirely in German, because it makes sense and there's nothing more stupid than two Germans talking in English to each other. Oh, one more thing: Franz was so kind allowing me to upload one of his latest songs. So here's Invoc [MP3, 15MB]; 11 minutes of fantastic noise. And now enjoy. The usual links: Franz Bielmeier | Mittagspause | Verschwende deine Jugend | Ratinger Hof Franz Bielmeier today. This podcast, The Cartoonist talks to Franz Bielmeier, ©2007 Ralf Zeigermann. All music ©1979-2007 by Mittagspause and Franz Bielmeier. 2:19:19 PM   The Cartoonist Talks | |