Still pretty fucked up from 4 days of drinking, partying and lacking sleep – but Moscow was totally worth it.

Many thanks to our hosts Alex (DJ Sect) & Eva who did an outstanding job at making us feel welcome at all times! Such a big difference to the average promoter! It felt like we were family!

Thanks to everyone who came to the show to party with us and greetings to Bella, Christa, Annette and Darja! Hope to see you all again in the future!

And if you couldn’t be there, here’s a little tour video:

EDIT:
Just found this picture of me and Chrissy at 7am after the show. That’s the spirit, haha …

We narrowed down the choices for the main person for the next project, so now we are looking for everyone else!

This is a short-movie project to be shot in Hamburg, Germany on Friday April 23 & Saturday April 24, 2010. Right now we are looking for the following types of people:

APRIL 23, 2010 (18:00-24:00):

- 2 very sexy alternative/goth/rock girls … any type of look is ok! If you can dance well, that’s a big plus for one scene (you will basically be needed to look good, drink and generally have a good time … you’ll also be needed on April 24th)

- 8-10 totally normal people wearing normal, colored clothes (your job will be simply standing around as extras in a bar, drinking beer … tough, I know *g*)

- 1 sleazy, but goodlooking dude (you must be willing to kiss the main actress and you will also be needed on April 24th)

APRIL 24, 2010 (all day from 11-21:00):

- 20-30 alternative/goth/rock people … any type of look is ok! (your job will be to stand or sit around and drink beer or dance and drink beer in a club)

- 2 big and mean looking guys to play bouncers (this means, you need to stand there and look scary)

- 7-8 very alternative-scene looking people (lots of tattoos und piercings preferred!)

This is not a music video, but a short-movie!! It’s also an extremely low-budget production, like all the previous Faderhead musicvideos. That means we can not pay you or provide hotel rooms or transportation/gas money because we spend all available money on making the end result look as good as possible.

If you want to help us out and be in this movie, please apply to casting@faderhead.com until April 11, 2010 and include the following info:

Name:
Age:
City:
Country:
Mobile Phone Number:

The role you think would be perfect for you:

Please also attach 2-3 unretouched (= no Photoshop!!) pictures of yourself!

Hope to hear from you!!

Back from Saturday’s show with Xotox at the P60 in Amstelveen/Netherlands. 7h drive there and 7h back took quite a bit out of me (since I was the driver for the whole trip) but we made it back safe and halfway-sane.

Gerrit and I had a lot of fun playing the show, even though only around 40 people turned up, which is definitely the lowest attendance at a Faderhead concert ever. We’ve been warned that P60 is an unpopular venue, but I didn’t expect it to be that unpopular …

Everyone who was there was in a great mood though, so we turned up the energy and got everyone dancing their asses off! Thanks for coming out and bringing the party! This was once again a reminder to myself that a show in front of 40 people can be more fun than a show in front of 4000!

Drove into Amsterdam on Sunday to walk around, grab some Asian food at Wok To Walk and hang out a bit before driving back home.

Of course we made a little video again which you can see right here:

See you all soon!

Jesus fuckin’ Christ! What is wrong with you ladies???

We (Marco Ribbe and me) posted several casting calls on different websites 2 days ago. So far we received 15 email applications and 98 completely moronic emails like

- “I am 177cm tall, 2cm taller than what you are looking for. Can I still apply?” (hint: read the casting call!)

- “Will I get paid for travelling?” (hint: read the casting call!!)

- “I am only 17, so I am a year younger than you specify. Can I still apply?” (hint: read the casting call!!!)

- “Why did you have to choose that date for filming? It’s the most inconvenient date for me!” (hint: maybe it was very convenient for us and we didn’t factor in that some random girl who we’ve never met is busy during that time?)

- “Do you think I am too shy for this?” (hint: we have never met you before, how the fuck should we know???)

- “What kind of model are you looking for? Do you think I have a chance?” (hint: read the motherfucking casting call!!!)

And my favorite: “I am blonde, can I still apply?” …

We got 98 of those! Ninty-fuckin-eight!! In contrast to that out of the 15 young women who applied via email 3 were older than specified, two were definitely not anywhere near “lean” and only one, yes ONE (eine, una, une) actually did everything the way it was asked in the casting call (thank you Rebecca from Bochum, you are the only shining beacon of hope for me!!).

I don’t even want to mention the brainiacs who (despite the clear mention of applying through casting@faderhead.com) sent us stuff through myspace or a German modelling website. Reading comprehension failure anyone?

What is the point of this rant? The point is:

a) everything you need to know is in the casting call

b) if you are too stupid to figure out what’s written in the casting call – do you think we even WANT to work with you?

c) if you are too lazy to add everything we ask for (yes, I am talking about the short introductory video here!), then we surely won’t think that you’ll be putting any effort into this production at all. Do you think we’ll put any faith, weeks of work and a bunch of money into your lazy ass?

People are delusional morons these days, really. I can’t wait for all those small-town-scene-queens whose photoshopped cellulite ass has been in the Sonic Seducer Gothic Calendar 2005 (only after they sucked off the photographer!) to be bitching later “What? They chose HER??? *I* would have been soooo much better!” …

EDIT: I got the second proper application from a young lady named Ann-Katrin today!! Thank you!!! <3

For an upcoming Faderhead video project we are looking for a girl that would like to be the lead actress in this.

It’d be too long to describe what I am talking about (and I don’t want to give away too much either), but we are basically looking for a young woman who would be comfortable portraying a young woman with minimal amounts of dialog.

The project will be filmed from April 22 to April 25, 2010 in Hamburg, Germany. So if you

- are a young woman (18-28)
- 160-175cm tall
- lean
- any haircolor
- no piercings or large tattoos

so, if you basically look like a goodlooking girl-next-door, and want to be part of this, then please send me an email to

casting@faderhead.com

and include:

a) Name, Age, Address, Country
b) 3 absolutely unedited (no retouching whatsoever!) pictures: portrait, profile, full body
c) a link to a short 30-60 second video (mobile phone or webcam is fine) where you simply tell us something about you so we can see your personality a bit. No need for anything fancy, really!
d) the financial compensation you would like for this

If you think this is the right thing for you or someone you know, please get in touch with us until March 28, 2010.

Be aware that there will be a kiss between you and another actor in one of the scenes, so if you have a jealous boyfriend who can’t distinguish between reality and fiction – please do not apply!!

I am really stoked about this project and if it all works out like I want it to, this will be spectacular!

Will Simmons is a talented guy with a yo-yo! He also has good taste in music!

Back from a night DJing at Ringlokschuppen/Bielefeld (Germany) with my man DJ Sick.

The party was called “Fieser Freitag” (engl.: Nasty Friday) which will probably get a chuckle from my closest friends *g*

Played a VERY generic set because ultimately the crowd demanded generic songs, so that’s what they got. Tried to put in some lesser known stuff too, but sparsely.

Next up: a show with Xotox at P60 in Amstelveen/Netherlands on Saturday, March 13, 2010. Dutch crowds rule, so that should be good! Hope to see you there!

Click here for Friday’s full playlist

March 20th, 2010 is Dynamic Range Day! It’s the day to speak out against the Loudness War, a “war” that is definitely destroying the enjoyment of music for most people.

Read up on what the loudness war is and join the Dynamic Range day activities!

You can also watch a video explanation on YouTube:

I have always been an enemy of recordings that have been made too loud and I purposely had “FH3″ mastered considerably softer than any other electro record. It sounds a lot better because of that!

Just came back from a great concert in Hannover/Germany. We played a show with Frozen Plasma and once again the crowd in Hannover rocked! Can’t wait to get back here for the Christmas Ball shows.