BOLZ WM 11

OK!  It’s on!  Tomorrow we start building tents!  We are beginning to paint the town in BolzWM posters.  Fliers will be distributed!  People will get excited!  If you build it, they will come!!!!

So guess what I did today for an hour?  Corrected the band flier dates – the very flier that me and a colleague worked very hard to make awesome.  That’s right, there they were all beautiful and printed, 2000 total, with the wrong dates.  *head shake*         dynamo classic!  But, now they are great – don’t forget to check out the culture program.  Art, films, and bands, oh my!

Speaking of music, here is one of my songs - a parody dedicated to a parody.

Look out for my next hit, “Who are you, Diego Maradona?”

“Schmand”

‘Schland, oh, Schmand, Kasseler grüne Soße

‘Schland, oh, Schmand, ach, du lieber Klose

Was sind eigentlich Auto-Ohren?  Und warum will niemand die Vuvuzelas hören?

Braucht jeder eine riesig große Fahne?  Und Kriegsbemahlung auf der Wange?

‘Schland, oh, Schmand, Kasseler grüne Soße

‘Schland, oh, Schmand, ach, der schöne Klose

Anfang Sommer, es riecht doch super hier.  Warum denn Rasenduft, auf dem Klopapier?

Südafrika, Südafrika, nicht weit weg im Markt.  Südafrika, Südafrika, nach afrikanischer Art!

‘Schland, oh, Schmand, Kasseler grüne Soße

‘Schland, oh Schmand, Cacau spielt besser als Klose!

and in the land of “Coffee to go, zum mitnehmen”, here is a very interesting snack at Rondell, a local biergarten – Salsa Salsa.  (in spanish, salsa is sauce, it goes without saying…)  To those who know it, I guess you could also order some cheese sauce, as queso queso.  Ha!

wRitten bY:  KIRSTin SimON

Kanada-Trailer BolzWM 2010

Hawaii-Trailer BolzWM 2010

Ruanda-Trailer BolzWM 2010

Gerd Demobowski: football vs. country music – riot-reading and performance

What do football and country music have to do with one another? Come find out! Dembowski brings out the emotional background in his stories by quoting well-known song lyrics combined with lyrics from his musician friends. He also sings at his infamous readings – only to interrupt himself with children’s instruments and toys. He tells about his first goal as a survived threat, about the search for Maradona, and about the singing lumberjack shirt, Gunter Gabriel as surrogate father and about football as the backbone of community. Infamous slander and heartfelt love stories – a literary tightrope act between a Fifa Congress and a squatters den. Gerd Dembowski has become well known as the spokesperson for the Alliance of Active Football Fans (BAFF), through his work with Football Against Racism in Europe (Fare) and his collaboration on the book and exhibit “Tatort Stadium”. His latest book, “The ball is Colorful. Football, Migration, and the Diverse Identities in Germany.” For too long to count Dembowski has been reporting from the fan scene and in 2007 was part of “For Tolerance, Against Discrimination” as part of the German Football Task Force. Sometimes he doesn’t know himself if he is either fan or anthropologist. In 2007 “Football vs. Country Music” came on the scene with its snappy commentary, was readily nominated as the Football Book of the Year for 2007 – and lost. In compensation Dembowski became an underground literary success, giving over one hundred readings.

“Also striking are the three black-out lines in the last chapter, where apparently the subject is Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder, while other fantastical characterizations of leading representatives of football are obviously left alone.” (Berliner Zeitung)

“When a man like Dembowski leads the discussion, even the politicians can’t remain silent. Annoyed by long weeks of bickering the Chancellor himself even spoke up from his vacation in Italy.” (Der Spiegel)