Putting the Kunst into Country

If you’ve had enough of pre­tend­ing to be Lat­in Amer­ic­an, The Mighty Mighty now give you an oppor­tun­ity to pre­tend to be from a very dif­fer­ent part of the world with ten days of The Ber­lin Bon­anza.

Much of this appears to involve a highly tra­di­tion­al Teuton­ic leis­ure activ­ity: mass games of ping-pong with a coun­try music accom­pani­ment.

If that does­n’t appeal (and why on earth would­n’t it?) there’s a bewil­der­ing array of oth­er acts and activ­it­ies on offer. Vodka ice slides! Beer and saus­age! Polish/German chan­son­ettes! Krautrock! More pho­tos here and here, excited gos­sip here, and the urb­an semi­ot­ics of cow­boy cap­it­al­ism here.