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<a href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJwlkt1ymzAQhZ_G3MEgCZC54MKN7Zq2OHXqeOLcMCCtjQwIKokQePrIsUY_M2d3tWfmW1YYuHZqSvpOG-d-5WbqIZEw6gaMAeUMGlQueEJxSCnFyOFJwNEyXDpC5xcF0BaiSYwawOmHshGsMKKT94ogXMZ46VRJ7Ic4LuBSIEZIFCKGoyKmKOCEU4ghejQuBi5AMkjgA9TUSXCapDKm1wuyWuCt3eM4etjvQTGQxitBNUJaubeHxK717LJOdbJwFVy1W3fGCKv02oUGmFGCLcjWdDXIBVnD9Mv6OE1vuKnTW0ey2yvZz2zK_o2C_Yxnvo3796c02q_ZZ3bcfNqYTtum4lbLjmc_u21wNrNxb_OLt_1s_xBsdxJ_jgf0vK6n56dUp3KPziKNUvnjg5GDYe2pOpOXvsSBuBw8_p--7KazCbfk6L7zV9Dk8Lf-XVXx7lA1-LaaV81qsxp27dkRCfYx9hEKECahTzzs-RHiZeCHNIpL5HPqXepyMjdaLQK_vWJPD6U2Bas91rWOSvTkjUNV2uD1TuxbtcBy-7aDFGbKQRZlA_zB0jxG4ptufgUJyo4KzwuToCjAKCLUDwOfPNDdYVNkF6WObcs7WyWt4151s0X1Bde-zkg">#39: New corona regs, Kotti cops, electric
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cars</a></h1><h3>
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and startups bringing in more money than our brains can comprehend.</h3><img src="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_90,h_90,c_fill,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2dee81a6-1c5f-4ce0-8ccf-538bf5226ba9_3264x1836.jpeg" alt=""/>
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<time datetime="2022-01-14T12:35:04.217Z">Jan 14</time>
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<img src="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_28,c_scale,f_png,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack.com%2Ficon%2FHeartIconRounded%3Fv%3D3%26height%3D28%26fill%3D%2523757575%26stroke%3D%2523757575%26strokeWidth%3D2" alt=""/><img src="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_28,c_scale,f_png,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack.com%2Ficon%2FCommentIconRounded%3Fv%3D3%26height%3D28%26fill%3D%2523757575%26stroke%3D%2523757575%26strokeWidth%3D2" alt="Comment"/><img src="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_32,c_scale,f_png,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack.com%2Ficon%2FRecommendIconRounded%3Fv%3D2%26height%3D32%26fill%3D%2523757575%26stroke%3Dnone%26strokeWidth%3D2" alt="Share"/><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_550,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5dbb8dc1-87c7-4742-b21f-2947fb088e0b_800x538.jpeg"/><figcaption>
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Surprising no one who has ever been at Kotti. Photo by <a href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJwlUEuShSAMPM1jafFTdMFiNnMNCyQq8xQsCGM5px98plIhJNU03ZNBWGK69BEzkruMeB2gA5x5A0RIpGRIo3da8VYpxRlxWjrWtz3xeZwTwG78pjEVIEexm58M-hhuhGz7gfdk1UKBtbwXMAtHmeODYMCloUM_MS7F9BCb4jyECTT8QrpiALLpFfHIL_H14t81z_Ns5srwTs0U9zo41ogx12bzFhL6UO4L8ZpTziljknHRUtHwhnbMWUlb1Q2WUaea-W0v_FHrS9J94U0uNqOZ3vfDJOl8NWdZbV0ut7zPtKob67mX4PEaIRi7gXuE4-Pfx4pxgQCp-upGg5p1krNOKNpKKh6dtzOK1VCKVFoXKyrUHx8p_kHAf9q-hpM" rel="">Montecruz Photo</a> licensed under <a href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJwlkE2OhCAQhU8jS8Ov6ILFJJO-hgEplRkbDGB3nNNP2RJSIQ-q3uObbIUl5dPsqVRylbGeO5gI77JBrZDJUSCPwRvNldaaM-KN9KxXPQllnDPA04bN1HwA2Q-3hcnWkOLVIVU_8J6sZuqHgSrhZto7O2vQws4w617RYRC-k7exPXyAOIGBF-QzRSCbWWvdSyO-Gv7APWXA4S-Y0vOZYmlTXlBFS4gFCh7diYW39HouHhnmRnynHSIOLNDwzl6fQy2HaSXBcMo5ZUwyLhQVLTZ2zDtJle4Gx6jX7fzrzvqj10bS58LbcrhS7fTbYgKSTTnb97E6vFwuCB8VGYxXviOGeo4QrdvA33jqTfkDbFwgQkb6frTVsE5y1glNlaTipnHx0wyX1gRtfcKuiIn3nP4g1n_mbZL3" rel="">CC BY 2.0</a>.
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</figcaption></figure><p>Hello 20
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Percent,</p><p><strong>We
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agreed to confine my wife to my son’s room.</strong> She was included in the
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democratic process because she’s the one with corona. And now every time she heads out
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for food, to use the restroom or to just change clothes, we go through a complex tetris of
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opening windows, dawning masks and maintaining social distancing. A weird thing in your own
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house. But we’ve survived lice, moths in the larder and even black mold - Berlin
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things. So <strong>we’ll get through this too - so far it’s been little more
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than a serious cold for her (</strong>YMMV<strong>).</strong> Since we’re all
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boostered, it will be interesting to see who is also felled by the virus. I’m fine for
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now (knocks on wooden floor). </p><p>But it’s
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also why this is a touch late today.</p><p>Enjoy the
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weekend. You’ve earned it!</p><p>And a double
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<strong>enjoy-the-weekend</strong> to those who have backed us on <a href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJwlkM1uhSAQhZ_msjSAIN4Fi3bRdd_A8DMqvQoGxhr79MXrhAzJITOH7ziDMKV86i0VJFcb8NxARzjKAoiQyV4gD8FrxaVSijPitfCslz0JZRgzwGrCojHvQLbdLsEZDCleE0L2T96TWT-FMa3j0ktrlRO0Yx3jzD-Zt6YdR3Ubm90HiA40_EI-UwSy6BlxK4_248G_6jmOo9kMZkixcWmtCqffkB1E_IS8hEiC5pRzyphgvJW0bXhT3bwVVKruaRn1qhlf9sQfNT8EXSfelN0WNO51bSRZl7M59tnWx-kCe6uVa6j3useA5wDR2AX8jYx3cu8Qhgki5JqoHwxq1gnOulZRKWh7E16ZKFZLKVJtfapTsf54y-mvMvwDBx-E6A" rel="">Patreon</a>. You can’t
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imagine how much of a boost that has given us. Thanks!</p><p>Andrew</p><h3>
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The Berlin corona stats for Friday, January 14</h3><p>Fully
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vaccinated: <strong>73.2% </strong>(72.2% Tuesday)<br/>Received booster:
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<strong>43.3%</strong> <br/>New cases in one day: <strong>+7,238 </strong>(5,976
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Tuesday)<br/>Total deaths: <strong>4,063 (+20</strong> over Tuesday<strong>)</strong>
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</p><p>🔴
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7-day Covid-19 incidence (cases per 100,000):<strong> 949.8</strong> (737.2
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Tuesday)<br/>🔴 7-day hospitalization incidence (also per 100,000): <strong>11.2
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(</strong>10.6 Tuesday)<strong><br/></strong>🟡<strong> </strong>Covid-19 ICU
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patient occupancy: <strong>18.8%</strong> (19.1% Tuesday)</p><h3>
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New corona rules today (Friday)</h3><p>Why make it
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easy when you can make it more complex? Corona regulations are generally passed by the
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federal government and then have to be passed again at the state level, often with
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inexplicable local flourishes, before becoming law. This creates a Germany-wide quilt of
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differing regulations that few understand. This week is no different though Berlin has
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decided to stretch the introduction over two days. Starting today in Berlin, <strong>people
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in contact with an infected person no longer have to go into quarantine if they’ve
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received a booster vaccination or belong to the new “fresh”
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category</strong> - “freshly” vaccinated or recovered. “Fresh”
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means within the past three months. Quarantine for other contact persons now ends after 10
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days, rather than 14, and people can test out (rapid antibody or PCR) after 7 days. Is
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anyone enforcing this?</p><h3>
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New corona rules Saturday (tomorrow)</h3><p><strong>FFP2
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masks are now mandatory on public transport,</strong> so keep the surgical masks until the
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next time politicians change their minds (the only constant in this pandemic). Bars and
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restaurants are also 2G plus, which means recently recovered or vaccinated PLUS a same-day
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negative test result or proof of a booster vaccination. This applies to any other indoor
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events with more than 10 people as well. </p><h3>
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Kotti police station</h3><p>You know when
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an aging celebrity dies and you think, Oh, I thought they were already dead? Same feeling
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when you hear <strong>they’re going to open a police station at Kotti</strong>. You
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mean there wasn’t one already? The fuzz want to build a new 300-square-meter cop shop
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on Reichenberger Strasse that would be home to 65 officers, <a href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJw9kc2OpSAQhZ_mspPwI0IvWMxmXsOAlMpcBQPlGPvpB_smQwgV6tRJFR-TQ1hyue2RK5LnGPE-wCa46gaIUMhZoYwxWC2U1lpwEmwfuFGGxDrOBWB3cbNYTiDH6bc4OYw5PY5emS9hyGqldJM3Wg-zUrMRwnDtFXgzMCXCAOzT2J0hQprAwl8od05ANrsiHvUlf73E77av66IeyhYTlO4bIp5poQGaskOq09rtgCUfeXtS_wvbPbbirsASK5YIBTu3d--MGJtjLZ3baickY12T3YyNSeq2SAVTRksSrWBCMM57LqRikgrKBh58z5QevjxnQdP57W_8o9dXz_ZF0Hr6im560ynvpNh60-tcfROXB9ZPtrEaW9zPFPEeITm_QfhgxM9v_IAdF2hvaBOF0aHlQy_4IDVTPZMfag9nzdvSmrS2ITdXahMfJX9Dwn-lt6LS" rel="">according to Berliner
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Zeitung</a>. Criminals don’t have to worry - if they’re just planning now it’ll
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be years until it happens. <strong>In the final quarter of 2021, police reported 2,309
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crimes at the public transport hub, or 152 more than in the third quarter.</strong> Most
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crimes fell but drug-related offenses jumped to 758 from 454. </p><h3>
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Police raid political artist’s atelier</h3><p><strong>Officers
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specialized in political crime Thursday searched the apartment and studio of an artist
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affiliated with the Center for Political Beauty,</strong> <a href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJwtUcuypCAM_ZpmJwWI0i5YzGZ-wwKJym0EC3As--sndl8qlSeHhJPJVFhSvvSeSiW3Guu1g45wlgC1QiZHgTx6p5XolFKCE6el48_uSXwZ5wywGR90zQeQ_bDBT6b6FG-E7J6DeJJVT7LrgIN08zxDP6jWKcNkK93A-kHglU9jczgPcQIN_yBfKQIJeq11L4_2z0P8RTnPk2ZrhaQOMNxT8NW_0LPgazYLeoIJgYbxTzYHH5s3RJxua-YDcvPFlGmFBlWCuCK0MbNr5nD91t_gm2zeb2_oWrdAvL5fZZxLLtqOtVRQ1nNnJetUP1jOnKLzy171R60PybZF0HLYUs30olPaSNblouexWiwuN1ufLJI1ot2O6Os1QjQ2gPvyWL_r-DA7LhAh45rcaKrmvRS8bxXrJGu_tN1EK45HKYJtXUJUxIn3nO6f_wf0UaKB" rel="">according to RBB24</a>. The
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activist artists last summer created a fake flyer distribution company and convinced the
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right-wing AfD to hire them to distribute 5 million election-related flyers. The artists
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then destroyed the pamphlets. The artist is reportedly accused of falsifying documents that
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could be used to secure official documents. The center decried the raid on Twitter and its
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attorney claimed it was illegal. </p><h3>
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Electric and hybrid autos increasingly popular</h3><p><strong>Almost
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half, or 48.6 percent, of all cars newly registered in Berlin last year were either electric
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or hybrid</strong>, an improvement over the 29.9 percent of 2020 and well above the 11.9
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percent of 2019 before the pandemic. Berliners are also buying fewer cars - just 60,000 new
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cars were registered in the <em>Haupstadt</em> last year, compared with 65,900 in 2020 and
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87,000 in 2019. </p><h3>
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Record funding year for Berlin startups</h3><p>Proof big
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money doesn’t care about labor: <strong>Gorillas, the grocery delivery service better
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known for how it treats its employees, reeled in €861 million in fresh capital
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last year</strong>, the biggest pile of cash ever amassed by a Berlin startup, according
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to consultancy EY. <strong>2021 was a record for the city’s startups, bringing in
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€10.5 billion in fresh money</strong>, €7 billion more than in 2020. Where’s
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our cut?</p><h3>
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Factoid</h3><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_550,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F40591cf6-6845-4dbe-8def-b04696f6501d_800x573.jpeg"/><figcaption>
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His Meister’s Voice? If you get that, you’re old. Photo by <a href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJwlUMGOhCAM_ZrhaAAR9MBhL_MbBqEqq4KBOsb9-sWxadqmTfv6njUIU0yX3mNGcocerx10gDOvgAiJHBlS751WvFFKcUacFo61TUt87scEsBm_akwHkP0YVm8N-hjuDdG0HW_JrGVnad0qY5kB1knV0baVStiROydd0z3A5nAeggUNH0hXDEBWPSPu-VX_vPi7-Hme1VgQllTZuJXGPkeMuRTOp7TkT6mI15xyThkTjNcNrSteUcncIGijZDcw6lQ1LsOFv2p-CbpNvMrHkNHY5b5Kks5XdR7zUIbTze3bLdT6krcjeLx6CGZYwT2s8RHvq0M_QYBURHW9Qc2k4EzWijaC1g_JWxbFiilFCqyLZSuUj_cU_yDgPwXnhU8" rel="">Dixtuin</a>, licensed under <a href="https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJwlkE2OhCAQhU8jS8Ov6ILFJJO-hgEplRkbDGB3nNNP2RJSIQ-q3uObbIUl5dPsqVRylbGeO5gI77JBrZDJUSCPwRvNldaaM-KN9KxXPQllnDPA04bN1HwA2Q-3hcnWkOLVIVU_8J6sZuqHgSrhZto7O2vQws4w617RYRC-k7exPXyAOIGBF-QzRSCbWWvdSyO-Gv7APWXA4S-Y0vOZYmlTXlBFS4gFCh7diYW39HouHhnmRnynHSIOLNDwzl6fQy2HaSXBcMo5ZUwyLhQVLTZ2zDtJle4Gx6jX7fzrzvqj10bS58LbcrhS7fTbYgKSTTnb97E6vFwuCB8VGYxXviOGeo4QrdvA33jqTfkDbFwgQkb6frTVsE5y1glNlaTipnHx0wyX1gRtfcKuiIn3nP4g1n_mbZL3" rel="">CC BY 2.0</a></figcaption></figure><p>Since it was
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set up in the early 1960s, <strong>Hansa Studios near Potsdamer Platz has drawn countless
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musicians to Berlin</strong>, from Andrew Lloyd Webber to ZZ Top. You’ve probably
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heard about David Bowie’s late-night sessions in the vocal booth recording iconic
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tracks like Heroes. But did you know that U2 recorded One in the majestic
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<em>Meisterhalle</em>, known as the Big Hall by the Wall? Or that when Depeche Mode made
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Construction Time Again at Hansa, hordes of fans hung out on the long stairway to the studio
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in the hope of glimpsing their idols? - <em>Andrew Blackman</em>, who recently toured the
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