The first debate in this year's U.S. presidential election is Thursday, 27th June. From there, it's a sprint towards Election Day. The two major parties will host their conventions. There'll be one more debate. And a lot more campaigning in the meantime.
Portraits of Puppets - Basel Marionetten Theater; Classic Punk Songs
The Basel Marionetten Theater (string puppet theatre) is over 80 years old. It is the city's oldest cellar theatre and the first theatre with regular productions for the whole family. Photographer Gilbert Mayer captured around 120 Marionette portraits – most of them created by theatre founder Richard Koelner – in a book called «Charakterköpfe». Mayer used collodion wet plate photography for this, which was introduced around 1850. The photographs and selected puppets are exhibited at Kultur Reverenz at «Zum rothen Schneck» (Reverenzgässlein 2, entrance Oberer Rheinweg) until 20 May 2024. The exhibition is open every day from 1pm to 7pm and admission is free. You can buy the book at various locations (for example at Bider & Tanner) for CHF 45.-. Gabe Bullard talked to Gilbert Mayer about the project. Listen to the interview here.
Our music theme was all about classic 70s punk. We played:
The Clash - London Calling
The Runaways - Cherry Bomb
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
The Damned - New Rose
The Boomtown Rats - Lookin' After Number One
Blondie - X Offender
The Only Ones - Another Girl Another Planet
Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop
The Jam - News Of The World
The Ruts - Babylon's Burning
Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen