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Ben (25) I first heard about Studio 54 around the time when the movie came out. It kind of scared me. When I was growing up in the 90s, the 60s and 70s always seemed to be a really scary time to me. I think that period alone really freaked me out at that age. Too many drugs, too much alco...

Berlin's modern Hedonists - Part one

By Liz McGrath Photos by TICA (Christine Fiedler and Caroline Pitzke) There is a phrase in Berlin that is bandied around amongst friends with a shared understanding, and said with a knowing look, which is this: Don’t forget to go home. This nugget of wisdom is regularly put to th...

Berlin's modern Hedonists - Part two

Or is it? It may be a haven for hedonists, yet Berlin (somewhat ironically, to some) also expounds an extremely healthy attitude to living - you only need to take a walk down any street in the hip neighbourhoods in the East part of the city and you can’t move for all the Yoga studios, organic f...

Berlin's modern Hedonists - Part three

It’s true that in East Berlin there are an inordinately high number of young people and many of them are working in creative fields such as the music business, and they do run on a completely different timetable. There are also a high proportion of people here who are freelance - photographers,...

Berlin's modern Hedonists - Part four

The increase in personal freedoms and personal choices is something the Berliners we spoke to cited as a main reason behind hedonistic behaviour. Silke Super, Radio DJ at Motor FM says, “We have so many more choices than previous generations in every aspect of our lives. Therefore in some ways...

Berlin's modern Hedonists - Part five

It might be easy to imagine that the job of a DJ is basically an all-access ’Proceed to Go’ pass to the realms of excess and non stop parties, but the reality is definitely different. Marcus (aka DJ Supermarkt) says “I’ve been DJing for over 13 years, sometimes more than twice a weekend. I have...

Berlin's modern Hedonists - Part six

The overriding sentiment in the end from everyone was that for hedonism to exist in your life as a positive force, it should be balanced with concentration in other areas. “It’s a personal journey and everyone gets there in their own way. I want to be a sane and healthy person, inside and out”,...

Our Top 10 hedonist hot spots

To the wise Epicurean maxim “everything in moderation…,” the dedicated 21st century hedonist would undoubtedly add: “…including moderation.” For hedonism, as we all know, is a wonderful thing. There’s nothing quite like bidding adieu to your serious side and getting busy with an indulgent exper...

The meaning of hedonism

The word hedonism can leave a strange aftertaste: despite the sweetness of the etymology of this word, (‘hedonè’ means pleasure in old Greek), there is the bitterness of our judgmental morals telling us that something is questionable. Yes, hedonists are refined and usually well educated, but fr...

Studio 54

The E-Mail we got from stage director and New Yorker David Schweizer conjured a smile on our face, it read: "Those were indeed THE DAYS, those of us who SURVIVED are indeed LUCKY GUYS....!!!" At this point, we had no clue that the meaning behind those words was far more serious than w...

Here come the dubsteppahs

Once a marginal music made by stoned geezer boys in the concrete-coated suburbs of South-West London, Dubstep has evolved into a worldwide movement run by an ever-increasing army of obsessives. Warm and easy! Dubstep, some say, should come with a health warning. There’s the hot, ringin...