Since the start of the pandemic, Shephard and van Alebeek went outside to talk about the weather and assorted topics. During the war on covid19, the virus has become an invisible feature in their every day talk; it is like a pet that lives on political chaos, conspiracy theories, hope and delusion.

Shephard and van Alebeek are aware of a possible dystopian future that's approaching life on earth like a giant comet.

But there might be a way out.

Street noises in the background.

All things pass.

Adrian Shephard and Rinus van Alebeek found a blue couch on the side of the Landwehrkanal. At the other side of the canal the street was busy with market people and the moving clientele. Shephard and van Alebeek talked about Royal families, sex during lockdown, dildo kings, digging up dead persons, partying with exhumed corpses, the etymology of ‘lucky bastard’, making love with animals, royal and pagan members, pissing in the canal, medieval times in Berlin, guru’s in India, celebrities on top of a pagoda, the Dalai Lama, smells in the air, Shakespeare - and it doesn’t stop here, in fact it ends at 700BC.

Listen to Shephard and van Alebeek at their free associative freewheeling best.

- 01.9.20

Adrian Shephard and Rinus van Alebeek cycled to the Hochbunker in the Pallasstrasse. They sat just in front of it, faced the bunker and the enormous high-rise behind it.

Descriptions, war time stories, Berlin bunker stories, JG Ballard, and the ghost of Joseph G.

Shephard and van Alebeek walked to the Maybachufer and sat at the side of the canal, not far from the pizza cabin and the Kottbusser bridge. They talked about the weather, abandoned places in Berlin, Beelitz, Gene Wilder, method acting, taking drugs in Hollywood, frozen Berlin during lockdown, the Israelian scientist who confirmed that aliens were already amongst us, historic Berlin when you could still hear jiddish in the streets, the Golem (the movie), Mary Shelley, christmas shopping and how to buy a Christmas tree in Berlin, to name just a few of the topics.

Recorded 11.12.20 

Shephard and van Alebeek walked to the Maybachufer, close to a 1970s settlement painted in beautiful pastel colours. People came out for a Sunday stroll. While they sat and talked, more people arrived, all dressed for gymnastics and dance movements.

While this all happened, Adrian talked about his memories of Masaki Iwana, butoh dancer and teacher. 

Recorded on a Sunday afternoon in autumn 2020.

Recorded 15.11.20