Photo: Corbis

The hotel Adlon became our club. In the Adlon lobby we met and gossiped and exchanged news. In the Adlon bar we rolled dice for drinks… When I was first in Berlin, I recall, Dorothy Thompson and Sigrid Shultz wouldn’t come into the Adlon bar; they stayed in lady-like aloofness, in the lobby or restaurant. Later they relented; but Sigrid never ordered anything but a Shultz cocktail. She wouldn’t tell me what it was. I asked Fred, the barman. “Das ist ein Geheimnis!” he answered. I asked Franz, another barman. “Dat iss a secret!” he replied. Finaly Sigrid herself told me. A Shultz cocktail is composed of equal parts of orange juice, orange juice, and orange juice.

T. R. Ybarra – Young man of the world

01. Yoav – Club Thing
(Charmed & Strange / 2008)

02. James Pants – Were Through
(Welcome / 2008)

03. Liquid Liquid – Cavern
(The Perfect Beats, Vol. 2 / 1998)

04. Boat Club – Warmer Climes
(Caught the Breeze / 2007)

05. Poni Hoax – Antibodies
(Images of Sigrid / 2008)

Note: the excerpt and the name of Pony Hoax’s album mix perfectly… this was not wanted, it’s a pure coincidence: I can’t believe it.

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