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Swiss Pop & Rock Anthology – ROCK (Vol. 2)

This content was published on Dec 30, 2002 The hip-swinging rock ‘n’ roll of the 50’s and 60’s was giving way to a more cerebral style of rock. This new style had to be “progressive”, although no one knew what this specifically meant. Long drags on mind-altering substances didn’t sharpen senses for terminological discussions and subtle comparison either. The lowest common denominator of…

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Swiss Pop & Rock Anthology – MUNDART-SWISS DIALECT ROCK (Vol. 5)

This content was published on Dec 30, 2002 High German, which was an intrinsic element of traditional “Schlager”-hits, and didn’t seem to be suited to the driving rhythms, belting guitars and buzzing hi-hats of rock ‘n’ roll. And Swiss-German dialects didn’t appear to be much more attractive. How could the spirit of “sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll” be expressed in a language…

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Swiss Pop & Rock Anthology – POP (Vol. 4)

This content was published on Dec 30, 2002 First of all, it is a catchy contraction (which too is pop!) of the word “popular”. Pop means popular, but there are a handful of politicians and any number of sport stars who can also be considered as popular but who are not referred to as pop stars (although this once may be a case…

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Swiss Pop & Rock Anthology – WAVE (Vol. 3)

This content was published on Dec 30, 2002 Thin creatures in torn leather jackets with bleached, spiked hair and beer bottles in their hands were popping up in Swiss cities. “Punk rules!” became the motto of this small, but – despite claims to the contrary – rather fastidious scene. Punk rock was their mouthpiece: brute, loud, crude, three-chord noise oscillating between emphatically displayed…

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Exhibition recalls Jewish life in Baden

This content was published on Dec 30, 2002 The exhibits provide a vivid account of the contribution to local trade and culture made by Jewish people. Photographs, documentation, items of clothing and a 1750 edition of the Talmud are included in the exhibition, which illustrates their everyday life, celebrations and eventual integration into Baden society. Museum director Barbara Welter says the exhibition is…

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Swiss police brace for Davos and G-8 summit

This content was published on Dec 29, 2002 The bans have been imposed on foreign activists known to have committed, or believed to be preparing, “acts of violence”. Jean-Luc Vez, the head of the Swiss Federal Police Office, told the “NZZ am Sonntag” newspaper that Switzerland was bracing for a difficult year in 2003. Topping his list of concerns is the Davos economic…

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Powder snow’s deadly lure

This content was published on Dec 28, 2002 About 25 skiers and snowboarders die in avalanches each year in the Swiss Alps, but half the accidents could be avoided if the simplest of precautions were taken. “You have to know how snowboarders think,” says Andreas Perren, head of the mountain guide centre in Zermatt. “They want to be ‘free’. They watch snowboarders on…

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Education

New centre tells the time for future watchmakers

This content was published on Dec 28, 2002 It’s the only one in the German-language part of the country but it can look back on a history stretching back more than 100 years. The Time Centre (Zeitzentrum) opened its doors to would-be watchmakers in early November after moving from the nearby town of Solothurn. “Here at the Time Centre we train only watchmakers.…

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Swiss ice hockey plunged into scandal

This content was published on Dec 27, 2002 Werner Kohler, president of the Swiss ice hockey association, has been forced to step down following allegations that he pocketed a SFr1 million ($713,500) commission. Kohler, who had been the sport’s supremo since 1996, sold the five-year marketing rights for the Swiss ice hockey league to IMG (Switzerland) in the summer of 2000 for SFr64…

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