ARTE is a german/ french TV channel that shows the show “tracks” which is about music, art and lifestyle. this is out of a feature on Hot Rodding in Europe. recorded in august 2008, on air october 3rd.david biene interview auf ARTE 

Hey you kind visitor out there! thanks for visiting though at the moment it looks like there d be not much goin on… well, that impression is wrong. a lot is goin on but it s not stuff to put up here yet. stay excited!but yesterday I just booked  my flights to england for the RHYTHM RIOT end of november. a weekender by the sea concentrating on rhythmnblues etc. and havin a custom car crusade. really lookin forward to that weekend- especially as I ll be in unbelievably great company. 

just to make sure: the photos of the Swing Royal events will NOT appear in the book and that is for two causes. first it s not about hot rodding or 40ties/ 50ties culture and second the photos are taken digitally! you say uhhhh! and I say yes you re right. you got it: all the photos in my upcoming book HOPPED-UP will be without exception analog!but as a lot of people, including me, do also like Swing I thought why not show you the pictures of it too?please give a mental hand to the bands and the fabulous EDEN puttin back the ohhh-i-like-to-see-it into burlesk. thanks for that and the stunnin performances.and, one more thing: on the next Swing Royal event on december 13th it ll be the unbelievable Kitty, Daisy and Lewis performin and makin us shiver and shake and rock and bop. so you better be there!click here for the gallery http://www.hopped-up.com/bilder/swingokt/index.htm    

for all those of you who like the 20ties too. swing, lndi hop, jive… there s an amazing event comin up every 3 months in Berlin.it s the SWING ballroom night at the original 20ties theatre Admiralspalast.i would like to recommend this event to you because I personally love that evenings!here s the poster of it and some photos of the last times: