tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084047518728220761Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:53:30 +0000Bug girlLegalSadness and WhiskeyCambodiaReykjavikEugene HutzAmsterdam venuesfunnyPenis EnlargementGraffitiTom NortonOlivsArticleAriel PinkRollingStone MagazineBlack TearsBerlin Toilets CulturemusicBerlin Work jobsTV ShowrocketcockRoger SistersInterviewGogol BordelloBuck 65travelGypsy PunkWork Berlin TeachingPenisHard OnsFiery FurnacesPowder FingerSuburban SongbookSiem Reapvideostap-onPalm Island PoliceBlue King BrownJediBob EvansJuxtapose filmsSigur RosIn the RAWWARNING!!! This is just another blog! Move on! <br> <br>Like others blogs, it contains cynical ranting, anecdotes, and travel adventures <br><br> from writer and video producer, Tom Norton <br> <br> He does his best to update it.http://icarusburning.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Tom Norton)Blogger46125noreply@blogger.comnoWARNING!!! This is just another blog! Move on! Like others blogs, it contains cynical ranting, anecdotes, and travel adventures from writer and video producer, Tom Norton He does his best to update it.WARNING!!! This is just another blog! Move on! Like others blogs, it contains cynical ranting, anecdotes, and travel adventures from writer and video producer, Tom Norton He does his best to update it.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084047518728220761.post-8277460766493089766Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:42:00 +00002009-11-02T16:21:14.400-08:00Article published by The Local: 24 Apr 08Thankfully Germany’s miserable spring weather finally seems to be improving, Tom Norton decides to explores two favourite Teutonic pastimes – nature and booze – ahead of the Werder Tree Blossom Festival.Let’s be honest. This spring has been fairly miserable as far as weather goes. Snow at Easter? Hail the size of ice cubes every other week? It’s enough to http://icarusburning.blogspot.com/2008/04/celebrating-spring-with-flowers-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Norton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084047518728220761.post-5661729520030152412Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:58:00 +00002008-04-25T00:01:45.380-07:00A short travel filmStarring Sandy Cokayne Link to Tripfilms http://icarusburning.blogspot.com/2008/03/run-berlin-run.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Norton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084047518728220761.post-7869683645951966501Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:49:00 +00002008-03-05T11:59:26.260-08:00(An article I recently had published on a new German News site which is in English ( thelocal.de))<!-- Article Start --> Published: 5 Mar 08 16:41 CETOnline: http://www.thelocal.de/10511/ Polar bear cub Knut was a fetishized child star long before Snowflake and Wilbär caused furry hysteria across Germany. But troublesome Bruno was simply shot dead. Tom Norton considers Germans and their http://icarusburning.blogspot.com/2008/03/how-much-can-germany-bear.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Norton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084047518728220761.post-5777791414097152049Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:07:00 +00002008-02-29T10:22:48.667-08:00click to enlargehttp://icarusburning.blogspot.com/2008/02/blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Norton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084047518728220761.post-2363708530098547239Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:31:00 +00002008-02-01T01:21:36.464-08:00Work Berlin TeachingIt’s another cold week in Berlin and we’re in another apartment for a short 10 days. Our dream loft apartment is just around the corner, we move in at the beginning of next month, but still it seems like an eon away. So for these 10 days we’re sharing with a bloke called Peer. He rents out his spare room for short term stays. Apparently he likes to meet new people and I guess he likes them to http://icarusburning.blogspot.com/2008/01/working-bloody-working.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Norton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084047518728220761.post-7810201346681075114Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:01:00 +00002008-02-01T01:30:15.511-08:00Berlin Toilets CultureMy Head!So I've been lazy and haven't written for a while. Well there was Xmas and New Year's. Who can keep up with everything during those times? Not You. Not Me. Not even the demented personifications we've created can keep up their efforts after the parties are over. You don't see Santa or Jesus for months after their big week.As for Berlin, it seems Sandy and I are between houses, jobs, liveshttp://icarusburning.blogspot.com/2008/01/in-closet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Norton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084047518728220761.post-5962259908409552192Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:39:00 +00002007-11-02T08:42:59.182-07:00Roger SistersHard OnsFiery FurnacesIn the RAWBlue King BrownAriel PinkBuck 65Here's a RAW video sample of the music documentary stuff I do. It contains the Fiery Furnaces, the Hard Ons , Buck 65, Rogers Sisters and loads of othershttp://icarusburning.blogspot.com/2007/11/raw-sampler.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Norton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084047518728220761.post-7798637264934826840Thu, 01 Nov 2007 09:08:00 +00002008-02-01T01:10:54.021-08:00Berlin Work jobsBerlin ist sehr kuhl - As you can see I've been learning deutsch. It's going well, but sometimes it feels like I'm forcing my mouth into weird shapes, like I'm making it do yoga moves without stretching. Can you say, 'The Lotus Position?' Oh God, I think I pulled my tongue.Berlin's cool, we're renting a nice furnished apartment and I'm searching like mad for a job. The city seems to be built on http://icarusburning.blogspot.com/2007/11/down-and-out-in-berlin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Norton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084047518728220761.post-6882151185611789692Sun, 14 Oct 2007 10:44:00 +00002007-10-14T03:46:01.552-07:00 Click To Play http://icarusburning.blogspot.com/2007/10/john-howard-election-sedition-spoof.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Norton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084047518728220761.post-3707127190934059859Fri, 05 Oct 2007 22:01:00 +00002007-10-05T15:06:16.864-07:00Click To Playhttp://icarusburning.blogspot.com/2007/10/buddies-overseas-part1_05.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Norton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084047518728220761.post-6290353447539237057Fri, 05 Oct 2007 22:01:00 +00002007-10-07T08:14:30.921-07:00So Roadtripping has been great. I can’t tell you how many times Sandy and I have gone somewhere, places we’ve planned to visit and had to save a bundle to get there then when we’ve arrive, said, “Wow! This place is cool, but wouldn’t it be rad to come here with your mates?’ Now we have. We’ve been road-tripping through Spain with our buddies, and there’s nothing better than hooking up http://icarusburning.blogspot.com/2007/10/buddies-overseas-part1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Norton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084047518728220761.post-4144446096587502070Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:22:00 +00002007-08-22T03:40:27.068-07:00In Australia it’s easy to get away from people. If you want a quiet beach all you gotta do is drive up or down the coast a little and suddenly you’re there. Admittedly, during summer city beaches are packed, but if you go outside those zones it’ll be quiet. Sure, on those beaches there will be people, but they’ll be scattered. Everyone seems to respect each other’s need for space and keeps their http://icarusburning.blogspot.com/2007/08/so-many-people.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Norton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084047518728220761.post-944010252005193016Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:22:00 +00002007-08-03T07:40:17.045-07:00So we’ve had some serious problems.We were in Amsterdam filming our last interview with a coffee shop owner. Everything was going great. Our chubby British proprietor, with his glassy red eyes, was opening up, getting all meaningful by looking directly into the camera and telling us how he had to flee Birmingham so he could get stoned perpetually. It was a heart moving story. Really. For us, http://icarusburning.blogspot.com/2007/08/bastards.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Norton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084047518728220761.post-4269388572668205363Thu, 02 Aug 2007 16:23:00 +00002007-08-02T09:51:47.208-07:00GraffitiBelgium Amsterdam Luxembourg http://icarusburning.blogspot.com/2007/08/street-art-from-road-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Norton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084047518728220761.post-226255060737985999Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:08:00 +00002007-08-01T10:40:22.510-07:00So we're in Amsterdam at the moment. You could do worse than trying to think of this city as the mega mall version of Kings X - with all your sex shopping needs. It kicks it on Kings X for the wildest and dirtiest of parties, but it's a fluffy city. By that i mean it doesn't have any real industry. Well none that easily comes to the surface out of the seedy canals that surround both the city and http://icarusburning.blogspot.com/2007/07/so-were-in-amsterdam-at-moment.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Norton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084047518728220761.post-1986053409255390405Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:23:00 +00002007-08-01T10:23:27.514-07:00Buying a van in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />London – Part 2London’s gone non-smoking crazy! Apparently you’re not allowed to smoke in your van. Not that I do, but how do they enforce that? It states this on the DVLA website (think motor registry) because we’ve trying to register our new van. But Australia will soon go non-smoking as well, won’t it? Or has that change already come into effect?http://icarusburning.blogspot.com/2007/07/smokers-and-scammers_15.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Norton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084047518728220761.post-8342573878598204247Sat, 07 Jul 2007 20:53:00 +00002007-07-15T14:23:06.678-07:00Buying a Van in london - Part 1So we're in sunny London again and as you know there's some serious bomb threats. I'm sure we're all feeling a massive sense of deja vu. People here are glaring at each other on the tube again. Everyone is suspicious, but still it's London and the people are also relaxed. You got have a good time here. After all it's London, innut?Last time we were here it was http://icarusburning.blogspot.com/2007/07/euro-road-trip-stage-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Norton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084047518728220761.post-5447741129496805870Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:33:00 +00002007-06-26T01:55:34.156-07:00It's funny, you can go through Cambodia where there are loads of unexploded mines, diseases and other untold dangers and be perfectly safe, but having a night in.... that's dangerous!We've been staying with a mate, Reg for the last few days. Well his roof fell in two nights ago. His ceiling in the kitchen. Part of it landed on my head! Everyone thought it was hilarious, 'cept me.Well no, at the http://icarusburning.blogspot.com/2007/06/london-sky-is-falling.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Norton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084047518728220761.post-6571253085627545176Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:24:00 +00002007-06-15T03:25:41.270-07:00Hey so it's our last day in Bangkok today. Sad but true.For the last couple of days I've been trying to get some tailor made pants and shirts made and its been hell. These guys have been making me a pair of tents, then say, 'oh sir. those pants look great.'C'mon, have you got disability? There's a time and a place for tents and its not on pinstripe pants.So after arguing for two days, while http://icarusburning.blogspot.com/2007/06/bangkok-madness.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Norton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084047518728220761.post-3600714452317586095Thu, 14 Jun 2007 04:31:00 +00002007-06-18T04:13:12.086-07:00Koah San Rd, Bangkok, Thailand. Click To Play I would've use YouTube but its banned in Thailand because someone offended the king, i reckon he might be a little bit too sensitive. http://icarusburning.blogspot.com/2007/06/kombi-cocktail-van.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Norton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084047518728220761.post-8101969190760596618Sat, 09 Jun 2007 06:19:00 +00002007-06-13T23:38:01.650-07:00Angkok Wat!!! It’s beautiful, but as soon as we stepped off our rickshaw an army souvenir selling kids attacked. You buy! You my friend. You buy my flute. My Pen. My whatever.RUN!!!!!Everybody’s gotta make a living though, right?The place is gorgeous, massive trees grow out the top of walls with their roots like tentacles crushing bricks while holding them together at the same time. I suspect http://icarusburning.blogspot.com/2007/06/angkor-wat.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Norton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084047518728220761.post-6010172949730502877Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:06:00 +00002007-06-13T23:52:54.509-07:00CambodiatravelSiem Reap Siem Reap, eh? This is the town where everyone who comes to Cambodia comes here. It's the gateway town to Angkor Wat and it's a dust bowl. Most locals have taken to wearing a surgical face mask. it's a weird thing to see, all these guys driving rickshaws and motorbikes are wearing them. They look like they've escaped from a horror movie. Though i haven't seen much of the town yet.But I love Asiahttp://icarusburning.blogspot.com/2007/06/bus-rides-and-taxis-siem-reap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Norton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084047518728220761.post-2436437623230358869Mon, 04 Jun 2007 07:04:00 +00002007-06-13T04:43:36.301-07:00Pics should be up!http://icarusburning.blogspot.com/2007/06/kids.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Norton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084047518728220761.post-3738897052098080499Mon, 04 Jun 2007 06:55:00 +00002007-06-14T00:07:33.400-07:00We're in Sihanoukville a beautful beach paradise. It's the middle of the night and the sweat from my body has made a small pool in my mattress, the sliding on this has woken me up. The fan has stopped working.In this heat, in the tropics, you gotta have a fan. I don't care if saying this makes me sound like an obnoixious westerner that can't handle the heat, but I need a fan.I checked it again. http://icarusburning.blogspot.com/2007/06/welcome-to-cambodia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Norton)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9084047518728220761.post-8636959498222404509Thu, 31 May 2007 10:21:00 +00002007-05-31T03:47:35.481-07:00So we've arrived in Cambodia, well two days ago, and let me tell you the heat here is insane!At the airport we had a little hairy canary excursion. Mum, don't worry we're alright. Its all a learning experience, isn't it?I guess you could say we had a little lesson into the way things actually work in this country. I recall Dad telling me about similar thing happening to him when one he was on onehttp://icarusburning.blogspot.com/2007/05/hey-from-cambodia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Norton)en-usnonadult