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For the intrepid music fan, a week in Berlin can be overwhelming in the best sense. After all, it's a city that finds room for at least 2,000 active bands, 50 theaters, seven orchestras, three state-funded opera ...

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A week in Berlin, based out of a hotel at the old border crossing known as Checkpoint Charlie, is both an exciting and a sobering experience. The city is young, and it's full of young people, and ...

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Left to right: Soundcheck technical director Irene Trudel, WNYC program director Chris Bannon, producer Brian Wise and host John Schaefer listen in during a performance by the Berlin band 17 Hippies. (photo by executive producer Gisele Regatao)

It would've been nice to have recorded this week's shows in the order they were to be broadcast, but given people's schedules, that was never going to happen. So our last day in Berlin saw us recording -- strangely enough -- the opening segment of our Soundcheck On Site: ...