I'm a regular at Acapulco Bar’s music film screenings (Musikschau). As these events are only once a month, I'm more than happy that Longstreet Bar now offers a similar night under the name Cinema Musica. They'll show films about music, or cult film with special soundtracks. Afterwards djs take over and continue in the same style. With this Thursday’s line-up – This is Spinal Tap (by Rob Reiner, 1984) followed by djs Lory and Ho-Fi – be prepared for a heavy metal and hard rock night.
Thursday 9 pm, Longstreet Bar

As soon as new sounds hit the best clubs south of the Sahara, they'll be played on DJ Edu's weekly radio show Destination Africa on BBC 1Xtra. The "ambassador for urban Africa" will take over the regular TamTam night at Exil this Friday and introduce you to Africa’s metropolitan music scene.
Friday 10 pm, Exil

Singer/songwriter David Bazan, former singer of Pedro The Lion, tours Europe with his first release Curse Your Branches. Even if you don't know his name, you might have heard some of his tunes through Bon Iver or Conor Oberst from Bright Eyes. Bazan stops by Papiersaal this Friday and will be joined by Wintersleep frontman Paul Murphy's Postdata, and Julian Amacker from Zurich, who presents his first album. Melancholic indie-pop to really get into your winter blues.
Friday 8.30 pm, Papiersaal

Barcelona meets Zurich. Nice name for a party in this cold weather. The event at Superzero starts at 9 pm with an exhibition by Apfel Z Design and Butik, followed by the party which promises sun. Line up: FoNG (during exhibition), C-More from Barcelona, as well as Playlove and Cooky from Zurich. Electronic sound combined with graphic design – need anything else?
Saturday 9 pm, Superzero

Yes, I'm aware that I already listed several concerts this week, but it seems to be music week, so I'll continue: David Gray comes to Zurich to present his latest release Draw The Line. Some find his sound a bit cheesy, but I like it. And I like X-tra for concerts. Unfortunately it's sold out, but often you can get a last-minute ticket just before the show.
Sunday 8 pm, X-tra

And yet another concert – or should I keep Stereophonics from you? The rock band from Wales also plays at X-tra, supported by the Swiss act Christopher Christopher.  Great music with an even better live show.
Tuesday 8 pm, X-tra

Learning German can be tricky, as the spoken accent in town is quite a bit different from the version you learn at school. But keep going! Once you know some German it'll be easy to understand the Swiss. How to learn it? Sorry, I'm the wrong person to ask. But you can exchange views on language courses and schools on the forum page of Ron Orp's Mail. And I've come across two places where you can learn German for very little money. For actors: You can join the speech and theatre course Spielend Deutsch lernen where you'll learn German by improvising everyday scenes. The course takes place every Monday from 6.30-9 pm at Maxim and costs 5 Francs per lesson. The course starts this Monday. For information call Claudia Flütsch 043 317 16 27. For parents: Every Wednesday from 9-11 am, a German class for beginners takes place at Letzipark for free. It gets even better, moms and dads – they provide child care.

If this proposal wasn't successful, the guy must have done something really cruel in the past. To propose to his girlfriend, he installed his camera on the top floor of a hotel and drew light figures at night for three days. All clear? Either way, continue here.

A friend sent me this link. It's about those small yellow post-it notes which make daily life living hell in no time. And about all other kind of notes as well. It's doesn't matter if it's in the office, amongst friends, within a relationship or at home. The way to the purgatory is paved with small notes.