86 hours of "Sopranos" in 11 days - where others go on holiday. Thorsten Nagelschmidt tells with wit, depth and relentless openness about the attempt to escape his annual misfortune. For a long time, the author and musician Thorsten Nagelschmidt has been attacked by depression in the run-up to Christmas. At this time, he has not visited his family for over 20 years. Instead, parties and excesses are an effective means of distraction. But the depression could never be stopped, at best delayed. To break the spell, he decides to spend the holidays at the Barceló Margaritas, an all-inclusive hotel in Gran Canaria. What's more, he will take the escapism to the extreme and finally watch the most famous series in television history. The "Sopranos". All 7 seasons in a row, 8 hours a day, for 11 days. In the tradition of David Foster Wallace's cruise reportage. "Terribly amusing, but in the future without me" Nagelschmidt voluntarily enters an extreme situation in order to find out personally, culturally and not without humor what these non-places of the holiday industry and this perhaps strangest time of the year are all about. "Only for Members" is Thorsten Nagelschmidt's analysis of loneliness in times of isolation. A flight inwards, and not least a great autobiographical exploration of one's own abysses. Biography Born in 1976 as Thorsten Nagelschmidt in the Münsterland region, he is an author, musician and artist. He lives in Berlin and Hamburg. Until 1993 to 2009 he was the singer, lyricist and guitarist of the band Muff Potter. He published the fanzine Wasted Paper and wrote freelance for Intro, Jungle World and Opak.