SLAVES OF FUCKING ELECTRICITY (November 29, 2015)
I am sitting in the café of Kino Europa and sipping my drink when a large van stops by the door. Five young men start carting the stuff from the van to the cinema hall inside. It does not take me long to realize that a rock concert of some kind will take place this evening. Most of the boxes are loudspeakers of all sizes, but there is also quite a bit of equipment for stage lighting, screens for projections, and the like. Many thick cables are carted in, as well. By and by, I start smiling at the show right in front of me. Three Gypsies would entertain the same crowd without any of the crap. And much better. But they would carry all their instruments with them. No vans, no helpers, no electricity, no nothing. But explain any of this to today’s youth! Tough luck. Slaves of fucking electricity, they would understand not a single word.