The birthplace of western civilisation, serious military conflict, you name it..a continent of 28 countries. This is not a post about Politics, Boundaries or Business...keep that to your private and personal social media account that the whole world can read, remember that time when you vowed never to talk politics or religion down the pub??
All things change...evolve...de-evolve...idealistic, romantic to an imperial armpit sweating cianti......socialist lingerie....diplomatic techno...gay pastry...racist cappuccino.........
Instead, this is a romantic play on words, art and music, based on a period on time when the Cold War was still atomically frightening,
the fear of two tribes going to war to only score (un point). It wasn't that long ago.
The point was to Protect and Survive....yeah really...it's 1980.......a time where Communism and Capitalism were seperated by an armed wall...a place that if you crossed up to 200 could and were shot by both sides. Fear, loathing, resentment........but....let's take a voyage to the mainland.....
Yet it's post 2nd World War, late 70's, early 80's...81, 82, 83, 84....like a glitteiring prize fascinated by Europe on a clear day where borders were opened or still heavily patrolled, a desire to visit, evacuees, refugees, presidents and monarchies.....
To travel around, to experience decadance and pleasure towns, to see and hear the themes of great cities. To drive in your car, where it's safest of all, fahr'n fahr'n, fahr'n auf die autobahn.
Why be crashing in the same car when you can take the train. Get on at Brussels, a political centre causing mystery and confusion
But don't forget to get off before the Ural range otherwise it's going to be a Moskow Diskow
........ stop at Berlin and dance on the weeping wall....join up with Iggy, David, Ralf, Florian, Karl and Wolfgang on the Trans Europa Express,
stop off at Potsdamer Platz, get low at Hansa and drag Giorgio along...after all he is a European son too and you can't drive a white car in Germany too far....
Go south from Berlin, get off at Vienna and take a walk in the cold air
.....keep going south , Hey Waiter! I'm first class, Hey Waiter? where are we now.... go to sleep ... wake up...somewhere else in Europe when the lights go out.........
It's been raining....let's take a walk through the fountain squares and the collanades
Stop in a bar and gaze at the boys and girls........
Sound in 70 Cities or that being a Dog-Shit ashtray.........
Keep your ears peeled, await the final countdown for a mix of Europe orientated tracks from Ring Modulator...regardless of what happens.....it'll be here next week........