The only thing I don’t like about Slovak Christmas is hriatô, highly alcoholic spirit with many psychoactive properties, capable of causing injury, illness, permanent blindness and death.

The hriatô recipe: warm-up caramel in the pot. add geese lard or butter. Add clear alcohol 80 percent. add bacon. drink hot. party hard! :)

Have a very merry Christmas and a rock’n'roll new year!

And a happy new year! Und einen guten Rutsch ins Neue Jahr!

The ultimate Eastern European record collection: Eastalgia!:)

New Czech movie freely based on the life and work of Egon Bondy, who influenced me deeply. Directed by Tomáš Mašín.

It’s 1947, a time of sensuality, extravagance, humor and endless expectation. Ivan Heinz, 19, leaves home to join his bohemian friends on an action-packed journey of artistic ideals, inspiring erotic games and celebration of total freedom.

While putting together his first collection of poetry, Ivan rushes headlong into a destructive romance with the exquisite and bisexual Jana. As the new communist regime drifts to show its repressive face, Jana initiates Ivan into her decadent, hedonistic lifestyle.

The new authorities demand absolute obedience, but Ivan and Jana are light-footed dancers on the razor’s edge. They scoff at mandatory work regulations, survive by petty theft and plan their escape to Paris. The borders are unexpectedly sealed, yet Ivan always has some crazy plan up his sleeve.

Bondy, Beatnik aus Böhmen
Official Movie Website

Cast: Kryštof Hádek, Karolina Gruszka

Photos: Lucie Jansch, Art-and-culture-photography.com

My favorite photograph of woman reading.

Eve Arnold: Marilyn Monroe Reading Ulysses, Long Island, 1954.

Facebook wächst und wächst. Schätzungen gehen von über 260 000 Nutzern in Deutschland aus. Jetzt ich auch mein Verlag Klett-Cotta dabei. Und man kann dort auch mir dem Tropen Verlag befreundet sein:)

Immer mehr Verlage nutzen FB, um die Leser zu erreichen. Aber bisher sind es eher die Kleinen, die dort am meisten Anklang finden.