Lost In The Echo

July 20th 2017, 21:40. It was just a regular Thursday night. Was getting a bit sleepy, but I still wanted to watch an episode of something or some cartoons before actually going to bed. So I was just browsing around and since I couldn't make up my mind, I refreshed my Facebook news feed and I felt as if lightning stroke me. Someone was making a really bad joke. I begin to scroll down. Everybody was going nuts, the news was spreading, it began to be posted all over the most read media channels. Pulse rising. This can't be true. No. I've barely just made peace with the fact that Chris Cornell is not with us anymore and now this?! Denial. A feeling of immense emptiness. Scroll. Scroll. Shit. Shit!!! My teenage self was crushed. Shock. My generation is in total shock, I can see it from their posts and I can feel it, I swear. Google. Twitter. It's viral. Acceptance...? My head is spinning. The voice that set me, and millions of other teenagers on this musical path, is no more. I'll never get to experience the so energetic live show that I've had on my wish list for such a long time. I'll never get to sing their songs along with my friends at their show. I'll never gaze my eyes on the human being that I admired so much.

18 and Life on Skid Row

Who the hell knew this guy was so good even at writing?! 😐

Reading 18 and Life on Skid Row can be an emotional roller coaster, if you are an old fan of Skid Row and Sebastian Bach. I'm not the average fan who likes to dig into the personal life of the artist. I kinda always separated these things, makes it easier if you don't put people up on pedestals. Makes it easier to go over disappointments. Give me great music and I'm happy. I'll only judge you based on the music you deliver. I don't care what you do beyond that. But of course, sometimes the inevitable happens. 

In my case, I needed to study the lives of some of the most iconic rock figures in history, for a college project. And what can I say, it was very intriguing. So I kept on reading, because I got caught. The Beatles, Queen, Bon Jovi, Nirvana are just a few examples. It's extremely fascinating to catch a glimpse of what is beyond the music, the blood and the sweat and mostly beyond the stage masks shown to us in concerts/videos. But again, don't judge the music because of the artist. Enough with the intro. I'm terribly bad at explaining stuff. I was gifted this book and it blew me away.

Rock the City 2013

În sfârşit, mi-a venit cheful să scriu şi eu despre toată nebunia din weekend-ul trecut. Mai mult ca sigur, aţi citit deja vreo 20 de cronici de festival până acum, aşa că eu o să vă spun pe scurt ce mi-a plăcut şi ce m-a scârbit. Da, din păcate au fost şi multe minusuri. 

• Day 1

Prima şi cea mai tare chestie în legatură cu evenimentul acesta a fost că am mai evadat puţin din rutină şi am petrecut căteva zile faine alături de unii dintre cei mai dragi prieteni. În general, îmi place atmosfera de concert, probabil pentru că ştiu că nu voi fi singură acolo şi că ma voi întalni cu oameni dragi, indiferent dacă vorbim înainte să stabilim ceva sau nu. Şi din fericire, am regăsit mulţi oameni simpatici la Romexpo, în cele 2 zile de festival. Am mai băut o bere, am mai povestit ceva, şi a trecut timpul într-un mod foarte plăcut (am mai şi urlat ca apucaţii şi am rămas fără voce, dar e ok bă, e ok, haha!). Cu ocazia aceasta, vă şi mulţumesc pentru momentele frumoase petrecute împreună! *inimioare* 

Cât despre muzică, pentru prima zi de fest, am vrut neapărat să bifez concertul Rezident EX. De ce? Păi simplu: îmi doream de ceva ani să am şansa să îl aud (şi să îl văd, evident) pe Kempes cântând live. Cred că aveam 12-13 ani când Kempes pleca din Cargo şi nu avusesem ocazia să îi prind în concert. Ascultam cu nostalgie albumele lor şi nici nu visam că s-ar putea ivi ocazia să asist la un concert de genul. Dar uite că se mai schimbă roata şi pe 27 iulie, în prima zi de Rock the City, am fost foarte fericită să îi văd pe Rezident EX. Kempes mi s-a părut într-o formă de zile mari, extrem de energic şi vesel şi m-am bucurat să văd şi publicul foarte entuziasmat. În mod negreşit, e unul dintre cei mai iubiţi solişti de muzică rock de pe la noi şi va rămâne aşa pentru mult, mult timp. Se vede foarte clar că omul are o pasiune enormă pentru ceea ce face şi cred eu că i-au lipsit foarte mult scena şi căldura ascultătorilor. 

Rezident EX @ Rock the City 2013

Late night thoughts

Sometimes I wonder about the changes that could have appeared in my life, if I was as ignorant as most people these days. Honestly, I'm fed up with a lot of you. I keep on hearing this shit with "Ignorance is bliss" and I feel like banging my head on the nearest wall, because nowadays people can't seem to understand this statement. Everybody thinks it's cool to "not give a fuck". Of course, one shouldn't be too sensitive about every little problem in life, but you people really amaze me. Lately (and sadly), I have observed so many negative changes regarding some of my... friends. And it hurts. I have the courage to admit it hurts. Yeah, it's not a weakness, it's a human emotion and instead of acting all mighty and saying "I don't give a fuck", I choose to admit it hurts. Feel free to laugh or to feel superior, at least at the end of the day I will know that I've been honest with myself, unlike you. 

Let me tell you something... You may feel good with yourself for some time, keeping inside everything that is tormenting you and acting like everything is fine and dandy, but trust me, there will come a time when this avalanche is going to get to you and it won't be pretty. I learned this the hard way.