The soundtrack

Ive just got back from a really long walk around budapest and im currently sat with a local beer called a dreher in the 11th hour hostel i am staying at. The hostel has its own film room where the project films onto the wall. Its a pretty random place. I helped shift a fridge for the owners earlier today. It made me feel well manly. I like to think they thought there looks like a guy who can shift stuff!! I also fulfilled a childhood dream of being shouted at by a man in a communist style hat today. I was ambiling along quite peacefully next to the parliament building when i was apprehended by an extra from goldeneye with a stern face. It turned out that i was in high security zone and i didnt have a permit. How cool is that? I complimented him on his hat and slinked away to the nearest pedestrian zone.

Budapest is a city of stark contrasts and communism hangs over the city like a dense fog. Even though its approaching 20 years since the free market took over there is still much that has remained the same. Rust and pot holed pavements are long down the list of things to fix. The result is a startiling combination of old and new. I havent been in a city with such a high amount of beggars and luis vuitton shops. Theres one women with a horizontal back and a weathered head scarf that i have seen 4 times today in different places. If anyone can remember the droopy the dog cartoons its a bit like that how she keeps popping up wherever you go. Much like subways or greggs.

Moving on I briefly wanted to touch on music that has fuelled my march accross europe.

1) My most listened too track has to be spinnin by speech debelle. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58Bd8d8DSDo . I can see why she won the mercury prize.

2) Another favourite has been hard sun by eddie vedderhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZbiZxA9b5k . This is from one of my favourite hitch hiking films called into the wild. It embraces the spirit of the road perfectly.



3) comedy award goes to a track by a guy called frankie knuckles. It has the most horrendous synth sandwich and walking bassline. It builds and builds and builds till this creepy voice tells us in quite an erotic way that he cant let go. Cue the whip noises. Funny stuff. Ill fish that link out at a later date for a treat.

Its bye for now. Im home tommorow so only reallistically two more days of me being a self indulgent blogger. Its embarrassing how much i enjoy it. I depise myself haha.

take care folks,

love rich x