2. Wait Till I Come Back to Your Side I know I could not talk about the Get Back docuseries without looking back at my young years. But still – how do I start? My head is full of observations but I cannot mold all my hectic notes into one text. I keep on jumping from one thing to another – the semi-darkness of Twickenham … Continue reading We’re Going Home – Part 2
I. So much younger than today… It has been two months since I saw The Beatles Get Back documentary. I have been walking around, turning words and phrases in my head, just like Paul and John did when playing with “Two of Us” – trying this and that, goofing, slowing down, and speeding up. They ultimately succeeded – and I did not; however, this is … Continue reading We’re going home
This summer, I have been experimenting with various formats, eventually coming up with the idea of audio essays that I made into a series of podcasts. One day, during my usual morning walk, I started toying with the idea of turning my monologues into conversations – after all, this is what podcasts are usually about. But who would I speak to, and what kind of … Continue reading Friends in 3D
Recently, while staying with my family in Moscow, I came across a pile of rock-related books that I adored as a teen. The majority of them was about Beatles, my first music love – a book of their lyrics, Russian translations of their biographies, and magazines featuring a story about, say, Paul McCartney (at that time, I thought of him as an old man – … Continue reading For Freddie (2021)
To celebrate the upcoming re-release of Brian May’s “Back to the Light” (1992/2021) album, I would like to dedicate a few words to each song, reflecting either on a couple of lines from the lyrics, or on a song in general. If you never listened to this album before, please check it out (here and here)! I. A shadow of a man I used to … Continue reading The Songs of Darkness and Light
A couple of days ago I was walking through the Toronto downtown, and, as I looked at the familiar enormousness of the Scotiabank Arena, my eyes welled up with tears. Because I remembered the summer of 2019 so clearly – how we strolled by the CN Tower all the way to the venue, to a joyful crowd of people wearing Queen t-shirts – my people, … Continue reading Happy Birthday, Dr. May!
I am happy and excited to announce a new series of podcasts based on my writing. For now, I am only learning and mastering this new format; hopefully, in the future I will be able to create brand new series. The podcasts are available on Spotify and Soundcloud Please like, follow, and share! Continue reading My New Podcasts
I have put the last three posts together, because they all belong to one project that I tried to work over the last weeks. On traveling, confronting our demons and inner walls, as well as making the new windows and portals. Continue reading In Transit – a full text
A Mind Journey To every man, in his acquaintance with a new art, there comes a moment when that which before was meaningless first lifts, as it were, one corner of the curtain that hides its mystery, and reveals, in a burst of delight which later and fuller understanding can hardly ever equal, one glimpse of the indefinite possibilities within. (C.S. Lewis, Out of the … Continue reading In Transit – Part 3
A mystical journey If you shut your eyes and are a lucky one, you may see at times a shapeless pool of lovely pale colours suspended in the darkness; then if you squeeze your eyes tighter, the pool begins to take shape, and the colours become so vivid that with another squeeze they must go on fire. But just before they go on fire … Continue reading In Transit – Part 2
Desperate Writers 