I have this theory about slavic people. They come in two flavors: Jellybean and Bear. Sometimes the same person can be both depending on the situation. And that’s why I get along so well with slavic people: I am a jellybean. So, while other people can’t quite figure me out and are sometimes put off by me, slavic people see me and go “Ah! A jellybean! Must protect!”
Guitar Show Padova 2022: all the interviews for Saturday
Guitar Show Padova 2022: all the interviews for Saturday
Here are all the interviews done on Saturday, May 20, 2022, the first day of the Italian Guitar Show Padova (guitarshow.it), which is held near Venice.
Interviews of the day
Interviewees of the day
Alberto Arcangeli – Dreamsongs PickupsAndrea Ballarin – Manne GuitarsEnrico MojentaleDaniele CamardaNikolai Tomas – Baboushka Guitars
Until the next interview, keep on playing the guitar!
Pierre…
She sat on the grave before caressing the tombstone. "Olesja Brejnev, née Nichovskiya".
"I'm leaving the city for good. I can't live that anymore. I've packed my stuff and I have money. I'm going back to baboushka's. Easier times for all of us, weren't they?"
Anastasia closed her eyes, trying to imaging the embrace of her mother. Olesja would've been 35 to this day. She had her daughter at 20, she got married in a hurry with the wrong man even though baboushka always was against that. "You could've married a proper Estonian man but you chose a Russian rascal like your father!", Anastasia once heard. She never knew her grandfather, but baboushka confessed to her that women in their family were cursed.
Baboushka came to Estonia at fourteen because the Soviet Union had said so. She was born near Saint Petersburg. She married a young man she met through the komsomol and they had Olesja. The young man soon became violent. So baboushka did what she had to do to protect her daughter and herself: she shot him in the head and buried him in the forest. Nobody came looking for him.
"Olesja is too sweet for that, Anoushka", baboushka had confessed to her. "She would never hurt anyone. Even your father."
Baboushka also admitted that when Olesja said she gave birth to a baby boy she was relieved. But the baby boy turns out to be a bubbly young girl, and then baboushka couldn't stop repeating, "Stay away from men, Anoushka, we women of our lineage are cursed!".
"I promised to baboushka to finish the job with him. I... I didn't. I just ran away. I am sorry mama. I didn't avenge you."
Tears rolled down her cheeks.
"I miss you. I think about you everyday. I've bought a dress you would have loved. I am too shy to wear it for now but... One day. For you. I want you to see from Heaven that I am becoming a good woman against all odd."
She nervously passed her hand in her hair.
"He cut it, you know. Now it's growing back, but it still looks bad. Wearing your hair accessories helps a bit."