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camrogersWhen we met Neil spoke a little bit about the nightlife in Kabul. I understand a reasonable amount of material has already been written on the subject, like this article over at Time (http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1981465,00.html). Damn if this Mos Eisley/Casablanca/'dancing at the edge of a volcano' thing doesn't feel like something I want to be there for.
Sarajevo developed an incredible music scene during the worst of its recent history, largely because the teens and twentysomethings needed to drown out the sound of falling bombs. I mean, just think of that. You're nineteen years old, and you and your friends formed a band just so you could jam while the bombs fell... just to keep yourselves sane. Just think of that: your deafening soundtrack drowning out theirs, written and performed with your friends, in the face of an oncoming potential for annihilation that you otherwise can't do a damned thing about. And you're a teenager. Fuck Scott Pilgrim, seriously.
Andrew Mueller's written a book - Rock and Hard Places - about travelling through war zones with rock bands, and it's really coalescing where I may want to take this.
There's also the whole Gaza deal. Still not certain, but whatever notion I have about this is definitely forming up.
EDIT: This article - http://www.warisboring.com/?p=4908 - is a critique of the Time article by someone who lives in Kabul, and as an account of life there fits more closely with what Neil was telling me: that attacks aren't that frequent, security 'contractors' aren't as common as they used to be, paycheques aren't that high, etc. etc.
Sarajevo developed an incredible music scene during the worst of its recent history, largely because the teens and twentysomethings needed to drown out the sound of falling bombs. I mean, just think of that. You're nineteen years old, and you and your friends formed a band just so you could jam while the bombs fell... just to keep yourselves sane. Just think of that: your deafening soundtrack drowning out theirs, written and performed with your friends, in the face of an oncoming potential for annihilation that you otherwise can't do a damned thing about. And you're a teenager. Fuck Scott Pilgrim, seriously.
Andrew Mueller's written a book - Rock and Hard Places - about travelling through war zones with rock bands, and it's really coalescing where I may want to take this.
There's also the whole Gaza deal. Still not certain, but whatever notion I have about this is definitely forming up.
EDIT: This article - http://www.warisboring.com/?p=4908 - is a critique of the Time article by someone who lives in Kabul, and as an account of life there fits more closely with what Neil was telling me: that attacks aren't that frequent, security 'contractors' aren't as common as they used to be, paycheques aren't that high, etc. etc.
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Date: 2010-10-08 09:21 pm (UTC)