Generation '68
Generation ’68 is an homage to the generation with which the author shares his youthful enthusiasm and the idea of a revolution that will change the world, being both realistic and demanding the impossible. At the same time, he questions the true impact of these changes on a social and a, probably more important, personal level. Having ideas is easy; making them credible to the generations that follow is somewhat more difficult. Discarding the ideals of 1968 as unattainable, the new generations are coming up with ideals of their own, ones that are perhaps even more unrealistic…
Louder Than Guns
Aircrafts, tanks, bombs, automatic rifles, media and propaganda were the Homeland War weaponry of choice. Nevertheless, the loudest were the songs. Ones used them to describe the nightmares that befell them, others to confirm their political loyalty. The national TV broadcaster considered music an important form of political 'fight', so they commissioned, financed, recorded and intensely broadcasted it. Even twenty years after the end of the Homeland War, its soundtrack still attracts attention and sparks emotions.