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The Digression 83 Diamonds, Drag and Discotheques

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0:00:31 – 0:00:37 Hello and welcome to a new edition of the digression. I am Sascha Machmann and
0:00:37 – 0:00:44 I actually never digress, sometimes, I would almost always say, but others never say,
0:00:44 – 0:01:00 off the actual subject. Today's topic is men's flu. No, no, joking aside.
0:01:00 – 0:01:08 We've been sick in bed for a few days now and this calm really did us some good times.
0:01:08 – 0:01:19 good. But back to the real issue. We had the movie about the biography of Olivia Jones
0:01:19 – 0:01:27 I looked at it and it made me so
0:01:27 – 0:01:33 A little bit about my sandbox buddy Marco
0:01:33 – 0:01:38 Reminds me. Marco was or is
0:01:38 – 0:01:42 My best friend. I already know him
0:01:42 – 0:01:46 Since then, you have been alone
0:01:46 – 0:01:48 Sandbox can go. I am then,
0:01:46 – 0:01:55 I had met him at that time about another neighbor, a boy who lived almost in the neighboring house and the Marco lived a few houses further on.
0:01:55 – 0:02:00 And he said, 'You, I've met someone new there, and blah blah blah.'
0:02:00 – 0:02:15 And so you just got to know each other over the years and played many, many hours together, visited each other and as it is.
0:02:15 – 0:02:23 And sometime, we were just eight, then he came up to me and said he's gay.
0:02:23 – 0:02:33 And what I would think about it now, and thank God, my parents' upbringing was so open,
0:02:33 – 0:02:38 I didn't care about the moustache.
0:02:38 – 0:02:45 What a gender my best friend prioritizes.
0:02:45 – 0:02:49 It must be said that he was a womanizer.
0:02:49 – 0:02:56 He looked good, yes, he served pretty much every cliché,
0:02:56 – 0:03:02 What would you say about a masculine man?
0:03:02 – 0:03:04 He was well-groomed,
0:03:04 – 0:03:06 He had an animal blow.
0:03:06 – 0:03:08 with the women, and
0:03:08 – 0:03:10 Some have this
0:03:10 – 0:03:12 really,
0:03:12 – 0:03:14 They really had to fight that
0:03:14 – 0:03:16 him
0:03:16 – 0:03:18 Don't be interested in women
0:03:18 – 0:03:20 had, but
0:03:20 – 0:03:22 It was gay. There was even one
0:03:22 – 0:03:24 incident that there
0:03:24 – 0:03:26 a classmate from the higher
0:03:26 – 0:03:28 School of Commerce
0:03:28 – 0:03:30 in the middle of the crossroads
0:03:30 – 0:03:35 He stopped him and asked if that was true.
0:03:35 – 0:03:38 That was crass.
0:03:38 – 0:03:47 But what impressed me so much about the films was the reaction of Olivia's mother.
0:03:47 – 0:03:52 Jones and that she couldn't handle it anymore.
0:03:52 – 0:03:58 And when I think that Marco had told me back then that his mother was there
0:03:58 – 0:04:04 He also had a very big problem with it and even offered him money that he would then
0:04:04 – 0:04:11 could go to a professional woman, because the young things today would have nothing on it,
0:04:11 – 0:04:20 That he should try it again. I thought that was right, really bad. So that would have
0:04:20 – 0:04:25 My parents are not allowed. Even in the conversations I had with them years later.
0:04:25 – 0:04:33 Both of them were amazed at this reaction. Now you have to say I'm
0:04:33 – 0:04:41 with my sandbox buddy and their parents also went on holiday and Markus also with us
0:04:41 – 0:04:50 Going on vacation. So you can imagine that the relationship was super super close and if
0:04:50 – 0:04:55 I spent the weekend because we were in different schools, then I was there,
0:04:55 – 0:05:03 Then he kicked his mother out of me, because it's already late, how long that my
0:05:03 – 0:05:09 Parents called and said when the boy would come home. That's how you have to do it
0:05:09 – 0:05:16 introduce. I can still remember a situation as a child, there we have children's birthday
0:05:16 – 0:05:22 Celebrated. I don't know if it was my birthday or my sister's. And there had
0:05:22 – 0:05:29 We disguised ourselves as children and Marco had disguised himself as a girl and then
0:05:29 – 0:05:36 I went to his mother proudly and I don't remember what I was. And there had to
0:05:36 – 0:05:43 Marco changes his clothes and washes off his make-up and it's not a carnival. That was
0:05:43 – 0:05:48 the argument. I think the woman already knew something back then,
0:05:48 – 0:06:02 Because it was totally exaggerated. The reaction, yes, I just thought it was as violent as I thought it was.
0:06:02 – 0:06:10 I saw in the movie. Of course, you know that this is even more dramatic in the film.
0:06:10 – 0:06:22 as it was in reality or something, but for dramatological reasons it just so
0:06:22 – 0:06:29 It is presented as it is presented. But if you also look at the biography
0:06:29 – 0:06:35 I was looking at Olivia Jones, and that's exactly what I'm talking about. And
0:06:35 – 0:06:46 What a struggle she had with the fact that her mother was so, so petrified,
0:06:46 – 0:06:54 was dogged and then really had problems with it, accepting that the boy is gay and as
0:06:54 – 0:07:08 drag queen because he earns his money and succeeds. I have to say, after that the gay issue
0:07:08 – 0:07:14 I went there on the weekend when there was a party. Sometimes you stop
0:07:14 – 0:07:23 I was in a normal disco. Then we were also in gay sheds and quite honestly,
0:07:23 – 0:07:28 I have to say, I felt more comfortable in the gay sheds than in the normal ones.
0:07:28 – 0:07:36 Sheds. In a normal discotheque, it could happen that when you're with someone more
0:07:36 – 0:07:42 or had entertained less accidentally when you stood outside, while smoking, or
0:07:42 – 0:07:50 or ordered something at the bar, a nice word that some guy arrived,
0:07:50 – 0:07:54 "You fucked my girlfriend!" That doesn't happen to you in this shop.
0:07:54 – 0:08:02 And the mood was always much more positive.
0:08:02 – 0:08:09 And there you have to say, we were often in Bochum in a discotheque called "Da geht",
0:08:09 – 0:08:17 was of course based on this motto and there were also many dancers from the Starlight Express
0:08:17 – 0:08:27 The boys could dance. Really crass. But I just know that this mood
0:08:27 – 0:08:36 It was always so positive. Of course I was turned on a few times and I was also
0:08:36 – 0:08:42 I've been packing my ass for an evening, and I remember what a weird feeling it was.
0:08:42 – 0:08:48 And except for this one or two experiences that I had where it became rampant,
0:08:48 – 0:08:58 That never happened. And I found that so totally positive that you can be there, no matter how oblique or how
0:08:58 – 0:09:03 It was strange to be accepted on the whole. Of course there are also
0:09:03 – 0:09:09 Silsters and all that. I've always found this pleasant and my sister is always
0:09:09 – 0:09:16 She liked to go there because she wasn't fooled by any guys. She wanted
0:09:16 – 0:09:23 Just go and dance to good electronic music and you could just do that. Whether you are with
0:09:23 – 0:09:34 Someone danced together or for you alone and that was so horny. But I had
0:09:34 – 0:09:41 I saw it all in this movie and it was really impressive. Then, too, stop this
0:09:41 – 0:09:46 Struggle with the family and these strange neighbors. Oh my God, what do the neighbors think?
0:09:46 – 0:09:55 And the poor woman. So if you have a goat on it, then you should have a look at them,
0:09:55 – 0:09:59 the film. Even my mother saw it and we talked about it.
0:09:59 – 0:10:07 It can be found in the media library. I bet when I think about it, I'll put it in a
0:10:07 – 0:10:16 bluntly in. Yes, I definitely found this so interesting and so touching the story,
0:10:16 – 0:10:24 I've been thinking about it over and over again in my past and yes,
0:10:24 – 0:10:36 so my experience. By the way, my favorite work colleagues were almost always lesbians. gays
0:10:36 – 0:10:43 Sometimes you can do something as a co-worker.
0:10:43 – 0:10:46 It's hard, but two
0:10:46 – 0:10:49 People who were lesbians because
0:10:49 – 0:10:52 I remember it really well.
0:10:52 – 0:10:56 It was a pity where I once
0:10:56 – 0:10:58 I left and got a new job.
0:10:58 – 0:11:02 I started and had the other
0:11:02 – 0:11:06 She's quitting. That was a pity,
0:11:02 – 0:11:10 But these were really cool people I could talk to so deep,
0:11:10 – 0:11:17 Because of course they always gave me new aspects and you could blaspheme wonderfully.
0:11:17 – 0:11:25 Yes, I admit, I'm a blasphemy nurse through and through and really like to do that
0:11:25 – 0:11:26 and can do it very well.
0:11:26 – 0:11:36 And I think that's why I feel so comfortable in this world.
0:11:36 – 0:11:48 Yes, when I think about what was going on back then, in my early 20s or almost 20s,
0:11:48 – 0:12:01 and I found growing up so exciting and all these great opportunities and these
0:12:01 – 0:12:09 The freedoms you had. We then went by car to Bochum, to Dortmund or to the
0:12:09 – 0:12:21 Münsterland and everywhere were really horny discotheques with super techno music and later
0:12:21 – 0:12:32 Then there are all the Goa parties, illegal raves on the canal. My God, it was a good time. But
0:12:32 – 0:12:39 sometime you get out of there, then come other commitments and this terrible,
0:12:39 – 0:12:47 You make terrible money because you exchange your labor power for a unit of currency.
0:12:47 – 0:12:53 With which you can exchange other things. This is a totally stupid
0:12:53 – 0:13:01 concept. Sometimes I think back, if you had a little less
0:13:01 – 0:13:10 Had a stick in your ass and you'd have cracked fewer diamonds. So I was able to get coal
0:13:10 – 0:13:16 Give it for breakfast and I cracked diamonds in the evening. I was so upset. me
0:13:16 – 0:13:21 I think I would have had more fun. I mean the framework conditions were all given.
0:13:21 – 0:13:30 The funny thing was how I started making music a little later.
0:13:30 – 0:13:38 I was more or less already known in all the shops, because I can talk well today
0:13:38 – 0:13:45 And I was able to do that at the time. I talked to the customer and so I had
0:13:45 – 0:13:50 At that time, there were a lot of small performances. I also went to Langendria station.
0:13:50 – 0:13:58 Bochum, where I was once a guest, so many different events, then there
0:13:58 – 0:14:06 I also played live and it was such an exciting time. And then I think to myself,
0:14:06 – 0:14:12 Let's go back to the story of Olivia Jones all these years.
0:14:12 – 0:14:19 this disturbed relationship with his mother, this beautiful memory, which one actually
0:14:19 – 0:14:26 If they weren't created together, that's sad.
0:14:26 – 0:14:38 Just sad. Yeah, now the mood's up your ass. No, I'm just realizing that the
0:14:38 – 0:14:45 Men's flu kicks really well and maybe you can hear it in my voice and my nose will
0:14:45 – 0:14:55 Slowly back up. I would now end the matter here and wish you a nice,
0:14:55 – 0:15:02 Whatever you have, tomorrow, noon, evening, good night and say thank you for listening
0:15:02 – 0:15:06 and until next time. Goodbye, Sasha.
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In this edition of divergence It gets personal, nostalgic and a bit glittery. Triggered by the biography of Olivia Jones Sascha goes on a journey back to his own youth in the Ruhr area.

It is about his best friend Marco, who came out already in the sandbox age – and about the stark contrasts in the reaction of the parents’ houses. While Sascha benefited from an open upbringing, the story of Marco (and Olivia Jones) shows how painful family rejection and " petrified" views can be.

Also in this episode:

Positive Vibes in Bochum: Why Sascha often felt more comfortable in gay clubs such as ‘Da geht’ than in ‘normal’ discotheques.
Techno & Raves: A tribute to the freedom of the 90s, illegal parties on the canal and the time when ‘diamonds were cracked’.
world of work & blasphemy: Why lesbians are the best co-workers and Sascha comes out as a ‘sister’.
Men's flu update: An honest insight into the current state of health of the host.

An episode about acceptance, the power of music and why we used to get in the way of ourselves.

Topics Outline:

From the hospital bed to the microphone: A warm hello despite (or because of) the current male flu.
The biography of Olivia Jones: Why a film about a drag icon suddenly stirs up your own past.
Marco – Friendship since the sandbox: The story of a deep connection that began even before the first solo entrance to the playground.
‘Pipegal of cords’: How an outing at the age of eight met a modern upbringing.
When mothers block: On petrified thinking, ‘professional women’ as bribery and the struggle in the family.
Discotheque check: Why the mood in Bochum between Starlight Express dancers and techno beats was simply more positive.
The thing about the ass: An honest look at acceptance and the moments when it became rampant.
Confessions of a Blasphemy Sister: Why lesbians are the best work colleagues and deep conversations change everything.
Raves on the canal: Pure nostalgia for illegal parties in Münsterland and the freedom of the early twenties.
Coal for breakfast, diamonds in the evening: A self-critical review of one's own obscurity from the past.
From speaker to musician: How good conversations suddenly turned into live performances at Langendreer station.
The bitter conclusion: Why disturbed family relationships rob so much valuable time together.

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The Digression 33 Musical Paths and Breaks in Relationships

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00:00 - 0:00:17 [Music]
0:00:17 – 0:00:19 Hello and welcome to a new edition
0:00:19 – 0:00:24 Deviation, where I
0:00:24 – 0:00:28 Occasionally deviate from the topic.
0:00:24 – 0:00:32 Today's theme is producing music
0:00:32 – 0:00:34 and relationships, and there's only one thing I can do
0:00:34 – 0:00:38 They say that all this is very
0:00:38 – 0:00:40 It's different. I've had such a day
0:00:40 – 0:00:43 Documentary about music that
0:00:43 – 0:00:43 has no target group
0:00:43 – 0:00:49 And yet, money was made.
0:00:50 – 0:00:56 There was a musician who had a
0:00:56 – 0:00:59 I had a song with a punk band like that.
0:00:59 – 0:01:02 so "Cold, clear water" and years
0:01:02 – 0:01:02 Later it came back as
0:01:02 – 0:01:09 Techno-Track out, so from the fate-
0:01:09 – 0:01:13 Speed. Exactly, that's what they said,
0:01:13 – 0:01:16 "Cold, clear water". Yes,
0:01:16 – 0:01:18 Sorry, I got a bit of a cold
0:01:18 – 0:01:18 I'll do it again.
0:01:19 – 0:01:22 There were people like
0:01:22 – 0:01:25 Alexander Markus.
0:01:25 – 0:01:31 Cool, isn't it?
0:01:31 – 0:01:33 And that's where I came up with the idea,
0:01:33 – 0:01:37 that I also make music and various
0:01:37 – 0:01:40 Genres and don't do that either.
0:01:40 – 0:01:45 Earning money or fame or anything
0:01:45 – 0:01:47 to make the super career, but from
0:01:45 – 0:01:50 Have fun. And then I thought so
0:01:50 – 0:01:52 Like I did with this note.
0:01:52 – 0:01:54 I have written,
0:01:54 – 0:01:56 That it's always with me
0:01:56 – 0:02:00 It was different.
0:02:00 – 0:02:04 So let's start with these
0:02:04 – 0:02:04 In the first time with me
0:02:04 – 0:02:09 It was like I was making music
0:02:09 – 0:02:13 have made
0:02:09 – 0:02:16 Actually, there was no pause. That was
0:02:16 – 0:02:19 Finding phase, with which tools
0:02:19 – 0:02:22 I'm working and now I'm just going to
0:02:22 – 0:02:24 hardware or software, and the better the
0:02:24 – 0:02:27 Computers became the more
0:02:27 – 0:02:29 Software for the most part.
0:02:29 – 0:02:31 I also have hardware.
0:02:31 – 0:02:35 and synthesizers, but it's all about
0:02:31 – 0:02:38 Mostly old equipment,
0:02:38 – 0:02:42 Because they were just like that back then
0:02:42 – 0:02:44 Digital synthesizers from the 90s
0:02:44 – 0:02:47 They were super cheap. So they have
0:02:47 – 0:02:49 Partially for far less than 100 euros
0:02:49 – 0:02:49 Get it.
0:02:49 – 0:02:55 And then I stopped
0:02:55 – 0:02:57 I have experimented, I have found,
0:02:57 – 0:02:59 It's all cool, but if you
0:02:57 – 0:03:04 does not have 95,000 inputs or
0:03:04 – 0:03:06 Sound card, then that's real
0:03:06 – 0:03:08 It's tedious. You have a mixer, then go
0:03:08 – 0:03:12 this in there, then you have to track by track
0:03:12 – 0:03:14 Record and you can't multi-track
0:03:14 – 0:03:18 Recording, so several tracks
0:03:18 – 0:03:22 At the same time. And then it stopped
0:03:22 – 0:03:26 More and more software. Then came the
0:03:22 – 0:03:31 The first long-term relationship that
0:03:31 – 0:03:33 It was three, three and a half years.
0:03:33 – 0:03:36 And when they went in the breaches,
0:03:36 – 0:03:39 I totally threw myself into work.
0:03:39 – 0:03:42 I have to say, I've had it before.
0:03:42 – 0:03:45 It's such a creative phase, but there you have it.
0:03:45 – 0:03:48 Maybe I'll do a track this month.
0:03:48 – 0:03:50 You get it done, because you still have every
0:03:48 – 0:03:57 He did a lot of other things. In addition to
0:03:57 – 0:04:01 education, work, school, my
0:04:01 – 0:04:06 Bundeswehr replacement service, did not remain
0:04:06 – 0:04:09 A lot of time. And then you have the few
0:04:09 – 0:04:11 free time to use any
0:04:11 – 0:04:14 Doing things. So you have twice
0:04:11 – 0:04:18 I had every idea in my head, but that was
0:04:18 – 0:04:20 Relatively little output. As the relationship
0:04:20 – 0:04:24 When I broke up, I totally
0:04:24 – 0:04:32 plunged into work. You have to say,
0:04:32 – 0:04:33 back in 2006, 2007 it was
0:04:33 – 0:04:35 The internet is not necessarily that way.
0:04:35 – 0:04:39 super cheap or super fast,
0:04:35 – 0:04:42 But you have a lot of money for it.
0:04:42 – 0:04:43 paid for the DSLR connection, whether
0:04:43 – 0:04:49 that was at Deutsche Telekom or otherwise
0:04:49 – 0:04:54 would be. And then I had, after my
0:04:54 – 0:04:57 My ex-girlfriend moved out, in
0:04:57 – 0:05:00 a huge apartment no internet
0:05:00 – 0:05:02 And then I found myself elsewhere.
0:05:02 – 0:05:05 I'm busy and I'm totally so
0:05:02 – 0:05:08 Lost in music. And there I have
0:05:08 – 0:05:11 I'm really doing one or two tracks a week.
0:05:11 – 0:05:14 finished. I had nothing else
0:05:14 – 0:05:17 to do. I've either watched TV
0:05:17 – 0:05:19 or sat in front of the computer and
0:05:19 – 0:05:24 I made music. And when I stop
0:05:24 – 0:05:27 I was at work or with my ex.
0:05:27 – 0:05:30 have cooked together, have made us a
0:05:30 – 0:05:32 met a few times a week, I'm
0:05:30 – 0:05:35 It is also available on the internet and has
0:05:35 – 0:05:37 then keep the stuff uploaded and what
0:05:37 – 0:05:39 This is how you do it on the internet.
0:05:39 – 0:05:43 But mostly it was me.
0:05:43 – 0:05:47 put my things up and let them go,
0:05:47 – 0:05:47 How they are distributed.
0:05:47 – 0:05:54 It went like this for a few years
0:05:54 – 0:05:57 And then I learned mine.
0:05:57 – 0:05:59 I know my second girlfriend where
0:05:57 – 0:06:01 It was really serious. I had in between
0:06:01 – 0:06:03 And a few easy things too, but that's
0:06:03 – 0:06:05 It was something else. There I have
0:06:05 – 0:06:07 Of course, much more has been done.
0:06:07 – 0:06:09 Even where I had moved, in another
0:06:09 – 0:06:12 Apartment, where it really is
0:06:12 – 0:06:16 extreme on creative work everything
0:06:16 – 0:06:20 was laid out. The bedroom was more
0:06:20 – 0:06:22 I have a music studio and a living room.
0:06:22 – 0:06:24 Almost not with equipment. So I have
0:06:22 – 0:06:28 Mainly in front of my equipment.
0:06:28 – 0:06:33 sat down. Then I learned mine
0:06:33 – 0:06:37 I know my second girlfriend and then
0:06:37 – 0:06:40 relatively little done. After we
0:06:40 – 0:06:44 Then they came together after two years.
0:06:44 – 0:06:47 in a shared apartment, was
0:06:47 – 0:06:49 The place isn't there, because
0:06:47 – 0:06:53 There was a nurse who
0:06:53 – 0:06:57 In the meantime, it was added and
0:06:57 – 0:07:00 She also worked from home.
0:07:00 – 0:07:03 There was no room for all the music.
0:07:03 – 0:07:06 So it was all
0:07:06 – 0:07:10 Stacked in the corner. The Whole
0:07:10 – 0:07:12 Rec-Synthesizer and Sampler and
0:07:12 – 0:07:15 You haven't seen it. And I have there
0:07:12 – 0:07:17 relatively little done. I have there indeed
0:07:17 – 0:07:20 Every now and then something with the software
0:07:20 – 0:07:23 made and as the relationship after good
0:07:23 – 0:07:25 Ten years in the making, I've
0:07:25 – 0:07:27 I started totally creative again
0:07:27 – 0:07:29 to live out. I have a podcast that
0:07:29 – 0:07:31 I've had it easy before too
0:07:31 – 0:07:33 started, but since my ex-girlfriend me
0:07:33 – 0:07:37 Always a pretty stupid one.
0:07:37 – 0:07:41 It made me feel like she was talking about mine.
0:07:37 – 0:07:44 Projects are always fun.
0:07:44 – 0:07:47 Whether it was for YouTube or for
0:07:47 – 0:07:50 Podcasts or when I'm with people
0:07:50 – 0:07:56 Then go back to what it was called.
0:07:56 – 0:08:00 In a kind of zoom meeting.
0:08:00 – 0:08:02 from Google
0:08:02 – 0:08:04 I met them to do things with them.
0:08:04 – 0:08:06 belabern.
0:08:04 – 0:08:08 Has she always been funny about it
0:08:08 – 0:08:12 It was done and it wasn't good. There I have
0:08:12 – 0:08:15 I didn't have a buck either. But there I was
0:08:15 – 0:08:20 He was free and had a very
0:08:20 – 0:08:22 Great apartment again. And there I have
0:08:22 – 0:08:26 I was totally thrown into work and
0:08:26 – 0:08:29 I have produced a lot and a lot
0:08:29 – 0:08:31 As far as YouTube and podcasts are concerned.
0:08:29 – 0:08:36 And also blog posts. So I have
0:08:36 – 0:08:39 There are three or four publications in
0:08:39 – 0:08:41 I had the week. But I have very little
0:08:41 – 0:08:44 Music, you have to say.
0:08:44 – 0:08:47 Then I moved to Dortmund, again
0:08:47 – 0:08:52 a smaller apartment and then have again
0:08:52 – 0:08:56 bedroom, studio with sleeping accommodation me
0:08:56 – 0:08:58 There is no place and there is no place for them.
0:08:56 – 0:09:01 put on all the hardware clothes,
0:09:01 – 0:09:06 But these days it is essential
0:09:06 – 0:09:06 It's easier to work with software.
0:09:06 – 0:09:13 Then I set myself up,
0:09:13 – 0:09:15 I started to do all of this. I had a short
0:09:15 – 0:09:17 Interruption because clear until internet here
0:09:17 – 0:09:20 It was because the deadline didn't work out.
0:09:20 – 0:09:22 'Cause I didn't have anyone here in the apartment
0:09:22 – 0:09:25 was. I had to be in the
0:09:22 – 0:09:29 other apartment, because there is just the
0:09:29 – 0:09:32 The moving company was there. Then
0:09:32 – 0:09:35 I haven't had three or four weeks.
0:09:35 – 0:09:38 I had the internet, but I was still using it.
0:09:38 – 0:09:41 They were busy, all
0:09:41 – 0:09:46 Wearing clothes here. You have to
0:09:46 – 0:09:48 I had a stroke in 2016.
0:09:48 – 0:09:52 People who listen to me, who know
0:09:48 – 0:09:53 this and that. I couldn't do that anymore
0:09:53 – 0:09:55 as I wanted. I was always on the lookout for help,
0:09:55 – 0:09:58 I still need help and
0:09:58 – 0:10:01 A lot of things just can't be like me
0:10:01 – 0:10:03 that will. It's not that I
0:10:03 – 0:10:06 I don't have the skills to do this, but
0:10:06 – 0:10:08 I can't do it without help. Yes, then
0:10:08 – 0:10:11 I started again, again
0:10:11 – 0:10:13 to produce diligently, again so
0:10:13 – 0:10:16 Three to Four Publications, Blog
0:10:13 – 0:10:23 Posts, podcasts, YouTube videos.
0:10:23 – 0:10:25 And then one day I learned 2019,
0:10:25 – 0:10:28 I've been two or three months, I've been
0:10:28 – 0:10:30 here, know my current girlfriend, my
0:10:30 – 0:10:32 Today's fiancée, you have to say,
0:10:32 – 0:10:32 and have
0:10:32 – 0:10:35 then,
0:10:35 – 0:10:41 Because that's the first time
0:10:38 – 0:10:44 Remote control was the time with her
0:10:44 – 0:10:47 Comrades, late in the evening she started
0:10:47 – 0:10:48 socks, so from 8 p.m., I have
0:10:48 – 0:10:52 Sitting in front of the computer, I've got mine.
0:10:52 – 0:10:54 I did things and then
0:10:54 – 0:10:55 Not so much published anymore,
0:10:55 – 0:10:58 Maybe two things, one blog.
0:10:58 – 0:11:03 Post and a podcast, the various
0:11:03 – 0:11:07 formats. And that was really more than good
0:11:03 – 0:11:09 And a good time. And that's how it holds
0:11:09 – 0:11:11 To this day. I always have in between
0:11:11 – 0:11:14 Take a break when I'm sick
0:11:14 – 0:11:17 or if I stay three months in
0:11:17 – 0:11:20 I'm in the hospital because I'm a little girl.
0:11:20 – 0:11:22 Nephew had fallen on his foot and I
0:11:22 – 0:11:25 He had several operations because he
0:11:25 – 0:11:28 There were complications.
0:11:28 – 0:11:28 Yes, yes.
0:11:28 – 0:11:34 But on the whole, I do
0:11:34 – 0:11:37 Hold it at least once a week
0:11:37 – 0:11:39 Publish. Now I was in the last
0:11:39 – 0:11:42 Time stops very often cold-like
0:11:42 – 0:11:46 sick. I say one, kindergarten killer-
0:11:46 – 0:11:48 Viruses are the worst because my
0:11:48 – 0:11:52 My sister had children again and
0:11:52 – 0:11:53 They are three years apart, so if
0:11:53 – 0:11:54 One from kindergarten
0:11:54 – 0:11:56 came out, the other is in
0:11:54 – 0:11:59 Kindergarten and they bring any
0:11:59 – 0:12:05 with very bad germs. So I was still
0:12:05 – 0:12:07 never so cold and constantly sick as the
0:12:07 – 0:12:12 last three years.
0:12:12 – 0:12:13 Yeah, almost four. Almost four years now.
0:12:13 – 0:12:16 In any case, I had it earlier this year.
0:12:16 – 0:12:19 Eight weeks where I'm going through one.
0:12:19 – 0:12:21 I had a cold and had a long time
0:12:19 – 0:12:25 had a dry cough for a long time and
0:12:25 – 0:12:25 Now I have this shit again.
0:12:25 – 0:12:32 Yeah, what am I supposed to say?
0:12:32 – 0:12:32 I have
0:12:32 – 0:12:37 two hard disks, which are still in the
0:12:37 – 0:12:40 The relationship with today is real.
0:12:40 – 0:12:45 ridiculous, two 4 gigabytes hard drives.
0:12:40 – 0:12:49 They are full of unproduced
0:12:49 – 0:12:53 or published pieces
0:12:53 – 0:12:53 And I have them
0:12:53 – 0:12:59 in the period of time, at that time
0:12:59 – 0:13:02 so after 2007,
0:13:02 – 0:13:05 When the first relationship broke up.
0:13:05 – 0:13:06 And there's a lot of great stuff
0:13:06 – 0:13:08 with.
0:13:06 – 0:13:11 The problem is, I can
0:13:11 – 0:13:16 Don't even open today, because
0:13:16 – 0:13:19 It was 32-bit.
0:13:19 – 0:13:24 Standard. So there was already 64-bit
0:13:24 – 0:13:26 plugins, but that was the
0:13:26 – 0:13:29 Exceptionally, because they needed one.
0:13:29 – 0:13:31 64-bit operating system and Windows
0:13:31 – 0:13:35 Windows XP was 64-bit.
0:13:31 – 0:13:38 Version, but it was totally unknown, so
0:13:38 – 0:13:41 Nobody used that. And
0:13:41 – 0:13:45 Today it is the case that at some point this
0:13:45 – 0:13:48 32-bit strand in the digital
0:13:48 – 0:13:51 Audio workstations have been cut off.
0:13:51 – 0:13:54 and then almost only 64-bit plugins
0:13:54 – 0:13:57 be supported. And so I can
0:13:57 – 0:14:00 Don't open things anymore because it's there
0:13:57 – 0:14:01 There were also a lot of free plugins.
0:14:01 – 0:14:05 Plugins that are no longer
0:14:05 – 0:14:08 I think I'm also on one of those
0:14:08 – 0:14:10 I've got a hard drive, but I'd have to get extra
0:14:10 – 0:14:13 assemble a computer and then stop
0:14:13 – 0:14:16 Windows XP and then
0:14:16 – 0:14:18 Reinstall everything and then
0:14:18 – 0:14:21 I could just roll it out and
0:14:21 – 0:14:24 It could then be imported into a
0:14:21 – 0:14:28 The modern DAW. But that's already
0:14:28 – 0:14:34 Really a mess. I don't know how many
0:14:34 – 0:14:37 Hundreds, maybe 1000 to 1500
0:14:37 – 0:14:38 I almost finished tracks there.
0:14:38 – 0:14:41 I have.
0:14:41 – 0:14:44 Different directions, so there can be
0:14:44 – 0:14:47 Classic things to be with.
0:14:44 – 0:14:52 It can be ambient or something.
0:14:52 – 0:14:56 Space Drone-like Music
0:14:56 – 0:15:01 Whether it's techno or techno
0:15:01 – 0:15:06 A bit of Italio influence.
0:15:06 – 0:15:08 Or something minimalistic.
0:15:08 – 0:15:13 Or keep it that way, you get stuck
0:15:08 – 0:15:16 Goa trends stuff.
0:15:16 – 0:15:18 That's really crazy.
0:15:18 – 0:15:22 If I think about it in such a way that it
0:15:22 – 0:15:24 I've got it all and I'm
0:15:24 – 0:15:27 Not necessarily ready now either.
0:15:27 – 0:15:27 the stuff
0:15:27 – 0:15:31 to put away.
0:15:31 – 0:15:32 I can't even use the hard drives.
0:15:32 – 0:15:35 connect more, because the connection is completely
0:15:32 – 0:15:39 is different. Today they all have one.
0:15:39 – 0:15:39 small plug, such a SATA port.
0:15:39 – 0:15:47 At that time it was so wide,
0:15:47 – 0:15:50 So with 40 pins and in two rows.
0:15:50 – 0:15:51 Such an IDE connection was called that.
0:15:51 – 0:15:55 There you can get an adapter, there you can
0:15:55 – 0:15:57 you can connect it via USB or something and
0:15:57 – 0:16:01 Then pull the things over. But
0:16:01 – 0:16:01 These are things that
0:16:02 – 0:16:08 to come. I once had a conversation
0:16:08 – 0:16:11 with a teacher, a vocational college, where
0:16:11 – 0:16:14 I also graduated from high school and he
0:16:14 – 0:16:19 said the problem with the computer is
0:16:19 – 0:16:21 It's just that if you don't regularly
0:16:21 – 0:16:24 Things from a generation to a generation
0:16:24 – 0:16:27 the next generation, then
0:16:27 – 0:16:31 You have problems. And he said I still have
0:16:27 – 0:16:33 in the basement programs and so on, the
0:16:33 – 0:16:35 I can't read anymore because
0:16:35 – 0:16:39 These readers no longer exist.
0:16:39 – 0:16:43 And that's how I came to think of it,
0:16:43 – 0:16:44 or if I think about it now, there was
0:16:44 – 0:16:47 even tape machines from the computer, where
0:16:47 – 0:16:49 the data was on it and then gave before
0:16:49 – 0:16:54 There are also perforated tapes or punch cards.
0:16:54 – 0:16:55 And if you have the readers
0:16:54 – 0:16:58 no longer has for it, the data is
0:16:58 – 0:17:00 Just go away. There is such an analog
0:17:00 – 0:17:03 It's a lot easier. So if I now
0:17:03 – 0:17:06 make a newspaper on microfish, so
0:17:06 – 0:17:08 Microfilm, that's where I ideally need it.
0:17:08 – 0:17:12 Just a magnifying glass and a candle to read this
0:17:12 – 0:17:15 to be able to. But digital data
0:17:15 – 0:17:17 They're gone.
0:17:17 – 0:17:19 I don't know if I'll ever
0:17:19 – 0:17:22 Make the effort and then stop like that.
0:17:19 – 0:17:24 Set up a digital system and there's an old one
0:17:24 – 0:17:26 The operating system pops on it and then stops the
0:17:26 – 0:17:32 I took things out once. Because the software
0:17:32 – 0:17:34 I have, I have all the data,
0:17:34 – 0:17:37 That wouldn't be an issue, old hard drives.
0:17:37 – 0:17:43 If not, things are just gone.
0:17:43 – 0:17:45 And that's how it is, that's how it is
0:17:45 – 0:17:48 A chapter in life that ends like this
0:17:45 – 0:17:51 Just as relationships have ended,
0:17:51 – 0:17:54 I was super creative. And I can
0:17:54 – 0:17:57 only say so for me when I suffer,
0:17:57 – 0:17:59 I'm the most creative because that's right now.
0:17:59 – 0:18:03 Not just blogging, but me.
0:18:03 – 0:18:03 Then paint, I draw
0:18:03 – 0:18:10 various things. So I'm alive
0:18:10 – 0:18:12 Always be creative. This is real
0:18:10 – 0:18:18 It's funny. And if I'm okay, then
0:18:18 – 0:18:23 I don't even have the mousse and the
0:18:23 – 0:18:26 What do I call that, the energy for it. me
0:18:26 – 0:18:29 I just think that in suffering there is a
0:18:29 – 0:18:31 Improbably strong energy in it.
0:18:31 – 0:18:32 is stuck. Not when you're depressed.
0:18:32 – 0:18:36 corner sitting or out of bed no more
0:18:36 – 0:18:38 Come out, but if you get a little
0:18:36 – 0:18:41 is depressed or has a certain
0:18:41 – 0:18:44 Suffering can happen in a
0:18:44 – 0:18:47 Improbably strong creativity
0:18:47 – 0:18:49 express. If you think about it, here so
0:18:49 – 0:18:51 Picasso, who in his goods
0:18:51 – 0:18:55 He cut off another ear. Was that
0:18:55 – 0:18:55 Picasso? No.
0:18:55 – 0:19:00 I don't know who that was.
0:19:00 – 0:19:03 It's too late for that. I'm doing these now
0:19:03 – 0:19:03 Recording. Somehow we have 0 o'clock.
0:19:05 – 0:19:13 In any case, there are people
0:19:13 – 0:19:15 in contemporary art, which really
0:19:15 – 0:19:18 They are most creative when they don't.
0:19:18 – 0:19:21 I'm fine. And I'm obviously counting
0:19:21 – 0:19:23 Because if I'm okay and I'm
0:19:23 – 0:19:25 I'm happy in the relationship and so on.
0:19:25 – 0:19:29 Life goes on, I always have to
0:19:29 – 0:19:31 Motivate me to do something. In
0:19:31 – 0:19:33 other case it just bubbles out of me
0:19:31 – 0:19:37 out.
0:19:37 – 0:19:37 It's kind of funny, isn't it?
0:19:37 – 0:19:42 That was it again, which
0:19:42 – 0:19:42 I wanted to talk like that.
0:19:42 – 0:19:48 I'm not that much today
0:19:48 – 0:19:50 I'm sorry, but if you're in favor of mine
0:19:50 – 0:19:53 musical agypse or for the
0:19:53 – 0:19:56 Making Music Interested in Itself, There Are
0:19:56 – 0:20:04 It is connected to this sound-funk universe.
0:19:56 – 0:20:00 The trial podcast, which is also available in
0:20:04 – 0:20:05 There you will find when you go,
0:20:05 – 0:20:08 Rehearsal podcast where you can find these two words
0:20:08 – 0:20:13 writes, maybe still Lautfunk behind it,
0:20:13 – 0:20:13 Then you'll find it. Or look at them.
0:20:13 – 0:20:20 Follow-up description, there is also a link
0:20:20 – 0:20:23 inside. Musical Aegypse of Me
0:20:23 – 0:20:24 You can find it here, oh the
0:20:23 – 0:20:27 I don't have a URL to list either.
0:20:27 – 0:20:29 Because it is so cryptic. On
0:20:29 – 0:20:30 I'll link it to each case and then
0:20:30 – 0:20:33 Can you look at it or
0:20:33 – 0:20:35 Listen in. If you have a goat, a
0:20:35 – 0:20:37 Give feedback, you can get one.
0:20:37 – 0:20:39 Call the phone number and you can get one.
0:20:39 – 0:20:41 Make a voice message and if you
0:20:41 – 0:20:42 I agree with you, then I can
0:20:42 – 0:20:44 Somewhere here too
0:20:44 – 0:20:48 Publish it and then stick to it.
0:20:48 – 0:20:51 Leave a comment. Do you find
0:20:48 – 0:20:54 Also in the follow-up description. Then
0:20:54 – 0:20:58 You can leave a comment here, too, so
0:20:58 – 0:21:02 written form. I would go on
0:21:02 – 0:21:04 Any case rejoice. Yes, thanks for listening
0:21:04 – 0:21:05 Until the next edition of
0:21:05 – 0:21:09 It's a digression.
0:21:09 – 0:21:09 Goodbye, Sasha.
0:21:10 – 0:21:25 [Music]

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In this captivating episode of ‘Die Abschweifung’, Sascha dives deep into his personal musical journey, which takes him from the experimental days with digital synthesizers of the 90s to his latest podcast and YouTube projects. Sascha reflects on his experiences with music production, which was both a creative escape and a therapeutic means during various phases of life. He talks about the technical challenges and evolution of his musical tools from hardware to software and how relationships and living conditions influenced his artistic production. From his first serious relationship, which ended in creative flare-ups, to moving to Dortmund, to the challenges of a stroke and the support of his current fiancé, Sascha gives an intimate insight into the life of a versatile artist who remains passionately creative despite health and technological obstacles.

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