A Blog by Robert Rigney

Robert Rigney is an old Ami from West-Berlin. Since the fall of the Wall he has been journeying ever eastwards and ever southwards, first living in Prague, then traveling the Balkans, living in Istanbul, and finally establishing a second residence in south-east Turkey.

He writes for an eclectic variety of US, UK, German and Turkish publications and is currently working on an oral history of the Balkan Beats movement.

DAMIR

There are some critics out there – and I am, unfortunately, not one – who maintain that Damir Imamović is heir apparent to the great

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Sasha Propositions Me

Sasha and I go to Ziko’s,  an old Serbian establishment off of Kantstrasse, just north of Stutti. Ziko’s used to be a popular meeting spot

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Sasha

“You could write a book about my life,” said Sasha. “In fact, you could write several books. The things I have seen and done, you

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“Gypsy Express”

Ever seen that Yugo film from 1980 called Ko To Tamo Peva, or Who’s Singing’ Over There? It’s the archetypal film about a Balkan bus

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