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Karosta,on the Baltic coast of Latvia.
This is a very interesting area,an ex Russian/Soviet military base… more like an entire city actually.. that was closed to civilians, abandoned in the 90s and now partly abandoned and partly repopulated.
There’s a great old Russian orthodox church here.Some impressive buildings that are mostly ruined, especially the oldest buildings from the Tsarist period.
I’m staying in Karosta prison;-) An interesting experience indeed, not very comfortable, certainly different.. basic cell with a small bed and very thin mattress, outside communal bathroom.
They have a type of canteen where you can eat basic food like what the prisoners here would have eaten.It was a military prison not a civilian one,the soldiers kept here (mostly navy) for short periods only, for breaking regulations.
Since april when I bought my electric organ I haven’t played guitar at all. So it’s been about four months. Yesterday I played a bit, and it’s noticeable how my hands aren’t really super synced. Finger dexterity is still fine, but the timing between the fretting and plucking hands just isn’t great. I suppose it’ll come back if a day or two.
I was watching Euphoria, and in one scene [Spartacus Love Theme](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ6e8-94JRE) was playing. I’ve never seen Spartacus, but Bill Evans recorded a [version of that theme](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fdV_C3YGIs) for his album Conversations With Myself and it’s always been my favourite Bill Evans cut. That theme is just so beautiful and simple. There’s such drama and longing and sweetness in that repeating three note motif. I hadn’t heard it in at least a year I think, but hearing it in that scene just made me fall in love with it all over again.