Word: berlin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After settling down in Berlin, he decided that his time was being wasted going to school, so he decided to look for work. Choosing between agriculture and photography, he opted for the latter, for it "was the nearest thing to journalism for anyone who found himself without a language...
Chanting "Police murderers!" and "Fascists!" the crowd smashed windows, looted shops and burned cars. Similar outbreaks occurred in Stuttgart, West Berlin, Munich, Hamburg and other major cities. After five days of violence, dozens of people had been injured and about 500 detained. Police believe many of the rioters were left-wing provocateurs affiliated with terrorist groups. Frankfurt's police spokesman called the troublemakers in his city "professional rowdies who enjoy destruction under some pretext of political motivation...
...first side of the album is a 1978 live performance from New York's Bottom Line of three songs from Reed's early post-Velvets career. The soulful "Coney Island Baby" is even more soulful live, "Berlin" is more bittersweetly melancholy and "Satellite of Love" gains a full-bodied, joyous harmony and electricity that it lacks on the more sedate studio recording. City Lights is worth the purchase price for these three selections alone, since they're unavailable elsewhere...
...does it? Scratch a little deeper and you'll see, as I did, the odd nature of these kinds of places. Guantanamo, like Hong Kong or West Berlin, serves many purposes for many people. And few people, Castro included, look like they're in any big hurry...
Hibbs declined comment on potential job opportunities in the United States or elsewhere. But he said he and his wife, Eva H. Bernbro-Hibbs, are considering returning to Berlin in the spring. Hibbs spent last spring working in Berlin. He said he has not yet thought about whether to return to the United States...