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Happy Holidays, y'all! On this episode, Lera gets to sit down and chat with Dr. Juliane Fürst who unpacks 10 years worth of research and personal explorations in the Soviet Hippie movement as published in her latest book from Oxford University Press. Her stories will thrill, so gather 'round and take a listen. We hope you enjoy! ABOUT THE GUEST https://newageru.hypotheses.org/files/2020/05/F%C3%BCrst-320x320.jpg Juliane Fürst is head of the department of Communism and Society at the Centre of Contemporary History at Potsdam and a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Bristol. She completed a monograph on the culture and history of the Soviet Hippie movement entitled Flowers through Concrete: Explorations in the Soviet Hippieland (OUP 2020). She is also the author of Stalin's Last Generation: Soviet Post-War Youth and the Emergence of Late Socialism and the editor of Dropping Out of Socialism: Alternative Cultures and Lifestyles in the Soviet Bloc (2016). You can find Flowers Through Concrete here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08XJGHT62/ref=dbsadefrwtbiblvppii0 SELECT QUOTES FROM THE EPISODE "I've always... been interested in capturing the feelings and the subjectivities and the emotional subjectivities of people as much as the political developments. It always felt to me that it was a really important part of the story." "In retrospect, I can see that all my topics--they look like choices, but actually these topics found me, and I just sort of wandered around until the topic found me and then I knew it." "I always told my mother, you're very lucky, I'm not punkish, I'm not hippyish... I don't pierce my nose, my ears, whatever. But... interviewing all these hippies, I could suddenly see that actually in my own quiet way, I was quite anarchic and possibly still am..." "The one thing they all had in common was a crazy love of The Beatles... It wasn't only a case of privilege, but quite often it was a case of privilege. In many places, these very early Hippie crowds came from children of the nomenklatura in the Party." "The Soviet Hippieland... is a civilization in its own right, rather than some imitation of a Western movement." "Long hair goes a long way in the Soviet union because it's somethign that was so forbidden... It's like wearing red and white in Belarus was nothing like 2 years ago and now it's a political statement that gets you into prison." "I very much feel that one can only understand a society if you really listen to the pluralities of voices... especially in the outer edges... If you never try to see how far can somebody be from the mainstream of society, then you never get a full picture of it... It really gave me enormous pleasure over the last 10 years... that I'm really preserving something..." "We have come to the point where we've realized that... it isn't anymore all about people doing things or policies, the in-between and the ephemeral and the emotional... are what matters." PRODUCER'S NOTE: This episode was recorded on November 19th, 2021 via Zoom. If you have questions, comments, or would like to be a guest on the show, please send a message to slavxradio@utexas.edu and we will be in touch! CREDITS Co-Producer/Host: Lera Toropin (@earlportion) Associate Producer: Cullan Bendig (@cullanwithana) Associate Producer: Zach Johnson Assistant Producer: Sergio Glajar Assistant Producer: Misha Simanovskyy Executive Assistant: Katherine Birch Recording, Editing, and Sound Design: Michelle Daniel Music Producer: Charlie Harper (Connect: facebook.com/charlie.harper.1485 Instagram: @charlieharpermusic) www.charlieharpermusic.com (Main Theme by Charlie Harper and additional background music by Charlie Harper, Ketsa, Shaolin Dub, JayKode Trap Remix - "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy", Aliev Beatz - "Home Alone" remix, The Fab 4 Beatles cover band, Joe Truswell - The Beatles remix, Dopant Beats "In the Hall of the Mountain King", Stas Namin and the Flowers, Petr Mamonov) Clip of "hippie girl" from episode of Smothers Brothers Executive Producer & Creator: Michelle Daniel (Connect: facebook.com/mdanielgeraci Instagram: @michelledaniel86) www.msdaniel.com DISCLAIMER: Texas Podcast Network is brought to you by The University of Texas at Austin. Podcasts are produced by faculty members and staffers at UT Austin who work with University Communications to craft content that adheres to journalistic best practices. The University of Texas at Austin offers these podcasts at no charge. Podcasts appearing on the network and this webpage represent the views of the hosts, not of The University of Texas at Austin. https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/9/9a59b135-7876-4254-b600-3839b3aa3ab1/P1EKcswq.png Special Guest: Juliane Fürst.

For composer and legendary Russian art and music figure Stas Namin, the current state of the world points towards a trajectory of violence and dissonance, as humanity curiously turns from a collective to an individual mind. This dissonance, drama, and the cosmic cycle of breaking down and rebuilding is translated through the power of the LSO, in an epic performance born from a philosophical pondering of the state of humanity. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p774/Stas_Namin%3A_Centuria_S-Quark_Symphony.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive #LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans #CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain #ClassicalMusicLivesOn #Uber Please consider supporting our show, thank you! http://www.classicalsavings.com/donate.html staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com

di Riccardo GazzanigaEstate 1989: nell’URSS di Gorbaciov che inizia ad aprirsi al mondo, il rocker dissidente Stas Namin realizza il suo sogno. Con l’aiuto dello spregiudicato manager americano Doc McGhee, che gestisce alcune delle band Hair Metal più popolari del periodo, Stas dà vita al primo festival rock della storia sovietica. Nonostante conflitti e cazzotti tra gli artisti coinvolti, e una serie di eccessi alcolici e stupefacenti che stridono con la presunta missione del festival di sensibilizzare i giovani sui rischi delle dipendenze, l’evento allo stadio Lenin, nel cuore di Mosca, è un successo: Skid Row, Scorpions, Motley Crue, Ozzy Osbourne e Bon Jovi scatenano la voglia di libertà di tantissimi ragazzi, finalmente liberi di cantare e ballare insieme ai loro idoli. In tutto questo il cantante degli Scorpions Klaus Meine trova l’ispirazione per scrivere la canzone che diventerà la colonna sonora del vento di cambiamento che sta travolgendo l’Europa dell’est, e che in Polonia porta in quello stesso Agosto alla creazione del primo governo democratico nei paesi oltre-cortina. Il vento soffia anche nelle Repubbliche Baltiche di Lettonia, Estonia e Lituania, dove due milioni di persone si tengono per mano formando una catena umana di 600 chilometri per chiedere l’indipendenza dall’Unione Sovietica.

di Riccardo GazzanigaNei primi mesi del 1989, in Russia, lo spirito riformista di Gorbaciov fa sognare i giovani sovietici che da anni lottano per un paese più libero. Fra questi c’è un rocker dissidente di nome Stas Namin, che sogna di portare le band hair-metal americane nella sua Mosca per un grande concerto di rock e libertà. Nel frattempo, in Polonia, Solidarnosc di Lech Walesa diventa un partito politico e trionfa alle prime elezioni democratiche del paese: un terremoto che fa tremare i confini degli altri stati del Patto di Varsavia, aprendo la frontiera tra Ungheria e Austria. Solo in un paese la transazione verso la libertà non si compie e viene, anzi soffocata nel sangue. Le proteste dei giovani cinesi che chiedono più diritti e libertà civili si scontrano con l’atteggiamento intranisgente e repressivo del regime ancora guidato, dietro le quinte, da Deng Xiaoping. In piazza Tienamen, si consuma così la più grande tragedia del 1989 e forse dell’intero decennio. Ai cinesi non resta cheportare una benda rossa ai concerti del rocker Cui Jan, che non si piega al regime. Perché la musica può essere anche questo, strumento di resistenza e libertà.

“I follow the Moskva, down to Gorky Park… listening to the wind of change.” The German rock band Scorpions’ lead singer Klaus Meine was inspired to write Wind of Change at a rock festival in Moscow in the summer of 1989. Politics were rapidly shifting in the Soviet Union at the time as a result of Mikhail Gorbachev’s reforms. Recalling the peaceful yet revolutionary atmosphere at the concerts, Klaus said “there was a whole new generation of Russian kids that said the Cold War would be over soon - we could literally feel the world changing in front of our eyes”. No one had any idea that the Berlin wall would come down only a few months later. Wind of Change was released in 1990, and has since become an unofficial anthem for the end of the Cold War and the reunification of Germany in 1991. The power ballad is one the best-selling singles in history, and popular all over the world. Featuring interviews with lead singer of the Scorpions Klaus Meine, Russian rock musician Stas Namin, and true stories of what the song means to people who lived in the former USSR. Producer: Sophie Anton

Interview with FREE to Rock producer Doug Yeager, discusses the documentary and music. Playlist includes: 1. Stas Namin & the Flowers - "The Wall" 2. The Cuff Links- "Guided Missiles" 3. Elvis Presley - "Blue Suede Shoes" 4. Pete Anderson and the Swamp Shakers - "Baby I'm Crazy About You" 5. Beatles -"Twist & Shout" 6. Beach Boys -"Break Away" 7. Dean Reed -"This Train" 8. Elektrik Tank -"Red Hot Lipstick" 9. Billy Joel -"Matter of Trust" 10. Scorpions -"Winds of Change" 11. Metallica -"Enter the Sandman"