Volume 3

I entered into a relationship with a girl from Lower Austria, whom my pal Jonny introduced me to after I laid eyes on her at the Tanzpalast. She enlightened me on our first encounter by saying that she would go…

It was evident to me after her departure that it was time for me to do something new too—to step out of my “good life” and turn the amplifier knob to 11, just to go out there, pursue something else,…

On one occasion, when I was due to drive for the weekend, Uglich and I arrived at Kopo’s house. He informed his girlfriend that he wouldn’t be available for this weekend because he was out with the lads. As we…

When we got there, the club had a pleasant mood. It had a respectable size and gave off a serene and quiet vibe. It had some regulars, but it wasn’t particularly crowded. By the time we arrived, it had to…

Uglich had just finished his compulsory army service and was looking for a job. His beloved sister was in England. He lived at home surrounded by an alcoholic father and a superficial, phlegmatic, bordering on arrogant mother, two younger sisters,…

“There we were again, another night out, literally a couple of weeks after the post-booze cruse. This time, there was no excuse. I made sure that we met at my place because I wanted. In fact, I insisted on being…

Time went by and I was running down the clock, so I needed to get my act together somehow, because my girlfriend was not capable of finding me accommodation that suited my budget and we were in October. The prices…

When I started there, in the fall of 1999, they assigned me to the installation team. We travelled to different locations in Vienna and worked in dusty and filthy rooms full of buzzing, hot, and flashing equipment in basements or…

Days went by, minutes ticked away, and there was still no word from London about potential housing. I gave up bothering her. It was beyond my control. I believe she was not the happiest woman on the planet and did…

A few days before my departure, I received a phone call on a Siemens C25, a mobile phone I bought from Kopo. He always introduced himself as Jacky. Kopo was exclusive to me! I was preparing the phone to take…