Mac Ford

Patti Smith I was completely green. I had never worked with a producer. If John couldn’t win, he would step back and challenge me. “OK, you want to improvise ‘Birdland’? You want to wing it? Then really do it.” I was not easy to challenge because I was very self-assured. I had more self-assurance than talent, perhaps. When I achieved something, I... See more

The monks made an altar near one of the walls and the relief of the stone resembled a holy image. Later, local masters painted an icon upon it, but the paint inexplicably vanished within a matter of days. And it vanished every time the image was painted.

On holiday of the Protection of the Holy Virgin people came to the dilapidated village: someone had already moved from here, and someone did not dare yet, stall for time. Taras recalls that they danced, had fun, but there was tension inside, because each of them realized that this evening in the valley was the last one for them:

— Someone said:

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Today, the church is functioning without any restrictions. There is no priest in it, there is no denominational division. Orthodox, Greek-Catholic icons and the icon of God the Father stand next to each other:

— Today it is a monument of national importance, which performs a single function: not to divide people by the confessions, to allow everyone

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The history of Bakota’s St. Michael’s Cave Monastery has started back in pre-Christian times. Age of caves reaches almost 4 thousand years. Almost all this time they served to worship natural elements. Until now, some pagan artifacts have been saved: a man’s foot etched in stone, stone idols and altars.

Translated from Keltic “Bakota” means a valley, in Spanish it is a dip. In Romanian language it`s a piece of bread, in Turkish – to see far.

Sometimes you don’t even realize those things when you’re making it. You’re unconscious of the forces of nature pushing you forward. It’s quite a remarkable document of a band still very young. We’re little ponies in there trying to harness this energy. On the other hand, we are embarked on our future. That’s all you can hope for from a debut... See more

Matt Berninger Poetry is like ice skating, whereas songwriting to me feels like swimming. With songwriting, you’re down in the water and you’re really reacting to the music, whereas with poetry, you’re on the top. All through “Horses” you hear someone who is probably more comfortable in poetry starting to become a singer and a songwriter, starting... See more