I didn't watch Liverpool disgracious game, and I don't regret it.
While Stevie G and his fellas were boring the shit out of the whole world I was taking part in Berlin's legendary MyFest, aka Ersten Mai.
Twenty years after the huge fights in West-Berlin's Kreuzberg, it's a tradition for every marginal in Berlin (and that's a huge community, beleive me) to gather in the streets on this day.
The 2007 edition should've been a huge party, and it was. Beer, music, Wurst, sun, barbecue, everything was there, and everybody was celebrating in a cheerful way.
Towards the evening, more and more people were drunk (I plead guilty), and the first bottles were thrown. The cops, in Terminator/Robocop uniform started to show their faces, but that of course, only give the trouble makers more reasons to become violent.
It was frightening to see 100 cops looking straight at you, seeing some young guys taken into custody and some flares thrown towars the cops.
But things didn't escalate, I got home without a scratch, and this morning the city woke up in all calmness.
All in all a pleasant day, and the city authorities have declared they were happy with how things went.
While Stevie G and his fellas were boring the shit out of the whole world I was taking part in Berlin's legendary MyFest, aka Ersten Mai.
Twenty years after the huge fights in West-Berlin's Kreuzberg, it's a tradition for every marginal in Berlin (and that's a huge community, beleive me) to gather in the streets on this day.
The 2007 edition should've been a huge party, and it was. Beer, music, Wurst, sun, barbecue, everything was there, and everybody was celebrating in a cheerful way.
Towards the evening, more and more people were drunk (I plead guilty), and the first bottles were thrown. The cops, in Terminator/Robocop uniform started to show their faces, but that of course, only give the trouble makers more reasons to become violent.
It was frightening to see 100 cops looking straight at you, seeing some young guys taken into custody and some flares thrown towars the cops.
But things didn't escalate, I got home without a scratch, and this morning the city woke up in all calmness.
All in all a pleasant day, and the city authorities have declared they were happy with how things went.
