Shutdown

 I just shut down an Instagram account. I haven’t updated the Sidney SN account for three or maybe even more years—simply because I didn’t want to. I once said that I created the IG account because some people said it could be a good idea. But when a lot of people started checking out the Sidney SN account, it was both unexpected and kind of perfect. 

The interest from the Soulvent Records crew. Your support means a lot. I probably like UK drum and bass more than any other kind, so getting interest from some of the best UK labels is a big deal—big up. Also, when I supported Shogun Audio and they responded in a genuinely friendly way—that was another big up for Sidney SN. 

There were also many more respected names from drum and bass and even progressive scenes who showed interest. Thank you for that. 

And about the IG stories—thanks to C Recordings and others who watched or liked the Sidney SN content or my random stories. Honestly, I saw many of those stories as little bits of nonsense—there were maybe ten of them total in 2024. 

I’ve got a backup of the IG account. Here are some fragments from the Sidney SN Instagram: a backup of the IG. This shutdown isn’t because Zuckerberg suddenly looks like someone who should be shut down himself—but… Maybe the only social media I need now is Blogger :D

Too many truth

 I read an article about the possible manipulation of Czech media regarding the current situation in Germany. The article stated that many Czech people living in Germany can’t believe what Czech media is reporting about the situation there. According to them, Czech media is painting a picture of Germany as a place where life has become nearly impossible. 

 I don’t want to talk again about Czechia — I think German people are already aware of the situation here, especially since I personally wrote a lot about it in 2023. And the fact that Czechia currently has one of the worst economies in Europe speaks for itself. But what I want to focus on now is the topic of murders. 

Almost every day, Czech media reports on how horrible the situation in Germany is — that there are too many murders committed by immigrants. But at the same time, I regularly check the police crime reports for the Pilsen region, and I get the impression that more murders happen in Pilsen than what we see reported about Germany — at least in relation to immigrants.  

Let’s take a step back: German media once said, “The end is near — Czechia is surviving its own collapse.” [1] 

Because of my feelings about Pilsen, I decided to research the number of murders in the Pilsen region. From October 2024 until now*, I found around 15 cases — and that’s just counting individual incidents. In some cases, more than one person was murdered by the same perpetrator. Most of these murders happened in Pilsen itself. And most of the perpetrators were white Czech citizens — not Ukrainians or Roma people. Yet in Czechia, there’s a lot of misinformation suggesting that Ukrainians or immigrants are the main source of crime. I don’t even want to know the total number of murders in Czechia overall. I believe this research confirms my feeling — both about the situation in Germany and in Pilsen. It also seems to support the idea that Czech media is distorting the image of Germany. 

Just like how there are articles claiming Germany is now the most dangerous place to live in Europe, there are also many articles about Germany’s economy. When a Czech person isn’t reading about murders in Germany, they’re reading about the supposed collapse of Germany’s economy. But Germany has the third-largest economy in the world. And where is the Czech economy? Why is Czechia among the worst-performing economies in Europe? (Since 2021, the Czech economy has even performed worse than after the global economic crisis of 2008.) [2] These are the kinds of realities you face when coming from Western Europe into Czechia. The fact that there are border controls at the Czech-German border — unlike other German borders — makes me think Germany is afraid of what’s happening here. 

 *Alongside all this, there are also cases of people surviving knife attacks, and likely, there is at least one such incident every week. From October 2024 until now, several bodies have been found in rivers or streams. In many of these cases, the cause of death is unclear, although some are labeled as suicides. When I watch Batman movies, I sometimes feel like I’m looking at Gotham City. Some of these real-life stories are disturbingly similar. 

[1] Of course, that quote is a provocation — German media never said anything like that. But that’s exactly the kind of impression one can get from reading Czech media’s coverage of Germany. [2] I think the situation in Czechia has improved somewhat since winter 2023, possibly thanks to a new government that is less “red”? And maybe some of my own words had a bit of an awakening effect… But when it comes to talk about deficits: a nation can be in deficit whether it’s rich or poor. For example, Belgium is currently running a deficit, but its living standards are very different from those in Czechia — and Belgium is the 15th richest country in the world. Countries like Germany, France, or the UK all have worse economic indicators than Belgium, but their everyday life conditions are still far better than those in Czechia.

A fact: 

Country	GDP per Capita (USD)
Luxembourg	~$132,800
Ireland	~$112,500
Netherlands	~$71,400
Germany	~$53,700
France	~$44,400
Belgium	~$54,700
Czechia	~$31,600

Black Lives Matter

Roel Langerakpark, Rotterdam

 When a man thinking about a black culture, historically the man can see a lot of oppressions against black people. I don’t want an article about this oppression but I want a words about a positive things.  

When a man see the history of black people, black culture, a man can be glad that black people exist. I like lot from electronic music and when a man like electronic music, the man need to love black people.  

Black people are the roots of techno music itself. Everyone in interest about tech music know that techno music have a roots in Detroit and everyone know that there were especially black people as the fundaments for the techno music. And when a man thinking about a roots of drum and bass music, everyone in interest knows that drum and bass have the roots in black culture 80’s of North America. And a 90’s fundament for liquid drum and bass is also a black man. Or people who like hip hop they also need to love black people because black people brought into world this music genre. 

Almost all from an electronic music have a roots in a black culture. And when a man thinking about the roots of a tech music and drum and bass music, I think black people brought this music into the world for a peace and because a peace of their souls. 

And when I thinking about a peace or about tranquility of a black people which they bringing into the world, I thinking about South Holland, for example. When a man visit Zuid Holland, the man can see that black people are the society and culture of Zuid Holland. And the man can see a peace which there exists also because the black people itself. But I think in whole especially Western Netherlands, Amsterdam area is to see how black culture work. I think who don’t know South Holland or Western Netherlands, probably is difficult explaining the vibes of this community of many skin colors people but who know probably agree that without a black people and black culture Zuid or Western Netherlands would be not the same place as the community looks today. 

I had a words to Zuiderpark in Rotterdam, that during summer times there exist a barbecue events for whole the session almost everyday and in Zuiderpark have events also black people. I saw more black people events in Zuiderpark and in Zuiderpark I also saw a black people events, days during start of August 2024 and there were many smiles and laughs from black kids itself because there are a black people events with black kids itself and I think that this is also something what black people bringing into the world. 

And yeah, black people brought into the world pretty many music genres which are also a mainstream cultures in Netherlands itself or in Germany, for example. Germany is even the main or basic place where a techno producers in 90’s realized and today realizing techno culture that have the roots in Detroit and the black people. 

And when a white man take a good black itself senses for the all music, people from whole world have a more positive life’s because electronic music which the black people brought into the world. And this all electronic music is an example that black people are also progress in the world; Without black people the world could be more sad, because all this music itself was brought into the world for a smiles.

+ Because in Czechia for example, where exist a main free tekno scene, is an often connected free tekno with techno, I have a words to the theme because free tekno have not a roots in a black culture or in techno itself but free tekno emerged in 90’s United Kingdom from a punk or a ‘Trainspotting’ white people. I think that ideas of free tekno are also a contrast to black culture because a values of free tekno are contrary to economic values itself of a black culture and to the black reasons why techno itself exist.