There are more than 1000 vinyls in the Old Hippie collection living in Anykščiai

With a collection of more than 1,000 vinyl records that he does not like, Rimvydas promises to show his treasure to attendees, guests and spectators of the Bard Music Festival, Purple Evening. According to a press release, he will present albums of bard – vinyl artists and CDs.

The nickname Old Hippie for the artist Rimvydas Mathiaska was stuck by a distant relative of a businessman. "You're not like a bomber, but you're not a normal person.You're like a hippie," he said once angry, and began to tell how he had He's seen a report on the Discovery television channel about a hippie island, and finally, he added, you do not smoke grbad and do not have long hair, Rimvyd liked this story, and it's even better. came to the head – so, really, I was all the time like a hippie, but I did not know it myself.The artist grew his hair, started to smell the tobacco and was known as Sen. Hippie.

Rimvydas calls Anykščiai his second homeland. "Although they may be the first," she thinks a little while explaining that the entire family of mothers is from this city. "I came back from his place of departure, especially since I did not have anything precious in Vilnius and I did not win it," he adds.

Located in Grandma's house, Rimvydas is busy with them. When he thought about restoring the sculptures he had bought, he bought a special saw. After seeing how well he managed, the neighbor also thought of the decoration of the house, then the sun ripped tears of wood, which later turned into erotic motifs. Rimvydas even organized two woodcarving exhibitions. One to Ukmerge and the other to Rye Sketches / Erotic Jigsaw in Kaunas. "It's hard to say how much and what love inspires artists," he says, "but the perfect beauty of a woman's body probably inspires a lot." The musicians too. "

When asked what is common to wood and music, Rimvydas gets tired: "Both are creative: the music is composed of partitions, the wood of ribs. However, not everyone has had this creative understanding. "

When working with trees, Rimvydas sometimes listens to music. It is mainly played on the radio, certainly not a platinum. Where did you run to change the plates! There were still vinyl records at Rimvydas. They were collected as early as adolescence: "There were no computers, no smartphones, no internet at the time. Perhaps this is why everyone was striving for a hobby full of love – some were interested in numismatics, others in philately, modeling, photography and photography. , of course, many music lovers. Once, I went to a friend's yard and his brother abandoned the musical "Jesus Christ – a superstar". Years later, my parents and my grandparents eventually bought me the very good Melody-101 music center for my 16th birthday in 1978. That spring, I bought the first two plates of School trip: "The Devil's Bride" and "Fire Hunt with the Heroes".

Today, the artist's collection includes more than 1,000 plates. They would have been well over 1,500 years old – they had not sold their collection of clbadical music records.

More than half of the Rimvydas collection comes from Lithuanian authors. "It is unfortunate that we arrived too late to realize that the music of our country must be maintained first. The music of the world's most famous bands can easily be found online and listened to. After all, in Lithuanian, you have to look for some enlightened recordings. "

The artist is also proud of all his records. "Who will explain how Vytautas Kernagis, Saulius Sondeckis, Gintaras Abariis, Marina Granovskaya, Juozas Domarkas, the GTC Trio, Petras Vyšniauskas, Giedrius Kuprevičius, Broni Kutavičius and many others are more or less proud. If I do not like music, I do not buy it, "he adds," even if the price-quality ratio would be fabulous ".

While living in Vilnius, Rimvydas, like many young people of that time, was constantly on the legendary Antakalnis vinyl market. Living in what was then Krantin Street, the bazaar was easily accessible. In the Soviet era, there was not much money to buy and music lovers went there to inform themselves.

Today, when vinyl is back in fashion, the artist says that a good thing never loses its value. Minimally maintained, it remains of good quality for many years. "Like a painting," he smiles. Seriously, in 100 years, if you hold it properly, nothing happens to vinyl. My first vinyl, bought in 1978, is playing new today. "

This year, the organizers of Bardai LT, the national bard festival Purple Evening in Anykščiai, persuaded Rimvydas to present its collection publicly. Many of his exhibitions will be signed by authors. "With those who will attend the presentation, I will be able to explain how to bademble a good collection with a minimal investment, but really give everything myself," promised Rimvydas Matijaška, a Lithuanian music fan.

The National Beard Festival's "Purple" party will open at the Anykščiai Cultural Center on August 15th at 5pm for Sen Hippie Collection's Singing Poetry Album. Festival events are partly funded by the Lithuanian Council of Culture.