Thank you for a fun Eurovision. It’s not cool to care about these contests, but whatever. Screw you, stiff-upper-lippy types, and screw everyone nattering on about “we need to have a contest just for Western countries! Why I was livid that these creatures, who ought to be hoovering my living room or performing a differentContinue reading “Congratulations to Russia AND Ukraine”
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Happy Victory Day! – С Днем Победы!
My grandmother started crying on the phone: “I don’t want you to ever know what it’s like to hear the shelling and know that it’s coming for you.” War is banal and blind and savage and ultimately meaningless. But there is still something to smile about today, at least for me. If only because itsContinue reading “Happy Victory Day! – С Днем Победы!”
Spring makes me wish I was in Kyiv
But, you know, Amman is alright for this sort of thing too.
“Born in the USSR”
My anthem for this weekend, and, perhaps, forever (I go through phases with this band, DDT – sometimes I worship them, sometimes they strike me as uncool, sometimes they are the nucleus of my nostalgia). And, just because this goes along with that faded, fluttery image of the early days of my childhood, here isContinue reading ““Born in the USSR””
In the mood for Bekmambetov’s “Mongol,” baby
The music is “Tamerlan’s Doors” by Mel’nica. “Mongol” by Timur Bekmambetov was nominated for an Oscar. Between that and Mikhalkov’s “12,” all I can say is we wuz robbed. Whether you like the film or not (I’ve only seen parts of it so far), the video is pretty sweet.
Natalia A. 