Videos – Page 17 – Natalia A.

Almost Lover by A Fine Frenzy

Because sometimes you just need this sort of thing. This – rip the heart out of your breast, vein-by-vein – sort of thing. And I’m thinking rum and ink. I’m thinking the last star at dawn. The green eyes of cats.

Happy New Year? Maybe?

I’m not making any resolutions, and I’m not even trying to guess what 2009 will bring for me or anyone else. I just want this winter to be over. Still, it was an alright year as far as I was concerned, not a very alright one as far as the world in general was concerned,Continue reading “Happy New Year? Maybe?”

These songs are for my beautiful Anna

And if you also appreciate the immortal genius (and immensely underrated sexytime appeal) of Vladimir Vysotsky, you’ll enjoy it as well. Stay strong, Anna. I love you, honeycakes. And, just because sometimes it helps, here’s a fun one from Vysotsky as well. This one’s about a ‘funny farm,’ as people like to put it. ParticularlyContinue reading “These songs are for my beautiful Anna”

“It was Christmas Eve, babe, In the drunk tank…”

I know I put up this video last year, but my mood seems to be oddly the same this year: The weather in Amman has gotten completely wild, to the point that the wind was literally blowing me sideways as I made my way down the street and to the house (I could point theContinue reading ““It was Christmas Eve, babe, In the drunk tank…””

Schedrik – Carol of the Bells, the Original Ukrainian Version

There’s lots of cool performances and recordings of this song on YouTube, but here is one of my favourites: It’s just a very basic fan video, but the performance really struck me. Incidentally, one of my favourite lines from the original goes – “you have a black-browed wife.” It’s congratulating the guy that the swallowContinue reading “Schedrik – Carol of the Bells, the Original Ukrainian Version”