Global Voices

The World is speaking, for instance, in Ukraine. Are you listening?

counterpoint

And from Akvarium, another side of the same argument Gazmanov is making

politics of pop

Oleg Gazmanov seems more and more interesting, kind of like Zhirinovsky...
Gazmanov - Novaya Zarya

Turns out that youtube is acquiring a slavic element

You can also see Diskoteka Avaria, who are bigger fans of american culture
Ostrie Ataki
HHHiRNR

or some more realistically (?) portrayed youth


or if you don't mind their language, some interesting recombinations of Leningrad
Karlsson na Dacha
Anime??

and it turns out the guy in Brat is the poslednii geroi Kino had in mind...

and there's a bit of uploaded Kino footage

Green Theme Zine

To go with green drinks, let me also give a shout out for Grist Magazine. I know a girl who works there, but stupidly never looked up the publication for the first, oh, ten months of our acquaintance. Now that I've seen it, it turns out to be super awesome.

Grist - "it's gloom and doom with a sense of humor. So laugh now -- or the planet gets it."

Green drinks

On Tuesday night I went to a get together event for the green-minded, a schmooze and booze for sustainable environmentalist types. It didn't get me a job, but it got me some free wine, and some quality time at the Aquarium.

ferocious beasties

In New Jersey, a cat chased a black bear up a tree. There's a picture, so you know it's true.

Butter sculptures

Apparently, as part of the Minnesota State Fair, they choose a Dairy Princess -- called Princess Kay of the Milky Way.

And then they carve her likeness out of a block of butter. My friend was there.