Comments on: Pissed off in London: Angry Russian on Maslenitsa http://www.thefirstpint.co.uk/2010/02/04/pissed-off-in-london-angry-russian-on-maslenitsa/ The international's guide to London Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:23:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: The Angry Russian http://www.thefirstpint.co.uk/2010/02/04/pissed-off-in-london-angry-russian-on-maslenitsa/#comment-437 The Angry Russian Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:48:53 +0000 http://www.thefirstpint.co.uk/?p=1546#comment-437 Another act I'd very much like to see at a public event but never will: Zakhar May, an uniquely controversial solo singer who manages to offend Jews, gays and <instert any other easily offendable bunch of people) in each line of any given song, but does so in such a hilarious and tongue-in-cheek way that everybody likes him. The footage is taken on one unusually sunny October day in Russia's capital city, the title reads "When our tanks enter Moscow": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkPtrFy3We8 Another act I’d very much like to see at a public event but never will: Zakhar May, an uniquely controversial solo singer who manages to offend Jews, gays and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkPtrFy3We8

]]> By: The Angry Russian http://www.thefirstpint.co.uk/2010/02/04/pissed-off-in-london-angry-russian-on-maslenitsa/#comment-436 The Angry Russian Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:36:25 +0000 http://www.thefirstpint.co.uk/?p=1546#comment-436 This band is not on the lineup and never will be due to the tragic and untimely death of its lead singer, but it is still my favourite. A Russian punk classic by Sektor Gaza (they are on Guy Ritchie's Rocknrolla soundtrack) with a title that refers to Los Ricos También Lloran ("The rich also cry"), the first Mexican telenovela to be shown in post-Soviet Russia. Video staged by uncredited but hilarious fans. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykj9dW28w98 This band is not on the lineup and never will be due to the tragic and untimely death of its lead singer, but it is still my favourite. A Russian punk classic by Sektor Gaza (they are on Guy Ritchie’s Rocknrolla soundtrack) with a title that refers to Los Ricos También Lloran (“The rich also cry”), the first Mexican telenovela to be shown in post-Soviet Russia. Video staged by uncredited but hilarious fans.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykj9dW28w98

]]> By: The Angry Russian http://www.thefirstpint.co.uk/2010/02/04/pissed-off-in-london-angry-russian-on-maslenitsa/#comment-435 The Angry Russian Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:23:08 +0000 http://www.thefirstpint.co.uk/?p=1546#comment-435 Dmitry Danilenko, another piece of over-produced gay pop bullshit that makes many us ashamed to speak Russian in public. I wonder who is responsible for THAT on the line-up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3W2GPIL-do Dmitry Danilenko, another piece of over-produced gay pop bullshit that makes many us ashamed to speak Russian in public. I wonder who is responsible for THAT on the line-up:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3W2GPIL-do

]]> By: The Angry Russian http://www.thefirstpint.co.uk/2010/02/04/pissed-off-in-london-angry-russian-on-maslenitsa/#comment-434 The Angry Russian Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:17:55 +0000 http://www.thefirstpint.co.uk/?p=1546#comment-434 Angelika Agourbash, one of the reasons why nobody in the world can (or wants) to point Belorussia on the map. Seriously, guys, you have to do something about that before it spills over to the rest of the world. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYA5BeyvRoE Angelika Agourbash, one of the reasons why nobody in the world can (or wants) to point Belorussia on the map. Seriously, guys, you have to do something about that before it spills over to the rest of the world.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYA5BeyvRoE

]]> By: The Angry Russian http://www.thefirstpint.co.uk/2010/02/04/pissed-off-in-london-angry-russian-on-maslenitsa/#comment-433 The Angry Russian Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:07:19 +0000 http://www.thefirstpint.co.uk/?p=1546#comment-433 Billy's Band with what struggles to become a classic drinking song titled "Let's hang out like we do in Piter", altough we Muscovites disapprove the St.Pete inclined lyrics: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnH-9x3xaVY Billy’s Band with what struggles to become a classic drinking song titled “Let’s hang out like we do in Piter”, altough we Muscovites disapprove the St.Pete inclined lyrics:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnH-9x3xaVY

]]> By: The Angry Russian http://www.thefirstpint.co.uk/2010/02/04/pissed-off-in-london-angry-russian-on-maslenitsa/#comment-432 The Angry Russian Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:59:24 +0000 http://www.thefirstpint.co.uk/?p=1546#comment-432 Pelageya with another classic, a Russian Cossack song. The title and chorus mean "Not for you": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twBDnkSZabo Pelageya with another classic, a Russian Cossack song. The title and chorus mean “Not for you”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twBDnkSZabo

]]> By: The Angry Russian http://www.thefirstpint.co.uk/2010/02/04/pissed-off-in-london-angry-russian-on-maslenitsa/#comment-431 The Angry Russian Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:52:54 +0000 http://www.thefirstpint.co.uk/?p=1546#comment-431 Terem Quartet & Yuri Shevchuk (lead singer of DDT, one of Russia's rock behemoths) with a classic Russian romance song to the lyrics of Sergey Yesenin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0dBDPm9Fi0 Terem Quartet & Yuri Shevchuk (lead singer of DDT, one of Russia’s rock behemoths) with a classic Russian romance song to the lyrics of Sergey Yesenin:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0dBDPm9Fi0

]]> By: The Angry Russian http://www.thefirstpint.co.uk/2010/02/04/pissed-off-in-london-angry-russian-on-maslenitsa/#comment-429 The Angry Russian Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:49:58 +0000 http://www.thefirstpint.co.uk/?p=1546#comment-429 A spectacular (but still botched) attempt to seize a snow castle at Baksheevskaya, one of the most popular and authentic Maslenitsa celebrations in Moscow region: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bKpmxjAxwE A spectacular (but still botched) attempt to seize a snow castle at Baksheevskaya, one of the most popular and authentic Maslenitsa celebrations in Moscow region:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bKpmxjAxwE

]]> By: Anthony http://www.thefirstpint.co.uk/2010/02/04/pissed-off-in-london-angry-russian-on-maslenitsa/#comment-423 Anthony Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:06:04 +0000 http://www.thefirstpint.co.uk/?p=1546#comment-423 For a 'real' glimpse into what Maslenitsa is all about, check out this famous scene from this rather infamous film from 1998 - 'The Barber of Siberia' (directed by the Godfather of Russian cinema Nikita Mikhalkov). Scenes at 1:34, 6:05 and from 8:50 onwards are only just a handful of things that people get up to at the festival... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8xZ1d0litU For a ‘real’ glimpse into what Maslenitsa is all about, check out this famous scene from this rather infamous film from 1998 – ‘The Barber of Siberia’ (directed by the Godfather of Russian cinema Nikita Mikhalkov). Scenes at 1:34, 6:05 and from 8:50 onwards are only just a handful of things that people get up to at the festival…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8xZ1d0litU

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