This is to some degree the sister-mog of the previous one on Sonic Youth in Piter, because two days later I got to go stand before the radiance of Russia's rock-monolith, Boris Grebenshchikov (BG), and his band, Akvarium. And so in mog-space like in real-time.The concert took place in a "Place of Sport", a very circular Soviet Arena. This meant I got to see a new metro station, Sportivnaia - also
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Posts by tolkovyislovar'
The Life Akvarium
Jams run wild over Russia
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Russia's crazy and I don't understand it, ever. I've been studying its culture for several odd years now and she still surprises me. Recently I had the good fortune of getting to St. Petersburg just in time to find out about Sonic Youth's first concert in Russia since their Daydream Nation tour back when they use to call it Leningrad.They were advertised as the most influential band of all time. T
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Everything I longed for ... when I was sixteen, and that's okay
Alright, now I know this should probably be a comment on kristiana's post from about 5 minutes ago, rather than a whole new post, but I can't help myself. It seems people have been pretty tough on Hayden, and I wanted to post something on how much I think he's great (well, I guess I mean his first album, since I'm not familiar with his other ones - but when I can rub two nickles together, I swear
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Bet it on the dogs
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Alright, so now that I know all my songs are mp4s and have figured out how to make them mp3s (thanks Kate), I'm gonna let loose and post again. There's no anecdotal introduction, it's just a beautiful, well-written song. Now, Corin's got a good lot of amazing songs that he's written himself, but I keep getting drawn into this one, written by Doug Norquay from the town where I was born - Guelph, O
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Music in the metro
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So I was on my way to a totally unrelated Low concert in New York, and there was this amazing brass ensemble playing in the Union Square subway station. Now, I've got nothing against the usual lot of subway buskers, but this just blew my mind - an 8-piece band (or there abouts... I wasn't counting) with a drummer, playing jazz with a serious hip-hop flavor. They turn out to be from Chicago and a
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