Remembering Polish Animation
Nov 18, 2009 I was supposed to head to Poland today but the flight was canceled, so chilling in my cosy flat in da Ukraine watching classics of Polish animation on YouTube. They’re pretty amazing, and...
View ArticleDrunk? Riva Starr is off the rails
– post: Al Jackson When was the last time you were set upon by beat-crazed gypsies intent on making you feel that the world isn’t shitty, that life isn’t one big fucking let-down, and actually get you...
View ArticleCAUSING AN UNDERGROUND SCENE IN BUDAPEST
– By Al Jackson In a city gripped by recession tighter than most, precocious good-time guys are urging the youth of Budpest to get out, get happy and get partying. Bence Meyeri, the brain behind Wacky...
View ArticleTexas Chainsaw Masscre Meets the Taliban
Text by Vijai Jan 27, 2009 Like most of you, I had thought that the Taliban had a monopoly on gore films from the region, until I stumbled upon Islamabad-based Omar Ali Khan’s masterful ‘Zibahkhana’,...
View ArticleMinsk Rips-Off Big Bang Theory
Feb 17, 2010 By Vijai Cookie-cutter versions of New York’s Sex & the City might be exciting fare for the Russians, but not for the geekier Belarussians, who go for more underground fare. Their...
View ArticleKhan Craves Candy Love
Text by Vijai March 3, 2010 Berlin-based Khan of Finland never fails to hit the G-spot with his dirty, sweet tunes, that mix deep lets-all-love-each-other Chicago house with naughty electro beats. His...
View ArticleEastern European Funk for Eurovision
Eastern Europe’s still has so many negative connotations—golddiggers, corrupt cops, decaying infrastructure—that most hipsters, especially in the East, are wary of using it. Yet, in Europe’s annual...
View ArticleBob Sinclair Poses for B.East
Text by Vijai Photos by Nastya Moylova French DJ legend rocked Kiev’s Buddha Bar this week, and yeah, was a pretty awesome party. What’s even kooler is that he took time off from spinning to pose for...
View ArticleReflections on Serbia’s EXIT Festival
Text and Images by Toby Stone The first weekend of July saw thousands of Brits descend on the Northern Serbian town of Novi Sad for the Exit Festival, a Glastonbury like music festival held there since...
View ArticleBeirut’s Badboy Street Art
Oct 30, 2010 Text by Vijai Despite the ravages of its decades-long civil war, and intermittent conflicts with Isreal, Lebanon’s capital city hasn’t lost the freewheeling cosmopolitanism that has drawn...
View ArticleFrom Russia, With Love Untainted
Last month Marc Almond released his new album, Orpheus in Exile, dedicated to the tragic life, times and tunes of Vadim Kozin, a chanson singer exiled by the Soviets to Russia’s far East because of...
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