Belgrade Music Scene in NY Times
Posted by popkitchen | Filed under music
If you don’t believe me, try New York Times. Rachel Doyle writes about several Belgrade clubs, as well as hot young bands.
A New Prague?
Posted by popkitchen | Filed under everyday life
Before I illuminate you on what the title means, if you haven’t already guessed, I need to go over the news of the day. Serbian President Boris Tadic was in an official visit to Italy, where he was joined by the half of the Government, but that’s whole different matter. What I want to tell [...]
Tags: balkan storks, belgrade, berlusconi blunders, nightlife, tim judah
Why is Belgrade marching against Fascism?
Posted by popkitchen | Filed under everyday life
20 years after the fall of Berlin Wall.
If at that time Serbia made a bad choice, is it still doing it?
Small group of citizens of Belgrade protested against the rising tide of nationalism. There were more policemen and photographers than demonstrators.
I took this photo today at work.
On that other note, Transitions Online made a special [...]
Tags: anti-fascism demonstration, belgrade, fall of Berlin wall
all i’ve ever learned from love …
Posted by popkitchen | Filed under music
Leonard Cohen is a gentlemen. The kind, who wears and suit and a hat. Which he raises from his head, in a sign of respect. A kind that will mean less and less in the days to come.
In little more than two and a half hours of playing, he turned Belgrade’s Arena, which is essentially [...]
Tags: belgrade, leonard cohen, music, robert altman
Last from the Gypsie Queen
Posted by popkitchen | Filed under music
Madonna was in Serbia last week. And no, she did not mention Gypsies. My guess is that people would react in the same way they did in Bucharest in Romania, booing, when she started criticizing them on general treatment of Roma people. Not that I am for discrimination towards Gypsies, but I truly do not [...]
Tags: 2009, belgrade, madonna, sticky and sweet tour
what i learned about tennis
Posted by popkitchen | Filed under everyday life
I am not following sports much. As I remember names and information, since my brain is subscribed to useless trivia, I know a few athletes, football players, coaches, names of teams, but not because I like it – I don’t need yet another obsession – but because I am listening to guys talking amongst each [...]
Tags: atp tournament, belgrade, l'equip, serbia open 2009
keepers of the cultural choice
Posted by popkitchen | Filed under music
In the end of April, an interesting conference on music industry, entitled Balkan Beat, was held in the cultural centre Grad in Belgrade. A number of guests, mostly from the UK came to share their experiences with their Serbian counterparts, that is, to talk about management techniques, organization of festivals, online marketing or new [...]
Tags: balkanbeat music conference, belgrade, domino records, john dyer, Last.fm, online music, popboks
White City#2
Posted by popkitchen | Filed under everyday life, media, popcult
Second issue of White City magazine is on Belgrade’s newsstands.
If I managed to find it, you will have no problem with it. In this issue, many interesting topics are included. An article about returning to live in Serbia, after a life abroad. And the opposite – going abroad for studying.
If I got a cent, for [...]
Tags: belgrade, hipsters, media, studying abroad, whitecity
on solidarity
Posted by popkitchen | Filed under politics
My homecountry is the only state in Europe that was bombed after the Second World War. However, I do not want to speak about the hardships of life in Serbia ten years after this event. You would assume that since having gone through this experience, my compatriots are sympathetic to others in the similar situation. [...]
Tags: belgrade, gaza, politics, serbia
Christmas Confusion and New Year Resolution(s)
Posted by popkitchen | Filed under everyday life
Two weeks ago, I received so many Merry Christmas greetings, I could not defend myself. I am experienced though, when people wish me Merry Christmas, I wish the same back. In the past two years, I spent pre-Christmas season in the UK, my first term at the University, I tried to explain to people (gently!), [...]
