Shame on me

1) I realized today that I've never listened the whole Bedřich Smetana's Má vlast.

2) There was a violinist in a church last Sunday who was playing the Symphony No. 9 [also known as New World Symphony] composed by another Czech famous composer Antonín Dvořák. My mother had to tell me the fact that is Symphony No. 9. because I didn't know what the music is. I think it's a shame.

So...let's start by symphonic poem Vltava [also known as Die Moldau] what described the course of Czech river Vltava.

Brit pop and Ska jazz

The state of mind of trying to listen a music I still don't know came to me this week.

1) Blur - I have listened three albums, but I would like to listen again just this:
Actually also Country House and Song 2.

2) Saint Petersburg Ska Jazz Review - the Russian band I randomly discovered today. I like it at first listening. If you like jazz, try it:

7/10/2008

I have found the great music thing: musicovery.com. Unfortunatelly I will not be able to play with it because I'm going on my vacation tomorrow. Gah.

I know this is really not a novelty. Nevermind.

Is It Love?

Yes! There it is!



I still don't understand why did she run away from him...

Něžný Novgorod

Explanatory note to this spot:
Nižnij Novgorod is the city in Russia, do not change with the city of Novgorod [also Veliky Novgorod].
The word "Nižnij" sounds very simmilar as Czech word "něžný".
The word "něžný" means "affectionate" or "tender".

Since the Sto zvířat concert I think about a phrase "v něžném Novgorodu" in the Novgorod song. I would like to know what does author mean by that.

It could be:
a) paraphrase/sign/reference to Nižnij Novgorod,
b) author has been in Novgorod and he thinks it is an affectionate city,
c) author hasn't been in Novgorod or Nižnij Novgord ever, he just likes the phrase.



I don't know if Novgorod is affectionate city, nevertheless I think it is visitation-worthy city.

The singing

This is a thanksgiving spot to W. for my over and over singing the song "Ty vole, na základní škole" for next three months. It is grateful change from "Na ovčáka kaprál mává" song [which I was over and over singing from January till yesterday] because I hate the song "Na ovčáka kaprál mává" for last few weeks.

Satiated slowly

I have wanted to write a tract about the songs which are played on TV and radio over and over [for their bad luck]. But I have forgot what exactly I wanted to write. So just short notice: I would like to say thanks to all radio stations for speedy satiety of the very nice song Falling Slowly.

Lemonade Joe

The Lemonade Joe for those who can't break away from their computer.


PS: By the way, the Lemonade Joe was my first not-child-movie I have ever seen [I was six years old] and my first not-child-song I have known was "V Lincolnu loňskýho roku" sung in this movie.

Another funny Czech song

Another next funny Ivan Mladek's song I discovered while I was writting the last czenglish spot. The song called "The shortcuts" starts at 5:27...


...and in the comments on youtube its translated to English by ID deep747 and ID lekkno.

PS: The man on the left is Zdeněk Svěrák, a Czech writer and actor who wrote Kolya movie screenplay - the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language [Oscar] winner in 1997.

From the Czech newspapers

The two main topics of all five main newspapers:
1) Christopher Columbus bring the syphilis to Europe
2) Poles like the old [in Czech Republic still very popular] Czech interpreted Ivan Mladek song "Jozin from the bog"



Here I have found Czech/Polish/English lyrics of this song:

1. I drive Skoda 100 to camp here on Orava
So I hurry, take a risk - go through Morava
The monster lives there, comes out of the bog
Eats mostly Prague citizen, its name is Jozin (Joseph)

Chorus: Jozin from the bog creeps through swamp
Jozin from the bog closes to the village
Jozin from the bog edges its teeth
Jozin from the bog bites, strangles
To defend Jozin from the bog, who could imagine,
only works a plane with manure (white powder).

2. I was driving through the village on road to Vizovice
The village mayor greeted me, said to me during drinking plum brandy
'The one who will bring Jozin dead or alive
gets my daughter and a half of National Agrarian Farm'

Chorus: Jozin...

3. I said: 'give me a plane and powder, mayor,
I'll bring you Jozin, I see no trouble about that',
Mayor helped me, in the morning I went up in the sky
The powder from the plane prettily fell on Jozin.

Concert

Me, Marťas and Geda are going to a concert tonight.
- Geda is going to the concert because her boyfriend David is going there too. As far as David will primarily be together with his friends Geda will be together with me and Marťas.
- I'm going to the concert because Geda is going. And because it is a ska concert and I like ska music.
- My boyfriend Marťas is going to the concert because he wants to look culturally. He doesn't care it's a ska concert. And not only he doesn't listen to ska music, but even [as far as I know] he doesn't like it. Once when I was listening to ska at home he asked me "what's the awe". Nevertheless he asks me "what's the awe" always when I'm listening to a music I like.
So the concert starts at 8pm. Geda, David and his friends are going to meet at 8pm too. Though not only the meeting is on the other side of the city, but even they're going to the pub at first. To the concert place they would like to come about 10pm [David said at 9pm "is too soon"].
Me, Marťas and Geda are going to meet at 9pm, but Geda already wrote me she probably won't make it. She also wrote the tickets can not be bought in advance, but at the concert place only.
I'm not sure there will be some free tickets at 9.30pm.
Gah...

The Hunt

Do someone has soundtrack of The Talented Mr. Ripley?
Especially the song Tu Vuo' Fa L'Americano. Because I love this song performed by Jude Law and co.

Franz Ferdinand: The dark of the Matinée

The interpreter: Franz Ferdinand
The album: Franz Ferdinand [2004]
The song: The dark of the Matinée



Who likes this song, I can recommend the whole [IMHO precious] album.

About theatre, books and the series

1) We were at MdB to see the Fame musical. Good, but if I may choose, in future I would like to see the West Side Story at the sixt time rather than the Fame at the second time.
Also, I think Stanislav Moša, the theatre director, is megalomaniac. When I was working at MdB [seven years ago], the theatre has one house, today its occupied three houses.
2) Few weeks ago I have read the notice about Stephen Leacock and then I remembered I didn't read any Leacock's book for a long long time ago. So I went to the library to borrow all free [7] books by Leacock. Just the same day I impatiently started to read one of them but unfortunately the book wasn't as too readable as I had thought it should be. After the first book [Literary lapses] I started to read the Jane Austin's Pride and Prejudice [I've never read it before] for a relaxation and I came to the conclusion that I would like to read 7 Austin's books rather than 7 Leacock's books.
After Pride and Prejudice I have tried to read any else book by Leacock, but I have enjoyed it lesser than the Literary lapses.
So all the Leacock's books I have gave back to the library and five of them was unreaded. I don't like gave back unreaded books. Maybe because I'm librarian...? :)
3) I decided to do something with my poor English:
a) I have started to read Agatha Christie's Autobiography in English. The book was bought in London few years ago by myself and its time is finally comming. I'm really curious how long time I will entertaining to read not-native-language book. I like this book a lot and I have read it many times, lastly on my Russia trip this summer.
b) Inside four days [I finished reading the book] I've got the BBC series Pride and Prejudice with English subtitles, too. I'm looking forward to English lessons with Colin Firth.