All Давай (All Davai) is a Kazakh boy band with some kind of modern R'n'B sound. Here are two cute music videos. They have so many videos on YouTube that it's very difficult to choose... There's a nostalgic one, one about a love affair gone wrong... There's even one with Nazis in it!
The first is in Kazakh language, and they're mostly just hanging around, being cute: Zhanym
The next is a hymn to their beloved city, in Russian: Алма-Ата (Almaty)
Remember, people, keep your city colourful and clean!
Friday, 30 May 2008
Wednesday, 28 May 2008
Karachay guys: a bit of Dima Bilan and Alibek Bashkaev
As we saw in the Eurovision, Karachay people can be quite hot. To the left is a photo of Dima Bilan (via Cisoto), with the following caption: "I've tried many different things. I've even worked on construction sites. Of course, there it's not supercomfortable, but the main thing is - the experience of total extreme." Okay. Though I think he looks cuter with black hair and that beard thingie.But Karachay people can (of course) be even hotter.
Alibek Bashkaev - judo
Originally uploaded by Alaugan
Judo is the perfect sport for short and stout guys. Alibek Bashkaev is such a guy. He's in the weight category 81 kg, was born November 16th 1989 and represents Russia in general and the Karachaevo-Cherkessk republic in particular as a sports master on international level (МСМК is the Russian abbreviation).
Alaugan has some more photos of him in his Flickr set "Karachay".
Here is his page on Judoinside.com.
And here is a list of Russian Judokas, some of them quite chirayliq. Alibek has a funny haircut in his photo there, though.
Finally, here is a video of Alibek during the 2007 Russian Judo National Championships Final. Kick ass!
Tuesday, 27 May 2008
Georgians with Pets #1
I've wanted to blog this photo for months. The Cattle Drive Tusheti event is beautifully documented on Flickr. Tusheti, in the north-east of Georgia, is the homeland of the Tush people who have their own unique traditions, for example the great cattle drive between pastures twice a year. Of course, they also cherish their own breed of Caucasian Ovcharka, the mighty sheepdog. Don't miss this Tusheti Flickr set by German artist grijsz living in Tblisi, with lots of puppies, horses and fun. He also has a nice blog with lots of photos and information about Georgia, travelling and art.
Sunday, 25 May 2008
Eurovision: Chirayliq Victory!
Okay, he's maybe not my type, and maybe he's a bit too sugar-sweet, but... He's still the winner. He's Dima Bilan! Hooray for Russia's first Eurovision Song Contest Victory!
Here's the video from the semi-finals:
Dima is accompanied by a very expensive violin and a very expensive ice skater. As a Finnish friend of mine put it: "Evgeni Plushenko. Olympic gold, olympic silver, three world championships, five European championships and one Eurovision victory..."
Dima (Дима Билан) was born Viktor Belan, 24 December 1981 in Karachay-Cherkessia. He is of Karachay descent. He has also lived in Tatarstan and Kabardino-Balkaria.
The Karachay people are neighbours and rivals of the more famous Cherkess. They are considered a Turkic people with a close relationship to the Balkars. They were victims of Stalin's large-scale relocations in the 1940's. There's a Karachay diaspora in large parts of the world since persecutions during the Russian Empire, as well.
Here's the video from the semi-finals:
Dima is accompanied by a very expensive violin and a very expensive ice skater. As a Finnish friend of mine put it: "Evgeni Plushenko. Olympic gold, olympic silver, three world championships, five European championships and one Eurovision victory..."
Dima (Дима Билан) was born Viktor Belan, 24 December 1981 in Karachay-Cherkessia. He is of Karachay descent. He has also lived in Tatarstan and Kabardino-Balkaria.
The Karachay people are neighbours and rivals of the more famous Cherkess. They are considered a Turkic people with a close relationship to the Balkars. They were victims of Stalin's large-scale relocations in the 1940's. There's a Karachay diaspora in large parts of the world since persecutions during the Russian Empire, as well.
Friday, 23 May 2008
Chirayliq Eurovision: Mor ve Ötesi in-depth
Mor ve Ötesi is one of the still quite few bands I've seen live. They came to Berlin last year, and it was one of the most fun concerts I've been to. They make nice music and jump around a lot, as do the fans. Jumping up and down is the thing to do at a Mor ve Ötesi concert. I was very close to the stage, and there was one moment when Harun caught my eye (kyaaa~) ... It was so cute how they became visibly embarrassed when a girl climbed up on a boy's shoulders right in front of the not so high stage and was waving and shouting and sending kisses to them. Harun has a girlfriend in Berlin, and he had learned some German expressions for their German tour (although the audience was mostly Turkish-speaking, so maybe it wasn't really necessary).
Anyways, the guys in Mor ve Ötesi are a bit older and maybe not so dashingly chirayliq (well, except guitarist Kerem Özyeğen to the left), but there is more to them than meets the eye ...
When I came to the venue I was shocked by how almost everyone standing in line was female, besides some boyfriends who had tagged along. I know plenty of guys who like the band, too, and they hadn't come across to me as a band that caters exclusively to the female audience. But when Mor ve Ötesi started playing their songs, I gradually came upon a possible explanation ...
When music is played very loudly, it - mainly the bass - resonates in the human body. High notes resonate high up in the body, for example in the head, and low notes in your legs and feet. I had been wondering when I'd finally experience a band that would actually put the resonance of their bass lines in the, hrm, genital area ...
However, at the concert of Mor ve Ötesi, I finally did.
:*/
As we know, Mor ve Ötesi - not completely unexpectedly - continued to the finals. In the previous entry Ainur posted a clip of the first Eurovision rehearsal with them performing their song Deli. As Harun points out in the beginning, they are only putting in a fraction of their rock band energy during the rehearsals compared to the actual live performance, so that's why they're not jumping around that much in this clip ...
The audio is not so good, but you can check out the Mor ve Ötesi MySpace page to hear their songs in higher quality.
Anyways, the guys in Mor ve Ötesi are a bit older and maybe not so dashingly chirayliq (well, except guitarist Kerem Özyeğen to the left), but there is more to them than meets the eye ...When I came to the venue I was shocked by how almost everyone standing in line was female, besides some boyfriends who had tagged along. I know plenty of guys who like the band, too, and they hadn't come across to me as a band that caters exclusively to the female audience. But when Mor ve Ötesi started playing their songs, I gradually came upon a possible explanation ...
When music is played very loudly, it - mainly the bass - resonates in the human body. High notes resonate high up in the body, for example in the head, and low notes in your legs and feet. I had been wondering when I'd finally experience a band that would actually put the resonance of their bass lines in the, hrm, genital area ...
However, at the concert of Mor ve Ötesi, I finally did.
:*/
As we know, Mor ve Ötesi - not completely unexpectedly - continued to the finals. In the previous entry Ainur posted a clip of the first Eurovision rehearsal with them performing their song Deli. As Harun points out in the beginning, they are only putting in a fraction of their rock band energy during the rehearsals compared to the actual live performance, so that's why they're not jumping around that much in this clip ...
The audio is not so good, but you can check out the Mor ve Ötesi MySpace page to hear their songs in higher quality.
Thursday, 22 May 2008
Eurovision - Mor ve Ötesi goes to the finals!
Aaaand they're in! Mor ve Ötesi is a very nice and handsome Turkish rock band with attitude. What are they doing in the silly old song contest anyway? Their exclusive Eurovision website, Delirium.fm, is documenting the whole escapade.
Here's the first rehearsal:
Check out this site for more "video klipleri".
Here's the first rehearsal:
Check out this site for more "video klipleri".
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I'm sorry for any inconvenience it might have caused that I disabled "anonymous" comments here for a few days. It turns out that it apparently also made it so that the "open ID" users without WordPress, LJ etc. identities also were not accepted, and I think that's the majority of our commenting visitors.
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The reason why I disabled it was that I got tired of some very stupid anonymous comments on another of my blogs (blogofswine.blogspot.com), and went berserk and banned anonymous comments on all the blogs I admin. But that hasn't really been much of a problem here.
Sorry! m (_ _) m
The reason why I disabled it was that I got tired of some very stupid anonymous comments on another of my blogs (blogofswine.blogspot.com), and went berserk and banned anonymous comments on all the blogs I admin. But that hasn't really been much of a problem here.
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