Acum 50 de ani lumea se gândea serios că după Praga, tancurile rusești ajung la București.
21 August 1968: groaza că vin rușii
Romania in the Canadian press of 1918: 16-31 August
100 years ago, Romania was used as an example as how not to choose a German prince for the future throne of Poland…
13 iunie 1988
Two foreigners who set the spotlight on Romania in 2016
Thanks to key influencers such as best selling author Robert D. Kaplan and star traveler Rick Steves, Romania was in the spotlight in 2016.
North West Jazz Festival: Baia Mare, Romania, 9-11 September 2016
One of the things I enjoyed most behind the Iron Curtain at the famous Sibiu Jazz Festival during the 1980’s was … regionalism.
Romanian FM jocks Mihai Morar & Daniel Buzdugan unleash outright racist rant on air at Radio Zu
Romania’s soccer team drew 1-1 to DR Congo last week in a friendly game in preparation for the EURO 2016 France.
The weak performance against Congo (rated 52 by FIFA) drew the ire of two of the most popular FM radio disc jockeys in Romania, Morar & Buzdugan, the morning show hosts at Radio Zu (a privately own station with national coverage).
And they channeled that ire into an outright racist rant against DR Congo’s players. More, they dropped insults to France’s national soccer team (Romania’s opponent in the opening game at EURO 2016) and used a famous Disney song as a racist joke.
Buzdugan (first left) and Morar (second right) offering apologies to Congolese diplomats in Bucharest – source: RadioZu.ro
Rare Romanian finds at Toronto Library
It takes only two little steps to uncover a couple of digital treasures of Romanian origin in the publicly available digital archive at the Toronto Public Library.
They are free children books published in … 1896.
Here is how to get them.
Organic Noise Experiment la Rock din capul lui Motoc
Un rocker roman de legenda se intoarce in tara cu trioul lui de power-progressive rock din Canada: Luca Bubu Marius!
Halley – concert integral – Baia Mare, mai 1994
“Fii atent, aici apari tu pe scena!”
Mi-am scapat berea din mana, ca si cum as fi vazut o stafie.
Rodion G.A. la Rock din capul lui Motoc. O poveste cum numai rockul romanesc poate naste.
In 2013, Strut Records publica The Lost Tapes (“benzile ratacite”), recuperate din arhiva personala a lui Rodion Rosca, liderul trupei RODION G.A. din Cluj (1975-1987).
Meritul de a-l aduce pe nea Rodion la lumina dupa atitia ani ii apartine grupului de minunati de la Future Nuggets – citiva entuziasti romani pusi serios pe munca asta infernala, de stat de-a curmezisul uitarii. Ii gasiti pe Facebook sau pe Soundcloud.
Albumul avea sa intoarca pe dos lumea muzicala. Criticii l-au primit cu interes, DJii l-au remixat, iar nea Rodion avea sa bata lumea in lung si in lat vorbind despre el.
Ascultati emisiunea mai jos, si cititi interviul tulburator pe care nea Rodion mi l-a acordat in scris. Continue reading
George Motoc 