Ευρωεκλογές 2019
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yannisAnd yeah, just for the record.
On Thursday I've been at FuzzClub to Courtney Barnett's show, on Friday I've been at Gagarin 205 to see Michelle Gurevich perform, and on Saturday, I mean yesterday, I've been to a number of archeological sites around Athens.
What's next - today I will probably go to Piraeus, because I'm a little bit tired of sitting in Athens, and tomorrow to Ólafur Arnalds' concert at SNFCC. Well, in fact there will be two concerts back to back, and I've got ticket only to the second one, but if there will be a chance and a spare ticket, who knows... I'm definitely hoping for the best lol.
And yeah a few words about concerts I've already been to.
Courtney Barnett is great, but I think that Marissa Paternoster is greater lol. Seriously, I don't get why is she so popular and Marissa Paternoster is not. Maybe it is wrong to even compare them, because their styles are very different, but after all they are both young women who play guitar well above average, supported by a bassist and a drummer. I dunno, I definitely see similarities, even in their appearances and, how should I call it, appeal? Yes, there is certainly something similar between them, although Courtney Barnett is more pop-oriented it seems.
As for Michelle Gurevich at Gagarin 205, it was something different, of course, lol. The only thing I knew about her before the concert is that she has soviet-jewish heritage and is from Canada, but for unknown reasons is super-popular in Eastern Europe. Or maybe it is even the only region where she is popular, lol. So, she performed with a guy who played guitar and occasionaly keyboards, while she herself either played guitar (sometimes elecric and sometimes acoustic) or just sang. The concert itself... I would describe it as strange. There certainly was not only musical, but a theatrical approach too. There was a table topped with a glass of water (I presume, lol) and an old photocard, and an armchair on which she sat during some songs, and a screen with a real old-school mechanical (or should I say analogue) projector, which projected some images during a few songs. To introduce songs, she told quite long stories which could take as long as a few minutes and to me these stories didn't seem funny, but people were laughing like mad. And yes, she clearly reminded me of Russian-Jewish-Soviet "intelligentsia". Her manner of speech, the scene set-up, themes etc. Like, she is Canadian, but the atmoshere she has created on stage was an atmospere of a typical Soviet "kitchen-talk" (I dunno if such term even exists in English language, but those familiar with Soviet and Russian realities will understand me). She even have sung "А ты люби меня такой", playing acoustic guitar, which of course surprised me - I doubt anybody in the audience understood her, at least I haven't heard any Russians talking. By the way, she speaks (or sings?) Russian pretty well, almost without accent. But, to summarize, not my cup of coffee and a little bit boring and I'm fed up with Russian culture lol.
So, yeah, that's what life here in Athens looks like now.
Bright sun, hordes of tourists, flocks of parrots (I've seen a flock of parrots on Friday near Zappio, for real. I don't know how they survive winter. Probably they just don't, lol), some turtles (I've seen three yesterday at so called "Hadrian's Library") and a lot of political agitation.
Yeah, European Parliament election will be held on the next Sunday, as I understand, and also local mayors will be elected simultaneously, so there is a lot going on it this sense.
Sorry, but I'm tired of typing all this, so here's a nice track from the 80's.
On Thursday I've been at FuzzClub to Courtney Barnett's show, on Friday I've been at Gagarin 205 to see Michelle Gurevich perform, and on Saturday, I mean yesterday, I've been to a number of archeological sites around Athens.
What's next - today I will probably go to Piraeus, because I'm a little bit tired of sitting in Athens, and tomorrow to Ólafur Arnalds' concert at SNFCC. Well, in fact there will be two concerts back to back, and I've got ticket only to the second one, but if there will be a chance and a spare ticket, who knows... I'm definitely hoping for the best lol.
And yeah a few words about concerts I've already been to.
Courtney Barnett is great, but I think that Marissa Paternoster is greater lol. Seriously, I don't get why is she so popular and Marissa Paternoster is not. Maybe it is wrong to even compare them, because their styles are very different, but after all they are both young women who play guitar well above average, supported by a bassist and a drummer. I dunno, I definitely see similarities, even in their appearances and, how should I call it, appeal? Yes, there is certainly something similar between them, although Courtney Barnett is more pop-oriented it seems.
As for Michelle Gurevich at Gagarin 205, it was something different, of course, lol. The only thing I knew about her before the concert is that she has soviet-jewish heritage and is from Canada, but for unknown reasons is super-popular in Eastern Europe. Or maybe it is even the only region where she is popular, lol. So, she performed with a guy who played guitar and occasionaly keyboards, while she herself either played guitar (sometimes elecric and sometimes acoustic) or just sang. The concert itself... I would describe it as strange. There certainly was not only musical, but a theatrical approach too. There was a table topped with a glass of water (I presume, lol) and an old photocard, and an armchair on which she sat during some songs, and a screen with a real old-school mechanical (or should I say analogue) projector, which projected some images during a few songs. To introduce songs, she told quite long stories which could take as long as a few minutes and to me these stories didn't seem funny, but people were laughing like mad. And yes, she clearly reminded me of Russian-Jewish-Soviet "intelligentsia". Her manner of speech, the scene set-up, themes etc. Like, she is Canadian, but the atmoshere she has created on stage was an atmospere of a typical Soviet "kitchen-talk" (I dunno if such term even exists in English language, but those familiar with Soviet and Russian realities will understand me). She even have sung "А ты люби меня такой", playing acoustic guitar, which of course surprised me - I doubt anybody in the audience understood her, at least I haven't heard any Russians talking. By the way, she speaks (or sings?) Russian pretty well, almost without accent. But, to summarize, not my cup of coffee and a little bit boring and I'm fed up with Russian culture lol.
So, yeah, that's what life here in Athens looks like now.
Bright sun, hordes of tourists, flocks of parrots (I've seen a flock of parrots on Friday near Zappio, for real. I don't know how they survive winter. Probably they just don't, lol), some turtles (I've seen three yesterday at so called "Hadrian's Library") and a lot of political agitation.
Yeah, European Parliament election will be held on the next Sunday, as I understand, and also local mayors will be elected simultaneously, so there is a lot going on it this sense.
Sorry, but I'm tired of typing all this, so here's a nice track from the 80's.
