…There will be no long paragraphs or thoughts, just a photo report…This is my Belarus…

Not long ago I wrote about new album produced by Lyapis Trubectkoy, a famous Belarusian folk-rock group. Today, I am happy to put songs from this album on our web site. Enjoy it! And of course make sure you listen to Belarus Freedom!!!

01_manifest1
02_rock-pupsy
03_galaktika
04_glob
05_12_monkeys
06_i_wanna_be_your_boyfriend
07_kreks_peks_feks
08_belarus_freedom
09_klip
10_zorachki
11_trybeckoi
12_ribka_zolotaja

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According to charter97.org, the OSCE/ODIHR monitoring mission didn’t recognise the “parliamentary elections” in Belarus free and democratic. OSCE observers noticed vote counting was “bad or very bad” in 50 per cent of cases. 40 per cent of observers said they had had difficulties with access to vote counting. The elections ultimately fell short of OSCE [...]

A famous Belarusian music group “Lyapis Trubeckoy” underwent through drastic changes and released new album “Manifest”. There was a lot of talk about them as fans felt that musicians steered away from folk-rockish path in favor of pop-oriented commercialized style. The new album is here to change such perception. In some ways, it is a [...]

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Some time ago we wrote about a documentary movie ‘Lessons of Belarusian Language”. Back then it was unavailable to viewers due to various factors. However, thanks to comments from our readers we are happy to say that this movie is available on line! below is a recap of a blog and the movie itself.
Radio Svaboda [...]

Looking at the blinking cursor, I can’t collect my thoughts. Strangely, it happens when I just finished reading “Media And The American Mind” written by Daniel J. Czitrom and an array of ideas simply stormed my mind. Starting with Samuel Morse and ending with Marshall McLuhan, a famous media theorist, the book sheds some light [...]