Tag Archive: Russia


ALL ABOUT NOTHING

Filed under: Humour, Modern Art, Politics — 1 Comment
September 6, 2013

UbuWeb today turned me onto The Nothingists.

I had never heard of this Dadaist, NO! NO! , group from Russia .

This is not surprising when you learn that their nihilist manifesto was summed up by the slogans:

Write nothing!
Read nothing!
Say nothing!
Print nothing!

Their “Creative Bureau of Nothingists” sounds like it would have made a great Monty Python sketch and would be a good name for many political departments.

The Nothingists [Nichevoki] were short lived.

They formed in Moscow in 1919 and ceased all (in)activity in 1923.

Nothing more is known.

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COME ON AND …..BOOM! BOOM!

Filed under: Music, Poetry — Leave a comment
May 27, 2012

When I think of Englebert Humperdinck, I always think of  the god-awful Release Me, the single which prevented The Beatles Strawberry Fields / Penny Lane from reaching number one in 1967.

Nowadays ‘the hump’ is apparently big in Eastern Europe which may be one the reasons he was selected to perform the UK’s Eurovision song – Love Will Set You Free.

At 76 , he looks in better shape than the Buranovo grannies but it still seems bizarre and wrong-headed to select him as UK’s representative.

The turgid apology for a love song he sang was also completely  out of synch with the brash showbiz image of the contest. Continue reading →

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