Saturday, December 01, 2007
Stuff that is different
Something is a little messed up today at Blogger, no compose feature. So you don't get any links. Sorry.
I have to say I had fun watching T.V. the last couple of days. I watched a show called Retrovizor which is a music show, they had the most incredible concert, some vocalists, female, and some drummers, mostly elfin looking hairy guys. There was a guy that played the Bosnian version of a bagpipe, and they re ran it yesterday morning. I have no clue who all were involved in this marvelous group howl but they were awesome.
Dubioza koletive were on it last time and some other regionally available rap. Dubioz kolektive use accordians in their compositions and God knows what all.
Watched a cheesy movie about Billy the Kid last night, I think the English title is 'Young Guns'. Seeing a Mexicano play a real guerro was pretty amusing, but the movie aside from chases on horse back,which looked like film of the Omak Suicide Race up way too close and personal, and a lot of shooting, it was not that true to the story at all points. I disapprove of putting stuff like Bon Jovi in sound tracks of Westerns. That's just bad and wrong, sorry.
One neat thing about being here is I can watch all the cheesy movies I never would bother with in the States. I even have a good justification. Reading the subtitles, improves my language skills. They had another film called 'Very Bad Things' These guys go have a batchlor party in Vegas, and between the dead hooker in the bath tub and the security guard one of the magical thinking guys killed, things go straight to Hell in a fast hurry.
This morning I watched 'Wild America' and it was not bad, it was funny at some points. Movies with intrepid children are fairly popular here.
They ran Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me three times this week on OBN, it was each time labeled as something else, and then did NOT show it at the advertised time. This makes people channel surf way more :).
Of course my S.O. is a football fan (soccer for my American readership). Anyway, he has been trying to show me the finer points of the game. We watched the World Cup qualifying match England v.s. Croatia, and it was a good game. He likes to watch English teams more than the domestic teams. He likes the English fans, how they shout and sing. I think he played as a young person.
The good news is he only watches important games, not every game. If the reception is decent I kind of am begining to enjoy it. I can barely see the ball though sometimes, because of the reception. Here even with a good set and cable or satellite, reception can really stink.
I am at the internet club in the neighborhood. Time to sign off, pay up and truck on home. :)
I have to say I had fun watching T.V. the last couple of days. I watched a show called Retrovizor which is a music show, they had the most incredible concert, some vocalists, female, and some drummers, mostly elfin looking hairy guys. There was a guy that played the Bosnian version of a bagpipe, and they re ran it yesterday morning. I have no clue who all were involved in this marvelous group howl but they were awesome.
Dubioza koletive were on it last time and some other regionally available rap. Dubioz kolektive use accordians in their compositions and God knows what all.
Watched a cheesy movie about Billy the Kid last night, I think the English title is 'Young Guns'. Seeing a Mexicano play a real guerro was pretty amusing, but the movie aside from chases on horse back,which looked like film of the Omak Suicide Race up way too close and personal, and a lot of shooting, it was not that true to the story at all points. I disapprove of putting stuff like Bon Jovi in sound tracks of Westerns. That's just bad and wrong, sorry.
One neat thing about being here is I can watch all the cheesy movies I never would bother with in the States. I even have a good justification. Reading the subtitles, improves my language skills. They had another film called 'Very Bad Things' These guys go have a batchlor party in Vegas, and between the dead hooker in the bath tub and the security guard one of the magical thinking guys killed, things go straight to Hell in a fast hurry.
This morning I watched 'Wild America' and it was not bad, it was funny at some points. Movies with intrepid children are fairly popular here.
They ran Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me three times this week on OBN, it was each time labeled as something else, and then did NOT show it at the advertised time. This makes people channel surf way more :).
Of course my S.O. is a football fan (soccer for my American readership). Anyway, he has been trying to show me the finer points of the game. We watched the World Cup qualifying match England v.s. Croatia, and it was a good game. He likes to watch English teams more than the domestic teams. He likes the English fans, how they shout and sing. I think he played as a young person.
The good news is he only watches important games, not every game. If the reception is decent I kind of am begining to enjoy it. I can barely see the ball though sometimes, because of the reception. Here even with a good set and cable or satellite, reception can really stink.
I am at the internet club in the neighborhood. Time to sign off, pay up and truck on home. :)
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Well, your S.O. and I have something in common.
I gotta say, though, I'm surprised that it's the English fans he admires so much...does he mean the fans of the national team? Because a lot of EPL stadiums are full of polite, middle-class families not unlike sports stadiums in the USA. That's what happens when you price young, working-class lads out of the picture. I would think that in Bosnia, the crowds would be pretty lively. Then again, I don't know a whole lot about the domestic league there.
Give it time--soccer (sorry--I'm a Yank and that's what I call it!) is a great sport. Elegant and free-flowing, allowing for incredible moments of creativity and spontaneous improvisation. It's a little like chess, in that it takes maybe an hour to figure out how to play it (compared to American sports--and don't get me wrong, I loves me some American-style football as well--it's a beautifully simple game), but a lifetime to master.
I gotta say, though, I'm surprised that it's the English fans he admires so much...does he mean the fans of the national team? Because a lot of EPL stadiums are full of polite, middle-class families not unlike sports stadiums in the USA. That's what happens when you price young, working-class lads out of the picture. I would think that in Bosnia, the crowds would be pretty lively. Then again, I don't know a whole lot about the domestic league there.
Give it time--soccer (sorry--I'm a Yank and that's what I call it!) is a great sport. Elegant and free-flowing, allowing for incredible moments of creativity and spontaneous improvisation. It's a little like chess, in that it takes maybe an hour to figure out how to play it (compared to American sports--and don't get me wrong, I loves me some American-style football as well--it's a beautifully simple game), but a lifetime to master.
Crowds in BiH have been known to get very lively indeed, too lively. A stadium full of the BiH Fanaticos is likely to be treated to flares being shot off and all kinds of crazy mad stuff.
Croatian fans are big on singing, so are Bosnian fans. In fact the riot after the game is a big tradition here. My previous flat was within sight of Kosevo stadium, and I could hear the fans if there was a game.
I was maybe a couple miles away. This area is not that far, but it is more built up, and I don't even hear the azan from the two nearby mosques from indoors, unless every window in the place is open. Which does not happen this time of year, too cold most of the time now, even on nice days.
I am not a big sports fan. I don't play chess. My big problem is remembering the rules. I used to love watching American football with my dad, he is still a big fan. Back in the old days when the guys got all muddy and piled on top of each other. My dad is most of the time a very dignified guy, and most of the men around my family circle were also very dignified, so seeing grown men get all muddy and crazy was very appealing to me as a kid.
As far as priceing young guys out of the stadium, on the one hand, I feel bad for them not getting to go to the games, on the other hand, it also prices out the louts who riot and give the game a bad name.
The series 'Extreme Football that I believe you showed clips of on your blog does a good job of explaining the political undercurrents of the game, which exist in all countries where soccer is played, including the Northern European countries.
In Glasgow for example the Rangers v.s. Celtics animosity, is really a Protestant Scots vs Catholic Irish thing.
Croatian fans are big on singing, so are Bosnian fans. In fact the riot after the game is a big tradition here. My previous flat was within sight of Kosevo stadium, and I could hear the fans if there was a game.
I was maybe a couple miles away. This area is not that far, but it is more built up, and I don't even hear the azan from the two nearby mosques from indoors, unless every window in the place is open. Which does not happen this time of year, too cold most of the time now, even on nice days.
I am not a big sports fan. I don't play chess. My big problem is remembering the rules. I used to love watching American football with my dad, he is still a big fan. Back in the old days when the guys got all muddy and piled on top of each other. My dad is most of the time a very dignified guy, and most of the men around my family circle were also very dignified, so seeing grown men get all muddy and crazy was very appealing to me as a kid.
As far as priceing young guys out of the stadium, on the one hand, I feel bad for them not getting to go to the games, on the other hand, it also prices out the louts who riot and give the game a bad name.
The series 'Extreme Football that I believe you showed clips of on your blog does a good job of explaining the political undercurrents of the game, which exist in all countries where soccer is played, including the Northern European countries.
In Glasgow for example the Rangers v.s. Celtics animosity, is really a Protestant Scots vs Catholic Irish thing.
Crowds in BiH have been known to get very lively indeed, too lively. A stadium full of the BiH Fanaticos is likely to be treated to flares being shot off and all kinds of crazy mad stuff.
Croatian fans are big on singing, so are Bosnian fans. In fact the riot after the game is a big tradition here. My previous flat was within sight of Kosevo stadium, and I could hear the fans if there was a game.
I was maybe a couple miles away. This area is not that far, but it is more built up, and I don't even hear the azan from the two nearby mosques from indoors, unless every window in the place is open. Which does not happen this time of year, too cold most of the time now, even on nice days.
I am not a big sports fan. I don't play chess. My big problem is remembering the rules. I used to love watching American football with my dad, he is still a big fan. Back in the old days when the guys got all muddy and piled on top of each other. My dad is most of the time a very dignified guy, and most of the men around my family circle were also very dignified, so seeing grown men get all muddy and crazy was very appealing to me as a kid.
As far as priceing young guys out of the stadium, on the one hand, I feel bad for them not getting to go to the games, on the other hand, it also prices out the louts who riot and give the game a bad name.
The series 'Extreme Football that I believe you showed clips of on your blog does a good job of explaining the political undercurrents of the game, which exist in all countries where soccer is played, including the Northern European countries.
In Glasgow for example the Rangers v.s. Celtics animosity, is really a Protestant Scots vs Catholic Irish thing.
Croatian fans are big on singing, so are Bosnian fans. In fact the riot after the game is a big tradition here. My previous flat was within sight of Kosevo stadium, and I could hear the fans if there was a game.
I was maybe a couple miles away. This area is not that far, but it is more built up, and I don't even hear the azan from the two nearby mosques from indoors, unless every window in the place is open. Which does not happen this time of year, too cold most of the time now, even on nice days.
I am not a big sports fan. I don't play chess. My big problem is remembering the rules. I used to love watching American football with my dad, he is still a big fan. Back in the old days when the guys got all muddy and piled on top of each other. My dad is most of the time a very dignified guy, and most of the men around my family circle were also very dignified, so seeing grown men get all muddy and crazy was very appealing to me as a kid.
As far as priceing young guys out of the stadium, on the one hand, I feel bad for them not getting to go to the games, on the other hand, it also prices out the louts who riot and give the game a bad name.
The series 'Extreme Football that I believe you showed clips of on your blog does a good job of explaining the political undercurrents of the game, which exist in all countries where soccer is played, including the Northern European countries.
In Glasgow for example the Rangers v.s. Celtics animosity, is really a Protestant Scots vs Catholic Irish thing.
Crowds in BiH have been known to get very lively indeed, too lively. A stadium full of the BiH Fanaticos is likely to be treated to flares being shot off and all kinds of crazy mad stuff.
Croatian fans are big on singing, so are Bosnian fans. In fact the riot after the game is a big tradition here. My previous flat was within sight of Kosevo stadium, and I could hear the fans if there was a game.
I was maybe a couple miles away. This area is not that far, but it is more built up, and I don't even hear the azan from the two nearby mosques from indoors, unless every window in the place is open. Which does not happen this time of year, too cold most of the time now, even on nice days.
I am not a big sports fan. I don't play chess. My big problem is remembering the rules. I used to love watching American football with my dad, he is still a big fan. Back in the old days when the guys got all muddy and piled on top of each other. My dad is most of the time a very dignified guy, and most of the men around my family circle were also very dignified, so seeing grown men get all muddy and crazy was very appealing to me as a kid.
As far as priceing young guys out of the stadium, on the one hand, I feel bad for them not getting to go to the games, on the other hand, it also prices out the louts who riot and give the game a bad name.
The series 'Extreme Football that I believe you showed clips of on your blog does a good job of explaining the political undercurrents of the game, which exist in all countries where soccer is played, including the Northern European countries.
In Glasgow for example the Rangers v.s. Celtics animosity, is really a Protestant Scots vs Catholic Irish thing.
Croatian fans are big on singing, so are Bosnian fans. In fact the riot after the game is a big tradition here. My previous flat was within sight of Kosevo stadium, and I could hear the fans if there was a game.
I was maybe a couple miles away. This area is not that far, but it is more built up, and I don't even hear the azan from the two nearby mosques from indoors, unless every window in the place is open. Which does not happen this time of year, too cold most of the time now, even on nice days.
I am not a big sports fan. I don't play chess. My big problem is remembering the rules. I used to love watching American football with my dad, he is still a big fan. Back in the old days when the guys got all muddy and piled on top of each other. My dad is most of the time a very dignified guy, and most of the men around my family circle were also very dignified, so seeing grown men get all muddy and crazy was very appealing to me as a kid.
As far as priceing young guys out of the stadium, on the one hand, I feel bad for them not getting to go to the games, on the other hand, it also prices out the louts who riot and give the game a bad name.
The series 'Extreme Football that I believe you showed clips of on your blog does a good job of explaining the political undercurrents of the game, which exist in all countries where soccer is played, including the Northern European countries.
In Glasgow for example the Rangers v.s. Celtics animosity, is really a Protestant Scots vs Catholic Irish thing.
It's pretty much everybody who doesn't have a substantial disposable income who's priced out of English Premiership football, not just the young.
But anyhow there's something repugnant about handing over a fortune in order to watch the retirement incomes of thousands of freezing Russian pensioners run around the pitch for ten minutes in woolly gloves.
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But anyhow there's something repugnant about handing over a fortune in order to watch the retirement incomes of thousands of freezing Russian pensioners run around the pitch for ten minutes in woolly gloves.
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