Viagra - Ya ne boyus (I’m not afraid)
Monday, September 15th, 2008 | Russian pop music, Russian sexy music videos | Tags: 2008, Viagra
Viagra had shrinked to 2 girls: Albina Janabaeva (on the left) and Meseda Bagaudinova (on the right), Albina is Tatar and Meseda is from Dagestan, she belongs to some Dagestan’s indigenous ethnic group (there are more than thirty of them, and i don’t remember them all). The girl appearing from the egg is Tatiana Kotova, the new member of Viagra, she is in the center of the picture, she’s Russian. The video is absolutely stunning, but the song is not so catching.
Viagra - Ya ne boyus (I’m not afraid)
Year: 2008
Russian title: Виагра - Я не боюсь
Transliteration: Viagra - Ya ne boyus
| Music - 6/10 Video - 9/10 7.5/10 |
Alsou - A u moey lubvi
Sunday, September 14th, 2008 | Russian pop music | Tags: 2007, Alsou
Beautiful song of Alsou and beautiful music video (except the moment of crash, that looks cheap). It’s hard to translate the name of the song directly, because it’s not complete phrase, but it would be something like “And my love’s…”
Alsou - A u moey lubvi
Year: 2007
Russian title: Алсу - А у моей любви
Transliteration: Alsou - A u moey lubvi
| Music - 6/10 Video - 7/10 6.5/10 |
Infinity and D.I.P. Project - Gde ty? (Where are you?)
Sunday, September 14th, 2008 | Russian dance music | Tags: 2008, D.I.P Project
The video from the Russian band D.I.P Project. The song comes from their latest album “Raz i Navsegda” (Once and forever).
Infinity and D.I.P. Project - Gde ty? (Where are you?)
Year: 2008
Russian title: Инфинити и D.I.P. Project - Где ты?
Transliteration: Infiniti i D.I.P. Project - Gde ty?
| Music - 4/10 Video - 6/10 5/10 |
Trailer of Nepobedimyj (Invincible, Man of the East)
Saturday, September 13th, 2008 | Russian movies | Tags: 2008
What i can guess from the trailer of Nepobedimyj (translation: Invincible) or Man of the East (title for international distribution) is that this movie is a kind of Bourne / James Bond movie. Ok, here is the synopsis:
Yegor Kremnyov is a Russian special intelligence agent. During his last mission, which was supposed to be simple and safe, all of his accomplices were killed. But the guy that they were to have captured turned out to be the secretary of the fugitive oligarch Sorkin - Mikhail Shering, who has been on the wanted list for a long time. According to rumors, Shering has secret papers that are of interest not only to Russian intelligence, but also to the powerful West crime syndicate. Now Kremnyov is faced with the difficult task of bringing Shering home. He is surrounded by treachery, conspiracy, ambushes and traps, but nevertheless Yegor plans to deliver Shering on his own. But Kremnyov’s main trap is the very cargo he is to deliver - Shering. It is not so easy for Kremnyov to avoid the influence of his fellow traveler. This deathly dangerous journey will change them both - both the fugitive Shering and the invincible Kremnyov.
Nepobedimyj (Invincible, Man of the East)
Date of release: 23 October, 2008
Russian title: Непобедимый
Transliteration: Nepobedimyj
TT-34 - Boom
Thursday, September 11th, 2008 | Editor's choice, Russian rock and rock'n'roll | Tags: 2004, Seryoga, TT-34
Browsing internet, i’ve met yesterday the music video of TT-34 “Boom” for the first time (it was at the rotation on MTV, but i don’t watch TV) and i was shocked. The video reel, made by Roman Vasianov, is stunning and the song is catching also. That was the first time for the last 2 years, when i got emotional orgasm after listening to the song.
The rap guy is Belorussian rapper Seryoga, and he tells the story about the proletarian guy, who was returning home from the plant with the salary he got this day, and met the bunch of gangsters, who were going to rob him. So that’s how the fight started. The rough translation of refrain is: Boom! What a luck! Boom! Black eye! Boom! Evil destiny! Boom! Hello, native Motherland!
TT-34 - Boom
Year: 2004
Russian title: ТТ-34 - Бум
Transliteration: TT-34 - Bum
| Music - 8/10 Video - 9/10 8.5/10 |
Alekhno, Panajotov, Chumakov - Neobyknovennaya (Unusual)
Thursday, September 11th, 2008 | Russian pop music | Tags: 2005
Russian show-business is very diverse, so there’re music for all types of tastes and all types of ages. This time it will be music for women 35+, coming from contracted artists of “FBI music” company: Alekhno, Panajotov, Chumakov. This company is known for extremely cheap clips for their artists.
Alekhno, Panajotov, Chumakov - Neobyknovennaya (Unusual)
Year: 2005
Russian title: Алехно, Панайотов, Чумаков - Необыкновенная
Transliteration: Alekhno, Panajotov, Chumakov - Neobyknovennaya
| Music - 6/10 Video - 3/10 4.5/10 |
Bondarchuk’s “Inhabited Island”
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 | Russian movies | Tags: 2009
Watch latest trailer for the Inhabited Island here.
That’s new trailer of Fedor Bondarchuk’s Inhabited Island. The movie is based on Strugatsky Brothers’ novel and tells the story of Earth’s 20 y.o. boy Maxim, who got onto the totalitarian planet Saraksh in 2157. Here is a synopsis:
The year 2157. The blossom times for the human civilization. Pilots of the Freelance Search Group enjoy interstellar travelling. A Russian spacecraft, piloted by a 22 year old Maxim Kammerer, crashes on the distant inhabited Saraksh planet. After long years of a nuclear war, an environmental crisis reigns over the planet, the society is overburdened with social problems, and the established peace is quite shaky. The brave astronaut will explore a mysterious land governed by the Unknown Fathers who are five anonymous rulers manipulating the inhabitants consciousness using special emitters. There Maxim will meet new friends, make enemies, find his love and, after getting through dangerous trials, hunger, mortal hazards and losses, will lead a rebel movement challenging the five greedy rulers.
Inhabited Island
Date of release: 1 January, 2009
Russian title: Обитаемый Остров
Transliteration: Obitaemyj Ostrov
Yin-Yang - Save me
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 | Russian pop music | Tags: 2008, Yin-Yang
Members of “Yin-Yang” group are participants of “Star Factory” reality-show, and that’s their debut video.
Yin-Yang - Save me
Year: 2008
Russian title: Инь-Янь - Сохрани меня
| Music - 5/10 Video - 7/10 6/10 |
JanniRadari - Eyo zvali Lilya (They called her Lilya)
Monday, September 8th, 2008 | Editor's choice, Russian pop music | Tags: 2006, JanniRadari
The band with the name of Italian childrens’ writer Gianni Rodari (Russian variant: Janni Radari), who was popular in the USSR, and still well-known in Russia, presented in 2006 melodic song, called “Eyo zvali Lilya” (direct translation will be: “They called her Lilya”).
JanniRadari - Eyo zvali Lilya (They called her Lilya)
Year: 2008
Russian title: ДжанниRадари - Её звали Лиля
Transliteration: JanniRadari - Eyo zvali Lilya
| Music - 8/10 Video - 6/10 7/10 |
BIS - Katya
Sunday, September 7th, 2008 | Russian pop music | Tags: 2008, BIS
Another music video from queer duo of Bikbaev i Sokolovsky. Refrain is based on one phrase “Katya, get the phone, he is calling you”. This music video was first showed on 3th September, 2008, so it’s almost like premiere. However, the previous video of group BIS “Yours or no one’s” was much better.
BIS - Katya
Year: 2008
Russian title: БИС - Катя
| Music - 4/10 Video - 7/10 5.5/10 |