Update from the house of Plague (Day 128 Year 2)
HEAR HEAR:
I have been thrown out of Parliament for saying what we all know:
Boris Johnson has lied to the House of Commons and the country over and over again.
But I’ve got news for the Tories, I will never stop speaking truth to power! pic.twitter.com/JtBdhOSXuY
- Dawn Butler MP✊🏾💙 (@DawnButlerBrent) July 22, 2021
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And onto something completely different, a wonderfully heart-warming story:
My older sister and I grew up in a small, fairly conservative town in one of the "collar counties" near Chicago. I was a pretty average, mostly happy kid, but Sis was always a little different. Off-the-charts smart, beautiful, very quiet and shy. Not many friends. (1/16)
- Brooklyn Bathysiderodromophobic Bitch (@BKLYNBeeyotch) July 19, 2021
(Unrolled here)
And in other good news:
Judge blocks implementation of state gender-treatment ban
Plus heatwave news! :)
Teenage boys wear skirts to school to protest shorts ban in heatwave
Daily Dimash: Singing with teachers/parents
I wanted to do this 'topic' especially because it's not like Dimash fell down from heaven - he trained his whole life (he started at music school age 5) and these are the people who helped tutor and instruct him. They did so carefully and lovingly, and helped produce a singer/artist/musician who is not only incredibly talented, but who is also a kind, humble and decent person with his feet firmly on the ground.
First up, singing with his teacher and mentor Marat Aytimov. They are performing "Brucia la terra" in Moscow (23.03.2019). (Notes from youtube: It is a Sicilian song whose translation has been modified in the official Italian language and other languages. They sing the Sicilian version. "Brucia la terra" which literally means "the earth burns" and the other translations of the title have completely different meanings. The song was first introduced as an instrumental theme in the 1972 film The Godfather that was simply known as "Love Theme from The Godfather".)
(If you would like a version with English subtitles you can find one here.)
~~~
Secondly, singing "My Swan" with his teacher Maira Mukhammedkyzy. This version is pre-The Singer (and has English subtitles):
He also sang it as a duet with her at his Bastau concert (in 2017), you can watch it here.
~~~
And then singing with his parents, and this song is from some kind of Mother's Day event I think. There is a compilation video (with subtitles) using footage from several years of the family singing the same song, so I'm thinking it's a yearly event. The song is called 'Dear Mother'. And it's amazing to hear them all, because Dimash is so clearly the product of his parents' talents (and looks). Mum is a classically trained opera singer, dad used to be a pop star, and together they were a hugely popular duo when they were young. Also it's worth noting that Dimash's grandparents are in the first row, which is why he kneels down towards the end - he is singing to his grandmother who helped bring him up. (This family is such #relationshipgoals ♥)
Dearest Mother:
~~~
And finally, from the Bastau concert (2017, post-The Singer): Dimash, parents and both teachers all singing together the 'Astana Waltz' (a song about the capital of Kazakstan Astana, now renamed 'Nur Sultan' - I love city songs <3. I will explain why... later.). And what an incredible moment it must have been for them. They have (together) brought up and taught this young man, and here he is signing in front of an audience of 30,000 (it was his first solo concert), many of whom had flown in from abroad.
(There is a version with English subtitles here.)
Dimash Masterpost
Post has been cloned from dreamwidth. Comments welcome everywhere.
I have been thrown out of Parliament for saying what we all know:
Boris Johnson has lied to the House of Commons and the country over and over again.
But I’ve got news for the Tories, I will never stop speaking truth to power! pic.twitter.com/JtBdhOSXuY
- Dawn Butler MP✊🏾💙 (@DawnButlerBrent) July 22, 2021
~
And onto something completely different, a wonderfully heart-warming story:
My older sister and I grew up in a small, fairly conservative town in one of the "collar counties" near Chicago. I was a pretty average, mostly happy kid, but Sis was always a little different. Off-the-charts smart, beautiful, very quiet and shy. Not many friends. (1/16)
- Brooklyn Bathysiderodromophobic Bitch (@BKLYNBeeyotch) July 19, 2021
(Unrolled here)
And in other good news:
Judge blocks implementation of state gender-treatment ban
Plus heatwave news! :)
Teenage boys wear skirts to school to protest shorts ban in heatwave
Daily Dimash: Singing with teachers/parents
I wanted to do this 'topic' especially because it's not like Dimash fell down from heaven - he trained his whole life (he started at music school age 5) and these are the people who helped tutor and instruct him. They did so carefully and lovingly, and helped produce a singer/artist/musician who is not only incredibly talented, but who is also a kind, humble and decent person with his feet firmly on the ground.
First up, singing with his teacher and mentor Marat Aytimov. They are performing "Brucia la terra" in Moscow (23.03.2019). (Notes from youtube: It is a Sicilian song whose translation has been modified in the official Italian language and other languages. They sing the Sicilian version. "Brucia la terra" which literally means "the earth burns" and the other translations of the title have completely different meanings. The song was first introduced as an instrumental theme in the 1972 film The Godfather that was simply known as "Love Theme from The Godfather".)
Click to view(If you would like a version with English subtitles you can find one here.)
~~~
Secondly, singing "My Swan" with his teacher Maira Mukhammedkyzy. This version is pre-The Singer (and has English subtitles):
He also sang it as a duet with her at his Bastau concert (in 2017), you can watch it here.
~~~
And then singing with his parents, and this song is from some kind of Mother's Day event I think. There is a compilation video (with subtitles) using footage from several years of the family singing the same song, so I'm thinking it's a yearly event. The song is called 'Dear Mother'. And it's amazing to hear them all, because Dimash is so clearly the product of his parents' talents (and looks). Mum is a classically trained opera singer, dad used to be a pop star, and together they were a hugely popular duo when they were young. Also it's worth noting that Dimash's grandparents are in the first row, which is why he kneels down towards the end - he is singing to his grandmother who helped bring him up. (This family is such #relationshipgoals ♥)
Dearest Mother:
~~~
And finally, from the Bastau concert (2017, post-The Singer): Dimash, parents and both teachers all singing together the 'Astana Waltz' (a song about the capital of Kazakstan Astana, now renamed 'Nur Sultan' - I love city songs <3. I will explain why... later.). And what an incredible moment it must have been for them. They have (together) brought up and taught this young man, and here he is signing in front of an audience of 30,000 (it was his first solo concert), many of whom had flown in from abroad.
(There is a version with English subtitles here.)
Dimash Masterpost
Post has been cloned from dreamwidth. Comments welcome everywhere.