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I made a video
Eduard Khil asked everyone to write lyrics for the "Trololo" song. I did, then K and I filmed it. Here it is:
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Rondel
Nothing rhymes with Ferrari. Or Lambourghini.
Rondel on seeing a customised Lada
You’ll never make a flash Ferrari
From a Lada number 9.
- Though alloy hub caps look just fine
- The booming stereo and very
- Loud exhaust shock the unwary
- And bucket seats support your spine
You’ll never make a flash Ferrari
From a Lada number 9.
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Haiku
Haiku probably doesn't really work in English. And it also suffers from the problem that there's a very, very fine line between total rubbish and any good at all. It's also very short, so I've made a sort of haiku-cycle about the seasons, seeing as that's what all haikus are supposed to mention.
Seasons
A thick fog of flakes ( Read more... ) -
Poetry
Having read Stephen Fry's book on poetry, "the Ode Less Travelled", I tried writing a villanelle about a subject very important to me.
Moscow Traffic
“Don’t strap in, don’t give way, don’t look ahead ( Read more... ) -
Mort and Roland are back
Three months' work, and a silly joke is turned into an 8-minute cartoon. It has some audio synchronisation issues, which I hope you will be able to overlook :)
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Books wot I hav red.
The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed."
1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicize those you intend to read.
3) Underline the books you really love (and strikethroughthe ones you hate!).
4) Reprint this list in your own LJ so we can try and track down these people who've ( Read more... ) -
You're not coming in 'ere, mate
Anyone who has ever been to a nightclub in Moscow is likely to have been the victim of Face Control. If the likes of Propaganda are to keep their elite status, they definitely don't want the likes of you or me in there, even though we're not wearing trainers or jeans. It seems that one club, Dyagelev, took this policy to extremes recently, when ( Read more... )
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