Tag: Slav Beat
There was one and only one photography magazine for photography in the Soviet Union — Soviet Photo. Admittedly, Soviet propaganda generally looks sweet. Amp up the Constructivist aesthetic over some tight floral pattern and that shit’s timeless to hommage over and over and over again — amirite, Shepard Fairey? But if you’re an amateur or professional […]
Nothing says “Free Pussy Riot!” quite like Putin pasties on a hairy barrel chest. We’re crammed in tight just off Fifth Avenue prepping for the Pride Parade and my giggling, balaclava’ed neighbor flicks the pasty-Putin’s nose. The tassels spin. Hours earlier in St. Petersburg, 40 gay rights activists were attacked by 200 nationalist thugs. They were […]
Behold the beach season in Odessa, Ukraine, where all your beach needs are attended to by an ever-adapting class of beach-side vendors on the beach! Want some hot boiled corn? Take a picture with a monkey? Buy some salty fish from the one that looks like Kate Bush the militant sea-captain? Pet a snake. Balloons, also. There […]
As Russian government just hit a new low in its systematic persecution of Russian LGBT citizens, Moscovites just hit a new low in its violent homophobia. The State Duma passed a notorious bill today that would punish any person or media company making information about the gay, bisexual and transgender community accessible to minors. That means […]
Look at that little kid getting down to wobbly Russian dance music. Smooth little bastard. Look it. He wears his shades INSIDE! He pays no mind to the provocatively gyrating teenage females in his proximity. He’s just there to feel the music. Somewhere in the ’90s. YouTubed without attribution but entitled epically “Russian Kid At […]
We first encountered Russian art student Peter Pavlesnkiy when he protested the trial of feminist punks from Pussy Riot by sewing his mouth shut — a classic! — and standing stoically until his banner was ripped from his hands. Two Pussy Riot activists are still serving years in a penal colony for seconds of anti-Putin performance […]
Six astronauts are coming to train at the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in the Utah desert on April 20th. The Utah desert is very much like Mars in its terrain and its crushing loneliness. The Russians are coming specifically to practice “maintaining domestic life on Mars.” That sounds exciting. And boring. But exciting. The biggest challenge […]
Oh, wow, that’s so cool man how you and your buds climbed those famous pyramids in Egypt and took some photos and Gawker’s like waaaahhh. Tell me about it in Russian. “One of the richest experiences of my life.” Was it now? How you climbed 450 feet upon extremely old and fragile architecture and how you had to hide out in […]
After the public trial and imprisonment of Pussy Riot, two of the activists are currently serving two years in some of the most dangerous and notoriously decrepit prison work camps in Russia… for 40 seconds of dancing in a church. According to activist Nadezhda Tolokonnikova’s husband Peter Verzilov, Tolokonnikova spends eight hours a day sewing these outfits. Things weren’t exactly cool […]
Best. New. Tumblr. Behold: Russian Life, as Explained by the National. Self-explanatory. I mean, unless I have to explain to you again why the Russian “election” Putin-Medvedev-Putin switcheroo is a good fit for “Anybody’s Ghost.” Everything, right here: Anna Chapman, Pussy Riot… with perfect mash-up-meme-pithiness. […]
