Where to buy Grbavica movie soundtrack? I’ve searched the net and checked out Amazon, but I haven’t seen any sign that such CD existed. A friend from Sarajevo promised to look around, but I doubt there was a soundtrack CD made for this movie. Do you know?
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Will Mr. Oscar ring Bosnia one more time?
Grbavica, a movie about the 1992-196 war in Bosnia will join 2007 Oscar contenders for best foreign movies. If won, “Grbavica” will be the second Bosnian movie (the first is “No Man Land”) received one of the most coveted film awards in the world. This movie is to be released in the United States in [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Video: Turkish hiphop/rap
Update: This video is removed by youtube. I leave it here until I find something else. I know this video has nothing to do with Sarajevo and Bosnia, but I simply can’t resist the pop, the beat and the melody. But maybe I was wrong. I spent countless time sipping Bosnian/Turkish coffee in coffee shops, [...]
Read the rest of this entry »QuickLink: Sevdalinke mp3
http://www.sevdalinke.com/muzika.php Collection of Sevdalinka audios Sevdalinka is an urban Bosnian love song, with the word “Bosnian” defining the geographical origin of sevdalinka, the word �urban� depicting its urban nature, and the word “love” denoting its content related theme. The meaning of the word sevdah in the Turkish language denotes amorous yearning and ecstasy of love, [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Tose Proeski and Esma Redzepova duet: Magija
Tose is a twenty-something Macedonian pop singer who held a concert in Sarajevo when I lived there. Every morning walking on the streets, I saw this big poster feature a hip youngster holding out the popular orange soda Fanta bottle. I always thought the ad was ridiculous. One day, my roommate Ta. told me to [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Video: James Blunt “No bravery”
Fed up after somebody broke into my car and ripped my CD player system for the second time, I decided to be sound-less in the old red box called Toyota Corolla. A soundless car plus a gypsy-like existence for the next 2 years without regular access to American radio and TV had rendered me in [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Video: Kemal Monteno – Sarajevo ljubavi moja
Kemal Monteno (born 1948 in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina) is popular Bosniansinger-songwriter. He was born to a Bosnian mother and Italian father. He recorded his first song "Lidija" in 1967 and has enjoyed a prosperous career in the former Yugoslavia. One of his most popular songs is Sarajevo Love of Mine (Sarajevo ljubavi moja). source from wikipedia [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Eurovision 2006 Voting Breakdown
Is there a former-Soviet-bloc voting influence? Well, why don’t you tell me? Influential factors 1. Neighbors 2. Culture (religion, political, common language, etc) 3. Taste in music Now let start the dissection. Voters -> Votees (listed by the points they received, in descending order) BALKAN(Neighbor and Political. These countries are the ex-Yugoslavia) Croatia -> Bosnia, [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Tito’ Korean child
This clip is hilarious as the little Korean girl singing song about Tito. I wonder whether she is from North Korea. It was typical in communist Asian countries to sing song praising the communist leaders. In Vietnam, there were songs and poems praising Ho Chi Minh and Stalin. Gosh know who else? Such a cute [...]
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