Russian How I Met Your Mother

This post is for all How I Met Your Mother fans and my fellow russian students. For those of you who are not that into HIMYM it is fun too.

First of all I am pretty sure everybody at least knows what HIMYM is... And now I am happy to announce that a small russian TV-Channel has made a hilarious low-budget remake from our favourite TV-Series. In the russian version our five friends Ted, Marshall, Lilly, Robin and Barney turned into Dmitri, Pawel, Lucy, Katja und Jura who no longer live in New York but in Moskau. The Bar they spent most of their time in and the upstairs apartment look a lot like the original. Even the camera angles seem similar if not the same. The script follows an exact translation from the english version with a few jokes that had to be addapted. Thanks to working together very closely with the producer of the original series the costumes, accessoires and furniture look very alike. All in all, even without speaking russian fluently it is possible to follow "kak ya vstretil vaschu mamu" if you know the original. And more than anything else it is great fun. See yourself!


For those who would like to have a closer look on this, here is a link where you can watch "kak ya vstretil vaschu mamu" online. Have fun!

Irish Philosophy

I found this printed on a postcard when I first went to Ireland. Ever since that moment this is kind of my pazifier. Whenever something does not work out the way I want this saying tells me not to worry about it.

I hope you like it as much as I do!

Wallis Bird - an extraordinary Irish singer

"The sheer visceral energy could kick-start an entire economy…” - The Irish Times

 I decided to start this blog with a guote because this is just the most striking way of describing Wallis Bird I have ever read. And I am pretty sure however saw her on stage just once will agree.

Wallis Bird (31) is an remarkable singer and songwriter. She grew up in Wexford, Ireland but later moved to Berlin, Mannheim and currently is living in London. From childhood on she was really into music. Nothing could stop her from going her own way and creating amazing music. Neither that she once had all the fingers of her left hand cut off by a lawnmower (four could be sawn back on, only the pinky is missing today) nor that she, a born left-hander, is playing a right handers guitar upside down. All this are feautures to her unusual, extraordinary way of making music.

Until today she has released 3 Albums (Spoons, New Boots, Wallis Bird). In all three of them you can hear and feel the many different styles she is combining. In her songs you can find traces of traditional folk music, jazz and funk but also an energetic handmade rock sound. Her extraordinary voice makes her songs what they are.

Listen yourself:

 

Thanks to the fact that her Manager is a guy who grew up in my neighbour village and studied in Graz she is in town for concerts every now and than. I'll let you know the next time she is here.