From the category archives:

Leisure

Super Folk

February 10, 2009

You would think that turbofolkers wouldn’t really have to do this kind of stuff in order to attract more viewers – and you would probably be right.
They do this because they think it’s fun.

(they also do this because they are high on drugs [Superman/Era Ojdanic] and booze [Batman/Bora Drljaca])

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New Year’s Eve in Belgrade – 2009

December 27, 2008

So you are in Belgrade and want to party for the New Year’s eve, eh? And there’s only three days left… don’t worry, Belgrade citizens love to party, so you’ll have a chance of attending the New Year’s eve re-run if you miss the real thing. Some clubs even offer re-run of the re-run if [...]

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The Julian calendar and why I love it

December 25, 2008

There are some who oppose this time lag in Serbia and suggest that we should synchronize the Serbian Orthodox holidays with the mainstream holiday calendar.

But it’s only because they fail to see the advantages! Let me try to list the reasons why we should stick to the current situation.

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Santa Claus: Deda Mraz, Djed Bozicnjak or Saint Nicholas?

December 22, 2008

As B92 reported some time ago and as the Guardian reports now, Santa Claus is banned from Bosnian kindergartens. Reason for this – it goes against the religious Muslim beliefs and/or Bosniak tradition.
Beside the bizzare fact of introducing religious teaching in kindergartens in the first place, this affair brings many interesting questions.
Is Santa Clause a [...]

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Whatever You Do, Don’t Mention The War!

November 28, 2008

After a series of mutual genocide charges we’re going over to some news of a completely opposite nature.
Fashion TV channel decided to start a special branch for the South East European market – that would say former Yugoslav countries (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro) plus probably some other, whatever falls under SEE these days.
The [...]

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A Hard Day’s Night – Belgrade’s Beatles Tribute Band

November 12, 2008

Era, Damjan and co can bring a lot of you back to your childhood with their performance, plus create some new Beatles fan on the way. Of course, everybody in the club knows every word of every song, which together with band’s adequate suits and instruments makes the atmosphere really great.

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How Not To Kill Tito: Nikola Kavaja Story

November 12, 2008

His fail-proof plan to eliminate Tito by hijacking a 727 jet in the USA and than subtly crashing it into the communist party headquarters in Belgrade was never implemented because he said he didn’t know where the building was exactly located.

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