The oldest wooden house in Jēkabpils, 1808. Address: Latvia, Jēkabpils, Brīvības iela 125a First published in the Levinarium Telegram Channel (now closed and deleted)
Month: August 2019
Latvian Academy of Sciences (Latvijas Zinātņu akadēmija, 1951-1961; 21 storeys) is regarded as one of the ‘international’ twins of the Seven Sisters in Moscow. Although mostly…
No comment.Just watch and listen. Polish blank punk-metal group “Batushka“, formed in 2015 and working with orthodox religious texts and themes. English title: Batyushka “Midnight…
Oh, ok, I see. So here’s more to you from my golden list of instrumental electronics. Software (Germany): fantastic electronic duoKraftwerk (Germany): classics of the classicsSBB (Poland): were…
Cesvaine is famous for its outstanding castle, but here’s where you should really head to if by chance you happen to be in the town. This Roman…
Latinitas urbana.Kena estrāde: “Anno 2018”.Jēkabpils, Latvia. First published in the Levinarium Telegram Channel (now closed and deleted)
Just got acquainted with this ultra-fresh album (Indulgenču turgotāji, 2019) by the newest Latvian project, Juuk. They are hardly known even in Latvia yet, but their…
Have no idea why I always underestimated Mieczysław Wajnberg and his symphonic heritage. Having listened to two of his quite different symphonies attentively (#2, for strings; #21,…
Möbius Strip (Лист Мёбиуса, 1988) is a Soviet sci-fi film about a train that suddenly disappeared in the complex, although closed, underground system. Trying to solve…
Amazingly, Stalin Neorenaissance is more “human” in the Baltic states, if I dare use such a definition in this case, but look at the details…