Say Zdravei To The Foundation...!

Ostavka Man was there... 

and The Foundation simply never knew...!

Dobrei...!

What a fine concert it was, still; 

full of raw emotion, nostalgia aplenty 

and great rock! 

Five -count'em, five!- Bulgarian artists 

of immense talent: 

Kiril Marichkov (“Shturtsite” - The Crickets!)
Ivan Lechev (of “FSB” renown)
Doni (one half of “Doni & Momchil”)
Slavcho Nikolov (of “BTR” renown)
and drummer Venko Poromanski (“Te”)

Five representatives of different groups 

united to bring Bulgarian music to Bulgarians abroad! 

Beautiful! 

They went on a sort of mini-tour across North America 

performing in Seattle and Toronto 

before landing in Montreal - 

basically, everywhere that there are, now, 

flourishing Bulgarian communities!

The songs they performed were familiar to me, too; 

all the hit songs that inspired 

generations of Europeans 

to reach out for their dreams 

and deepest aspirations. 

And not just each other's various hits 

but other bands hits, too 

(such as the quite emblematic now Kukla...!)

However, for the partly-Canadian Barbarian observer, 

appreciative of the sounds, beats, emotions 

but only -possibly- of a fraction of the lyrics 

(hey - it's all Greek to me, okay?)

it was like seeing the most compelling assemblage 

of diverse musicians ever assembled on one stage: 

imagine attending a show featuring 

Geddy Lee (it was good Doni looks and sounds like him;

and not like Donny of Donny & Marie!) 

André Rieu (Ivan Lechev can give André a run for his violin...)

David Crosby (Kiril projects the same aura -

he doesn't just sport the same hairstyle!)

Robbie Robertson (Slavcho is another Robbie, methinks...)

and Nir Z (of Genesis renown) on drums...

That's what The Foundation looked like to me! 

And that is, admittedly, a great foundation 

to keep on building upon, 

indeed!

Bravo! 

Viva Bulgaria! 

+++

Thanks, Joro! 

;-)

OCCUPY-SU!

OCCUPY - NOW

OSTAVKA -

soon!

Hopefully! 

#occupySU

#ostavka 

#DANSwithme

Ruski Dreams...?!?

Are Bulgarians dreaming of being... Russian? 

Have they ever dreamt of such a thing? 

(No offence meant here: I'm just asking...!) 

If so, maybe these are the dream songs to listen to...

Before migrating north... nyet? 

Watch the show then, where many of them tunes
were gathered, for your listening pleasure...
(Nota Bene: if there is no screen below, here,
check it out at ru.tv itself!
After all, as the Americans say,
the show must go on...!
No matter what...!  ;-) 

Playlist subject to complete inability to play or even embed and exist, here -
as we hinted before; after all, it is made in Russia...
 And, like everything else made in Russia
 (fridges, stoves, cars...)
 it is by sheer miracle that it works, at all...!
 Ask Bulgarians - they know...!
Da!

:!

Independence Day - Força, Bulgaria!!!

Once again, we protest...!

And, once again, 

many thanks to the ingenious use of cowbells 

from one Petar Bonev, 

bagpiper extraordinaire 

from Bulgaria, 

making up the musical background,

which is much of the soundtrack 

for these videos and slideshows 

(part of our *Protestite Series*)

when there are no chants of ''OSTAVKA!''

nor inspirational speeches 

from ''Ostavka-Man'' 

to be heard and enjoyed!

Merci!

Konsolidatsiya - Consolidação - Unity!

How better to solidify a nation 

than to refocus upon the common struggle that it faces? 

And how better to drive the point across 

than by underlining the bond between nations 

(Bulgaria and Portugal, in this particular case -

why? 'Cause I say so - and am it!) 

with style, substance and panache 

and doing so with sub-titles, to boot - in a third language!

For I've said it before, and I state it again, here:

Bulgaria and Portugal have a ton of things in common! 

Not only do they share virtually the same national colors 

(the only closer match would be Hungary and Bulgaria!) 

but they also share a similar long, hard-luck type of history 

that made them who they are now, 

drove them to roam and conquer the entire globe 

(in different ways, granted - as in different eras too)

and shaped their nations for things to come soon... 

Their crests are astonishingly close (as they should be)

Their flags, as we said, obvious brothers of the E.U. 

And what can we say about the uncanny similarities 

that exist between the people, too?

Two countries:  two similar struggles! 

Inept governments are a fad all across the globe, 

don't you know? 

And so, having driven all that across to you, 

it is time to present our 

FEATURE PRESENTATION:

Thus, only one thing remains to say here, indeed...

And that is  

OSTAVKA!

ÉPA...! 

JÀ!

Ostavka Man's Message To Bulgaria...

Dobrei...

Never mind that...

Blogger boogers!

Here...

Have a look at this:

Da! 

Ostavka Man's Message from Luciano Pimèntel on Vimeo.

And always remember...

ostavka man 

is watching 

you!

;-)

Hey, Bulgaria!

Three Years Ago...!