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25 May, 2010

Biweekly about culture

Posted by: Michał In: cultural beast

“You Poles are so, so…, erm, cultured! Yes, that’s the word, cultured!” My English musician friend used to tell me that whenever we used to meet in a pub years ago to talk all things Polish (for his benefit) and all thing British (for mine). What he meant was probably this: most Poles are not [...]

06 May, 2010

My Spotify list is now social

Posted by: Michał In: cultural beast

Those of you who use Spotify probably know now that it’s become social and can be linked to Facebook. This way your Facebook friends can browse and subscribe to your playlists too. That’s how I found out that – to my surprise – my Polish playlist has already 31 subscribers! That’s great! It’s been modified [...]

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21 Apr, 2010

Nigel Kennedy’s Polish Weekend

Posted by: Michał In: cultural beast

If you’re based in London – or are visiting at the end of May – this might be your biggest chance this year to sample the best Polish culture has to offer. At least in the musical sense. Britain’s most famous violinist, Nigel Kennedy, has been in love with Poland for quite some time now. [...]

24 Feb, 2010

Karbido

Posted by: Michał In: bits and bobs|cultural beast

Have a look at this. This is a Polish group called Karbido, they use only one instrument – a wooden table: They apparently performed during the Edinburgh Festival a couple of years ago, but to be honest I have never heard of them before. They look intriguing. Have you seen them perform live? I’d love [...]

23 Feb, 2010

Fresh Polish music: Dagadana

Posted by: Michał In: cultural beast

Well, Polish-Ukrainian. With some Argentinian influences. Dagadana is a new group, which has just taken Poland by storm. Their debut CD was released earlier this month, but I’m told it’s very hard to find it in shops as it sells out within minutes. According to their MySpace page, Dagadana’s music is a fusion of jazz, [...]

22 Feb, 2010

Miroslaw Balka at Tate Modern

Posted by: Michał In: cultural beast

You may have heard about the latest installation at Tate Modern in London by Miroslaw Balka, called How it is. It’s been there since October last year and – like every major installation in the Turbine Hall – it’s been covered by most mainstream UK media already. I only managed to see it for the [...]

07 Feb, 2010

Chopin in Time Out (London)

Posted by: Michał In: cultural beast

Remember my Chopin post from a few weeks ago? Looks like London is getting ready for some Chopin celebrations too this year – just saw this in this week’s Time Out. So glad there are more and more Polish events in London every year. However, if you don’t want to splash out on Time Out, [...]

18 Dec, 2009

Dear Santa….

Posted by: Michał In: cultural beast|famous Poles

I just want one CD for Christmas. I know it’s almost a year old, but I’ve only just been told about it. (Yeah, thanks, ‘friends’ for keeping me up to date). And I instantly fell in love with it. Mieczyslaw Fogg was a very famous Polish crooner, whose career spanned half a century. He first [...]



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  • Missy: I had been to Poland as a masters student in Warsaw ( 2006-2008), travelled all over Poland. I like it there, i am glad i found your blog. :) niec
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  • Czarny kapturek: It was a good series. While I am critical about what I see as an oversimplification of Poland (i.e. that all life in Poland is in Warsaw) it is good
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